CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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MUNICIPAL POLICE HOSPITAL.
33. The statistics of this hospital are shown concisely in the statement Summary.
STATEMENT No. XV.
YEARS.
Strength.
PER CENT. OF STRENGTH.
Deaths
per cent. of
treated.
Admissions.
Deaths.
Daily sick.
1867
1868
1869
1870
1871
3,183
106.06
61.01
64.4
59.03
64.0
3.7
2.8
2.07
1.4
1.54
3.3
3.3
3.5
3.4
3.29
3.5
4.5
3.05
2.3
2.26
Average
......
70.9
2.3
3.3
3.1
1872
3,033
89.6
2.14
3.2
2.3
on the margin. The admis-
sions have been more nu-
merous on account princi-
pally of dengue, but the
deaths and daily sick-rates
are rather below the average.
In the native army the
annual rate of admissions per
cent. of strength is 137.5
of daily sick 4.41, and of
deaths 1.83. Taking into
account the different condi-
tions of service of the two
bodies of men, the com-
prison is not unfavorable
to the Calcutta police force.
Dr. Woodford's figures would
be still more valuable if he specified all the losses of the force from every
Comparison with
native army.
Improvement in
statisties
sug-
gested.
Remaining on rolls, 31st December 18
—
Accessions
recruits
transfers, &c., &c.
--
—
--
Total
---
Discharged for misconduct
ditto
ill-health
Invalided
Died, &c., &c.
---
---
---
Remaining on rolls 31st December 18
—
cause, invaliding, discharge, &c., &c. This
might be done in the form of a gain and loss
statement as shown marginally. The propor-
tion of deaths is liable to disturbance from
fluctuations in the number of men leaving
the force from other causes, and a statement
of this sort would render an exact comparison
with other bodies of men and years more
true.
It would also be an advantage if, in giving the number of admissions and
deaths from different parts of the town, he were to state the strength of
the section from which the admissions and deaths are derived.
35. In consequence of the strong remarks on the state of the building
and its neighbourhood, recorded in Dr. Woodford's report for 1871, a special
report was called for from the Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals on the
subject. Mr. Saunders submitted a careful report, which I forwarded, for the in-
formation of Government, in August. His report went to show that the drain-
age of the neighbourhood might be improved. The Chairman of the Justices
informed Government in September that the drainage of the vicinity of the
hospital would be carried out "on the completion of the Amherst Street sewer,
which forms a portion of the northern extension." Mr. Saunders was unable
to detect any evidence of what are known as hospital influences, and the
returns for 4872 only contain one case of phagedæna. The hospital building
was thoroughly repaired in September, and it is to be hoped that when the
sanitary state of the neighbourhood is amended, the circumstances mentioned
by Dr. Woodford may cease to occur.
Hospital building.
36. The subject of an increase of establishment has been referred to
the Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals for special report, and wi l l b e s u b mi t t e d s e p a r a t e l y , i f n e c e s s a r y .
37. The remark which I have made with reference to the Resident
Apothecary of the Pauper Hospital, applies with equal force to the concluding
paragraph of the report.
Establishment.