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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
under report. The total number of outdoor patients was 28,700 against 27,976
in 1890, the daily average attendances being 181.4 and 184.4, respectively.
The increase in the total number of outpatients in 1891 is said to be a nominal
one, which fluctuates from year to year.
83.
chandney Hospital.—The total number of indoor patients was 391
against 326 in 1890. The difference is considered as an ordinary fluctuation,
which occurs from year to year. The daily average number was 12.89 against
11 in the previous year. There were ten deaths, or a rate of 2.55 per cent.,
against 3.98 in 1890. The diminution in the death-rate in 1891 was due to
there having been no deaths from cholera. The total number of outdoor
patients was 42,998 against 40,176 in 1890, showing an increase of 2,822
patients, which is accounted for by the unhealthiness of the year during the
months of July, August, September, and October.
84. Park Street Dispensary.—This is only an outdoor institution. The
total number of patients treated was 29,901 against 29,300 in 1890, the daily
average numbers being 206.3 and 199.3, respectively.
85. Chitpur Dispensary .—This is also an outdoor institution. The total
number of outdoor patients treated was 22,262 against 19,777 in 1890. The
increase in 1891 is attributed to the greater prevalence of bowel-complaints and
fevers. The daily average number was 172.4 against 138.3 in the previous
year.
86. Sukea's Street Dispensary .—This institution also affords only outdoor
relief. The total number of patients treated was 18,589 against 17,620 in 1890.
The daily average number was 150.80 against 143.66 in 1890.
87. Bhawánipur Dispensary .—This is an outdoor dispensary maintained by
the Calcutta Municipality. It is under the medical charge of the Health
Officer. There were treated 10,884 out-patients against 10,694 in 1890, the
daily average numbers being 83.26 and 75.97, respectively.
88. Howrah General Hospital.—Brigade-Surgeon H. B. Purves was in
charge of the hospital from the 1st January to 3rd June and Surgeon-Major
R. D. Murray from the 4th June to the end of the year.
89. There were treated 1,756 indoor patients against 1,368 in 1890. As
regards the increase in 1891, the Superintendent remarks that the year was no
doubt a very sickly one. The daily average number was 71.48 against 55.62
in the previous year. Malarial fevers were specially prevalent, the number of
indoor admissions being 353 against 230 in 1890. The total number of deaths was
371, or a rate of 21.12 per cent. against 301 and 22 per cent, respectively, in
1890. The Superintendent is unable to account for the improvement in the
death-rate. The number of patients treated in the outdoor department was
10,257 against 10,422 in 1890, the daily average numbers being 85.48 and
85.15, respectively.
90. The Superintendent reports that extensive quadrennial repairs were
executed, and that the drainage was also extended and improved. He adds :-
" The hospital continues to retain its popularity, and the very large increase in
the number of indoor patients, both Europeans and natives, during the year
under review is a proof of the growing appreciation by the people. The
institution is a great benefit to the Railway employés, the seafaring community,
the workpeople at the different large mills, and the poorer residents of
Howrah generally."
I have the honour to be,
SIR,
Your most obedient servant,
A. HILSON, M.D.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
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