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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
medicines and miscellaneous charges; in the former the decrease was from
Rs. 6,760 in 1882 to Rs. 4,397 in 1883. In the latter from Rs. 43,989 in 1882
to Rs. 41,044 in 1883.
Details of income and expenditure in the several institutions were as
follows: —
27. Medical college hospital.—There was no change in the invested capital
of the hospital, which was Rs. 1,13,300 in Government securities.
The income of the hospital from local sources was Rs. 15,178, of which
Rs. 11,939 represent receipts from paying patients, port dues, &c., and Rs. 3,239
interest on investments. The corresponding sums in 1882 were Rs. 11,997,
Rs. 8,846, and Rs. 3,151 respectively. Receipts from paying patients rose from
Rs. 8,063 in 1882 to Rs. 11,828 in the year under review. The amounts
received in 1881, 1880 and 1879 were Rs. 4,097, Rs. 3,021 and Rs. 2,767
respectively. On this Dr. Coates remarks: "In July 1882 the Eden hospital
was opened for the accommodation of paying patients of a higher class at rates
varying up to Rs. 8 per diem. In 1881 we put up eight cabins for paying
patients in the medical college hospital, and about the middle of 1883 we
added 16 more to these. There are greater numbers now in this hospital, but
the cost per patient is much higher in the Eden." The net cost to Govern-
ment, deducting the amount remitted to treasury, was Rs. 93,856 against
Rs. 80,170 in 1882.
28. The total expenditure of the hospital amounted to Rs. 1,07,232 to com-
pare with Rs. 89,632 in 1882. Decrease occurred in the cost of bazaar medicines
only, and increase under other heads of expenditure. In the Choonee Lall
Seal's dispensary the total outlay was Rs. 2,007 against Rs. 2,231. The
expenditure here is exclusive of the cost of medical service rendered by the
hospital establishment.
29. The expenditure on establishment exhibits an increase of Rs. 3,170 on
that of 1882. This expenditure as usual represents the cost of establishment,
exclusive of the salaries of professors of the college, which are debited in the
educational department. But this year the expenditure includes the salaries
of both residents, one of which had hitherto been debit ed to the educational
department. The cost of establishment proper in the Choonee Lall Seal's
dispensary was the same as in 1882.
30. Bazar medicines cost Rs. 740 against Rs. 758 in 1882. In the Choonee
Lall Seal's dispensary the cost was Rs. 97 against Rs. 58.
31. The expenditure on Europe medicines was Rs. 7,407 in the hospital
and Rs. 1,038 in the dispensary, against Rs. 7,123 and Rs. 1,145 in 1882.
32. The total cost of diet and stimulants was Rs. 29,937 against Rs. 26,293
in 1882. There was increase in the number of in-door sick. Stimulants cost
Rs. 6 in excess of the expenditure in 1882, and the market cost of some important
articles of food is said to have increased. Among Europeans the average cost
of each diet was 6 annas 4 pie, and among natives it was 2 annas 11 pie
against 6 annas and 2 annas 7 pie in 1882.
33. The charges on miscellaneous items were more by Rs. 3,084 than those
of 1882. The details are given below
—
1883.
1882.
Rs. A. P.
RS. A. P.
Lighting expenses
..
.
...
3 , 6 2 3 0 4
1,616 4 6
Cloth for bandages
...
...
2,704 9 10
3,281 7 8
Hospital clothing
...
...
3,251 5 10
2,841 0 8
Burning and burying charges
...
576 1 6
682 3 0
General contingent charges, includ
¬ing coal for boiler, ice, &c.
...
2,171 10 3
392 12 1
Expended from the different funds
of the institution for the sick
poor discharged from hospital ...
1,437 1 9
865 6 9
Total
... 13,763 13 6
10,679 2 8
34. The lighting of the Eden hospital was a charge throughout the year,
not for a portion only as in 1882. Clothing charges vary for reasons often,
though perhaps unnecessarily, explained.