STATEMENT NO. V.
YEARS.
ALL DISEASES.
CHOLERA.
D e a t h - r a t e e x - c l u d i n g C h o l e r a . N o . o f d e a t h s r e g i s t e r e d b y M u n i c i p a l i t y .
R a t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 . *
T r e a t e d .
D i e d .
Ra t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 .
T r e a t e d .
D i e d . Ra t e p e r 1 , 0 0 0 .
1867 14,728 2,815 191 734 362 493 175 12,097 27.1
1868 16,996 3,386 199 1,224 563 461 179 13,733 30.6
1869 18,035 3,043 169 1,144 558 487 147 12,795 28.5
1870 15,816 2,250 142 605 258 426 131 10,102 22.6
1871 17,325 2,288 132 255 112 439 127 10,300 23.1
1872 20,805 2,761 132 448 217 484 125 11,825 26.4
* P o p u l a t i o n t a k e n a t 4 4 7 , 6 0 1 .
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
5
These figures may appear more curious than useful, and the eleborate
analysis to which they have been subjected may seem to be labor wasted;
yet they are not devoid of interest as showing the extent to which different
sections of the community appreciate the institutions established for their
benefit by Government. The extent to which the women and children
of the several classes specified resort to hospitals and dispensaries, is perhaps
the best indication of the popularity of these institutions. The returns may, in
after years, prove useful as indices of the social peculiarities of inhabitants
of this part of India, and of the changes which these may in time undergo.
As compared with the figures tabulated on the same system in the last year's
report, there is a remarkable similarity apparent, which extends to the statistics
of individual institutions.
Utility of state--
ments of caste,
sex, and age.
4. Death-rates.—Of 20,805 patients treated in the various hospitals,
2,761 died—a rate of 132 per
1,000. This rate contrasts
favorably with that of the five
preceding years. The num-
ber of deaths registered by
the Health Officer are noted
in the same statement. The
figures are taken from Dr.
C. F. Tonnerre's report, ap-
pended to the report of the
Calcutta Municipality for
1872. The number of deaths
which have been caused by
cholera in thes everal hos-
pitals are also shown, and
the mortality rates when
these are excluded. The hospital and registration figures exhibit a remarkable
concord. They agree in indicating a most marked improvement in the health
of the town during the last three years. Whether this result is due to the
sanitary improvements—a purer water-supply, and better drainage—which
have been effected, time will show. Meantime the results above exhibited
are very satisfactory and encouraging. The death-rates of the several hospitals
are shown in Statement No. 1. They compare favorably on the whole with the
preceding year. These will be, however, more profitably discussed in relation
to each hospital.
5. Diseases treated.—Statement No. 6 shows the principal diseases from
which in-door patients suffered and died, and the death-rates of those from
which casualties occurred. The table has been drawn up on the same plan as
Statement No. VI. in last year's Report. They are, therefore, capable of com-
parison. The table for 1872 includes all the institutions embraced in this
report. The diseases specified account for 79 per cent. of the sickness and
89 per cent. of the mortality.
Death-rates.
Comparison of hos--
pital and muni-
cipal returns.
Diseases treated.