4
REPORT ON THE
In comparison with former years these figures show that the proportion of Christ;,,,
Comparison with
previous years.
Particulars of class
and sex.
Statement No. III.
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HOSPITAL.
CENSUS RETURNS.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
Europeans ...
...
...
70'90
18'53
11'27 1
60'5
39'5
Eurasians ...
...
...
29'63
25'85
44'50
Mussulmans
...
58'42
13'70
27'87
72'5
27'5
Hindoos
...
...
69'69
14'89
15'41
65'
35
Other castes
•-••
26.14
24'32
49'53
65'4
34'6
(Europeans and Eurasians) pa-
_ tients is slightly lower ; there is
an increase of the Mahomedan
patients by about 4 per cent.,
and of other castes by about 1
per cent., while the Hindoos
remain about the same. The
proportion of males, females,
and children, composing each
class, is shown in comparison
with the census returns in the
statement on the margin.
The particulars of class and sex of in-door and out-door patients separately, as contrasted
with the returns of mofussil hospitals and dispensaries (the figures for 1873 are taken for
the latter), are shown in the subjoined statement.
Statement No. IV.
IN-DOOR PATIENTS.
Europeans.
Eurasians.
Mussulmans. 1
Hindoos.
Other castes.
M.
F.
C.
M. i F.
C.
M.
F.
C. I M.
F. 1 C.
M. 1 F.
C.
18'08
613
20'73
52'95
1'51
Calcutta ...
...
...
...
... 82'15 11/7 6'08 48'44 38'85 12'71 84'58111'78 3'64 74'76 1 20'73 4'51 39'05 49'21 Mt
*51
'51
26'13
70'69
2'16
Mofussil (1873) ...
...
...
... 9515 I 4'85 I ... 1 77'89 20'19 1'92 81'95 15'33 I 2/2 79'31 1 18'08 2'61 69'36 24'23 6'41
OUT-DOOR PATIENTS.
1-90
12'27
35'85
47116
2'92
Calcutta ,..
...
...
...
... 60'28 24'14 15'58 28'74 25'24 I 46'02 1 57'11 13'80 29'09 69'2 I 14'32 1 16'48 1 25'57 23'21 51:21
16
'43
I
34'27
I63'17
1'97
Alofussil (1873) ...
...
...
... 70'07 11'02 18'91 51'26 19'61 1 29'13 I 62'32 20'46 17'22 64'61 19'29 I 16'10 56
23'46 20'51
Cholera.
9. Of the 20,921 in-patients treated, 3,197 died, the death-rate per mille being
152 .8. This death-rate is higher than that of 1873, which was 143 per mille, and is
considerably higher than the death-rates of 1872 and 1871, in both of which years it was
132 per mille : in fact this is the highest death-rate registered since the year 1869. This high
rate of mortality is clearly attributable to the Mayo Hospital, in which the death-rate has
risen from 51 .8 in 1873 to 137.4 per mille in 1874. The General Hospital also shows a rise in
the death-rate of 8 . 1, the Police Hospital of 3 . 1, and the Alipore Dispensary of 42 . 1 per mine.
On the other hand the Campbell, North Suburban, and Howrah hospitals show a decided
decrease as compared with 1873.
It has been suggested that the high rate of mortality in the Mayo Hospital has been
caused by the increased accommodation in it, and by the consequently increased number of
patients, many of whom were in a moribund condition on admission.
10. It is seen from statement No. V that, during 1874, a considerably larger number of
cholera cases were treated than in any year since 1869. It is also seen that a larger number of
persons in hospital died from cholera in 1874 than in any year since 1869 ; and the mortality
per mille in 1874 has been greater (with the exception of 1873) than in any year exhibited
in the accompanying statement.