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21. At the Howrah Hospital the income from private sources fell from
Rs. 31,763 to Rs. 23,665. The decrease is attributed chiefly to the reduction in
the charge for treatment of sailors from Re. 1-4 to Re. 1 per diem. The receipts
from this source appear to have been credited under the head of " Receipts from
local or other funds." The Government grant amounted to Rs. 5,276 against
Rs. 8,649 in the previous year. The total expenditure was Rs. 28,042 against
Rs. 34,950. There was a large increase of expenditure under the head of
bazar medicines, which is not explained. The average cost of diet for
Europeans rose from 7 annas 11 pies to 9 annas 2 pies. This increase is
abnormal. The cost of native diets was the lowest in all the hospitals.
22. The total expenditure on the sick in all the hospitals taken together
was Rs. 2,90,106, of which Rs. 2,74,388 was paid by Government. The average
daily attendance was 2,889, of whom 1,044 were in-patients and 1,845 out-
- p a t i e n t s . O f t h e d a i l y a v e r a g e 3 8 1 w e r e E u r o p e a n s a n d 2 , 5 0 8 n a t i v e s .
23. The number of Europeans treated in the Medical College and General
Hospital was 5,043, of whom 277 died, giving a death-rate of 54 per mille
against 50, the average of the previous three years. Similarly the number of
natives treated at the Medical College and Campbell Hospitals was 8,667, of
whom 1,922 died, giving a death-rate of 221 per mille against 235, the average
of the previous three years. The total charge for diet and stimulants in the
Medical College and the General and Campbell Hospitals was lower than it has
ever been before. It amounted only to Rs. 70,231 against 82,534 in 1880 and
78,878 in 1879. Thus a large reduction in the expenditure on diet and stimu-
lants has been accompanied by a considerable decrease in the death-rate for
natives, and a very small increase in that for Europeans. This small increase
is wholly attributable to the reduction in the number of sailor patients whose
ailments are usually trifling, and tend to keep down the European death-rate.
O R D E R . — O r d e r e d t h a t a c o p y o f t h i s R e s o l u t i o n , a n d o f t h e R e p o r t , b e
submitted for the information of the Government of India, in the Home
Department.
Ordered also that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Surgeon-
General, Bengal, for information and guidance.
Ordered also that a copy of this Resolution, and of the Report, be
forwarded to the Chairman of the Corporation of the Town of Calcutta, and to
the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, for information.
Ordered also that extract paragraph 20 of this Resolution, together with
extract paragraph 66 of the Report, be forwarded to the Financial Department
of this Government for consideration.
Ordered also that the foregoing Resolution be published in the Calcutta
Gazette for general information.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
COLMAN MACAULAY,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. 420T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, submitted to the Govern-
ment of India, in the Home Department, for information.
No. 421T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution forwarded to the Surgeon-General, Bengal,
for information and guidance, with special reference to paragraphs 12, 13, 15,
and 20.
No. 422T—M.
COPY of the above Resolution, and of the Report, forwarded to the Chair-
man of the Corporation of the Town of Calcutta for information.