MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
MEDICAL.
No. 157T.-M.
DARJEELING, THE 28TH MAY 1892.
RESOLUTION.
READ—
The Report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for the year 1891.
Read also —
The Report for the year 1890 and the Resolution recorded thereon.
The year 1891 was more unhealthy for the Town than the previous year,
the number of deaths reported for Calcutta, Howrah, and the Suburbs being
23,650 in 1891, against 22,241 in 1890. Cholera prevailed with great severity
during the early part of the year, owing, it is said, to the large influx of pilgrims
and others into Calcutta during the Ardhodoy Jog festival. The mortality from
this cause in the Town of Calcutta alone rose from 963 in 1890 to 1,553 in the
year under report, while that for the combined area, including Calcutta,
Howrah, and the amalgamated Suburbs, rose from 2,243 to 3,445. The morta-
lity from fever was again above the average, exceeding that of the previous
year in the combined area by 1,094. There was a marked diminution,
however, in the mortality from small-pox, and the entire area appears to have
enjoyed a comparative immunity from this disease. The deaths from other
causes remained practically the same.
2. The following statement shows the number of indoor and outdoor
patients treated in the several hospitals and dispensaries during the past two
years:—
NAME OF INSTITUTION.
1 8 9 0 .
1891.
Indoor.
Outdoor.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d , b o t h i n d o o r a n d o u t d o o r .
T o t a l n u m b e r o f d e a t h s a m o n g i n d o o r p a t i e n t s .
P e r c e n t a g e o f d e a t h s o n t o t a l n u mb e r o f i n - d o o r p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d .
Indoor.
Outdoor.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d , b o t h i n d o o r a n d o u t d o o r .
T o t a l n u m b e r o f d e a t h s a m o n g i n d o o r p a t i e n t s .
P e r c e n t a g e o f d e a t h s o n t o t a l n u m b e r o f i n - d o o r p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
N u m b e r o f b e d s a v a i l a b l e .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
Da i l y a ve r a ge .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
N u m b e r o f b e d s a v a i l a b l e .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
M e d i c a l C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l
. . .
6,741
354.16
407
52,108 395.59
58,849
569
9.26
6,803
371.77
449
56,227
407.36
63,030
632
10.07
Presidency General Hospi-
tal ...
. . .
. . .
. . . 3,105
151.23
238
...... ......
3,105 112
3.60 (b) 2,928
144.63 238
......
. . . . . .
2,928 127
4.33
Campbell Hospital
... 8,415
451.64 Not
stated.
......
.....
8,415 1,708
20.29 ( c) 9,088
427.08 588
......
. . . . . .
9,088 1,711
18.82
Police ,,
...
2,593
95.48
175
...... ...... 2,593 21
.8 ( d) 2,468
95.62 175
......
. . . . . .
2,468
24
.97
M a y o
N a t i v e „
...
1,814
83.8
105
27,976 184.4
29,790 226
12.45
1,884
82.2
105
28,700
181.4
30,584 295
15.65
C h a n d n e y „
...
326
1 1
10
40,176 330.77
40,502
13
3.98
391
12.89
12
42,998
384.98
43,389
10
2.55
Park Street Dispensary ... ......
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 29,300 199.3 29,300
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
29,901
206.3
29,901 ...
......
C h i t p o r e , ,
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1 9 , 7 7 7 138.3
19,777 ...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . .
22,262
172.4
22,262
. . .
. . . . . .
Sukea's Street ,,
...
......
. . . . . . . . . . . . 17,620 143.66 17,620
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .......
. . .
18,589
150.80
18,589
...
......
B h a w á n i p u r „
. . .
......
. . . . . . . . . . . . 10,694 75.97 10,694
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .......
. . .
10,884
83.26
10,884 ...
......
Total Calcutta Hospitals
and Dispensaries
. . . 22,994 1,147.31 ......
197,651 1,467.99
220,645 2,649 (a)11.83
23,562
1,134.19 1,567
209,561
1,586.50
233,123 2,799 (a )12.15
Howrah General Hospital 1,368
55.62
109
10,422 85.15
11,790 301
22
1,756
71.48 109
10,257
85.48
12,013 371
21.12
GRAND TOTAL
... 24,362 1,202.93 ......
208,073 1,553.14 232,435 2,950
12.41
25,318 1,205.67 1,676 219,818 1,671.98 245,136 3,170 12.78
( a ) R e c k o n e do
n
c a s e s t r e a t e d
e x c l u s i v e o ft
h o s e t r e a t e d
i n t h eo
p h t h a l m i c w a r d
o f
t h e M e d i c a l C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l .
(b) Exclusive of 214 cases of no appreciable diseases.
(
c
) D
i t t o 3 9
d i t t o d i t t o .
(
d
) D i t t o 2 0 d i t t o d i t t o .
There was an increase in the number of patients treated in all the hospitals
with the exception of the Presidency General and Police Hospitals. The
decrease in the number of patients treated at the Presidency General Hospital
is said to have been due to there having been a smaller number of vessels in
port, and consequently fewer seamen admitted to hospital; while in the case of
the Police Hospital the decrease is ascribed to the absence of any outbreak of
influenza. The total number treated, including both indoor and outdoor
patients, rose from 232,435 to 245,136; the daily average ofoutdoor patients