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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
36. The "special allowance" from Government exhibits expenditure
minus the amount received from paying-patients and from Port Dues, which is
remitted to the Treasury. The entry of the amount remitted to Treasury to
the credit of Government is nowhere recorded for want of a special column for
the purpose. In the hospital accounts this amount is erroneously added to
the expenditure under the head of "Miscellaneous charges," to make the cash
balance correspond. From the special allowance therefore this amount is
deducted in this office, which obviates the necessity of enhancing the apparent
expenditure. The charges shown in the cash account under the head of
"Income from Government," represent consequently the net cost to Gover
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ment. The entire outlay to Government amounted to Rs. 97,829 against
Rs. 94,933 in 1879.
37. The sum of Rs. 3,443 was received on account of interest on invested
capital, of which Rs. 834 was expended for the relief of the sick-poor dis
- c h a r g e d f r o m t h e h o s p i t a l . T h e b a l a n c e o f t h i s , t o g e t h e r w i t h t h e c a s h b a l a n c e
remaining on 1st January, enabled the Principal to invest in the name of the
different funds the sum of Rs. 5,000, leaving a balance of Rs. 2,767 in hand
at the end of the year.
38. The cost of establishment was Rs. 41,106 against Rs. 42,342, or
Rs. 1,236 less than that of 1879. The salaries of the Professors of the College
are as usual met from the budget allotments of the Educational Department.
In the Choonee Lall Seal's Dispensary the establishment proper cost
Rs. 274 for six months.
39. The cost of bazar medicines expended at the hospital and dispensary
amounted to Rs. 1,194, or Rs. 89 in excess of that of 1879. The increase in
the number of out-patients treated accounts for the difference,
40. The cost of Europe medicines in the Medical College Hospital
amounted to Rs. 9,083, and Rs. 2,537 was expended for medical stores for the
Choonee Lall Seal's Dispensary. From July all out-patients attending the
College Hospital were treated from the stock of medicines of this dispensary.
Taking both the amounts together, there was a total expenditure of Rs. 11,620
against Rs. 13,082 in 1879. The last figure differs from the figure given in the
last report, which was that for the official year. New instruments had to be
purchased for the first time for the dispensary. The supply obtained was for
a year's consumption, which points being considered with the larger attendance
of patients, shows the expenditure on medical stores in 1880 to have been
proportionally much less than that of 1879.
41. The registers and forms used in the hospital are adapted to special
purposes, with the exception of certain general medical forms, the cost of which,
as far as can be ascertained, was Rs. 12. These special forms vary somewhat in
heading, but not in the particulars they record. Nevertheless, in every case the
forms had t o be separat el y pri nt ed. The pri ce of t hese forms i s not known, and
the cash accounts do not include their value. The supply of forms is now obtained
solely from the Stationery Department, but the price of them has not yet been
determined. Consequently the charges cannot be included in this report.
42. The total cost of European and native diets in the Hospital and Eye
infirmary, including stimulants and extras, was Rs. 29,753 against Rs. 30,884
in 1879. The cost of stimulants, both for Christians and Natives, was Rs. 531
against Rs. 806 in 1879, and Rs. 814, Rs. 3,530, and Rs. 4,607 in 1878, 1877,
and 1876 respectively. The average cost of all was six annas six pies for
Europeans and two annas ten pies for natives. In the Mayo Hospital the
average cost for natives was two annas eleven pies. The difference is trivial.
An increase of one and a half ounces of rice, half an ounce dâll, quarter of
an ounce ghee, half an ounce barley, and a quarter of an ounce mussalas, &c.,
was made during the year to the full, half, and chicken diets to give increased
variety to the cooking of the meals of the European patients. Regarding the
quality of the diets supplied, and the outside diets brought into the hospital,
I invite attention to the remarks of Dr. Coates, published in the abstract of the
report of the hospital.
43. The miscellaneous charges of the hospital amounted to Rs. 9,915
against Rs. 11,576 in 1879. Among these charges the sum of Rs. 834 was
expended from interest on invested funds against Rs. 2,311 in 1879. Besides