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home, and no complaint whatever was made against the quality and quantity
of diets issued.
48. The miscellaneous charges of the hospital amounted to Rs. 10,993
against Rs. 9,915 in 1880, the increase being mainly due to the larger quantity
of dressing and bandaging cloth used for antiseptic cases in the First Surgeon's
ward. The cost of bedding and clothing and the burning and burying charges
exhibit also an increase. The amount expended from hospital funds in 1881
exceeded by Rs. 284 that of the previous year. The principal items of
contingent expense which compose the charges entered under the head of
"Miscellaneous" are given below. The expenditure in 1880 is also shown in
juxtaposition for comparison :—
1881.
1880.
Rs. A. P.
RS. A. P.
Lighting expenses
1,624 5 11
1,646 6 6
Cloth for bandages
2,969 3 9
2,494 8 0
Hospital clothing
3,301 4 11
2,913 13 6
Burning and burying charges
759 15 6
667 14 0
General contingent charges, including coal for
boiler, ice, &c.
1,219 12 11
1,357 15 6
Expended from. the different funds of the in.
stitution for the sick-poor discharged from
the hospital
1,118 14 6
834 8 8
Total
10,993 9 6
9,915 2 2
49. In the Choonee Lal Seal's dispensary the contingent charges were
nominal in 1881.
50.
The building charges were Rs. 1,888 in 1881 against Rs. 10,872 in
1880. In 1880 quadrennial repairs were completed.
51.
Presidency General Hospital.— The receipts and expenditure from
Prince Golam Mahomed's fund have not hitherto been shown in the
accounts of the hospital. The practice of showing them was introduced in
1881. The balance remaining on 1st January was Rs. 4,226, and Rs. 1,511
was received during the year. The amount expended for the sick-poor
discharged from the hospital was Rs. 681, and the balance remaining at the
end of the year was Rs. 5,057.
52.
The total expenditure in the hospital amounted to Rs. 1,05,894 against
Rs. 1,02,352 in 1880. The increase is due to expenditure of Rs. 14,566 in
1881 for building and repairs, against Rs. 6,740 in the previous year. Exclu
sive of this charge the ordinary expenditure, on the whole, exhibits a reduction
of Rs. 4,898, the amount expended from Golam Mahomed's fund in 1880 being
included. The amount received from the Port Commissioners in 1881
for the treatment of sailors fell to nearly half the sum received in 1880. This
was mainly due to reduction of the charges ordered by Government. They
were Rs. 2 per diem to November 1880, Rs. 1-4 to August 1881, and Re. 1
only from August to the end of the year. The latter charge seems to me
insufficient, as the total cost per patient per diem was Rs. 1-13-4 in 1880, and
Rs. 1-7-8 in . 1881. The decrease in the number of sailors treated in
1881 also contributed to reduce the receipts. It was mainly in effect of this
reduction of fee that the Government contribution to the hospital, which was
Rs. 37,183 in 1880, amounted to Rs. 67,489 in 1881. The receipts from
paying patients were Rs. 7,914 against Rs. 7,416 in 1880, and the total
receipts from the Port Fund and paying patients amounted to Rs. 39,235 in
1881 against Rs. 65,168 in 1880, inclusive of Rs 1,511 received from Golam
Mahomed's fund in 1881.
53, The establishment cost Rs. 53,854 in 1881 against Rs. 53,476 in
1880. This calls for no special remark.
54.
The cost of bazar medicines was Rs. 1.599. In the two preceding
years it was Rs. 1,855 and Rs. 2,481.
55.
Europe medicines cost Rs. 4,449 against Rs. 5,176 in 1880. The reasons
assigned for the reduced expenditure in the College Hospital apply also here.
56.
The expenditure on diet and stimulants was Rs. 24,163 against
Rs. 28,417 in 1880, and Rs. 23,908 in 1879. The decrease in expenditure was
due to the smaller number of patients treated in 1881. The charges corre
spond with the expenditure of 1879, when the daily patients were nearly the