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REPORT ON THE
STATEMENT No. I.
CALCUTTA MEDICAL
INSTITUTIONS.
1877.
1876.
PERSONS TREATED.
Died per
mille of
treated.
PERSONS TREATED.
Died per
mille of
treated.
In-door. Outdoor. Total.
In-door. Out-door. Total.
1. Medical College Hospital ...
4,967
47,506
52,473
108·32
4,352
44,679
49,031
136·19
2. General Hospital ...
...
5,144
20,248
25,392
44· 32
3,999
16,293
20,292
55·01
3. Mayo Hospital and Dispen-
saries
. . .
. . .
. . . 2,127 187,903 190,030
120·35
2,029 187,661 189,690
127·15
4. Campbell Hospital ...
...
6,953
......
6,953
248·23
6,640
......
6,640
250·45
5. Municipal Police Hospital ...
2,859
......
2,859
22·03
2,261
......
2,261
22·99
Total Calcutta Hospitals
... 22,050 255,657 277,707
127·96
19,281 248,633 267,914
172·08
6. North Suburban Hospital . . .
732
4,059
4,791
161·20
635
......
- 635
231·49
7. Sumbhoo Nath Pundit Dis-
pensary ...
...
...
......
7,465
7,465
. . . . . .
......
6,475
6,475
. . . . . .
8. Alipore Dispensary ...
...
113
4,188
4,301
159·29
110
4,495
4,605
136·36
9. Arratoon Apcar Dispensary ...
. . . . . .
9,508
9,508
......
......
9,559
9,559
.....
10. Howrah General Hospital ...
2,463
19,327
21,790
170·11
2,340
18·488
20,828
150
Total Suburban Hospitals
...
3,308
44,547
47,855
167·77
3,085
39,017
42,102
166·28
GRAND TOTAL
... 25,358
300,204 326,562
133·26
22,366 287,650 310,016
1 4 7 · 7 6
The death-rate,
civil and military
hospitals.
Sex and race of
all the patients
treated.
3. It always seems to me that to compare the death rates of any hospitals,
except military hospitals, is of very little use, as the results are very misleading
if it is taken for granted that the smallest mortality indicates the most successful
treatment. In military life all men unfit for duty are supposed to be, and as a
general rule are, in hospital, and thus they must come early under treatment.
It is the same in every regiment and detachment; but into civil hospital,
patients, for whom they are intended and who ought to go, are not compelled to
do so, and too often they stay out too long and apply for admission when treat
-ment is likely to be of little service. This is especially the case in India. From
the statement it appears that the mortality per 1,000 varied from 44·3 in the
General Hospital to 108·3 in the Medical College. Among the police it was
22·0. In the Mayo Hospital 120·3, and in the Campbell, to which many mori-
bund cases are sent, 248·3. The rates per mille for the Calcutta hospitals for
1877 was 127·9, against 172·08 in 1876. In the suburban dispensaries it was
167·7 in 1877, against 166·2 in 1876.
4. Statement No. II, which follows, shows the sex and race of all the
patients treated during the year:—
STATEMENT No. II.
R A C E .
Total for
1876.
Males.
Females.
Children.
Total for
1877.
Europeans
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
9,180
8,638
1,665
1,739
12,042
Eurasians
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
34,128
10,801
8,211
15,419
31,431
Mahomedans ...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
102,709
62,306
13,799
31,823
107,928
Hindoos
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
152,832
110,596
23,685
27,489
161,770
Other castes ...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
11,167
2,795
2,438
4,158
9,391
Total
...
310,016
195,136
49,798
80,628
325,562
Proportion of the
sexes.
5. It will be observed from the abstract given below that for the past five
years the proportion in which the sexes were admitted was pretty much the
same each year:—
1877.
1876.
1875.
1874.
1873.
Males
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
59·94
60·38
59·67
59·85
61·8
Females
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 15·29
15·83
15·83
16·59
15·5
Children
...
...
. . .
... 24·76
23·78
24·49
23·39
22·7
In like manner we find, taking the experience of four years, that the ratio
in which Europeans, Eurasians, Mahomedans, Hindoos, and others apply for
charitable medical aid in Calcutta is very nearly the same each year:—
1877.
1876.
1875.
1874.
Europeans
...
. . . ...
...
...
3·70
2·96
3·18
2·41
Eurasians
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
10·57
11·00
11·83
11·80
Mahomedans
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
3 3 · 1 5 33·13
34·64
33·23
Hindoos
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
4 9 · 6 9 49·29
47·64
49·93
Others
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2 · 8 8
3·60
2·81
2·63