No. 259.
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FROM THE SURGEON-GENERAL,
INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Fort William, the 22nd May 1876.
SiR,
I HAVE the honor to forward, for submission to His Honor the Lieutenant.
15t, Medical College Hospital ; 2nd, Pre-
sidency General Hospital ; 3rd, Campbell
Hospital ; 4th,Police Chowkeedar Hospital ;
5th, North Suburban Hospital ; 6th, Mayo
Hospital and its associated branch dispen-
saries (viz. the Chandney Hospital and
Park Street, Chitpore, and Sukea's Street
Dispensaries) ; 7th, Howrah General
Hospital ; 8th, Sumbhoo Nath Pundit
(13howanipore) Dispensary ; 9th, Alipore
)ispensary ; 10th, Aratoon Apcar (Garden
Beach) Dispensary ; 11th, Calcutta Lock
Hospitals ; and 12th, the Calcutta Hospital
Nurses' Institution.
Governor of Bengal, my report on the working of the
marginally noted medical institutions situated in Calcutta
and its suburbs for the year 1875.
2. I have again on this occasion to express my indebt-
edness to the Superintendent of the Mayo Hospital for being
good enough to supply me with a copy of the annual
returns and report of that institution and of its associated
dispensaries ; to the Honorary Secretary for having sent
me a copy of the report of the Calcutta Nurses' Institution
for 1875 ; and to the Health Officer of the Calcutta Muni-
cipality for having prepared for me certain statistical rRfirruR
in connection with the sickness and mortality of the city and its suburbs during 1875.
3. I have had summaries compiled of the very complete and interesting annual
reports of all the Calcutta medical institutions submitted to me by the medical officers
individually responsible for the management of each ; and from these compilations, as well as
from the remarks which I shall offer on the various figured statements in this report, I trust
I may be able to convey a clear and concise idea of the general working of the Calcutta
hospitals and dispensaries, and of the vast amount of relief they afforded to all who sought
their benefits.
4. During 1875 there were thirteen institutions in. Calcutta and its suburbs, exclusive
of the lock hospitals, which afforded medical and surgical relief to the sick poor either as
" in door " or " out-door " patients.
5. Statement No. I exhibits the number of persons who were treated in the city and
suburban hospitals and dispensaries as " in " and " out-door " patients during 1875, and in
it, too, are given the results of the year 1874 for the sake of easy comparison :-
Statement No. I.
1875.
1874.
PERSONS TREATED.
Died
per 1,000
of
treated.
PERSONS TREATED.
Died
per 1,000
of
treated.
Indoor. Out-door.
Total.
In-door.
Out-door.
Total.
1. Medical College Hospital ...
4,456
45,374
49,830
134'20
4,349
45,199
49,548
109'3
2. General Hospital • ...
...
3,234
9,544
12,778
65'24
2,826
1,107
3,933
49'5
3. Mayo Hospital and Dispen-
saries
...
...
...
2,006
191,759
193,765
117'14
1,004
155,611
156,615
137'4
4. Campbell Hospital ...
...
7,782
......
7,782
280'77
7,558
•. • 9.0
7,558
251'6
5. Municipal Police Hospital ...
2,800
......
2,880
22'56
........n.( .n•n•n•
2,311
•nn••n•nn•••
......
2,341
24'7
............n •n•
Total Calcutta Hospitals ...
20,358
246,677
267,035
......
18,078
201,917
219,995
....••
6. North Suburban Hospital ...
625
......
625
217'60
711
....••
711
174'4
7. Sumbhoo Nadi Pundit Dis-
pensary
.
,,
9,007
9.907
••• •••
•• • • .•
9,608
9,608
.....•
...
„.
...
S. Alipore Dispensary ...
...
119
5,968
6,087
319'32
130
6,u92
6,222
270.9
9. Aratoon Apcar Dispensary ..
. ... .
9,539
9,539
... •••
....
8,858
8,858
.• •..
10. Howrah General Hospital ..,
.......
18,024
20,269
154'56
'2,002
15,631
17,633
103'8
Total Suburban Hospitals ...
2,989
43,438
46,427
••"''
2,843
40,189
43,032
...•••
GRAND TOTAL ...
23,347
290,115
313,462
"' -
20,921
242,106
263,027
...•••