CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
9
The following differences in the amount of money invested by different
hospitals in 1878, as compared with 1877, are to be noticed. On the 1st Janu
ary 1877 the Medical College Hospital had Rs. 1,00,900 and interest during
that year, which amounted to Rs. 2,635, against Rs. 1,07,400 on 1st January
1878, which yielded Rs. 2,702-12-9 during that year. The Mayo Hospital
accounts show on 1st January 1877 invested funds Rs. 6,33,102-7-2, and the
interest during the year was Rs. 17,420. On the 1st January 1878
Rs. 3,22,400 are returned as invested capital, and the interest during the year
is entered as Rs. 17,974-7-10. It appears that in 1877 the value of the build
ing had been shown in the annual account as invested capital, but this was
incorrect, and for last year the sum of Rs. 3,10,702 has been struck out, being
the value of the hospital building. The North Suburban Hospital returns
Rs. 1,691-12-3 as invested on the 1st of January 1877, and the same sum on
the same date in 1878, but in neither year is interest said to have been received.
To the credit of Sumbhoo Nath Pundit's dispensary on the 1st January 1877
there stood a sum of Rs. 1,505-5-6 as invested, but no interest appears to have
been drawn during the year. On the 1st January 1878 the sum invested was
Rs. 2,100, and the interest received during the year Rs. 113-1-5. Alipore
Dispensary returned in the annual report for 1877 Rs. 491-15 as invested on
the 1st January, but no interest as accruing during the year, and Rs. 415-8-8 as
remaining invested on the 31st December 1877. On the 1st January 1878 the
sum invested is entered as Rs. 424-13-6, and the interest for the year as
Rs. 71-4-8. Arratoon Apcar Dispensary invested Rs. 466-14-9 during 1877,
which sum appears on the 1st January 1878, but apparently no interest was
obtained. Howrah General Hospital has Rs. 14,900 invested, which yields an
annual income of Rs. 633-8.
It seems to me that the statement which is ordered to be submitted for the
purpose of showing the financial position of medical institutions and dispensaries
is defective, inasmuch as it does not show the amount " withdrawn from invested
capital, although it has an entry showing the amount invested."
Rs. A. P.
Subscriptions received from Europeans in 1878 amounted to ...
...
1 1 , 1 3 3
11 11
From natives to
...
...
14,000 1 9
Or together to
...
...
25,133 13 8
In 1877 the European subscriptions came to
...
...
31,609 2 1
Those of natives to
...
...
3,465 8 0
Total
...
...
35,074 10 1
So that the subscriptions were in excess in 1877 by
...
...
9,940 12 5
This was effected entirely by means of European aid. In 1878 native
subscriptions exceeded those of the previous year by Rs. 10,534-9-9.
The heading " salaries received from Government " in the instance of the
Presidency General Hospital represents the whole of the money received for
the medical officers and all others concerned. In the case of the Medical
College Hospital the salaries of the medical officers are not included. In the
General Hospital Rs. 65,865 were received from Government on account of
salaries in 1877, against Rs. 55,165 in 1878. The salaries drawn from Govern
ment on account of the Medical College Hospital amounted to Rs. 44,698 in
1877 and to Rs. 42,453 in 1878. The expenditure at the Campbell Hospital
on account of establishment in 1877 was Rs. 22,772, against Rs. 26,498 in
1878. Bazaar medicines in 1877 cost Rs. 4,546 and in 1878 Rs. 2,905. Diet
charges in 1877 amounted to Rs. 28,859 and in 1878 to Rs. 23,876. Miscel
laneous charges, Rs. 9,066 in 1877 and Rs. 5,760 in 1878.
I tabulate a comparison of the expenditure of the various hospitals and
dispensaries in 1877 and 1878, omitting fractions and money invested.
Expended on-
Medical College
Hospital.
General
Hospital.
Mayo
Hospital, &c.
Campbell
Hospital.
Police
Hospital.
Total.
1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878. 1877. 1878.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
As.
Rs. Rs.
Establishment
44,698 42,454 65,865 55,166 34,678 33,568 22,773 26,499 5,046 8,700 1,73,060 1,66,387
Bazaar medicines
1,115
753
655 2,406 2,526 1,793 4,546 2,906
416
93 9,258 7,951
European ditto
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 11,474 5,785 6,218 6,128 5,240
. . . . . . 1,778
974 24,710 12,887
Diet
44,797 30,945 48,954 29,205 4,713 5,217 28,860 23,876 10,294 7,216 1,37,618 96,459
Miscellaneous charges
22,484 13,733 51,756 6,158 6,508 7,338 9,066 5,761 2,513
566 92,327 33,556
Building and repairs
4,000 ......
7,000 5,263 7,466 7,984 ......
2,551 1,270
332 19,736 18,130
Total Expenditure
1,17,094 87,885 1,85,704 1,03,983 62,109 62,028 70,485 61,593 21,317 17,881 4,56,709 3,33,370