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REPORT ON THE
41.
The total cost of diet and stimulants was Rs. 26,293, against
Rs. 25,787 in 1881. There was an increased number of native patients
treated in 1882. Stimulants cost Rs. 223 in excess of the expenditure in 1881,
and some alterations were made in the varieties of diets. Among Europeans
the average cost of each diet was 6 annas and among natives it was 2annas
7 pie, against 6 annas and 2 annas 6 pie in 1881. The rules regarding supple--
mentary diets from home had been rigidly enforced during the year.
42.
The charges on miscellaneous items were less by Rs 314 than those
of 1881. The details are given below—
1882.
1881.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Lighting expenses
1,616 4 6
1,624 5 11
Cloth for bandages
3,281 7 8
2,969 3 9
Hospital clothing
2,841 0 8
3,301 4 11
Burning and burying charges
682 3 0
759 15 6
General contingent charges, including
coal for boiler, ice, &c.
1,392 12 1
1,219 12 11
Expended from the different funds of
the institution for the sick poor
discharged from hospital
865 6 9
1,118 14 6
Total
10,679 2 8
10,993 9 6
The increase in the cost of cloth for dressing and bandages was due to
rigorousness in carrying out of the antiseptic system of surgery.
43. In the Chconee Lail Seal's dispensary outlay on miscellaneous
items was Rs. 643, against Rs. 2 in 1881. The latter figure is nominal, and
was evidently owing to causes explained above.
44. The building charges were Rs. 1,614 against Rs. 1,888 in 1881.
45. Presidency general hospital.— The total receipts from port fund,
paying patients, &c., amounted to Rs. 41.661 against Rs. 39,235 in 1881,
including Rs. 1,524 received from Prince Golam Mahomed fund. The
amount received from paying patients rose from Rs. 7,914 in 1881 to
Rs. 13,089 in the year under report. This increase, Dr. Birch says, was chiefly
due to improvements in the comfort and accommodation of paying patients.
The receipts from the port fund show a decrease of Rs. 2,787 on that of 1881.
The fee charged for treatment of sailors, as I said before, does of cover the
expenditure incurred in the hospital. The net cost to Government was
Rs. 59,781, which includes Rs. 27,199 as salaries of covenanted medical
officers.
46.
The total expenditure of the hospital was Rs. 1,00,900, against
Rs. 1,05,894 in 1881. Excluding the expenditure on buildings the total
outlay on sick was Rs. 90,778, against Rs. 91,327.
47.
The establishment cost Rs.48,676, against Rs. 53,854 in 1881. The
reduction chiefly occurred in the salaries of medical officers.
48.
The expenditure on bazar medicines was shown to be Rs. 1,750,
against Rs. 1,599 in 1881. In the medical college hospital the cost under
t hi s head was Rs. 758. Out l ay on i t ems, whi ch shoul d properl y be charged
against contingencies, appears under the head of "Bazar medicines." Dr. Birch
says that even the cost of gram for bullocks, tinning of copper vessels, ice, &c.,
are shown under this head. This has been altered.
49.
The cost of imported medicines and instruments was less by Rs. 186
than that of 1881.
50. The charge on dieting articles and stimulants amounted to Rs. 26,423.
against Rs. 24,163 in 1881. The increase was due to the larger number of
patients treated in 1882. In 1880, when the daily average number of persons
treated was almost the same as in 1882, the cost was Rs. 28,417. The cost
of each diet was 7 annas7 pie, against 7 annas 9 pie in 1881.
51. Miscellaneous items showed an expenditure of Rs. 9,665 against
Rs. 7,261 in 1881, inclusive of Rs. 981 expended from Golam Mahomed fund.