CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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5. Race and Sex—In the next table the race and sex of adults, and the
number of children treated in 1880, are shown.
STATEMENT No. II.
Total for
1879.
Males.
Females.
Children.
Total for
1880.
Europeans
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
9,105
6,025
1,477
1,575
9,077
Eurasians
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
30,254
11,045
7,273
15,554
33,872
Mahomedans ...
...
...
. . . ...
. . . ...
88,918
54,154
11,209
25,828
91,191
Hindoos
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
1 2 2 , 9 8 8 89,639
17,911
20,304
127,854
Other races ...
...
. . .
. . . . . . ...
...
11,829
3,062
2,693
5,276
11,031
Total
...
263,094*
163,925
40,563
68,537
273,025
* Exclusive of 1,924 cases treated in the Dental Dispensary, Medical College Hospital, particulars of which have not been
received.
For the reasons stated in my last report, I am unable to offer any conclusion
from the figures here tabulated. The record of sex alone has any value.
STATEMENT No. III.
Deaths in Calcutta Hospitals in 1880.
YEARS.
ALL DISEASES, EXCEPT CASES
TREATED IN EYE INFIRMARY.
CHOLERA.
Death-rate,
excl udi ng chol era.
Number of
d e a t h s r e g i s -
t e r e d b y t h e
Municipality.
Rate per
mille of
population.
Treated.
Died.
Died per
mille.
Treated.
Died.
Died per
mille.
1873
17,448
2,565
147
459
245
533
136
11,558
26.9
1874
19,490
3,037
155
628
311
495
144
12,641
29.4
1875
22,062
3,641
165
728
371
509
153
15,069
35
1876
21,087
3,064
145
695
369
530
132
12,964
30.2
1877
23,977
3,172
132
545
284
521
123
13,704
31.9
1878
27,908
4,518
161
579
323
557
153
16,396
38.1
1879
22,197
3,609
162
634
351
553
150
13,044
30.3
1880
21,032
2,906
138
356
183
514
131
11,681
27.1
6. Mortality.— The general death-rate among in-door patients was small.
It is in fact the lowest in the table with. the exception of that of 1877. This
general result is in agreement with the Municipal figures.
7. Deaths in relation to age.— In his resolution on the report for 1879, the
Lieutenant-Governor observed that it would be interesting to have the relation
of hospital mortality to sex and age worked out in future reports. The remark,
I have no doubt, was intended to convey only a wish for information as to the
deaths of children in hospital, and the degree in which they contribute to the
total results. This information is afforded in the following statement:–
STATEMENT No. IV.
Deaths of Men,Women, and Children in 1880.
MEN.
WOMEN.
CHILDREN.
Treated.
Died.
Treated.
Died.
Treated
D i e d
M a l e
F e m a l e
Male. Female.
Medical College Hospital
2,277
368
1,757
151
197
342
20
49
General Hospital
2,552
71
418
14
111
87
10
7
Campbell Hospital
5,007
1,067
1,601
480
161
112
23
18
Police Hospital
2,768
30 ......
......
...... ...... ...... ......
Mayo Hospital
1,759
241
275
48
86
17
13
3
Howrah Hospital
1,228
205
247
8 0
32
24
7
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In the wards of the Medical College Hospital there died in all 588
persons, among whom were 69 children; mixed adults died at the rate of 128
per thousand of those treated, and children at the same rate. Here, therefore,
the general death-rate was not unfavourably affected by the number of children.
In the General Hospital European adults died at the rate of 28 per thousand