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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
further provision was required. It now appeared that the resources of the
n u r s e s ’ i n s t i t u t i o n w o u l d b e o v e r - s t r a i n e d . T h e l a d i e s c o u l d n o t r e c r u i t t h e i r
staff with sufficient certainty of meeting further demands, and it was necessary to
revert to the employment of native dhaies in the native wards. This has now been
done, and it may be hoped that an establishment has been formed which will
suffice for all requirements.
21. Mention was also made last year of the class of civil and military
p u p i l — n u r s e s . T h e m a i n f a u l t s o f o r g a n i s a t i o n w e r e r e c t i f i e d i n 1 8 8 3 , b u t t h e
system does not yet fulfil the intention of Government. The primary training
of the women as ordinary sick—nurses has not been accomplished, and some of
those who have come from the army have been unfit or unwilling to be con-
verted into efficient attendants on the sick. Nevertheless, much has been done
towards carrying out the original purpose and, if success is not achieved
hereafter, the chief reason will be that suitable material does not exist for the
composition of good nurses in sufficient quantity.
22. Ophthalmic practice.—In the opthalmic wards of the medical college
hospital 509 cases were treated in 1883, whereof 39 had remained from the
previous year. There were cured 243, relieved 142, otherwise discharged 93,
and 31 remained, under treatment at the end of the year. In the out—patient
department 6,910 persons were treated in 1883, giving a daily average attend-
ance of 56.5.
23. Nursing .—In my last report I submitted some remarks on the great
improvement that had taken place in this department since the arrival of the
ladies of the Clewer sisterhood. The Principal of the medical college
has this year submitted memoranda on the subject from the hospital staff.
The officers are, one and all, enthusiastic in expressing the satisfaction and
comfort they have derived from the attention paid to their patients. The
devotion and energy with which the ladies of the sisterhood meet and over-
come their many difficulties are mentioned in terms of respectful admiration.
I would add to this my own acknowledgment of the valuable assistance
I have received from the honorary secretary of the nurses’ institution and the
sisters when it has been necessary to consider questions of establishment and
other matters of control. The constant presence of the ladies in the wards
and their knowledge and vigilance have enabled superintending officers to state
their requirements with fullness of information not otherwise obtainable. In
the successive representations made from this office, the confidence thus derived
must have been apparent, and has, I presume to think, been shared by the
Head of the Government.
STATEMENT No. VIII.
Account of invested capital for the year 1883.
Balance on
1st January. during the
year.
Total.
ecurities
Securities
sold.
Deposits
withdrawn.
Balance on
31st
December.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Medical colleges College hospital ...
...
...
...
1,13,300
. . . . . .
1 , 1 3 , 3 0 0
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1,13,300
Hospital Choonee Lal Seal’s dispensary . . .
50,000
. . . . . .
50,000
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
50,000
General hospital
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Mayo ditto ...
...
...
...
... . . .
. . .
3,42,400
......
3 , 42,400
’,
. . . . .
......
3 , 42,400 ’
Campbell ditto ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Police ditto ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Howrah ditto ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
38,000
4,000
42,0
00
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
42,000
Total
...
5,43,700
4,000
5,47,700
. . . . . .
. . . . . . -
547,700
24. Finance.—The invested capital exists in the funds held by the medical
college, Howrah and the Mayo hospitals. At the Medical college and Mayo
hospitals this capital was not touched in 1883. It was the same, therefore, on
the first and last days of the year. In the Howrah hospital Rs. 4,000 were
invested during the year. The total invested capital at the end of the year was
Rs. 5,47,700.