RESOLUTION.
MEDICAL.
Dated Darjeeling, the 22nd September 1878.
READ—
The Report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for 1877.
Read also
—
The Report for 1876 and the Resolution recorded thereon.
THE returns for the past year show an increase in the number of patients
treated at each of the medical institutions of the town and suburbs, except the
Alipore and Aratoon Apcar Dispensaries, at each of which there was a slight
falling off. The total number of persons treated at all the institutions was greater
than in any pr evi ous year ; as compar ed wi t h t he year 1876, t her e was an
increase of 9,793 in the patients of the Calcutta hospitals, and of 15,546 in the
patients of the suburban hospitals and dispensaries. The following table shows
the extent to which the public resorted to the different hospitals and dispen-
saries during the past three years :—
1875.
1876.
1877.
In-door. Out-door.
Total.
In-door. Out-door.
Total.
In-door. Out-door.
Total.
1. Medical College Hos-
pital.
4,456
45,374
49,830
4,352
44,679
49,031
4,967
47,506
52,473
2. General Hospital
3,234
9,544
12,778
3,999
16,293
20,292
5,144
20,248
25,392
3. Mayo Hospital and Dis-
pensaris.
2,006
191,759
193,765
2,029
187,661
189,690
2,127
187,903
190,030
4. Campbell Hospital
7,782
. . .
7,782
6,640
. . .
6,640
6,953
. . .
6,953
5. Municipal Police Hos-
p i t a l .
2,880
. . .
2,880
2,261
. . .
2,261
2,859
. . .
2,859
Total Calcutta Hospitals
20,358
246,677
267,035
19,281
248,633
267,914
22,050
255,657
277.707
6. North Suburban Hos-
pital,
625
. . .
625
635
. . .
635
732
4,059
4,791
7. Sumbhoonath Pundit
Dispensary.
. . .
9,907
9,907
. . .
6,475
6,475
. . .
7,465
7,465
8. Alipore Dispensary
119
5,968
6,087
110
4,495
4,605
113
4,188
4,301
9. Aratoon Apcar Dispen-
sary.
. . .
9,539
9,539
. . .
9,559
9,559
. . .
9,508
9,508
10, Howrah General Hos-
pital.
2,245
18,024
20,269
2,340
18,488
,
20,828
2,463
19,327
21,790
Total Suburban Hospitals
2,989
43,438
46,427
3,085
39,017
42,102
3,308
44,547
47,855
Grand Total
23,347
290,115
313,462
22,366
287,650
310,016
25,358
300,204
325,562
2. From the increase in the number of patients among the police force,
the Surgeon-General infers that the past year was more unhealthy than 1876.
There are special reasons for the increased attendance at the General and North
Suburban Hospitals. The former is the chief resort for sick sailors, and
during the greater part of the year the number of sailors in port was far above
the average. The number of European seamen treated in the General Hospital
as house patients was nearly a thousand in excess of the number in 1876.
The large attendance at the North Suburban Hospital is due to the opening of
the out-door department on the 9th March 1877. No explanation is offered of
the great increase in the number of patients at the Medical College Hospital
as compared with previous years, and the fluctuations at the other hospitals are
slight and do not call for special notice.
3. The following statement shows the race and sex of all the persons
treated during the past two years :—
RACE.
MALES.
FEMALES.
CHILDREN.
TOTAL.
1876.
1877.
1876.
1877.
1876.
1877.
1876.
1877.
Europeans
6 , 4 1 5
8,638
1,414
1,665
1,351
1,739
9,180
12,042
E u r a s i a n s
1 1 , 0 4 4
10,801
7,741
8,211
15,343
15,419
34,128
34,431
M a h o m e d a n s
6 0 , 1 1 2
6 2 , 3 0 6
1 4 , 2 5 2
1 3 , 7 9 9
2 8 , 3 4 5
31,823
102,709
1 0 7 , 9 2 8
Hindoos
1 0 6 , 1 6 8
110,596
2 2 , 7 5 0
2 3 , 6 8 5
2 3 , 9 1 4
27,489
152,832
1 6 1 , 7 7 0
Other castes
3,465
2,795
2,919
2,438
4,783
4,158
11,167
9,391
Total
187,204
195,136
49,076
49,798
73,736
80,628
310,016
325,562