CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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can be little doubt that they are instrumental in relieving an immense
amount of suffering among the general community.
STATEMENT No. II.
Race and Sex of Out-door and In-door Patients.
Total for
1886.
Males.
Females.
Children.
Total for
1887.
Europeans
10,239
4,692
1,433
1,415
7,540
Eurasians
28,427
10,808
7,318
10.940
29,116
Mahomedan
93,517
51,749
11,933
28,293
91,075
Hindus
122,564
87,089
18,490
20,084
125,668
Other races
9,714
3,291
1,993
4,260
9,550
Total
...
264,461
157,629
41,217
65,003
263,849
18. This return shows that a very large diminution has taken place in the
numbers of Europeans who sought relief at the hospitals during the year, and
as the falling off is mainly confined to the males, it is probable that it has been
caused by the depression of trade and the smaller number of sailors who
visited the port. In other respects the figures of the return differ little from
those of previous years.
STATEMENT No. III.
Deaths in Calcutta Hospitals in 1887 and the seven previous years.
YEAR.
ALL DISEASES, EXCEPT CASES
TREATED IN THE EYE INFIRMARY.
CHOLERA.
Death-rate,
excluding
cholera .
Number of
deaths
registered
by the
Munisia-
l i t y.
Rate per
mille of
Popul at i on.
Treated.
Died.
Died per
mille.
Treated.
Died.
Died per
mille.
1880
...
...
...
21,032
2,906
138
358
183
514
131
11,681
27.1
1881
...
...
...
20,156
2,876
142
589
304
516
131
13,030
3 0 .
1882
...
...
...
20,078
2,886
143
S59
468
544
125
13,177
30.4
1883
...
...
...
19,872
2,719
136
932
510
547
116
12,325
2 8 . 4
1884
..,
„.
...
21,166
3,079
145
1,023
536
523
126
13,256
30.5
1885
.
...
23,339
2,936
125
627
362
577
113
12,707
29.3
1886
23,658
2,756
116
781
424
542
101
11,447
26.4
1887...
...
...
22,376
2,612
116
612
341
557
104
10,979
25.3
19. It will be seen that the total death-rate per mille for the combined
institutions stands at 116, which is as low as it was in 1886, and much less than
in any previous year since 1880. This accords with the diminished mortality
in the town of Calcutta but seeing that many of the patients treated in the
hospitals, and notably those at Sealdah and Howrah, come from localities
outside the boundaries of the Municipality, the figures cannot be used for
purposes of comparison.
STATEMENT No. IV.
Deaths of men, women and children in 1887.
MEN.
WOMEN.
CHILDREN.
Treated.
Died.
Treated.
Died.
Treated.
Died.
Male.
Female.
Male. Female.
Medical College Hospital*
3,070*
363
2,224*
148
308*
351*
27
45
General Hospital
2,278
85
407
20
120
161
12
5
Mayo Institutions
...
...
...
2,298
188
284
34
101
57
6
6
Campbell Hospital....
...
...
4,849
936
1,384
390
117
82
1.4
13
Police Hospital ...
...
...
...
...
2,738
23
Howrah General Hospital..
...
...
1,255
211
180
49
41
26
11
5
Voluntary lock-hospitals, Calcutta
...
......
458
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* Inclusive of cases treated in the ophthalmic ward of the Medical College Hospital.
20. This return, which is intended to show separately the numbers of men,
women and children admitted into each hospital, with the results of treatment,
is not constructed in such a way as to admit of a ready comparison with that
of 1886 and previous years, because the death-rate per mille of treated is
not given. This defect in it should be rectified in future.
21. A noticeable feature in it, however, is the large increase in the number
of children treated in the General Hospital, where one of the female wards
is now set apart for them as mentioned by Dr. Cowie in his report of last year.
In 1886 there were 180 children treated in this hospital with 14 deaths, and in
1887, 281 with 17 deaths, a most satisfactory improvement.
22. The number of deaths in the Campbell and Howrah hospitals have, as
u s u a l , b e e n c o n s p i c u o u s l y l a r g e i n p r o p o r t i o n t o t h e n u m b e r s t r e a t e d , a s m i g h t
be expected from the wretched condition of many of the patients admitted into
them.