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REPORT ON THE
caused by the payment of a large amount as rates and taxes at the Presidency
General Hospital. The total income from local sources also increased by
Rs. 21,450-7-9. The increase occurred under all the heads of income, but it
is chiefly noticeable under native subscription, being due to the munificent gift
of Rs. 10,000 to the Mayo Native Hospital by Maharajah Bahadur Sir Jotindro
Mohun Tagore. The total expenditure shows an increase of Rs. 15,920-7-2,
which was caused by greater expenditure on diet and miscellaneous items.
The rate per cent. contributed by Government towards the expenditure of
the several hospitals was as follows:—
1890.
1891.
Medical College Hospital
. . .
. . .
87.64
87.43
Presidency General Hospital
. . .
. . .
65.74
70.62
Campbell Hospital
. . .
...
...
49.31
47.20
Police Hospital
. . .
. . .
...
99.23
99.57
Mayo Institutions
...
. . .
. . .
63.70
60.95
Bhawánipur Dispensary
. . .
. . .
.36
. . .
Howrah General Hospital
...
...
19.29
14.62
The details of income and expenditure of the several institutions are
given below:
—
59. Medical College Hospital.—The total cost to Government for the main-
tenance of this hospital decreased by Rs. 6,792-11-8. The saving is attri-
butable to smaller expenditure under buildings and repairs. The total income
from local sources also shows a diminution of Rs. 284-13-4, which was caused
by smaller receipts from the Port Dues Fund owing to fewer admissions of sea-
men. The cost of establishment shows a reduction of Rs. 2,486-5-9, which was
due, it is said, to the pay of the present matron being met by the Lady Canning
Nurses' Committee, to the pay of the Resident Surgeon during the three months
that Assistant Surgeon Behari Lall Chakravarti officiated not being adjusted
during the year, and to a saving in the pay of the Resident Physician
for one month. Under the head of bazaar medicines there was a saving of
Rs. 183-0-7. There was, however, an increase of Rs. 942-13-6 under the head
of Europe medicines, attributable to greater expenditure in surgical cases,
as well as to some new and expensive instruments having been obtained for the
Sham Churn Law eye hospital. The amount spent on diet shows an increase
of Rs. 4,441-11-7, which is accounted for by the higher contract rate for milk
and by the larger number of issues of diets during the year under report. The
expenditure on miscellaneous items increased by Rs. 1,109-12-9, owing to the
supply of new clothing to the patients and to the compensation allowed to the
hospital servants in lieu of free quarters they had formerly occupied at the
hospital. The building charges decreased by Rs. 11,182-9-3. The total ex-
penditure, exclusive of the cost of buildings and repairs, was Rs. 1,30,261-7-6
against Rs. 1,26,436-8-0.
60. Choonee Lal Seal's Dispensary.—This institution receives annually
Rs. 2,000 as interest on the invested capital. The total expenditure shows a
decrease of Rs. 148-3-2 in the year under report.
61. Presidency General Hospital.— The total income from Government in-
creased by Rs. 14,536-2-9 as compared with the previous year. The increase was
caused by the payment of Rs. 9,533 as rates and taxes, by the quadrennial repairs
to the quarters of the medical officers and the apothecaries, by the payment of
the value of clothing purchased in 1890, and by certain improvements done
to the hospital. The total income from local sources also shows an increase
of Rs. 1,942-9-1. No interest from the Gholam Mahomed fund was drawn
in 1890, but in the year under report, Rs. 3,050-1-6 were so drawn. There
was a saving of Rs 2,103-15-3 in the cost of establishment as the cause which
contributed to the increase in 1890 did not obtain in the year under report.
There were savings also under the heads of bazar and Europe medicines. The
increase of Rs. 49-4-2 in the cost of diet is attributed to the issue of more
milk and other nourishing diet to a larger number of serious cases. The
amount expended on miscellaneous items shows an increase of Rs. 11,846-11-11,
which was due to the payment of rates and taxes and the value of clothing,