2 REPORT ON THE
disorders and fevers in 1880. Small-pox figures move under special conditions.
The deaths from causes not particularised were more numerous than in any
other year in the table, but the general result was very favourable to 1880.
STATEMENT No. I.
Showing numbers Treated in the Institutions.
Numbe r .
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
1880.
1879.
TOTAL TREATED.
Died per
mille of
treated.
TOTAL TREATED.
Died per
mille of
treated.
In-door. Out-door. Total.
In-door. Out-door. Total.
1 Medical College Hospital
5,089
57,875
62,964 128.58
4,814
51,208
5 6 , 0 2 2 130 27
2 General Hospital
3,168
... ...
3,168 32.19
3,115
... ...
3,115 45.58
3 Mayo Hospital and Dispensary
2,130 180,257 182,387 143.19
2,045 176,814 178,859 139.36
4 Campbell Hospital
6,881
... ...
6,881 230.78
8,293
... ...
8,293
2 6 0 . 0 9
5 Municipal Police Hospital
2,723
... ...
2,723 11.01
2,683
... ...
2,683 13.41
Total Calcutta Hospitals
19,991 238,132 258,123
1 3 4 . 1 7
20,950 228,022 248,972 155.62
6 Howrah General Hospital
1,557
13,345
14,902 188.18
1,770
1 4 , 2 7 6 16,046 238.98
GRAND TOTAL
21,548 251,477 273,025 138.17
22,720 242,298 265,018
1 6 2 . 2
3. Numbers treated.—The entire number of in-door patients treated in the
hospitals in 1880 was less by 1,172 than that of 1879. Of these patients the
Medical College Hospital shows an increase of 275; the Presidency General
Hospital an increase of 53; the Mayo Hospital and its dependencies an increase
of 85; the Campbell Hospital a decrease of 1,412; the Police Hospital an
increase of 40, and the Howrah General Hospital a decrease of 213.
The wards of the Medical College Hospital are said to be nearly always
full. Fluctuations of total numbers treated therefore will depend generally on
the severity of particular illness and consequent duration of residence. It is
probable that increase in 1880 was due in some degree to want of space in the
Campbell Hospital, which prevented the transfer of many cases that would in
ordinary course have been transferred. To this cause the decrease of admis-
sions to the Campbell Hospital was largely due. Repairs to the building were
indispensable, and a considerable portion of its area was relinquished for some
time. Concerning the decrease at the Howrah Hospital, it can only be said
that during nine months of the year the public health of the neighbourhood
was exceptionally good, and care was taken throughout to prevent the resort
to hospital of persons who had no right to be there.
4. Of out-door patients there was in 1880 a total increase of 9,179. To
this increase the Medical College Hospital contributed 6,667. The figure in
the table represents new patients only. I endeavoured last year to provide that
the number remaining under treatment from the previous year should be
added to the admissions, but it appears the record was not made. I have taken
steps to guard against a repetition of the error. The out-patient practice of
this institution was carried on from 1st July 1880 in the new dispensary,
which, with its greater space and convenience, is believed to have attracted
patients. It will be observed, however, that the Mayo Hospital, with its
dispensaries, presents an increase of 3,443 out-patients over 1879, showing
that probably a part only of the first increase is due to increased accom-
modation. The attendance of out-patients at the Howrah General Hospital
was less by 931 than that of the previous year. The reductions of total
numbers at this hospital are fully represented in the average daily numbers.
This tends to show that they were due to improved public health, and not to
variation in severity of disease.