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A.—Vaccine Department.
Statement No. II.—Showing the monthly number and results of the vaccinations performed in each circle of
superintendence in the Oudh Province, during the year 1873-74.
1
Circle of superintendence.
Oudh.
2
Months.
October, .. .. ..
November,.. .. ..
December,.. .. ..
January, .. .. ..
February, .. .. ..
March (15 days), .. ..
Total, ..
3
Districts in which operations
were chiefly conducted in
each month.
In all the districts of the Province
within an area of 10 miles around
each civil station.
4
Total number vaccinated.
1,464
3,815
6,856
7,661
7,395
3,218
30,409
5
Results.
Successful.
180
2,861
5,355
6,001
5,924
2,582
22,903
Unsuccessful including
doubtful.
1,261
756
1,159
1,189
1,133
491
5,989
Unknown.
23
198
342
471
338
145
1,517
6
Total.
1,464
3,815
6,856
7,661
7,395
3,218
30,409
7
Average percentage successful
excluding those " unknown."
12.49
79.10
82.21
83.46
83.95
84.02
79.27
8
Remarks.
G. S. SUTHERLAND, M. D.
Superintendent of Vaccination, Oudh.
A.—Vaccine Department.
Statement No. III.—Showing expenditure of Vaccine Department in each circle of Superintendence in the
Province of Oudh during the year 1873-74.
1
(A.) Paid by Government,
Superintendents salary at per mensem, .. ..
1 Deputy
ditto ditto „
„
100,
4 Native
ditto ditto „
„
17-10-8, ..
49 Vaccinators at Rs. 10 during working season
and Rs. 6 during recess, .. ..
6 Assistant Vaccinators at Rs. 5, .. ..
Office establishment,
..
..
Contingencies and travelling allowances and official
postage, .. ..
Total paid by Government, .. ..
(B.) Paid by Municipalities, .. ..
(C.) Paid by Local Funds, .. ..
(D.) Paid by Native Chiefs or Landlords,..
Grand Total, .. ..
2
Sanctioned.
Rs.
..
1,200
848
4,508
360
420
715
8,051
..
..
..
8,051
3
Expended.
Rs.
..
1,100
856
4,477
274
417
225
7,349
..
..
..
7,349
4
Total
number
vaccinated.
30,409
..
..
..
30,409
5
Percentage
of
success exclud-
ing those " un-
known " from
the total.
79.27
..
..
..
79.27
6
Cost of each
successful case.
Rs. A. P.
0 5 2
..
..
..
0 5 2
7
Remarks.
G. S. SUTHERLAND, M. D.,
Superintendent of Vaccination, Oudh.
A.—Vaccine Department.
Statement No. IV.—Showing the results of the year 1873-74, as compared with those of each of previous five
years in the Oudh Province.
1
Years.
1868-69, ..
1869-70, ..
1870-71, ..
1871-72, ..
1872-73, ..
1873-74, ..
2
Total number of persons vaccina-
ted.
5,108
7,130
16,016
37,663
19,170
30,409
3
Number successful.
3,924
5,644
12,250
27,612
14,576
22,903
4
Ratio percent successful excluding
those unknown from the total.
86.37
83.93
80.86
79.77
80.72
79.27
5
Number of Vaccinators.
A.
Paid by State.
20
31
31
31
54
55
B.
Paid from other
sources.
..
..
2
25
..
..
C.
Total.
20
31
33
56
54
55
D.
Number previously
employed as in¬
occulators or na-
tive practitioners.
..
1
1
3
2
..
6
Cost of whole vaccine establish-
ment.
2,660
3,509
4,765
5,938
7,053
7,123
5
7
7
9
2
10
9
5
11
6
1
5
7
Cost of travelling allowances and
contingencies.
117
72
216
607
423
225
0
11
3
9
9
7
10
0
6
0
3
0
8
Total cost.
2,777
3,582
4,981
6,546
7,476
7,349
6
2
11
2
11
1
7
5
5
6
4
5
9
Cost of each successful case.
0
0
0
0
0
0
11
10
6
3
8
5
3
2
7
9
2
2
10
Remarks.
G. S. SUTHERLAND, M. D.,
Superintendent of Vaccination, Oudh.
B.—Dispensary Vaccination.
Statement No. V.—Showing particulars of Vaccination in each Circle of Medical Superintendence in the Province of
Oudh during the year 1873-74.
1
Circle of Medical Superintendence.
2
Name and rank of Superintendent of Dispensary.
3
Number of Native Superin-
tendents of Vaccination
attached to the Dispen-
sary.
1873-74.
1872-73.
4
Number of Vaccinators at-
tached to the Dispensary.
1873-74.
1872-73.
5
Total number of persons
vaccinated.
1873-74.
1872-73.
6
Collectorate, Political Agency or
Native State, for the popula-
tion of which the Dis-
pensary is provid-
ed.
7
Population of area included in last column.
8
Name of Dispensary.
9
Primary Vaccination.
A.
Sex.
Male.
Female.
B.
Caste.
Christian.
Hindu.
Mussulman.
Other castes.
C.
Age.
Under 1 year.
Above 1 year.
D.
Results.
Successful.
There is no Vaccination Establishment attached to Dispensaries in Oudh.
Unsuccessful includ-
ing those " doubt-
ful."
Unknown.
E.
Total.
10
Revaccination.
A.
Successful.
B.
Unsuccessful includ-
ing those " doubt-
ful."
C.
Unknown.
D.
Total.
11
Percentages of successful
cases excluding those
" unknown" from the
total.
In primary vaccina-
tion.
In secondary vacci-
nation.
12
Average number of persons vaccinated by each
Vaccinator.
G. S. SUTHERLAND, M. D.,
Superintendent of Vaccination, Oudh.
Statistics of Life.
Return of Vaccine operations in the Province of Oudh, during the year 1873-74.
Name of district.
Lucknow, .. ..
Bára Banki, .. ..
Unáo, .. ..
Seetapoor,..
..
Hardui, .. ..
Kheri,
Fyzabad, .. ..
Gonda, .. ..
Bharaich, .. .. ..
Rái Barelí,.. .. ..
Sultánpur,.. .. ..
Pratábgarh, .. ..
Total,
Number of
operators.
17
3
3
4
3
3
6
3
3
4
3
3
55
Persons treated.
Successful.
4,977
1,658
1,440
1,661
1,597
1,048
2,621
1,024
1,604
2,044
2,238
991
22,903
Unsuccessful
including those
doubtful and
"unknown."
1,494
505
418
607
353
528
788
429
665
698
532
489
7,506
Total.
6,471
2,163
1,858
2,268
1,950
1,576
3,409
1,453
2,269
2,742
2,770
1,480
30,409
Cost of opera-
tions during the
year.
Rs.
0
A.
5
P.
2
Total number
of successful op-
erations record-
ed to date.
28,146
6,009
4,058
7,420
5,202
4,178
8,183
3,224
6,407
7,276
6,416
2,750
89,209
Remarks.
G. S. SUTHERLAND, M. D.,
Superintendent of Vaccination, Oudh.
REPORT ON MALARIA
IN THE PUNJAB
DURING THE YEAR 1913
TOGETHER WITH AN ACCOUNT
OF THE WORK OF THE
PUNJAB MALARIA BUREAU
BY
CAPTAIN CLIFFORD A. GILL, I.M.S., D.P.H. (ENG.), D.T.M.&H. (ENG.),
CHIEF MALARIA MEDICAL OFFICER, PUNJAB.
Lahore:
PRINTED BY THE SUPERINTENDENT, GOVERNMENT PRINTING, PUNJAB.
1914.
Appendices.
Appendix A—Chart I.—Showing the Total Mortality and the Fever Mortality in the Punjab
from 1867—1913.
Chart II.—Showing the Autumnal Fever Mortality (October and November
deaths) in the Punjab from 1867—1913.
Chart III.—Showing the Monthly Fever Mortality in the Punjab during 1913.
Appendix B—Table A.—Showing the distribution of Fever Mortality in the Punjab during
1913.
Appendix C—Map I.—Showing the " epidemic areas " of the Punjab and the Fever death-
rate per 1,000 of population for each district of the Punjab.
Contents.
I.—Introduction
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II.—General considerations
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III.—The Distribution of Endemic Malaria
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IV.—Epidemic Malaria in 1913
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V.—Report on the work of the Punjab Malaria Bureau
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VI.—Anti¿malarial Measures
...
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Page.
1
ib.
8
4
6
8
One of the most important anti-malarial measures at the present time
in the Punjab is therefore the provision of facilities for further research, and it is
held that there is no more useful method of applying a portion of the sum allot
ted for anti-malarial projects than in assisting the investigations on which these
projects are founded.
But although further investigation is necessary in regard to certain
aspects of the malaria problem there are many useful anti-malarial measures-
using the term in its widest sense—that may at once be adopted. It will
be unnecessary to refer in detail to the nature of these measures as detailed
proposals have been submitted to Government in regard to them.
In conclusion it may be stated that grounds exist for the opinion that;
given some years of systematic study of malaria both in individual localities,
and in the Province as a whole, the malaria problem in the Punjab may be
tackled with a distinct prospect of success within a comparatively short period
of years.
—28-7-14-SOPP Lahore.
APPENDIX A.
CHART I.
Showing the Total Mortality and the "Fever" Mortality
in the Punjab from 1867—1913.
Red=Total Recorded Mortality.
Green=Total "Fever" Mortality.
APPENDIX A.
CHART II.
Autumnal Fever Mortality (October and November Deaths)
in the Punjab from 1867—1913.
APPENDIX A.
CHART III.
Showing the monthly Fever Mortality in the
Punjab during 1913.
Red line = Fever Mortality.
Green line = Rainfall in inches.
Continuous = 19l3.
Dotted = Average.
APPENDIX B.
TABLE À.
DEATHS REGISTERED PROM FEVER IN THE DISTRICTS OF THE PUNJAB
IN THE YEAR 1913.
No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
2;
27
2f
Districts.
AMBALA DlYISION.
Hissar
...
....
...
Rohtak
...
...
Gurgaon
...
...
Karnal
...
...
...
Ambala
...
...
...
Simla
...
,,,
JULLUSDTR DIVISION..
Kangra
...
Hoshiarpur
...
...
...
Jullundur
... ...
Ludhiana
...
...
Ferozepore
...
LAHORE
DlVISION.
Lahore
...
...
...
Amritsar
,,.
Gurdaspur
...
...
...
Sialkot
...
...
Gujrauwala
...
...
...
RAWALPIN'DI DIVISION.
Gujrat
...
Shalipur
Jholum
...
Rawalpindi
...
...
...
Attock
...
Mianwali
...
MULTÄN DIVISION.
Montgomery
...
Lyallpur
...
...
Jhang
Multan
Muzaffargarli
...
...
..
Dera Ghazi Khan
...
Tota!
Population.
804,889
714,884
729,167
799,787
632,553
34,970
766,686
918,569
787,956
517,192
933,499
1,017,742
879,311
832,561
• 963,279
923,419
745,634
687,366
504,195
507,642
615,286
241,377
535,299
875.711
515,526
801,375
569,461
499,860
19,337,146
2
January.
1,297
1,005
1,233
1,416
931
21
932
1,473
807
457
944
1,194
1,039
917
1,213
1,491
1,108
732
783
1,020
943
623
696
1,002
502
1,248
1,148
498
26,673
February,
1,399
983
1,329
1,366
908
14
1,001
1440
799
435
909
.1,059
890
761
921
1,218
8.52
602
739
929
835
568
627
928
498
1,158
996
-400
24,567
Deaths regin
March.
1,321
944
1,143
1,252
1,281
30
1,029
1,537
834
473
8T0
1,027
934
810
928
1,159
701
609
.614
877
763
569
526
1,025
579
1,167
969
469
24,494
tered from ;
April.
1,421
1,185
1,145
3,403
1,351
22
1,048
1,653
937
512
869
1,069
1,085
747
855
848
70.8
596
560
742
6.98
508
421
850
472
980
826
538
24,029
APPEN
TABLE
fever in the
May.
1,414
1,314
1,063
1,450
1,383
32
1,242
1,781
1,244
556
959
1,36-4
1,674
1,239
1.245
1,257
734
648
521
645
624
530
425
1,196
583
1,196
8S9
549
27,707
DIX B.
à.
disiricts of
June.
1,372
1,125
982
1,397
868
30
948
1,392
1,102
464
879
1,441
1,367
960
962
1,169
686
787
471
572
580
453
372
960
516
1,041
681
461
24,038
the Punjab
July.
1,123
1,157
912
1,352
867
37
881
1,252
886
506
708
1,431
1,134
938
926
1,117
808
5,74
480
566
568
330
370
701
406
887
623
448
21.988
in the year
August.
1,119
956
747
1,281
934
51
987
1,177
918
475.
666
1,534
1,255
524
1,060
1,136 .
825
.518
520
780
638
362
382
793
447
862
527
425
22,235
1913.
September.
950
•879
682
1,685
1,468
23
3,138
1,293
8.57
407
678
1,517
1,336
1,051
1,412
,1,237 :
l,C08
612
721
1,160
732
425
3.40
70S
427
889
708
561
24,90.1
October.
1,103
1,014
745
2,405
2,010
33
•1,235
1,561
1,026
6C9
768
3,833
1,871
3,203
2,050
2,447
,1,345
1,079
1,033
1,096
.1,127
760
470
.1,052
846
1,328
1,504
1,125
35,338
November.
1,070
1,325
887
2,483
1,685
52
1,045
1,431
1,073
628
973
1,742
1,948
1,205
2,068
2,557
1,170
1,321
3,108
1,454
1,363
966
575
1,161
1,516
1,096
2,02a
1,408
37,996
December.
1.243
1,484
1,025
2,347
1,765
. 29
1,169
1,188
1,055
¡642
1,093
1,547
1,692
1,107 :
1,673
2,600
1,405
3,466
1,089
1,426
1,363
965
677
1,273
1,625
1,572
3,649
1,260
37,729
Total.
14,8.32
33,371
11,893
19,837
17,451
.374
12,655
17,478
11,538
0,164
10,316
16,794
16,225
11,822
15.370
18,236
11,350
9,524
-5.699
•11,867
10,234
7,059
5,881
11.649
8,417
14,022 .
•12/98
8,142
331,698
Ratio of deatha
per 1,000 of
population.
18.43
1871
16.31
24.80
24.43
1069
165.1
19.03
14.64
11.92
11.05
16.50
18.45
14.20
15.96
19.75
15.22
13.85
1725
23.38
19.86
20.68
10.99
13.58
16.93
17.50
21.95
16.29
1715
THE
PUNJAB
Scale 1 inch = 24 miles.
APPENDIX C.
MAP 1.
Showing the epidemic areas of the Punjab and the "Fever" death-rate
per 1,000 of population for each district of the Punjab during 1913.
IP/6/HG-4.
IP/6/HG4 IP
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
For the year 1871.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, C.B.,
I n s p e c t o r - G e n e r a l o f H o s p i t a l s , I n d i a n M e d i c a l D e p a r t me n t .
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1872.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
For the year 1871.
BY
J. CAMPBELL BROWN, C.B.,
I n s p e c t o r - Ge n e r a l o f Ho s p i t a l s , I n d i a n Me d i c a l De p a r t me n t .
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1872.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1871.
No. 247A.
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 31 st May 1872.
SIR,
I HAVE the honor to present the returns and reports of the institutions marginally
enumerated for the calendar year 1871. These institu-
Institutions report--
ed on.
Medical College Hospital, General Hospital,
Calcutta Nurses' Institution, Municipal
Pauper Hospital, Municipal Police Hospital,
Calcutta Lock Hospitals.
tions constitute those of the Metropolitan public medical
charities whose administration is vested in my office;
but in order to furnish a more complete view of the
amount of hospital and dispensary relief provided for the sick-poor of Calcutta and its suburbs,
and to give a wider and truer conception of the comparative healthiness of the year, as indicated
by hospital statistics, as well as of the operation of individual institutions as contrasted with
others, I shall refer to the report of the Native Hospital and its affiliated dispensaries, with a
copy of which I have been favoured by Surgeon N. C. Macnamara, the Superintendent, and to
the reports of the Sukea's Street Dispensary, the North Suburban Hospital, the Bhowanipore
(Sumbhoo Nath Pundit) Hospital, the Alipore and Aratoon Apcar Dispensaries, and the
Howrah Hospital, which will be given in greater detail in the general report of provincial
hospitals and dispensaries.
2
REPORT ON THE
Comparison of
statistics of 1870
and 1871.
2. Attendance.— The following abstract shows the attendance of patients, in-door and
out-door, in 1871 as contrasted with 1870, and the mortality among the sick treated in
hospital
:—
OUT-DOOR.
STATEMENT No. I.
INSTITUTIONS.
1871.
1870.
PERSONS TREATED.
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 * t r e a t e d .
PERSONS TREATED.
D i e d p e r 1 , 0 0 0 * t r e a t e d .
In-door. Out-door.
Total.
Indoor. Out-door,
Total.
1. Medical College Hospital
...
4,395
43,450
47,845 126·28
4,526
40,266
44,792
138•78
,
2. General Hospital
2,546
. . . . .
2,546
36·52
2,551
. . . . .
2,551
52•92
3. Native Hospital and Dispensaries.
1,441
135,904
137,345
69·39
1,400
124,167
125,567
115·
4. Municipal Pauper Hospital
.,.
4,520
......
4,520 272·12
3,727
......
3,727
308·
5. Municipal Police Hospital
...
2,163
......
2,163
22·65
2,019
......
2,019
23·28
Total Calcutta hospitals ...
15,065
179,354
194,419
......
14,223
164,433
178,656
......
6. Sukea's Street Dispensary
...
89
10,753
10,842
16·85
60
9,084
9,144
66·6
7. North Suburban Hospital
...
749
.....
749 240·32
632
. . . .
632
248·4
8. Sumbhoo Nath Pundit Hospital,
Bhowanipore
...
76
5,827
5,903
78·91
1
5,621
5,622
.....
9. Alipore Dispensary
...
162
5,032
5,194 117·28
175
4,239
4,414
47·5
10. Aratoon Apear Dispensary
...
......
8,305
8,805
. . . .
. . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
11. Howrah Hospital
...
1,184
9,977
11,161
88·68
1,252
1 1 , 1 3 2
12,384
74·2
Total ...
2 , 2 6 0
39,894
42,154
.....
2,120
30,076
32,196
......
Grand total ...
17,325
219,248
236,573
......
16,343
194,509
210,852
. . . . . . .
Race, caste, and
sex of those
treated.
There are thus ten public medical charities (excluding the Police Hospital, which can
hardly be called a charity,) established for the purpose of affording medical relief to the sick
poor of Calcutta and its suburbs. The number of persons treated in these institutions during
1871 aggregates 234,410, against an aggregate of 208,833 in 1870, showing an increase
of 25,577. These numbers cannot be taken as a gauge of the amount of sickness prevailing,
because, with the exception of the Police Hospital, neither the area nor population from which
applicants for relief come are fixed. The increase of numbers treated rather indicates increas
ing usefulness and popularity than a greater prevalence of disease. The increase is almost
entirely confined to out-door patients ; the number of sick relieved in-door, which depends on
available accommodation, being very much the same in both years.
3. Race, caste, and sex.— Of 97,322 patients, regarding whom particulars of race and caste
were noted, 7,232 were Europeans, 8,487 Eurasians, 46,411 Hindoos, 31,8:52 Mussulmans, and
3,340 were natives belonging to other castes and classes. The relative number, and the relative
number of the sexes of each of these classes in each institution, are shown in the following
statement.
INSTITUTIONS.
IN-DOOR.
OUT-DOOR.
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.
1 9 . 2 9
2 1 . 0 2
1 6 . 1 1
3 7 . 6 1
5 . 9 6
4.32
13.62
3 4 . 6 1
4 1 . 9 8
5.46
Medical College Hospital 82.9 12.8 4.2 37.7 46.8 15.3 78.1 17.6
4 . 2
69.2
26.5 4.2 48.1 40. 4
11.4 70.08 16.47 13.45 40.33 25.67 34 71.68 10.88 17.43 77.28 12.28 10.43 57.18 20.04 2.277
1 0 0
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
...
General Hospital
... 80.8 13.3 5.7 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
... . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
... ...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2 . 4 3
4 1 . 9 1
5 1 . 9 1
3 . 7 4
...
...
...
...
...
Native Hospital
...
65.7
25. 7
8.5
88.4 7. 9
3.6 87.5
9 . 8 2.5 74
1 8 . 5
7 . 4
. . .
. . .
... ...
. . . . . .
. . .
... ...
. . .
...
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
4
2 7 . 7
6 8 . 2
...
. .
...
...
...
...
Pauper Hospital
...
36.2
30. 7
32. 9
77.8 19.4 2.7
70
25 8 4.1 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
...
2 4 . 7
7 5 . 2
...
.07
. 3 3 3 4 . 7 1
6 4 . 8 3
. 0 5
Sookea's Street Dispensary ... ... ... ...
...
... 86.3 4. 5 9.1 98.5
...
1.4 ...
...
... 14.28 85.71 ... 22.22 30.55 47.22 66.06 13.74 20.19 73.41 13.51 13.07 40 60
...
. 1 3
...
1 9 . 7 6
7 9 . 9 7
. 1 3
...
...
...
...
...
North Suburban Hospital 100 ... ... ...
...
... 80.4 18.2 1.3 83.6
14.8
1 . 5 100
...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
...
9 . 2 1
9 0 . 7 8
...
.08
1 . 2 7 2 7 . 6 8
7 0 . 9 6
...
Bhowanipore Dispensary
...
... ... ...
..
...
...
100
...
... 81.2
17.4 1.4 ...
... ...
100 ... ... 41.8 20.3 37.8 59.9 16.9 23.06 70.7 14.8 14.4 ... ... ...
...
...
3 6 . 4 3
5 4 . 3 2
9 . 8 8
...
...
3 4 . 7
5 2 . 4
12.7
Alipore Dispensary
... ... ... ... ...
...
... 81.4 16.9
1 . 6 80.4
17.2 2.3 68.8
25
6 . 2 ... ... ... ... ... ... 60.5 25.4 14.06 62.8 22.9 14.2 47.3 27.8 24.7
...
...
...
...
...
.01
. 0 9 5 5 . 9 9
4 3 . 8 5
. 0 2
Aratoon Apcar Dispensary ... ... ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
. . .
... . . .
...
. . .
. . . 100 37. 5
25 37. 5 66.1 17.2 16.6 67.3 16.10 16.5 100 ... ...
41.05
8 . 3 6
1 2 . 1 6
3 7 . 8 3
.59
1 4 . 7 8
1 4 . 0 8
2 5 . 4 3
4 5 . 3 0
. 4 0
Howrah General Hospital 93.4 6.5 ... 39.4 20.2 40.4 85.4 13.9
.6
8 4 . 3 13. 8
1.8 85.7 14. 2
... 73. 1 26. 9
... 37 19 43. 8
71 13 15.9 73.6 12.1 14.1 30 25 45
4.24
.76
2 6 . 7 9
6 6 . 0 2
2 . 1 9
.82
1.28
3 4 . 6 6
6 1 . 3 9
1 . 8 5
Hospitals and Dispensaries
for 1870
95.6 4.3 ... 68.2 22.7 9.09 78.39 19.13 2.47 77.33 19.89 2.77 59.39 32. 81
7.81 72.7 20. 7
6.4 47. 9 20. 5 31.4 68.15 18.37 13.48 69.78 18.13 12.09 62.03 24.42 13.55
C A L C U T T A M E D I C A L I N S T I T U T I O N S .
3
6
REPORT ON THE
General conclusion.
Diseases treated.
The broad conclusion from the foregoing analysis is that these hospitals are an excel-
lent indication of the health of the community. When their statistics are so dependent on
the circumstances of the community, it is extremely difficult, or almost impossible, to estimate
how much of an improvement in the general death-rate, or that of any particular diseases,
or the reverse, is due to the altered circumstances of the hospitals themselves; and the
considerations above adduced show how necessary it is to consider their transactions in one
general report, as is now done for the first time.
5. Diseases.—The detailed returns of cases of disease treated and their result are
appended to the report of each institution. The following statement contains particulars of
individual diseases causing rather less than 75 per cent. of the cases, and rather more than
75 per cent. of the deaths treated in the large Metropolitan hospitals.
41. It is satisfactory to find that the cost of these hospitals has diminished. A
voluminous correspondence has taken place during the year regarding the reduction of
hospitals and hospital establishments. As the issue of this correspondence belongs to the
year now current, and the various matters represented are still under discussion and
consideration, I defer any summary of, or comments upon, the subject until next year, when
I hope to be in a position to present a complete narrative of all that shall have transpired.
Cost of the Lock
Hospitals.
18
REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
Delay in submis--
sion of report ex--
plained.
42. I have been unable to submit this report sooner, because the material on which
Medical College Hospital, 6th April.
General Hospital, 23rd March.
Calcutta Nurses' Institution, 27th March.
Municipal Pauper Hospital, 2nd March.
Calcutta Police Hospital, 2nd March.
Calcutta Lock Hospitals, 19th April.
it is founded was late in reaching my office, and
it became necessary to call for explanations, &amp;c.,
regarding many matters treated of in the reports.
The dates of receipt of the various documents are
specified marginally, and the reply to my last
reference only reached me on the 29th of May. The delay has thus been unavoidable.
43. The system of bringing together the transactions of all the public medical insti--
tutions of Calcutta in one report is a great improvement, as it admits of discussing matters
common to all the institutions from a wider point of view, and I anticipate that these
summary reports, of which this is the first, will in time form a valuable series, and contain
information in a compact and convenient shape, which will year by year acquire greater
interest and importance.
I have the honor to be,
Sir,
Your most obedient Servant,
K. MCLEOD, A.M., M.D.,
Asstt. Surgeon,
offg. Secretary.
J. CAMPBELL BROWN,
Inspector-General of Hospitals, Indian Medical Dept.