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REPORT OF THE
Recruits.
The number of recruits examined at the hospital during the year and passed by me as
fit for the Police Force has been—
Europeans
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
49
Natives
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
964
1,013
Sick-rate.
Death-rate.
Building.
Faulty site.
Lighting.
Cholera.
An average daily sick of 104 to a force of 3,183 Native Police is less than 3 per cent. or
one-half of the relative percentage of former years, and shows the advantage obtained by a
medical examination before admission into the force.
The death-rate of 2 and a fraction per cent. to treated, and 1 and a fraction to the
strength of the force, is the lowest return yet attained, being a fraction less than that of
last year.
Building.—The hospital building requires urgent thorough repair; the plaster of the
walls both outside and inside is frequently falling off, which acts as an absorbent to the
vitiated atmospheric air surrounding the premises (engendered doubtless by the foul state of
the drains and latrines of the Native houses forming the north and west boundary of the
hospital premises), which is so pernicious, that the most trifling sores or ulcers assume a
sloughing or phagedenic form, necessitating their transfer to the Pauper Hospital at Sealdah,
where under the same treatment they, as a rule, become rapidly cured, which at once proves
the faulty site selected for the Police Chowkidar Hospital. During the year it has been
observed that many cases admitted into hospital with fever have been attacked by dysentery
of an aggravated form.
Since my last report a wall has been built on the western boundary of the hospital
and the eastern side has been railed in; but edibles of the worst description are passed under
the railings from the main road or street, such as gram, chillies, and other kinds of equally
pernicious substances, in violation of the hospital rules and close observation by the guard
on duty. Three deaths in one month were due alone to eating gram surreptitiously while
suffering from acute dysentery.
Lighting. —Two gas-lights in each ward would be a great boon, and probably as economi
- c a l a s t h e o n e o i l - l a m p n o w a l l o w e d t o e a c h o f t h e w a r d s , w h i c h m e a s u r e r e s p e c t i v e l y 5 9 f e e t
in length, 21 feet in breadth, and 13 feet in height.
Cholera. —Of 19 cases of cholera admitted into hospital during the year, 4 only died,
although the majority were received in a collapsed state. The comparative immunity from
cholera is in a great measure to be attributed, I believe, to the new water-supply.
Mr. Apothecary McCormick continues to give the same satisfaction in the discharge of
his onerous duties as formerly reported.
C. O. WOODFORD, M.D., F.R.C.S., LONDON,
Police Surgeon in charge of the Municipal
Police Chowkidar Hospital.
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REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL POLICE CHOWKIDAR HOSPITAL.
General Summary for the year 1871.
CLASSES,
IN-PATIENTS.
Number remaining
from previous
year.
New cases
admitted.
DISCHARGED.
Died.
Cured.
Otherwise.
Males.
Males.
Males.
Males.
Males.
Mussulmans
... ... ... ... ... ...
33
604
577
24
7
Hindoos
...
...
...
...
... ...
. . .
92
1,434
1,337
60
42
Total
...
125
2,038
1,914
84
49
Average Daily Sick of In-Patients.
Males ...
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
104.98
CALCUTTA LOCK HOSPITALS.
77
5. The deaths have as before been few.
T h e c a u s e s a r e —
A n æ m i a
2
Dysentery
6
Phthisis
3
Anasarea
1
Pneumonia
1
Tetanus
1
6. The history of the year, as far as the hospitals are concerned, will be complete with
the following statement of expenditure:—
Deaths.
Expenditure.
TABLE IV.
Return shewing the Expenditure in the Lock Hospitals and Examination Depôts during the
year 1871.
ESTABLISHMENT
Total
Rs. As. P.
21,111 13 2
Per patient
• •
109 5 3
DIET AND EXTRAS •
. .
. .
Total
. .
. .
• •
12,477 14 1
Per patient
• •
• •
• •
64 9 10
CLOTHING AND CONTINGENCIES..
Total
• .
. .
• •
• •
1,590 8 3
Per patient..
..
..
8
3
9
BAZAAR MEDICINES
Total
.
90 13 0
Per patient
0 7 6
• •
T o t a l
35,271 0 6
Per patient
• .
1 8 2 10 5
The total has fallen from 46,811 in 1870 to 35,271. This is a necessary consequence of
a reduced number of patients. Thus in the item of diet the reduction is largest. It is seen
in clothing also, but naturally in a less degree, and in establishment it is least of all, because
it is only the servants that can be reduced with falling numbers, the highly paid subordinates
being required for the examination work and permanently retained.
On this last account the cost per patient is shown at a higher rate than in 1870, viz.
Rs. 182 against Rs. 138, the cost of establishment alone being per patient Rs. 109, against
Rs. 64 The expenditure contrasts, I believe, very favorably with that of Madras and
Bombay.
Memorandum from GEORGE SAUNDERS, ESQ., Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals,
Presidency Circle,—(No. 285, dated 17th April 1872.)
FORWARDED for the Inspector-General's information. The report in its present shape
does not seem to call for any special remarks, dissociated as it is from any consideration of
the working of Act XIV and its effect on prostitution generally in this city. Doubtless the
constantly keeping on the register 7,000 women, and the having these regularly inspected,
will have a tendency to lower the ratio of sickness; indeed it seems strange that the per-
centage has not been more sensibly reduced with such efficient means for examination at
the hospitals and at Chitpore. But what one would like to know, is the effect of the work-
-ing of the Act on the civil population generally, and this we appear to have no means of
ascertaining: there must be so many thousands of prostitutes in the city and suburbs who
are not on the register, and these have of course ample means of disseminating disease
without our being aware of the fact, or of being able to trace the results.
2. The returns from the civil hospitals and dispensaries at the Presidency in relation
to venereal disease have been regularly forwarded to the Superintendent, Lock Hospitals, so
as to enable him to form an opinion of the effect produced on the health of the city by the
operation of the Act; and as my office has been the channel through which this information
has been obtained, the results of the inquiry should have been detailed in the medical
report.
U
78
REPORT OF THE CALCUTTA LOCK HOSPITALS.
3. It seems remarkable that the mortality has been so small at the Lock hospitals
during the past year ; and looking to the fact that only three women died from diseases of an
asthenic type, it would seem that the prostitute class generally maintain themselves in good
health and condition ; indeed, that seems to be the general characteristic of the women that
have come under my notice in the hospitals ; there seems to be little destitution amongst the
class generally.
4. I would again invite attention to the high cost at which these hospitals are
maintained under the head of establishment. Rs. 109 per patient per annum is a very large
sum to pay for the treatment of venereal disease and the inspections which are made at the
hospitals.
5. I hope next year to be able to report a considerable reduction in the cost of all
other hospital charges.
( 5 )
the Inspector-General to go into the matter very carefully, and to report again
whether anything can be done. The building is, Dr. Woodford says, admirably
suited to its purpose.
23. The Police Hospital.—Here the Native police are treated, and give
from a force of 3,183 men an average daily sick list of 104 cases. The
death-rate was low—22.6 per thousand; but then some bad cases are sent to
other hospitals. The condition and position of the hospital building seems
to call for early attention on the part of the Commissioner of Police and the
Municipality. But the statistics of mortality hardly bear out the very bad effects
attributed to the building.
24. The Lock Hospitals .—These have been already separately reported
upon, and it is only here necessary to remark that the tables show a decided
diminution of disease among the women registered, and an appreciable decrease
in the cases of venereal disease and syphilis in the wards of the civil hospitals
(p aragraph 8 of the Inspector-General's report).
25. The Lieutenant-Governor cannot conclude this resolution without
expressing the obligations under which he lies to the Inspector-General, Dr. Brown,
for the valuable aid he has given in the discussion of all the important
questions that have arisen in connection with these metropolitan institutions.
The extremely interesting review of their working, which has now been submitted,
also calls for the thanks of Government. Dr. Brown has in all this been fortunate
in having such an able secretary and assistant as Dr. McLeod. Dr. Saunders,
the Deputy Inspector-General, has also most zealously probed every thing con
-nected with the institutions under his superintendence.
26. The Lieutenant-Governor requests that Dr. Brown will convey to the
gentlemen who preside over the working of the various hospitals, and to those
who give such valuable services in their wards, an expression of the high
estimation in which His Honor holds their labours, and the gratification with
which he reads of their satisfactory result.
Ordered that a copy of this resolution be forwarded to the Inspector-General
of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department, for information and guidance, and
with a request that he will be so good as to submit the reports called for in
paragraphs 14 and 19.
Also that extracts paragraphs 17 and 18 be forwarded to the Shipping
Master for guidance.
Also that paragraph 23 from this resolution, together with extract (paragraph
'building') from Dr. Woodford's report on the Police Hospital be forwarded to
the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, and to the Chairman of the Justices of the
Peace for the Town of Calcutta, for information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
A. MACKENZIE,
O f f g . S e c r e t a r y t o t h e G o v t . o f B e n g a l .
No. 3738.
COPY forwarded to the Inspector-General of Hospitals, Indian Medical
Department, for information and guidance, and for submission of the reports
called for in paragraphs 14 and 19.
No. 3739.
EXTRACTS paragraphs 17 and 18 forwarded to the Shipping Master for
guidance.
( 6 )
No. 3740.
EXTRACT paragraph 23, together with extract (paragraph 'building') from
Dr. Woodford's report on the Police Hospital, forwarded to the Commissioner
of Police, Calcutta, for information.
No. 3741.
EXTRACT paragraph 23, together with extract (paragraph 'building') from
Dr. Woodford's report on the Police Hospital, forwarded to the Chairman of
the Justices of the Peace for the Town of Calcutta for information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal.
T. J. CHICHELE PLOWDEN,
Offg. Under-Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.
CALCUTTA,
The 22 nd August 1872.
IP/6/HG4
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
For the year 1872.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, C.B.,
Inspector General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department.
Calcutta:
A. ACTON, CALCUTTA CENTRAL PRESS COMPANY, LIMITED.
5, COUNCIL HOUSE STREET.
1873.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
For the year 1872.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, C.B.,
Inspector-General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Department.
Cacutta:
A. ACTON, CALCUTTA CENTRAL PRESS COMPANY, LIMITED.
5, COUNCIL HOUSE STREET.
1873.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1872.
No. 265.
FROM J. CAMPBELL BROWN, ESQ., C.B.,
Inspector-General of Hospitals,
INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL.
Dated Fort William, the 31st May 1873.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to submit the returns and reports of the medical Institutions includ-
ed in the report.
Medical College Hospital, General Hos-
pital, Calcutta Nurses' Institution, Muni-
cipal Pauper Hospital, Municipal Police
Hospital, Sukeas' Street Dispensary, North
Suburban Hospital, Sumbhoo Nath Pun-
dit's Hospital, Alipore Dispensary, Aratoon
Apcar Dispensary, Howrah General Hos-
pital, Calcutta Lock Hospitals.
institutions marginally enumerated, for the calen-
dar year 1872. I have been obligingly fur-
nished by Surgeon N. C. Macnamara, Superin-
tendent of the Native Hospital and its affiliated
dispensaries, with the returns relating to these
institutions. I am thus enabled to include in
this report statistics relating to all the public charities situated in Calcutta
and its suburbs. Before proceeding to offer any remarks regarding individual
institutions which may appear necessary, I shall make a few observations
on the combined statistics of all the institutions, as indicating the health of
the community during the year under report.
Race and caste.
Comparison with
census returns.
Sexes of different
races and castes.
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
3
show the proportion of the sexes among the classes frequenting public hospitals.
Of the 105,319 patients, regarding whom particulars of race and caste were
registered, 8,313 were Europeans, 9,503 Eurasians, 33,615 Mussulmans,
49,537 Hindoos, and 4,381 belonged to other native castes and classes. These
figures give percentages of 7.8, 9.0, 31.9, 47.1, and 4.2. The recent census
returns show that the population of Calcutta is composed as follows :—Christians
4.7, Mussulmans 29, Hindoos 65, and other classes 1.3. The public hos
pitals are therefore, if a comparison can be drawn between these returns, more
frequented by Europeans, Eurasians, Mussulmans, and " other castes," than by
Hindoos.
Of the 8,313 Europeans, 6,565 were males, 1,323 females, and 425 children ;
of the 9,503 Eurasians, 3,442, 2,915, and 3,146 ; of the 33,615 Mussulmans,
23,069, 5,157, and 5,389 ; of the 49,537 Hindoos, 36,347, 7,580, and 5,610 ;
and of the 4,381 other classes, 2,814, 920, and 647. These figures give the fol
lowing percentages, which are shown in comparison with the Calcutta census
return s.
STATEMENT No. II.
HOSPITALS.
CENSUS
RETURNS.
M.
F.
Ch.
M.
F.
Europeans ..,
... 78.9 15.9
5.2
60.5 39.5
Eurasians
...
... 36.2 30.7 33.1
Mussulmans ...
... 68.6 15.3 16.1 72.5 27.5
Hindoos
...
... 73.4 15.3 11.3 65
35
Other classes ...
... 64.2 21
14.8 65.4 34.6
Comparison with
census returns.
It appears from this statement
that the women and children of
the Eurasian community are
more prone to resort to our hos
pitals, and those of the Hindoo
community least. The small
proportion of European children
treated is remarkable. The
women and children of " other
castes" form a larger proportion
of the attendance.
Pursuing the analysis still
further, the following table gives
the particulars of caste and sex of in-door and out-door patients separately, as
contrasted with the returns of mofussil hospitals and dispensaries. The
figures of 1871 are taken for the latter ; those of 1872 not being as yet avail-
able
STATEMENT NO. III.
Comparison be-
tween Calcutta
and provincial
hospitals.
IN-DOOR PATIENTS
.
Europeans.
Eurasians.
Mussulmans.
Hindoos
Other Castes.
M. F. Ch. M. I F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. I F. Ch. M. F. Ch.
Calcutta ... ... ...
24.0
7.3
20.7
46.3
1-7
82.6 12.6 4.8 31.5 42.8 25.7 86.3 11.7 2
79.8 18.2 2
44.8 41.5 13.7
Mofussil
...
...
...
2.9
.9
26.2
67.9
2.05
93.9 6.1 ... 56.7 17.1 26.2 79 18.2 2.8 79.1 18.2 2.7 73.8 21.3 4.9
OUT-DOOR PATIENTS.
Calcutta
...
...
...
3.9
9.4
34.7
47.3
4.7
73.5 20.8 5.7 37.1 28.4 34.5 66 15.8 18.2 71.8 14.6 13.6 65.9 19.2 14.9
Mofussil
...
...
.48
.91
34.66
62.26
1.69
72. 24.7 3.3 44.3 21.8 33.9 67.1 17.9 15. 69.3 17.2 13.5 59.2 23.2 17.6
In Statement No. 4 the analysis is carried still further, and the results
registered in each of the Calcutta medical institutions shown in detail in per
centages.
t r eat ed i n each
of t he Cal cut t a
medi cal i nst i t u-
tions.
4
STATEMENT No. IV.
IN-DOOR.
OUT-DOOR.
INSTITUTIONS.
Europeans.
Eurasians.
Mahomedans.
Hindoos.
-Other Castes.
Europeans.
Eurasians.
Mahomedans.
Hindoos.
Other Castes.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C.
M.
F.
C.
Medical College Hospital
...
..
20.67
21.91
15.98
35.73
5.71
3.3
11.7
32.7
44.8
7.5
80.6 14.7 4.7 32.2 47.3
'
20.5 79.9 16.4 3.7
68. 28.3
3.7 40.3 44.8 14.9
71• 15.2 13 .8 31 .7 28.7 39. 6 68 3 12 .5 19.2 75.3 12 .8 11 .9 71.8 16.
12.2
General Hospital
... ...
100.
...
...
...
...
...
..
...
...
...
...
. . .
82.9 11.9 5.2
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . .
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
.
Native Hospital ... ... ...
1.5
1. 5
4 6 . 46.
5 0 . 9
1.5
...
...
. . .
...
. . .
78.3
1 3 .
8 . 7
89.5
7.3
3.1 87 .3 10.1
2..5 91.7 8.3 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Pauper Hospital
...
...
...
4.7
25.6
69.6
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
19.4 36.6 43.9 78 .9 18.9 2.1 73.6 24.1
2.3 ..
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . . .
. . .
. . .
Police Hospital ...
... ...
...
...
35.5
64.5
...
...
...
...
...
... ... ... ... ... ...
100. ...
...
100.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
Sukeas' Street Dispensary ...
...
...
1.1
17.8
81.1
...
•02
•29
361
63.6
...
...
...
...
100' ...
...
100' ...
...
97.3
2.7 ...
...
...
...
100.
...
...
39.4 21.2 36.4 68.8 12.1 19.1 77 .9 1 1 .
11.1 ...
...
...
North Suburban Hospital ... ...
...
...
13.6
86.3
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
. . .
9 0 . 9 9.09
3 4 . 2 14.2
1.6
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Sumbhoo Nath Pundit's Hospital
... ...
...
...
20.8
79.2
...
.2
1.4
35.7
62.7
...
...
... ...
...
...
...
. . . 64.8 32 .5
2.7 79 .4 17.7 2 .8 ...
. . .
. . .
38.5 38.5
23. 55 . 19. 1 25.8 57 .9 20 .2 21 .8 68 .4 17 .4 14.2 ...
...
...
Alipore Dispensary
...
...
..
...
32.9
50.9
16.2
...
...
36.4
48.3
15.2
...
...
...
...
...
. . . 81 .3 16 .9
11 73 6 25 .3
11 55 .2 31. 13.8
...
...
...
...
...
..,
56.7 28 .9 14-4 56.1 26.1 17.7 51 .7 28 .2
2 0 •
Aratoon Apear Dispensary ...
...
...
. . .
...
...
.01
•01
59.3
40.4
•21
...
... ...
...
... ...
...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . . 100.
. . . ...
100. ...
...
661 1 17 .7 1 16 . 1 66.1 17 .4 16 .4 50. 44.4 5.5
38.6
11.9
12.5
36.3
.76
16.7
26.1
20.7
35.8
.
.6
RE P ORT ON T HE
7
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
NO. VI.
SOOKRA'S STREET
DISPENSARY.
NORTH SUBURBAN
HOSPITAL.
BHOW ANIPORE
DISPENSARY.
A LIPORE DISPENSARY.
HOWRAH GENERALHOSPITAL .
TOTAL.
Natives.
Natives.
Natives.
Natives.
Europeans.
Natives.
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
Di ed per
1,000.
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
Di ed per
1, 000.
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
Di ed per
1, 000.
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
D i e d p e r
1 , 0 0 0 .
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
Di e d p e r
1, 000.
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
D i e d p e r
1 , 0 0 0 .
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
D i e d p e r
1 , 0 0 0 .
90
10
111 .11 726
191
263 .09 178
20
112 . 36 179
19
106 . 15 598
28
46.82 586
114
19.45
20,270
2,761
136.2
... ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
... ...
...
...
... ...
...
1
1
1,000•
... ... ...
11
...
...
2
...
...
13
...
...
6 2 ... ...
1 4
. . .
...
2,293
7
3.05
... ... ...
2
2 1000*
3
2
666 . 6
... ...
...
1 ...
...
...
...
...
132
93
704.5
3
. . .
...
49
20
408.2
4
...
...
4
... ...
8
...
...
20
8
400.
441
134
303.8
1 6
1
62.5
88
2
22.7
16
...
...
9
5
555. 5
88
...
...
55
1
18.2
2,585
64
21.7
...
...
...
...
...
2 ...
...
...
..
...
1
... ...
...
...
...
652
8
12.2
1
. . .
...
21
9
428.6
3
2
666.6
9
... ...
5
1
200.
45
15
333.3
448
217
481.3
1
1 1000 .
3
1
333.3
5
2
400.
...
...
...
11
2
181.8
9
5
555 .5
444
201
452.7
2
... ..
22
...
...
2
...
...
..
...
...
1 5
... ...
2
... ...
474
3
6.3
... ... ...
1
... ...
...
...
... ... ... ...
1
...
...
3
2
666.6
47
2
42.5
... ... ...
29
4
137 . 9
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
.
.
...
.
12
...
...
58
5
86.2
3
1
333.3
38
22
578 . 9
...
...
...
2
1
200 .
...
...
...
17
4
235. 3
477
217
454.9
...
...
...
9
1
111.1
...
...
...
...
..
...
3
...
2
...
...
113
8
70.7
... ... ...
2
...
...
1
...
...
1
...
...
...
1
1 1,000.
71
32
450.7
... ... ...
3
...
...
3
...
...
. ..
...
...
1 8
5
1
200.
309
25
80.9
... ... ...
3
2
666 .6
3
... ...
2
1
200.
7
1
142.9
1
1 1,000.
95
33
347.3
5
1
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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
SUMBHOONATH PUNDIT' S HOSPITAL.
45. This hospital was established in 1840, and is situated on the Attendance of pa-
Peepulputtee Road, in the suburb of Bhowanipore. It is accommodated in
tients
a hired building, which affords room for 25 in-door patients. The Sub-Assist--
ant Surgeon resides on the premises, and there are suitable arrangements
STATEMENT No. XVII.
YEAR.
IN-DOOR PATIENTS.
OUT-DOOR PATIENTS.
Number
teated.
Daily aver-
age.
Number
treated.
Daily attend-
ance.
1871
1872
76
178
3.50
9.91
5,827
6,879
39
4 7 . 7
for a dispensary for out-door
patients. It is under the
executive charge of Sub-
Assistant Surgeon Ram
Chunder Sen, and superin-
tended by the Civil Surgeon
of the 24-Pergunnahs. The
report submitted by the for-
mer consists mainly of re-
ports of cases treated during
the year, which, however
interesting
professionally,
are hardly fitted for the pages of an administrative report. It is therefore
omitted. The returns of the dispensary are re-produced in the Appendix. The
Superintendent's report is also printed. The number of patients treated during
1872 has been considerably in excess of those of the previous year, and indicates
that the institution is popular and useful. A goodly number of important
surgical operations has been performed with satisfactory success.
46. The dispensary is supported partly by Government, which contri- _Finances.
butes the salary of the medical officer in charge, and a special donation of
Rs. 100 a month, and partly by funds derived from the interest of a sum
of money collected in the year 1871, and from the Suburban Munici-
pality. The latter amounted to Rs. 935-4-8. The income was sufficient to
meet the wants of the institution.
ALIPORE DISPENSARY.
47. This dispensary was established in 1852, and is situated at Alipore Attendance of pa-
close to the jail. It is accommodated in a two-roomed building, which affords two ts.,
room for 12 patients. It is useful for the relief of the poor of this suburb,
and the reception and treatment of sick and wounded persons brought by the
STATEMENT No. XVIII
YEAR.
IN-DOOR PATIENTS.
OUT-DOOR PATIENTS.
Number
treated.
Daily aver-
age.
Number
treated.
Daily attend-
ance.
1871
1872
162
179
4.91
5.54
5032
6074
40.3
43.64
police. It is under the
executive charge of first
grade Sub-Assistant Sur-
b
geon Chunder Seekar Hal-
dar and the superintendence
of the Civil Surgeon of the
24-Pergunnahs. The attend-
-ance of patients, both in--
door and out-door, exceed--
ed that of 1871. The
number of operations per-
formed was trifling. Dengue
broke out in this suburb in March, and prevailed till September. Few escaped
the disease. 387 cases were treated in the dispensary.
48. The dispensary is mainly supported by Government. Subscriptions Finances.
to the amount of Rs. 225 were obtained from Europeans residing in this
suburb, and Rs. 30 from Natives, against Rs. 110 and Rs. 128 in 1871. It
has always been found difficult to obtain voluntary contributions in behalf of
this dispensary.
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