INSTITUTE AND COLLEGE, PUSA, FOR 1912-13. 7 



memoirs, reports, etc. An ever-increasing number of agri- 

 cultural publications is received in exchange from all parts 

 of the world. 



Pusa Middle English School. — In November 1912, a 

 Government Middle English School was established within 

 the Pusa Estate for the education of the children of the 

 subordinate staff of the Institute. The school is also open 

 to the public in the surrounding villages. Plans and esti- 

 mates for the school building and for quarters for teachers, 

 are under the consideration of the Government of Bihar and 

 Orissa, and the school is at present located in temporary 

 quarters. As the Middle English School does not meet 

 the requirements of the staff at Pusa, proposals have 

 been submitted to the Government of India for raising the 

 present school to the status of a High School and also for 

 the establishment of a Girls' School at Pusa. 



General Health of the Station. — The general health of 

 the station during the year under report was, on the whole, 

 very good. Medical relief was afforded to 8,538 new cases 

 of which 8,333 were treated in the out-patients' department 

 of the hospital and 205 were admitted as indoor patients. 

 One hundred and eighty-three cases amongst European 

 officers and their families were attended to. The dailv 

 average number of patients treated was 52-73 outdoor and 

 9-64 indoor. 



Three deaths occurred in hospital, one from Debility 

 (old age), one from Empyema and one from Malarial 

 Cachexia. 



An epidemic of cholera, which broke out in the villages 

 in the immediate vicinity of Pusa during the months of 

 April, May, and June, threatened to be a source of great 

 danger. The disease entered the Estate during the earlier 

 part of the outbreak and one man was attacked, but 

 recovered. Immediate and successful measures were 

 adopted, including the thorough cleansing and disinfection 

 of all the wells on the Estate, to prevent the spread of the 

 disease. 



