18
REPORT ON THE
Lock Hospitals, or a net decrease of Rs. 19,994 on the whole. The rate per
cent, contributed by Government to the cost of the several hospitals was as
follows :—
1886
1885.
Medical College Hospital ..
...
...
75.88
85.56
Presidency General Hospital
...
...
49.85
59.07
Mayo Institutions
...
...
...
59.93
63.43
Campbell Hospital
....
...
...
49.63
57.16
Police Hospital
...
...
...
41.59
16.27
Howrah Hospital
...
...
...
14.
19.33
V o l u n t a r y L o c k - h o s p i t a l . . .
99.75
99.59
Total
...
57.42
64.11
59. The total income from local or other sources in 1886 amounted to
R s . 1 , 8 1 , 1 7 4 , a g a i n s t R s . 1 , 5 2 , 4 4 6 i n t h e p r e v i o u s y e a r . T h e t o t a l e x p e n d i t u r e
amounted to Rs. 4,37,671 against Rs. 4,23,236 in 1885, showing an increase of
Rs. 14,435. A total increase of Rs. 31,965 is found under the heads of diet,
miscellaneous charges and buildings and repairs, and a decrease of Rs. 17,530
under the heads of establishment, bazar medicines, and Europe medicines.
Details of income and expenditure in the several institutions are given below.
60.
Medical College Hospital.—The
invested capital of the hospital remained
the same as in the previous year. The income of the hospital from local sources
in 1886 was Rs. 28,099, of which Rs. 24,770 represent receipts from paying
patients, port dues, &c., and Rs. 3,329 interest on endowments. The corre--
sponding sums in 1885 were Rs. 16,961, Rs. 13,548 and Rs. 3,313. No subscrip--
tions were received during 1886. Receipts from paying patients rose from
Rs. 13,467 in 1885 to Rs. 22,329 in 1886. The amounts received in 1884, 1883,
and 1882 were Rs. 13,189, Rs. 11,828, and Rs. 8,063, respectively. The net cost
to Government, deducting the amount remitted to treasury, was Rs. 88,949. The
total expenditure of the hospital amounted to Rs. 1,17,218 against Rs. 1,14,165
in 1885, showing a total increase of Rs. 3,053. In the Choonee Lall Seal’s
Dispensary the total expenditure was Rs. 1,890 against Rs. 1,909 in the
previous year. The expenditure here is exclusive of the cost of medical service
rendered by the hospital establishment.
61. The cost of establishment was Rs. 44,559 against Rs. 47,595 in l885.
This expenditure is, as usual, exclusive of the salaries of Professors of the
College. The cost of establishment proper in the Choonee Lall Seal’s Dispen-
sary was the same as in the previous year, viz., Rs. 384. The cost of bazar
medicines was Rs. 896 against Rs. 833 in 1885, showing an increase of
Rs. 63. The increase is said to have been due to the larger demand for linseed
meal for poultices and mustard oil for linements in the treatment of chest
affections. There was a slight increase, viz., Rs. 21 in the cost of bazar
medicines in the Choonee Lall Seal’s Dispensary. This was due, it is said, to
the increase in the number of patients treated in 1886. The expenditure on
Europe medicines was Rs. 8,315 in the hospital and Rs. 920 in the dispen--
sary, against Rs. 10,298 and Rs. 953, respectively, in the previous year. The
total cost of diet and stimulants was Rs. 35,327 against Rs 37,003 in 1885,
showing a decrease of Rs. 1,676. Among Europeans the average cost of each
diet was 6 annas two pie, and among natives 2 annas 9 pie. In 1885 it
was 6 annas 8 pie and 3 annas 1 pie, respectively. The charges on miscel--
laneous items show an increase of Rs. 6,570 over the figures of 1885. The
increase was due, it is said, to the free use of antiseptic dressings, to the
payment of Rs. 224 to Messrs. Bourne and Sheppard for photographs of the
Medical College and Eden Hospitals, to the replacement of worn-out and
unserviceable bedding and clothing of the College Hospital, but mainly of the
Eden Hospital, to the grant of special clothing, travelling tickets, surgical
appliances, &c., to the destitute Christians and natives, and to matting
paying patients’ rooms, making wooden partitions door screens, &c., &c.