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REPORT ON THE
444 Europeans, 543 Eurasians, 324 Mahomedans, and 429 " other races," and
a decrease of 906 Hindus.
STATEMENT No. III.
Deaths in Calcutta Hospitals in. 1886 and the seven previous years.
YEAR.
ALL DISEASES, EXCEPT CASES
TREATED IN TILE EYE INFIRMARY.
C H O L E R A .
Death-rate,
excluding
cholera.
Number of
deaths
r e g i s -
tered by
municipality.
Rate per
mille of
population .
Treated.
Died.
Died per
mille. T r e a t e d .
Died.
Died per
mille.
1879 ...
22,197
3,602
162
634
351
553
150
13,044
30.3
...
...
1880 ...
...
..,
21,032
2,006
138
356
]83
514
1:31
11,681
2 7 . 1
1881
20,156
2,876
142
580
304
516
131
13,030
3 0 .
1882
20,078
2,886
143
859
468
544
125
13,177
3 0 . 4
..,
..,
1883
19,872
2,719
136
032
510
547
116
12,325
28.4
..1884..
... 21, 166 3,079
145
1,023
536
523
126
13,256
30.5
...
...
...
1885
23,339
2,936
125
627
362
577
113
12,707
29.3
...
...
...
1886 ...
...
...
23,653
2,756
116
781
421
542
181
11,417
26.4
13. Mortality.—The general death-rate was the lowest reached since
1872. This statement exhibits the general mortality in hospital, including
and excluding deaths from cholera during the past eight years. The patients
of the Eye Infirmary have been excluded altogether. Cases of small-pox
treated were less numerous in 1886 than they have been for years past, and
the mortality was low. Cholera showed a slight excess in both the town and
hospitals, causing 62 additional deaths in the latter.
STATEMENT No. IV.
Deaths of Hen, Women, and Children in 1886.
MEN.
WOMEN.
CHILDREN.
Treated.
Died.
Treated.
Died.
Treated.
Died.
Mal e. Female . Male. Female.
Medical College Hospital
... ... ...
3,010*
320
2,212*
150
312* 346*34
52
General Hospital ...
...
...
...
...
...
3,152
112
364
17
6 1 119
6
8
Mayo Institutions ...
...
,..
...
...
...
2,228
226
300
19
118
51
9
8
Campbell Hospital
...
5,335
941
1.670
473
184
124
22
17
Police Hospital
...
.
. .
...
...
...
...
2,396
29
Howrah General Hospital ... ... ... ...
1,319
200
218
54
48
30
15
2
Voluntary Lock Hospitals, Calcutta ...
...
...
484
23
• Inclusive of cases treated in the ophthalmic ward.
14. In the wards of the Medical College Hospital in the year 1886, 556
persons died, among whom were 86 children. Of children, the number treated
was about the same in the two years, the death-rate in the year under report
(130 . 69) exceeding that of 1885, which was 120.66.
15. During the year, at the suggestion of Mr. Horace Cockerell, I had
a portion of one of the female wards converted into a child's hospital, and
furnished it throughout. Many kind friends stepped forward and assisted me
with money, toys, books and pictures for the use of the sick children, and
it may now be said that we possess in Calcutta the nucleus of an admirably
organized and equipped hospital for European and Eurasian children. The
hospital has told off to it a good staff of nurses, who are under the management
of the Ladies of the Clewer Sisterhood. The hospital was started and all
arrangements for its successful working were made by Dr.Crombie, the
officiating Surgeon Superintendent. It is now under the immediate care of
Dr. Birch, since his return from furlough, the permanent Surgeon Superin-
tendent of the Presidency General Hospital. Formerly the sick of tender age,
of both sexes, were treated in the female wards of the Medical College and
Presidency General Hospitals, The necessity for this is a thing of the past :
moreover, precocious and curious children need no longer be mixed up in
the same wards with adults. The hospital is roomy, well furnished, and nicely
supplied with every requisite, and can be readily extended at any moment.
The hospital is well patronised, and Dr.Birch assures me it is the means of
effecting much good.