CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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were charged. Of the Rs. 68-6-6, which appears for advertising for contracts during the
year, Rs. 35-1-9 was for advertisements inserted during the previous year and not paid until
this year. I understand that the hospital records and books were bound during 1877, but
I am unable to state under what head they were charged, as there is no record in the office to
show it.
The following table shows the money realized on account of the sale of the grass of the
hospital grounds and the farming of the fish of the hospital tanks during the year, and the
expenditure of this money on keeping the grounds in order:—
Sources of income.
Amount.
Heads of expenditure.
Amount.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Balance on 31st December 1877
37 7 0 For purchase of baskets and rope
5 6 0
Sale of grass during 1878
348 0 0 ,, ,, of flower seeds
4 13 6
Rent of tank from July to December 1878
8 0 0 0 ,, pay of extra mallies
239 14 0
Total
465 7 0
Total
250 1 6
Balance in hand of 1878
* 215 5 6
* Rs. 36 of this was realized in December and paid into treasury on 9th January 1879.
From the above it is seen that the balance in hand on the 31st December 1877 was
Rs. 37-7; that the income during the year was Rs. 428; that Rs. 250-1-6 was expended on
keeping the grounds in order, and that a balance of Rs. 215-5-6 remained to the credit of
this account at the end of 1878.
The Government sanctioned the sale and farming above referred to, on the understanding
that all sums collected were to be paid to the treasury at once to the grass fund account and
expended as needed. This order has been carefully attended to.
The following table shows the various heads under which money was realized on account
of Government during the year for articles lost, and by the sale of old and condemned
ones:—
ARTICLES.
Lost and money
recovered from
party and cre-
dited to Govern-
ment.
Sold and money
credited to Go-
vernment.
Total.
Rs. A P.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Surgical instruments and hospital necessaries
320 7 7
......
320 7 7
Clothing stolen, lost, and. missing
93 11 5
......
93 11 5
For difference of Rum account
50 15 2
......
50 15 2
Iron batties lost
1 5 4
......
1 5 4
Fines imposed on servants
22 11 6
......
22 11 6
Unclaimed money
0 2 0
......
0 2 0
Black bottles broken through carelessness
4 2 3
. . . . . .
4 2 3
Burial fees
6 0 0
. . . . . .
6 0 0
Cremation fees
1 9 6
......
1 9 6
A bribe offered to a hospital servant
1 0 0
. . . . . .
1 0 0
Condemned articles sold
58 14 9
58 1 4 9
Packing cases sold
47 12 6
47 12 6
Retrenchment in the diet bill of G. C. Ghose for August 1877
48 15 6
......
48 15 6
Retrenchment in the Rum bill of Messrs. Kellner & Co
4 6 6
......
4 6 6
Overcharge for advertisement paid to, and realized from, the proprietor
of Poorno Chundrodoy Press.
12 12 0
. . . . . .
12 12 0
Unaccounted money for the year 1877
0 5 6
......
0 5 0
568 8 3
106 11 3
675 3 6
From the above it will be seen that Rs. 675-3-6 was realized during the year under this
head.
Suggestions.—I still think that, as such a large number of patients treated in this hos-
pital come from the suburbs, the Suburban Municipality should be asked to contribute
annually towards the maintenance of the sick from their district.
POLICE HOSPITAL.
SURGEON-MAJOR S. C. MACKENZIE, M.D., was Police Surgeon during the past year.
Copious extracts from his annual report will be found underneath.
Su b o r d i n a t e s t a f f . —Th i s , a s d u r i n g t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r , c o n s i s t e d o f o n e r e s i d e n t me d i c a l
officer, two native doctors, two compounders, and a dresser. Mr. McCormick, a retired apothe-
cary, was the resident medical officer from the 1st to the 31st January. Baboo Madhub Chun-
der Ghose, I.M.S., held the appointment from the 1st February to the 30th April, from which
date to the 30th November Assistant-Surgeon Zuhuruddeen held the post, and Assistant-
Surgeon Man Mohun Das from the 1st to the 31st December. Madhub Chunder Ghose and