CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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medicines, and diet. Details of income and expenditure in the several institu-
tions are as follows
:—
85. Medical College Hospital.—The invested capital of the hospital
remained unchanged.
86. The income of the hospital from local sources in 1885 was Rs. 16,961,
of which Rs. 13,548 represent receipts from paying-patients, port dues, &c.,
Rs. 3,313 interest on endowments, and Rs. 100 subscriptions from Europeans
and natives. The corresponding sums in 1884 were Rs. 17,397, Rs. 13,457,
Rs. 3,340, and Rs. 600, respectively. Receipts from paying-patients rose from
Rs. 13,189 in 1884 to Rs. 13,467 in the year under review. The amounts
received in 1883, 1882, and 1881 were Rs. 11,828, Rs. 8,063, and Rs. 4,097,
respectively. The net cost to Government, deducting the amount remitted to
treasury, was Rs. 97,689, against Rs. 98,344 in 1884. Notwithstanding a
decrease in the total income from other sources and an increase in the number
of patients treated, it is satisfactory to find that there was a decrease in the
total cost to Government.
87. The total expenditure of the hospital amounted to Rs. 1,14,165, against
Rs. 1,16,252 in 1884, showing a total decrease of Rs. 2,087. In the Choonee
Lal Seal's Dispensary the total expenditure was Rs. 1,909 against Rs. 2,070
in 1884. The expenditure here is exclusive of the cost of medical service
rendered by the hospital establishment.
88. The cost of establishment was Rs. 47,595, against Rs. 48,682 in 1884,
which shows a decrease of Rs. 1,087. This expenditure, as usual, is exclusive of
the salaries of Professors of the College, which are debited in the Educational
Department. The cost of the establishment proper in the Choonee Lall Seal's
Dispensary, was just the same as in the previous year, viz., Rs. 384.
89. The cost of bazar medicines was Rs. 833, against Rs. 922. In
Choonee Lall Seal's Dispensary, the cost was Rs. 101 against Rs. 104 in the
previous year.
90. The expenditure on Europe medicines was Rs. 10,298 in the
hospital and. Rs. 953 in the dispensary, against Rs. 6,821 and Rs. 997 in
the previous year. The Principal explains that the increase in the cost of
medical stores, in the hospital was due to the fact that, "several of the indents
amounting in all to Rs. 2,695-2 which ought to have been charged in 1884, were
credited in the accounts of 1885." He adds that "if Rs. 2,695-2 were added
to the expenditme of 1884, from which it was omitted, the actual cost
would have been Rs. 9,516-9 instead of Rs. 6,821-7." The cost of 1885
would have been Rs 7,603 or less than that of the previous year by
Rs 1,913. The total cost of diet and stimulants was Rs. 37,003, against
Rs. 36,895 in 1884. The increase of Rs. 108 was due, it is said, to the larger
number of diets issued—viz., 1,373 European and 1,171 native—in excess
of 1884. Among Europeans the average cost of each diet was 6 annas
8 pie, and among natives 3 annas 1 pie. In 1884 it was 6 annas 9 pie and
3 annas 2 pie, respectively.
91. The charges on miscellaneous items were less than those of 1884 by
Rs. 3,962. The details are given below :—
1885.
1884.
Rs. A. P.
Rs.
A. P.
Lighting expenses
3,676 8 4
3,811 0 0
Cloth for bandages
3,204 0 2
3,316 8 5
Hospital clothing
1,332 2 9
3,436 4 8
Burning and burying charges
583 8 0
643 13 0
General contingent charges, including
coal for boilers, &c.
2,320 13 10
2,348
9 10
Expenditure from different funds of
the institution for the sick poor
discharged from hospital
2,927 8 0
4,450 10 9
Total
14,044 9 1
18,006 14 8
92. In the Choonee Lal Seal's Dispensary the outlay on miscellaneous
items was Rs. 471, against Rs. 520 in 1884.
93. Building charges were Rs. 4,392 against Rs, 4,924 in the previous year.