CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS. 17
13. The following are the items of expenditure and receipts for the two years:—
Expenditure.
E stablishment
1877.
1878,
Decrease.
Rs.
65,865
Rs.
54,452
Rs.
11,413
Diet
48,954
28,775
20,179
Clothing
8,374
790
7,583
Lighting
5,054
2,501
2,553
Repairs
7,000
5,263
1,737
European medicines
11,473
5,785
5,688
Taxes
1,485
1,485
......
Miscellaneous charges, including bazar medicines and hospital necessaries
8 , 2 6 3
3,588
4,675
1,56,468
1,02,640
53,828
Receipts.
Increase.
Port dues
24,711
47,485
22,774
Hospital fund
Paying patients
3,536
7,095
3,559
Miscellaneous
148
Less decrease.
26,333
148
28,395
54,580
26,185
1,28,073
48,060
80,013
14. The cause of the decrease in the expenditure is chiefly the diminished average
number of patients, but a good deal of it is due to economy. With regard to the establish
- m e n t , t h e d e c r e a s e i s a l m o s t e n t i r e l y i n c o n s e q u e n c e o f D r . J o u b e r t h a v i n g d r a w n h i s p a y
from other appointments and the abolition of the Sumbhoo Nath Pundit ward. This item
will necessarily be much larger in the current year.
15. The decrease in the clothing was brought about by using up surplus stocks. This
item will be considerably greater in the current year. The difference in the lighting repre
- s e n t s a s a v i n g . T h e r e p a i r s I h a v e n o t h i n g t o d o w i t h , a n d t h e r e d u c t i o n i s a c c i d e n t a l .
The reduced charge for European medicines is chiefly due to the closure of the native
hospital and partly to closer supervision. I have had great difficulty in ascertaining
this amount, and even now it is not quite correct, as credit has not been given for instru
- m e n t s r e t u r n e d . T h e n e t a m o u n t f o r t h e y e a r s h o u l d b e l e s s t h a n R s . 5 , 0 0 0 . T h e d e c r e a s e
in the miscellaneous charges and bazar medicines is due to some extent to economies. Last
year the cost of bazar medicines was given separately from hospital necessaries. This year
they are given together. Hence the apparent increase in the amount. There has really
been a decrease, as will be shown when the bazar medicines and miscellaneous charges are
added together. The hospital necessaries were included under the heading "Miscellaneous"
last year.
16. The increase in the receipts has been due to greater care in keeping the accounts
of the paying patients and seamen. The amount received for the latter was Rs. 47,485, that
expended on their account was Rs. 79,820, and yet there is an impression prevailing that
Government derive some benefit from the Port Hospital Fund. The fact is there has been a
large annual loss.
CAMPBELL HOSPITAL.
DR. MACKENZIE states as follows.
Superintendent. —Dr. S. Coull. Mackenzie was in charge of this hospital during the
whole year.
Deputy Superintendent.—Mr. John Hamilton was the apothecary of this hospital from the
1st January to the 6th February, when he was relieved, and the Government appointed
Mr. C. J. Dissent to be the Deputy Superintendent of this institution. He was in the
appointment from the 7th February to the end of the year.
Teachers.—The teachers of surgery, medicine, materia medica, and midwifery had charge
of wards in the hospital during the whole year. The teacher of anatomy had charge of
the second surgical ward from the 1st January to the 6th April, when he was relieved of all
hospital duties. On the 25th May the teachership of ophthalmic surgery was abolished.
Resident Assistant Surgeons.—There were six Resident Assistant Surgeons attached to the
hospital from the 1st January to the 10th April. On the abolition of the second surgical
ward the services of one of these officers was dispensed with, and from that date there have
been only five resident officers.
Apothecary.—On Mr. Hamilton's removal Mr. Burgess, the Assistant Apothecary, resigned
his post on the 2nd of February. Mr. S. MacCormick was the apothecary of the hospital from
2nd February to the 16th September, when he died. Mr. George Smith succeeded him, and
remained in the appointment until the end of the year.
Admissions.—The admissions into hospital during the year were 10,604, against 6,600
during 1877 and. 6,279 during 1876, showing an increase of 4,004 patients during the present
year and 4,325 over that of 1876. The daily average number of sick during the year under