CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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7. The daily average number of patients under treatment in 1886 was as
follows :—
In-door.
Out-door.
Medical College Hospital
...
.... 352.05
382.11
General Hospital
...
... 194.44
......
Mayo Institutions
...
...
... 95.6
1,160.8
Campbell Hospital
...
...
... 401.75
.....
Police Hospital
...
...
... 94.09
......
Howrah General Hospital
...
... 70.02
94.88
Voluntary Lock Hospitals
...
... 103.4
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8. At the Medical College Hospital, of the total number (49,985) of out-
patients treated, 18,776 were treated in the medical dispensary, 12,005 in the
surgical, 6,605 in the ophthalmic, and 1,953 in the dental departments. In the
Duty Room 10,646 persons were treated who arrived after dispensary hours.
The Duty Room shows a great increase. There was a falling off of 689 patients
in the surgical department, which Dr. Coates says was " chiefly due to (1) fre
-quent change of Resident Surgeons, (2) overflow from medical side coming to the
duty room and only surgical cases treated ; all eye and ear cases are also sent
to the ophthalmic surgeon." The ophthalmic and the medical dispensaries
show a fair increase of work during the year, the former amounting to 930,
and the latter to 747, new patients.
9. The attendance of out-patients at the Mayo Hospital, which of late
years had been returned in steadily decreasing numbers, now shows au
upward tendency. The increase, although slight, is hopeful.
In 1883 they totalled 40,930, with a daily average of
... 283.6
In 1884 they fell to 37,999, with a daily average of ...
.. 250.7
In 1885 still further decreased to 36,193, with a daily average of .. 233.8
And in 1886 they rose to 36,736, with a daily average of
... 239.1
10. At the Chandney Hospital the out-door attendance gives a total addition
of 1,925 patients to the numbers of 1885. The total house-patients was 792,
while the out-door list reached 72,537.
11. The Howrah Hospital, which is not a Calcutta medical institution,
gave a decrease of 569 out-door patients in the year, the average daily
attendance being 94-88 in 1886, against 102.09 in 1885. The fluctuations in the
number of those seeking relief do not vary very greatly from year to year, and
Dr. Pilcher thinks that they are due to the " large number of native practitioners
in the town, the majority of whom see poor patients and give medicines gratui-
tously," and that " it is more convenient to the poor to be attended at their own
houses." This may be so, but Howrah has undoubtedly shared in the general
improvement in the public health, and the decrease noted here, I think, may be
fairly taken to evidence the diminished prevalence of the lighter forms of
illnesses in the year under review.
STATEMENT No. II.
Race and Sex of Out-door and In-door Patients.
Total for
1885.
Males.
Females. Children.
Total for
1886.
Europeans ... ...
... ... ... ...
...
9,795
7,140
1,480
1,619
10,239
Eurasians... ... ... ...
... ...
27,884
9,898
6,763
11,766
28,427
Mahomedans ... ... ...
93,193
53,300
10,890
29,327
93,517
Hindus
... ... ... ... ... ...
123,470
84,161
18,274
20,129
122,564
Other races
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
9,285
3,352
2,041
4,321
9,714
Total ...
263,627
157,851
39,448
67,162
264,461
12. As I remarked in a previous report, this statement is interesting, so far
as it gives a comparative view of the various classes, male and female, who seek
relief at our charities. I am unable to offer any conclusion from the figures
thus tabulated. Of the 264,461 patients, 10,239 were Europeans, 28,427
Eurasians, 93,517 Mahomedans, 122,564 Hindus and 9,714 were natives of
"other races." A comparison of the first and last columns shows an increase of