and the similar statistics for 1874 and
1875 are also given, in order to admit
of a comparison being made between
these three years. It will be noticed that
there has been a very close agreement
in the proportion of each race treated
during the past -and two preceding years; but I am unable to offer any satisfactory explana-
tion of the causes which tended to produce such uniform results.
1876. 1875. 1874.
Europeans
2.96 3. 18 2 . 4 1
Eurasians
11. 00 11. 83
1 1 . 8 0
Ma h o me d a n
Hi ndoos O t h e r C a s t e s
33.13 49. 29
3. 00
34. 64
47. 64
2. 81
3 3 . 2 3
4 9 . 9 3
2 . 6 3
REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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4. Before making any comment on the preceding statement, it may be as well to
mention that the figures given in it under the headings "in-door" and "out- door" represent
the total number of patients treated, i.e. the total of the cases remaining from the preceding
year, along with the new admissions of the year under review; and also that the 4,352
in-door patients of the Medical College Hospital include 3,818 treated in the medical,
surgical, and midwifery wards, and 534 in the eye infirmary. The latter number (534), from
which no death was recorded,. has been excluded from the calculation of the death-rate.
Explanation of the
figures in Statement No. I.
5. As regards the in-door patients, it will be noticed that, as compared with 1875,
there was a decrease in the total number treated by 981, and on further analysis of the
figures, it is found that this result was due to a falling off in the number of patients in the
Medical College Hospital. by 104, in the Campbell Hospital by 1,142, in the Police
Hospital by 619, and in the Alipore Dispensary by 9; notwithstanding that, there was an
increase of 765 patients in the General Hospital, 23 in the Mayo Hospital, 10 in the North
Suburban, and 95 in the Howrah Hospital. It may therefore fairly be a matter for congra-
tulation that the decrease in the total number of in-door patients treated was mainly due
to the excellent health enjoyed by the police force and to the markedly fewer number of
admissions into the Campbell or Pauper Hospital.
Decrease in the number of in-door patients treated as compared with 1875.
6. It will be noticed, too, that the total number of out-door patients treated fell short
of that recorded in 1875 by 2,465. This was principally due to a decrease of 4,098 patients
treated at the Mayo Hospital and its associated dispensaries ( vide paragraph 8 of that sum-
mary), and of 695, 3,432, and 1,473 at the Medical College Hospital and the Bhowanipore and
Alipore Dispensaries respectively. These results, however, have been in a measure compensated
for, if indeed they have not been to a very large extent produced, by an increase of 6,794 in
the out-door department of the General Hospital, and of 20 and 464 at the Garden Reach
Dispensary and Howrah General Hospital respectively. It has been remarked elsewhere in
this report (vide paragraph 4 of the Alipore Dispensary summary) that the increasing
popularity of the out-door department at the General Hospital was assigned to be the cause
of the falling off of the attendance at the Bhowanipore and Alipore Dispensaries.
Decrease in the
number of out-door patients
also.
7. A decrease in the death-rate is noticeable in the General Hospital and the Campbell
and Howrah Hospitals, while in the remainder there was an increase varying from .43 per
mille in the Police Hospital to 13.89 per mille in the North Suburban Hospital. For
explanation of the high death-rate in the North Suburban Hospital, refer to paragraph 3
of that hospital report. The decrease in the mortality of the following institutions was
well marked, viz. in the Alipore Dispensary by 83.16 per mille, and in the Campbell and
General Hospitals by 30.32 and 10.23 per mille respectively.
Death-rate.
8. It has already been shown that the total number of in and out-door patients treated
in the Calcutta medical institutions amounted to 310,016; but it is not the less satisfactory
to be able to state that out of this number, no fewer than (in-door 21,145, out-door 286,085)
307,230 were new cases.
Number of new
cases, in and
out-door
.
9. In Statement No. II is shown the race and sex of the total number of in and out-
door patients treated. This year have been enabled to render this return in a complete form,
as the registration of the out-door patients at the General Hospital, with regard to the
particulars required for its compilation, has been carefully carried out.
Race and sex of the total number treated.
Statement No. II.
Race.
Males. Females. Children. Total.
Europeans
6 , 4 1 5 1, 414 1, 351 9, 180
Eurasians
11,044 7, 741 15,343 34, 128
Mahomedans 60, 112 14, 252 28,345 102, 709
H i n d o o s 106, 168 22, 750 23, 914 152, 832
O t h e r C a s t e s
Total
3, 465 2, 919 4, 783 11, 167
187,204 49, 076 73,736 310,016
It appears from this statement
that 60.38 per cent. of the total
number treated were males, 15.83
per cent. were females, and 23.78
per cent. were children.
It will be observed that there
is a very close agreement between
these percentages and those of the
four preceding years, as shown in
the following table:—
Males
1876.
60. 38
1 8 7 5 . 5 9 . 6 7
1874.
59. 85
1873.
6 1 . 8
1872.
649
Females
15. 83 15. 83
1 6 . 5 9
1 5 . 5
1 6 . 3
Children
23. 78 24. 49
23. 39
2 2 . 7
1 8 . 8
The proportion of each race to the total number treated is shown in the annexed table, Proportion of each
race to the total
number treated.