e
r
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS .
15
of patients and transfers of convalescents to the Eden Sanitarium, Darjeeling,
the cause of extra purchases of furniture and hospital comforts and necessaries
for the patients while in hospital.” This explanation is not readily understood
when it is perceived that the number of patients treated in the Medical College
Hospital in 1884 was less than that of 1883, and that the number of patients
transferred to the Eden Sanitarium is reported to have been only two ; but it is
doubtless advanced with reference to the increased daily average mentioned
above. “Increase in indoor patients” is also given as a reason for the increased
cost under other items of miscellaneous expenditure, but as regards the increase
in lighting expenses, Dr. Coates says that the opening of the ground floor of
the Eden Hospital was the cause.
55. In the Choonee Lall Seal’s dispensary the outlay on miscellaneous
items was Rs. 520 against Rs. 471 in 1883.
56. The building charges were Rs. 4,924 against Rs. 9,049 in 1883.
57. Presidency General Hospital.—The total receipts from port fund, paying
patients, &c., amounted to Rs. 50,843 against Rs. 44,533 in 1883, including
Rs. 1,526 received from Prince Golam Mahomed’s Fund. The amount received
from paying patients rose from Rs. 13,696 in 1883 to Rs. 15,926 in the year
under report. The receipts from the port fund show an increase of Rs. 3,136
over those of 1883. The net cost to Government was Rs. 84,179, which
includes Rs. 41,980 as salaries of covenanted medical officers.
58. The total expenditure of the hospital was Rs. 1,36,237 against
Rs. 1,23,126 in 1883. Excluding the expenditure on buildings, the total outlay
on sick was Rs. 1,09,248 against Rs. 92,883.
59. The establishment cost Rs. 62,096 against Rs. 50,680 in 1883. The
increase of Rs. 11,416 is entirely confined to the salaries of covenanted medical
officers.
60. The expenditure on bazar medicines was Rs. 556 against Rs. 886 in
1883.
61. The cost of imported medicines and instruments was Rs. 5,027, or less
by Rs. 66 than that of the previous year.
62. The charge for dieting articles and stimulants amounted to Rs. 28,788
against Rs. 27,575 in 1883. The cost of each diet was seven annas nine pie or
the same as in the previous year.
63. Miscellaneous items showed an expenditure of Rs. 12,779 against
Rs. 8,647 in 1883, inclusive of Rs. 2,739 expended from Golam Mahomed
Fund. The increase is not explained.
64. The expenditure on buildings amounted to Rs. 26,989, of which
R s . 2 , 5 8 1 w e r e s p e n t o n r e p a i r s t o t h e h o s p i t a l . I n 1 8 8 3 t h e e x p e n d i t u r e w a s
Rs. 30,243.
65. At the end of the year there remained from the Prince Golam
Mahomed Fund a balance of Rs. 4,537.
66. Campbell Hospital.—The total receipts from local sources amounted to
R s . 3 3 , 3 8 4 , o f w h i c h R s . 3 0 , 0 0 0 w e r e p a i d b y t h e m u n i c i p a l i t y a n d R s . 3 , 3 8 4
were obtained by sale of grass, angling fees, sale of medicines, for treatment
of patients from port funds, from paying patients, &c. Government contributed
Rs. 27,340 against Rs. 44,437 in 1883. There is no invested capital or float-
ing balance in this hospital.
67. The total expenditure in 1884 was Rs. 60,724 against Rs. 75,868 in
the preceding year. Excluding the sums expended in both years for buildings
and repairs, the amount spent in ordinary requirements of the hospital was
Rs. 59,040 against Rs. 50,293. The expenditure on all items, excepting build--
ing and repairs, shews increase.
68. The cost of establishment was Rs. 25,216, exceeding by Rs. 264 that
of 1883. The reason of the increase in establishment is said to have been due
partly to the entertainment of a larger temporary establishment on account of a
larger number of small-pox patients having been admitted during the year than
during 1883, and partly to a smaller number of fines among the subordinate
establishment of the hospital during the year than in the previous year.
69. The cost of bazar and Europe medicines was Rs. 225 and Rs. 2,183
against Rs. 184 and Rs. 1,896 in 1883 respectively. The increase is attributed
to the larger number of patients in 1884.