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increase occurred under all heads of income, except Europe medicines, but was
mainly due to the donation of Rs. 10,000 above mentioned given to the Mayo
Hospital. The Lieutenant-Governor is glad to notice the improvement in the
amount of subscriptions realized from Europeans as well as Natives. The
contributions from Local Funds increased by Rs. 2,000, but little or no advance
was made in the amount contributed from Municipal Funds. The total
expenditure of the year exceeded that of the previous year by Rs. 15,920, the
excess being chiefly on account of diet and miscellaneous charges. In the
Medical College Hospital alone there was an increase of Rs. 4,442 in the
expenditure on diet, and in the Presidency General Hospital the miscellaneous
charges exceeded those of the previous year by Rs. 11,847. This, it is
explained, was due to the payment of rates and taxes for the year 1891 and
the previous year, the payment of the value of clothing purchased in 1890, and
repairs and improvements to the hospital. In Statement V, Part I, appended
to the report, the average cost of each diet during the year is shown to have
been as follows:—
Europeans.
Natives.
A. P.
A. P.
Medical College Hospital
. . .
. . .
6 9 ¾
3 1¾
Presidency General
, ,
. . .
. . .
8 9
......
Campbell
,,
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2 3 ½
Police
,,
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
2 4
Mayo Native
, ,
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
3 7
Chandney
, ,
. . .
. . .
Howrah General
, ,
. . .
. . .
8 6
2 3
No explanation has been offered of the varying cost of a diet in the
different hospitals. The averages for Europeans are said to include the cost
of diet for paying as well as non-paying patients, and it is also added that the
maximum of eight annas for non-paying patients was never exceeded. Nothing
has, however, been said in respect of the averages for Natives. The Lieutenant-
Governor would be glad to have a fuller explanation of these figures furnished
in future reports. The excess expenditure of Rs. 698 incurred under the head of
establishment in the Campbell Hospital is said to have been partly due "to the
furlough allowance of the Superintendent from 1st January to 13th November
having been debited against the hospital." It is not understood how these
charges come to be debited to the hospital, as furlough allowances when drawn
in England are adjusted between the Government of India and the Secretary
of State. The Inspector-General will be asked to look into this point. In
future reports it should be stated which of the Calcutta hospitals have been
personally inspected by the Head of the Medical Department during the year.
12. The thanks of the Lieutenant-Governor are due to Dr. Hilson, the
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, for his report and the promptness with
which it is submitted, which is the more commendable, as the statements were
entirely changed and fuller information had to be furnished on several points
not noticed in former reports.
ORDER.—Ordered that a copy of this Resolution, with a copy of the Report,
be submitted to the Government of India for information.
Ordered also that a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Inspector-
General of Civil Hospitals for information and guidance, and that a copy of
this Resolution and of the Report be forwarded to the Chairman of the
Corporation of Calcutta, the Commissioner of Police, Calcutta, the Governors
of the Mayo Hospital, the Commissioner of Burdwan, and the Sanitary
Commissioner, Bengal, for information.
Ordered also that this Resolution be published in the Calcutta Gazette.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
H. H. RISLEY
,
Offg. Secretary to the Govt. of Bengal.