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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
96. The sickness and mortality in the year under review and in four
preceding years are exhibited in the following table:—
YEARS.
EUROPEANS AND EAST INDIANS.
NATIVES.
Treated.
Died
(in-door).
Ratio per
1,000 of
deaths to
treated.
Treated.
Died
(in-door).
Ratio per
1,000 of
deaths to
treated.
In.
Out.
In.
Out .
1879
... ... ... ...
...
594
3,876
32
55.87
1,176
14,400
391
332.48
1880
... ... ... ...
...
612
4,368
18
29.41
945
8,977
275
2 9 1 .
1881
... ...
... ...
670
3,761
30
44.77
970
8,750
285
293.81
1882
... ... ... ...
...
669
3,301
32
47.83
935
7,711
288
308.02
1883
... ... ... ... ...
696
4,371
16
22.99
935
7,325
311
332.62
97. With regard to moribund cases, Dr. Pilcher says that, with very few
exceptions, none of these cases would have been admitted into an ordinary hos-
pital, and it is quite time that the municipality should provide special hospital
accommodation for this class of cases, for they are a source of danger to surgical
cases, and a terror to all patients."
98. The drainage and conservancy arrangements were as good as in the
previous year. Water-supply is obtained from Calcutta, and the buildings were
in excellent order.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
A. J. PAYNE, M.D.,
Sur geon—Gener al f or Bengal .
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receipts from private sources amounted to Rs. 22,674, of which Rs. 6,679
was paid by the Port Trust for the diet of sick seamen, Rs. 2,200 by the
Municipality, Rs. 1,598 was interest on investments, Rs. 12,186 was contributed
by the East Indian Railway Company, British India Steam Navigation
Company, and merchants, and Rs. 5,163 contributed by Government for
European medicines, &c. Native subscriptions amounted to Rs. 10 only
The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 24,639 against Rs. 23,634 in 1882,
showing an increase of Rs. 1,005. Rupees 706 were expended on buildings.
The actual amount expended on the sick was Rs. 23,933 as compared with
Rs. 22,723 in 1882. The cost of establishment exceeded that of 1882 by
Rs. 339. There was also an increase of Rs. 212 in the cost of bazar medicines
and a decrease of Rs. 124 in the cost of diet. The average cost of each diet
was 9 annas among Europeans and 2 annas 1 pie among natives, as compared
with 9 annas and 1 anna 10 pie in the preceding year.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
COLMAN MACAULAY,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. 831.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, submitted to the
Government of India, in the Home Department, for information.
No. 832.
COPY of the above Resolution forwarded to the Surgeon-General, Bengal,
for information and guidance.
No. 833.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, forwarded to the
Chairman of the Corporation of the Town of Calcutta for information.
No. 834.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, forwarded to the
Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, for information.
No. 835.
EXTRACT, paragraphs 15 and 16, forwarded to the Governors of the Mayo
Hospital for information.
No. 836.
EXTRACT, paragraph 17, forwarded to the Commissioner of Burdwan for
information and for communication to the Commissioners of the Howrah
Municipality.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
COLMAN MACAULAY,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal,
CALCUTTA,
The 4th August 1884.
W. J.-Reg. No. 4494C-276-9.8.84.
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REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
For THE YEAR 1884.
BY
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1885.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1884.
BY
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
I nspect or - Gener al of Ci vi l Hospi t al s,
B e n g a l .
Calcutta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1885.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1884.
No. 5425.
FROM A. J. COWIE, ESQ.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MUNICIPAL AND MEDICAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 10th July 1885.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the following report on the working of
the Medical Institutions of Calcutta during the year 1884.
2. Of late years it has been customary to introduce in this place a table,
shewing the deaths from the most prevalent diseases in the town of Calcutta.
This is an excellent arrangement, as it assists in comparing notes with the
results obtained from the municipal statistics of mortality.
Deaths from the most prevalent diseases in the town of Calcutta.
Cholera.
Dinrrhœa
and
dysentery.
Fevers.
Small-pox.
Other
causes.
Total.
Ratio per
mille of
population.
1875 ...
... ...
...
. . .
1,674
1,579
5,328
720
4,785
14,086
32 7
1876...
1,851
1,864
4,361
71
4,817
12,964
30.1
1877
. . .
......
1,418
1,683
5,151
67
5,385
13,704
31.9
1878...
1,338
2,010
6,086
1,495
5,467
16,396
38.1
1879... . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,186
1,516
4,96
772
4,774
13,044
30.3
1880
...
...
...
...
...
805
1,267
3,797
114
5,698
11,681
27.1
1881
...
...
...
...
...
1,693
1,491
3,765
133
5,948
13,030
30.
1882...
...
...
2,240
1,454
3,18
17
5,848
13,177
30.4
1883
...
...
...
...
...
2,037
1,307
3,442
73
5,466
12,325
28.4
1884... ...
2,272
1,209
3,618
478
5,679
13,256
30.5
3. General mortality of the town.— The year 1884 was an unhealthy one.
Both cholera and small-pox were very prevalent in certain quarters of the town
The deaths alone from these two diseases amounted to 2,272 and 478 re-
spectively. The public health was bad. Cholera gave more deaths in 1884 than in
any of the preceding nine years. This report deals mainly with the administra-
tion, &c., of our hospitals, and not with the prevalence of disease in their
neighbourhood and general vital statistics; and I only incidentally refer to
the sanitary condition of things in the several wards of the city and the
improvements needed in them. The high mortality from cholera distinctly
points to an absence of sanitation in the situations in which the disease
found an abiding place; while 478 deathsf r o m s m a l l
- p o x p o i n t
t o
t h e
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
with the previous year, there was a decrease both in the in-door and out-door
patients on the European as well as on the native side.
128. With regard to the decrease in the number of patients, Dr. Pilcher says
that “the figures do not call for any special explanation, except to note that the
diminished numbers are apparently due to a more healthy season, and diminished
sickness among Europeans and natives during the year.” Three hundred and
fifty-four European seamen were treated against 342 in 1883. There were ten
women confined in the hospital during the year, of whom none died.
129. The following statement exhibits the daily average sick in 1884 and
in five preceding years:—
YEARS.
DAILY AVERAGE SICK.
EUROPEANS AND EAST INDIANS.
NATIVES.
In-door.
Out-door.
In-door.
Out-door.
1879
...
...
...
. . .
27.35
16.37
43.45
117.88
1880 . . . . . . . . . . . .
26.69
18.42
36.75
86.52
1881
...
...
. . .
...
26.52
15.27
36.68
95.15
1882
...
...
...
. . .
29.1
14.82
36. 63
81.4
1883...
...
...
..
26.12
17.46
34.02
85.34
1884
...
. . . ...
...
27.22
16.66
3 4 . 9 1
71.40
130. The sickness and mortality in the year under review and in four
preceding years are exhibited in the following table:—
YEARS.
EUROPEANS AND EAST INDIANS.
NATIVES.
TREATED.
Died
(in-door).
Ratio per
1,000 of
deaths to
treated.
TREATED.
Died
(in-door).
Ratio per
1,000 of
deaths to
treated.
In.
Out.
In.
Out.
1880
612
4,368
18
29.41
945
8,977
275
291.
1881 ... ... ... ... ...
6 7 03,761
30
44.77
970
8 , 7 5 0
285
293.81
1882
669
3,301
32
47.83
935
7,711
288
308.02
1883 ... ... ... ...
696
4,371
16
22.99
935
7,325
311
332.62
1884
...
...
...
...
...
694
3,161
28
40.31
874
6,688
321
367.27
131. Among European in-patients the death-rate was higher than in the
previous year, but less than those of 1882 and 1881. Thirteen of the 28
deaths were due to cholera.
132. Among natives the death-rate was higher than in the four preceding
years. Of the 321 deaths, 120 died within the first 24 hours after admission, and
only 78 deaths occurred among patients who had been in hospital over ten days.
“This large death-rate,” says Dr. Pilcher, “is due to the admission of mori-
bunds from this large town, the population of which is chiefly composed of
labourers.” The greater number of deaths among natives were due to cholera
and bowel-complaints.
133. With regard to moribund cases, Dr. Pilcher says that a “very large
number of poor people are brought to the hospital in a dying state. Hitherto
they have been admitted to a separate shed in the hospital enclosure, but it is
time that separate accommodation should be provided for this class of sick away
from the hospital. The constant movement of the dying and dead in the
presence of other patients must be very depressing to the sick, and detracts from
the popularity of the hospital.”
134. The drainage and conservancy arrangements are reported to be as
good as before. The water-supply is obtained from Calcutta, and the buildings
are in thorough repairs.
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
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No. 1864T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, submitted to the Govern.
ment of India, in the Home Department, for information.
No. 1865T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution forwarded to the Inspector-General of Civil
Hospitals for information and guidance.
No. 1866T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, forwarded to the Chair-
man of the Corporation of the Town of Calcutta for the information of the
Commissioners.
No. 1867T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, forwarded to the Com-
missioner of Police, Calcutta, for information.
No. 1868T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution forwarded to the Governors of the Mayo
Hospital for information.
No. 1869T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution forwarded to the Commissioner of Burdwan
for communication to the Commissioners of the Howrah Municipality.
By order of the Lieutenant Governor of Bengal,
G. K. LYON,
DARJEELING,
The 18th September 1885.
W. LeB.—Reg. No. 1100T—209—22-9-85,
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR
THE YEAR 1885.
BY
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
I n s p e c t o r - G e n e r a l o f C i v i l h o s p i t a l s , B e n g a l .
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1886.
REPORT
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1885.
BY
•
A. J. COWIE, Esq.,
In spector-General of Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1886.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1885.
No. 5003.
FROM A. J. COWIE, ESQ.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
MEDICAL AND MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS.
Dated Calcutta, the 26th July 1886.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to forward my report on the working of
the Medical Institutions of Calcutta for the year 1885.
2. The report is late in its submission. The delay has been unavoidable.
No unnecessary time has been wasted in its preparation. I am still sanguine
that the Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor will deem it right to reconsider my
earnest appeals and sanction the strengthening of my establishment, that my
office may be placed on a footing consistent with the work to be done, and thus
enable me to fulfil my functions as administrative head of the Provincial
Medical Service, with despatch and. in an efficient manner.
3. In Mr. Secretary Edgar's, letter, No. 608, dated, 8th February, 1886, the
Hon'ble the Lieutenant-Governor directed that the Annual Report on the
"Syphilitic Hospitals" is to be incorporated in future with the report on the
Calcutta Medical Institutions. For the first time the results in the whole of the
large medical institutions, including the voluntary lock hospitals, are reviewed
together in this report.
4. To assist in comparing notes with the results obtained from the
municipal statistics of mortality, I introduce here a table exhibiting the deaths
from the most prevalent diseases shewn in the mortuary returns of the
Health Officer.
Deaths from the most prevalent diseases in the town of Calcutta.
Cholera. Diarrhœa
and
Dysentery.
Fever.
Small-pox. Other causes. Total.
Ratio per
mille of
population.
1,674
1,579
5, 328
720
4,785
14,086
3 2 . 7
1876 ... ... ... ...
1,851
1, 864
4,361
71
4,817
12, 964
30.1
1877 ... ... ... ... ...
1,418
1, 683
5,151
67
5,385
13,704
31.9
1878 ... ... ...
. . .
1,338
2, 010
6,086
1,495
5,467
16, 396
38.1
1879 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1 , 1 3 6
1,516
4,796
772
4,774
13, 044
30.3
1 8 8 0
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
805
1,267
3,797
114
5,698
11,681
27.1
1881 . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,693
1,491
3,765
133
5,948
13, 030
35.
1882
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 2,240
1,454
3,618
17
5,848
13,177
3 0 . 4
1883 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2,037
1,307
3,442
73
5,466
12,325
28.
1884
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2,272
1,259
3,618
478
5,679
13,256
30.5
1885 ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . 1,603
1,655
3,831
155
5,463
12,707
29.3
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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
most unsanitary wards of the town and suburbs, and that many die of foul air
and defective diet, goes without the saying, Eliminating, therefore, the excess
mortality from these causes, which will possibly be found to have been of
exceptional occurrence, the general health of the inhabitants who reside in those
portions of the city to which sanitary improvements have been extended was
fairly good throughout the year. Owing to disturbing influences, such as
numbers of the poverty-stricken temporarily seeking the shelter and support
which a large city is felt to afford, the mortality registered within municipal
limits, in any given period, is unreliable as a true standard of the salubrity of
the city proper.
STATEMENT No. I.
Showing numbers treated in the institutions.
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
1885.
1884.
TOTAL TREATED.
Died
per mille
of treated.
TOTAL TREATED.
Died
per mille
of treated.
In-door. Out-door.
Total.
In-door.
Out-door.
Total,
Medical College Hospital ...
. . .
5,897
47,149
53,046
104.41*
5,522
44,562
50,085
126.1*
General Hospital
...
...
3,417
......
3,417
31.02
3,073
......
3,073
40.35
Mayo Hospital and Dispensaries ...
2,560
179,208
181,772
110.37
2,451
181,274
183,725
159.52
Campbell Hospital ... ...
. . .
7,611
......
7,611
212.06
6,525
...
6,525
231.01
Municipal Police Hospital ...
2,329
......
2,329
12.02
2,221
......
2,221
10.8
Voluntary Lock-Hospital, Calcutta
414
1,889
2,303
43.47
333
1,454
1,787
63.06
Total Calcutta Hospitals
. . .
22,232
228,246
250,478
120.23*
20,125
227,290
247,415
139.29*
Hoawrah General Hospital ...
...
1,631
11,518
13,149
199.87
1,568
9,849
11,417
222.57
GRAND TOTAL ...
23,863
239,764
263,627
125.79*
21,693
237,139
258,832
145.46*
* Reckoned on cases treated, exclusive of ophthalmic cases.
10.
Numbers treated in hospital. —The following abstract shows the in-door
patients treated in the institutions under report. The total treated increased
from 21,693 in 1884 to 23,863 in 1885, or by no less a figure than 2,170. The
increase of house patients was chiefly due to fevers, bowel-complaints, venereal
and to diseases asthenic in type. This is illustrated in a marked manner in
the Campbell Hospital return, which shows an accession of 1,086 patients
who suffered from disorders very generally associated with failure of vital
power:—
1885.
1884.
Medical College
...
•••
. . .
5,897
5,522
General Hospital
...
...
...
3,417
3,073
Mayo and Chandney Hospitals
...
...
2,564
2,451
Campbell Hospital
...
...
. . .
7 , 611
6,525
Police Hospital
...
...
. . .
2,329
2,221
Voluntary Lock-Hospitals ,..
...
. . .
414
333
Howrah General Hospital ...
...
...
1,631
1,568
Total
...
23,863
21,693
11. Excluding the Police Hospital, which partakes more of the character of
a military hospital, and can in no way be ranked as a charity, all the institutions
showed an increase save the Mayo (excluding its dispensaries), where the
reduction was 129. The fall at this institution is ascribed by Dr. Sanders
chiefly to a large number of cholera cases, 336 being admitted in 1884 against
142 in 1885.
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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continuing as the season advanced, I deemed it proper to sanction, in anticipa-
tion of orders, the erection, in the compound, of a large temporary ward.
The building was quickly run up and equipped by Dr. Mackenzie, the Super-
intendent. It proved very opportune, and fully met all requirements.
At the close of the year there were under treatment in excess of accommo-
dation 48. It was considered that the increase of patients at the
Campbell Hospital was in the main due to distress in the flooded districts
and its consequences. This seems a reasonable explanation, and if really the
true one, then the excess of sickness may be set down as the outcome of excep-
tional causes, and we may look forward to the early closing of the temporary
ward.
19. The total house-patients treated in the Voluntary Lock hospitals,
European and Natives, during 1885 is recorded as follows:—Europeans 48 and
Natives 366. The numbers were 38 and 295 in 1884. Of the 414 in-patients
in 1885, 100 were received on transfer from the Campbell Hospital. None of
the other hospitals transferred any cases. In 1884 the Campbell Hospital
transferred 75 patients. In the total out-patient practice of the hospital, new
cases treated in 1885 exceeded by 432—all natives—the number in 1884.
20. The average daily numbers of patients under treatment in 1885 were
as follows:—
In-door.
Out-door.
Medical College Hospital
...
...
341.21
306.14
General Hospital
...
...
...
163.03
......
Mayo Hospital and Branch Dispensaries
...
100.3
1,151.4
Campbell Hospital
...
...
. . .
407.07
. . . . . .
Police Hospital
...
...
. . .
89.71
......
Voluntary Lock-Hospitals
...
. . .
90.
6.5
Howrah General Hospital
...
...
65.3
102.09
STATEMENT No. II.
Race and sex of patients.
Total for
1884.
Males.
Females.
Children.
Total.for
1885.
Europeans ... ... ... ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
10,033
6,740
1,585
1,470
9,795
Eurasians ... ... ... ... ... ... - ... ...
29,954
9,522
6,814
11,548
2 7 , 8 8 4
Mahomedans
... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
88,150
51,566
10,874
30,753
93,193
Hindus
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
124,129
83,442
18,670
21,353
123,170
Other races ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
6,566
3,136
1,846
4,303
9,285
Total ...
258,832
154,406
39,789
69,432
2 6 3 , 6 2 7
21. This statement is so far interesting that it gives a comparative view
of the various classes, male and female, who seek medical relief at our charities.
22. Of 263,627 patients, the particulars of whom, as regards race and caste,
are given, 9,795 were Europeans, 27,884 Eurasians, 93,193 Mahomedans,
123,470 Hindoos, and 9,285 were natives of various other castes and classes.
23. A comparison of the first and last columns shows a decrease of 238
European patients; 2,070;an increase among Mahomedans of 5,043
; a decrease among Hindoos of 659 while “other races” rose by 2,719.
24. The fluctuations in the attendance at our charities of Europeans and
Eurasians from year to year are not always readily accounted for. The
r e d u c t i o n , h o w e v e r , i n 1 8 8 5 m a y , I f e e l c o n f i d e n t , b e a t t r i b u t e d t o t h e g e n e r a l
improvement in the public health.
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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
received into an institution of this kind. The total number of children
treated in all the institutions exceeded those registered in 1884 by 100, or at
the rate of 56.4 per thousand, against 57.4 in 1884.
28. The police hospital, as I have already remarked, is not a charitable
institution of Calcutta. Its statistics admit of no useful comparison with those
of the Calcutta institutions. The total sick treated rose from 2,221 in 1884
to 2,329 in 1885, while the deaths recorded rose from 24 to 28 in the same
periods.
29. Particular diseases. —Cholera shewed a gradual decline—the decline of a
fitful waning epidemic. The proportion of deaths to cases was slightly in excess
of the ordinary rate. Eighty-three cases of small-pox were treated, and of this
number 34 died. Two deaths occurred in the Sumbhu Nath Pundit building,
at the Presidency General Hospital, and 32 in the Sealdah Hospital.
30. Dr. Mackenzie furnishes the following analyses of the 32 fatal cases
recorded in this special small-pox hospital, which is under his superin
¬ t e n d e n c e : —
Total
treated.
Died.
Per cent.
of treated.
After vaccination
...
23
7
30.43
„ inoculation
...
...
4
2
50.
„ small-pox
...
...
2
...
......
Unprotected
...
. . .
39
23
58.97
These figures are so completely at variance with those established, as the
result of a large number of observations made in Small-pox hospitals in
other parts of the world, that a comparison is impossible. The average
percentage mortality from "variola," "after vaccination," when the operation
has been perfectly performed, is "uniformly found to be less than a half per
cent." Of the 23, said to be protected persons, who suffered from small-pox and
were treated in the Sealdah Hospital, seven died, or a percentage of 30.43.
This would be alarming if true. The only inference, however, in my
opinion, to be drawn from such figures is, that the alleged vaccination must
either have been of a very spurious character, or the observations recorded in
this institution were incorrectly made.
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REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
31. Malarious fevers were more prevalent in 1885, although less fatal than in
1884. The cases of diarrhœa and dysentery were much more numerous, and
furnished a high death-rate : together, the total treated rose from 2,674 in 1884
to 3,367 in 1885, giving an increased mortality rising from 767 in the former to
1,035 in the year under review. Anæmia varied but slightly in quantity and
quality, dropsies decreased, while debility and old age were represented by
643 cases in 1885 against 395 in 1884. Phthisis and respiratory affections
declined both in prevalence and fatality. Syphilis increased from 714 cases
in 1884 to 1,107 cases in 1885, with 19 deaths against 2 only in 1884. This
increase is largely due to the incorporation in the record this year of the
returns of the voluntary lock-hospitals.
32. Of diseases not specified, 6,244 cases were entered under the heading
"Other diseases," and of this number 381 died. The corresponding figures
last year were 5,182 and 403.
33. Four hundred and fifty parturient women were treated, or 29 more
than in the previous 12 months. The results were far more favourable, 24
having died against 33 in 1884.
34.
Venereal diseases. —In his special report on the voluntary lock-hospitals,
Dr. Mackenzie, the Superintendent, laments the repeal of Act XIV of 1868.
His best endeavours are exercised to prove that venereal diseases have vastly
increased since the Act was withdrawn, and he would ascribe the present state
of things in this city largely to the abolition of the said Act. The Government
of India having revoked Act XIV, it is needless to discuss the question of
its re-imposition in this place. Facts and figures are stubborn things, and
the arguments pro et con the necessity for a Contagious Diseases Act have
been thoroughly threshed out elsewhere. The question of first concern to the
local Government at the present moment is, what advantage is gained by
maintaining the special voluntary and costly lock-hospitals ?
35. I now enter here a statement detailing the total number of cases of all
classes of venereal diseases treated as in and out-door patients in all the Calcutta
medical institutions, including the Voluntary Lock-Hospitals, during the years
1884 and 1885, that the Government may judge how far the latter hospitals
are effecting any real general good, or simply serving a local purpose and to
what extent they actually relieve the other Calcutta institutions in this city
of venereal cases.
STATEMENT VI.
Statement showing the number of cases of Venereal diseases treated in the Voluntary Lock-
Hospitals and Calcutta Medical Institutions during the year 1884 and 1885.