Result of
treatment.
Establishment.
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REPORT ON THE
Decrease in
number of in-door
patients.
Mortality.
Causes of deaths.
Death-rates from
cholera and
remittent fever.
Operations.
Receipts and
expenditure.
Remarks recorded
by the Deputy
Surgeon-General.
5. There has also been a decrease in the number of new in-door patients admitted into
the dispensary, as compared with 1876, by 11. During the year 15 in-door patients died,
so that the mortality was at the rate of 13·63 per cent. of total treated. This death-rate,
though doubtless a high one, shows a very marked and satisfactory improvement on that
of 1875, which was 31·92 per cent. Of the 15 deaths in hospital, seven were from
cholera, three from remittent fever, one from dysentery, one from peritonitis, one from
poisoning by opium, one from injury, and one from carbuncle. The mortality from cholera
was at the rate of 58·33 per cent. of cases treated, and from remittent fever at the rate of
25·00 per cent.
6. There were four major operations (one an impacted calculus removed from the
urethra and three dislocations reduced) and 263 minor, against, in 1875, major operations
none and 258 minor ones.
7. The year opened with a balance in hand of Rs. 497-1-11; during the year
Rs. 2,909-6-0 were received from Government, and Rs. 70 in subscriptions and donations
from Europeans: making a total of Rs. 3,476-7-11. The expenditure of the year amounted to
Rs. 2,984-8-11, so that on the 31st December there was a balance in favour of the dispensary
of Rs 491-15-0.
8. The Deputy Surgeon-General visited the dispensary on the 13th January 1876, and
recorded the following remarks:—"Visited the dispensary this morning, and found it clean;
every thing in good order. Three in-patients, and out-door attendance yesterday 31.
Medicines properly kept. Instruments in very good order,—in fact everything satisfactory
except the way in which the out-patients' register is kept, and regarding which instructions
were given to the Assistant Surgeon in charge."
ARRATOON APCAR (GARDEN REACH) DISPENSARY.
Medical officer.
Statistics.
THIS dispensary, founded in December 1870, and now under class III, grade 3
of the revised rules of 1872, was in the immediate charge of Bengali class Native Doctor
Prankisto Mookerjee during 1876, but was under the superintendence of the Civil Surgeon
of the 24-Pergunnahs, by whom it was twice officially inspected, viz. on the 27th June and
27th December.
2. In the following table are shown the number, class, and sex of the out-door patients
who attended the dispensary during 1876:—
EUROPEANS. EURASIANS. MUSSULMANS.
H I N D O O S .
OTHER CASTES.
T O T A L .
1876.
OUT-DOOR PATIENTS.
M a l e s . Femal es .
C h i l d r e n .
M a l e s .
F e ma l e s . C h i l d r e n . M a l e s .
F e m a l e s .
C h i l d r e n .
Ma l e s .
F e m a l e s .
C h i l d r e n .
M a l e s .
Females. C h i l d r e n .
Ma l e s .
F e m a l e s .
C h i l d r e n .
Remained from 1875
... ...
... ... ... ...
... ...
56
7 10 24
5
8
... ... ...
80 12 18
New cases treated ... ...
4
2 1 0
9 2
8 3 , 6 5 8
1 , 1 2 4
1 , 1 7 4
2 , 4 2 1
528 497
8
4
. . .
6,100 1,660 1,689
Total
... 4 2 10 9 2 8 3,714 1,131 1,184 2,445 533 505
8
4 ... 6,180 1,672 1,707
Total "remained"
...
...
......
. . . . . .73
3 7
. . . . . .
1 1 0
Total "new cases"
...
... 16
19
5,956
3,446
12
9,449
It will be noticed that there was a total of 9,449 new cases, and this shows a satisfactory
increase on the numbers registered in each year of the preceding quinquennial period, which
were 9,415, 8,858, 9,228, 8,334, and 8,305. This institution is evidently maintaining its
popularity, and has been the means of affording medical aid to a large number of the sick
p o o r i n a n d a b o u t G a r d e n R e a c h .
3. Of the total number treated, 6,601 were cured or relieved, 2,862 absented themselves,
&c., three were known to have died, and 93 remained under treatment at the end of the
year.
4. A. permanent establishment of the following strength was kept up, and at a monthly
cost of Rs. 64:—
1 Native Doctor Rs. 40.
1 Head-compounder Rs. 10.
1 Dresser Rs. 8.
1 Shop coolie ” 5.
1 Sweeper
Re. 1.
Funds.
Prevailing diseases.
Operations.
5. The funds of this institution are in a healthy condition. The guaranteed monthly
subscription is Rs. 40. The receipts during the year were Rs. 1,580-13-3 (including Rs. 180
from Government and Rs. 580-13-3 balance from 1875), and the expenditure was Rs. 885-15,
so that on the 31st December there was a balance in hand of Rs. 694-14-3.
6. The prevailing diseases were ague (2,169), skin diseases (1,178), rheumatism (706),
ulcers (591), sploen diseases (524), bronchitis (452), dyspepsia (1,106), dysentery (209),
diarrhœa (298), &c. It appears that 3 per cent. of the new cases attending at the dispensary
were suffering from intestinal worms (the ascaris lumbricoides).
7. Two hundred and fifty-five minor operations were performed during the year.