RESOLUTION.
MEDICAL.
Darjeeling,the 11th July 1879.
READ—
The report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for 1878.
Read also
—
The report for 1877 and the Resolution recorded thereon.
The returns for the past year show an increase of 3,849 in the number of
in-door patients treated at the medical institutions of the town and suburbs, and
a decrease of 7,925 in the number of out-door patients. The total number of
persons treated at all the institutions, although less by 4,076 than the number
in 1877, was greater than that attained in any previous year. The falling
off is more than accounted for by the closing of the out-door department of the
General Hospital, and the consequent absence of out-door patients at that
institution during the year. The number of in-door patients shows that the
hospitals have not fallen off in popularity. The following table shows the
extent to which the public resorted to the different hospitals and dispensaries
during the past three years :-
1876.
1877.
1878.
In-door. Out-door. Total. In-door. Out-door. Total. In-door. Out-door. Total.
1. Medical College Hospital
4,352
44,679 49,031
4,967
47,506
52,473
5,148 48,080
54,134
2. General Hospital
3,999
16,293 20,292
5,144 20,248
25,392
4,280
. . . . . .
4,280
3. Mayo Hospital and Dispensaries
2,029 187.661 189,690
2,127 187,903 190,030
2,127
1 8 8 , 6 3 7 190,764
4. Campbell Hospital
6,640 ......
6,640
6,953 ......
6,953
11,001 ......
11,001
5.Municipal Police Hospital
2,261 ......
2,26
2,859 ......
2,859
3,396 ......
3,396
Total Calcutta Hospitals
19,281 248,633 267,914 22,050 255,657
2 7 7 , 7 0 7
277,707
25,952 237,623 263,575
6. North Suburban Hospital. ...
635 ......
635
732
4,059
4,791
641
3,935
4,576
7. Sumbhoonath Pundit Dispensary...
......
6,475
6,475 ......
7,465
7,465 .....
12,802
12,802
8. Alipore Dispensary
110
4,495
4,605
113
4,188
4,301
112
5,372
5,484
9. Arratoon Apcar Dispensary ......
9,559
9,559 ......
9,508
9,508 ......
12,142
12,142
10. Howrah General Hospital
2,340
18,488
20,828
2,463
19,327
21,790
2,502
20,405
22,907
Total Suburban Hospitals
3,085
39,017
42,102
3,308 3 , 3 0 8 44,517
47,855
3,235
54,656
57,911
GLAND TOTAL
22,366 287,650 310,016
25,358 300,204 325,562 29,207 292,279 321,486
2. The closing of the out-door department of the General Hospital led.
to a general increase in the number of out-door patients treated at the other
hospitals and dispensaries, the increase being greatest at the Sumbhoonath
Pundit and Arratoon
Apcar Dispensaries.There was a very largeincreaseof 8percentin the number of patients treated at the Campbell Hospital, but of
this no explanation has been offered either by the Superintendent or the
Surgeon-General. This institution is the pauper hospital of Calcutta, and the
increase is probably in a great measure to be accounted for by the high prices
of the past year, and an increase in diseases induced by bad and insufficient food.
It is to be hoped also that this large increase may to some extent be attributable
to increasing confidence in the treatment which the poorer classes receive at the
hospital. The fluctuations in the number of patients at the other hospitals
were slight, and do not require any special notice or explanation.
3. The following statement shows the race and sex of the persons treated
during the past two years :—
RACE.
Males.
Females.
Children.
Total.
1877.
1878.
1877.
1878.
1877.
1878.
1877.
1878.
Europeans
8,638
8,005
1,665
1,356
1,739
1,015
12,042
10,376
Eurasians
10,801
9,948
8,211
7,614
15,419
14,588
34,431
32,150
Mahomedans
62,306
66,919
13,799
13,431
31,823
29,955
107,928
110,305 110,
Hindus
Hindus
. .,. ...
••• ••
110,596
111,314
23,685
20,777
27,489
24,377
161,770
156,468
Other castes ... ...
2,795
3,221
2,438
3,112
4,158
5,305
9,391
11,638
Total
195,136
199,407
49,798
46,290
80,628
75,240
325 ,562
32
0 , 9 3 7
* Exclusive of 549cases treated in the dental dispensary in the Medical College Hospital, particulars of which ar
e not