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REPORT ON THE
in 1889." The total number of out-door patients increased by 303, the figure
being 40,176, against 39,873 in 1889. The daily average number was 330.77,
against 323.42 in the previous year.
72.
Chitpore Dispensary. —This is an out-door institution. The total
number of patients treated was less by 740 as compared with 1889. The
diminution is said to be due to sanitary improvements and a good deal of bustee
reformation in the locality. The daily average number was 138.3, against
143.7 in the previous year.
73.
Park Street Dispensary.—This institution affords only out-door relief.
The total number of patients treated was 29,300, against 26,816 in 1889. The
daily average number was 199.3, against 205.20 in 1889.
74.
Sukea's Street Dispensary. —This is also an out-door institution. The
total number of patients treated was 17,620, against 18,776 in 1889. The daily
average number was 143.66, against 152.77 in the previous year.
75.
Campbell Hospital. —Surgeon-Major S. C. Mackenzie was in charge of the
hospital from the beginning of the year to 10th May, when he went on furlough,
making over charge to Surgeon-Major R. Cobb, who acted for him from 11th May
to the end of the year. The total number of patients treated was 8,415, against
8,252 in 1889, the daily average strength being 451.64 and 445.30 respectively.
The death-rate of the hospital was 202.97 per mille, against 203.95 in the previ
-ous year. This is a high death-rate, and in this connection Dr. Cobb, the
Superintendent, observes as follows:—" The death-rate of this institution will
always be very high, being a lazaretto, and large number of patients are brought
in a moribund state." The death-rate of the hospital, excluding cholera, was
193.8 per mille, against 190.3 in 1889. The increase was due to the larger
number of cases and deaths from small-pox. The percentage of deaths
from this cause was unusually high, the type of the disease being virulent.
There were treated 301 patients for small-pox in 1890, of whom 25 were
Europeans and 276 Natives. The corresponding figures in 1889 were 61, 6 and
55. No less than 183 out of 301 patients are said to have been unprotected.
There was a decrease in the number of admissions from cholera, the figure
being 182 in 1890, against 289 in 1889. Besides the total number of patients
treated in the Campbell Hospital in 1890, 42 patients are shown to have
been admitted into the hospital under the head " No appreciable diseases."
They were all natives.
76. The Superintendent reports that certain repairs have been done to the
banks of the tank in the hospital ground, and that a portion of the compound
that used to be submerged during the rains has been raised to a considerable
extent. Dr. Cobb has referred in his annual report to the want of an out-door
dispensary. The construction of an out-door dispensary, which was kept in
abeyance for want of funds, has been sanctioned by Government, and it will not
only be of immense benefit to the general community, but will also afford larger
opportunities for the practical instruction in surgery and medicine to the
students.
77. Calcutta Police Hospital. —Surgeon-Major S. C. Mackenzie was in
charge of the hospital from the beginning of the year to the 10th May 1890,
when he proceeded on furlough, and Surgeon-Major R. Cobb held charge of the
hospital from 11th May to the end of the year.
78. The total number of patients treated was 2,593, against 2,432 in
1889, the increase being due to the outbreak of the epidemic of influenza in
1890. These figures exclude the number of malingerers who were kept under
observation and fed in the hospital. There were 23 such patients in 1890,
against 34 in the previous year. The daily average sick was 95.48, against
101.91 in 1889. There were 21 deaths or a rate of 8.09 per mille, against
20 and 8.2 respectively in 1889. Fourteen patients were treated for cholera
with 6 deaths, against 9 and 3 respectively in the previous year. There were
6 cases of small-pox, but they were all transferred to the Campbell Hospital.
The number of patients who suffered from venereal diseases of all kinds
was 161, against 117 in the previous year.
79. The Superintendent reports that the hospital buildings were thoroughly
repaired during the year. There is no regular out-door department in the
hospital, but 39 European constables who suffered from trivial complaints
received medicines from the hospital. Besides these, 28 members of the