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There was a considerable increase both in the number of cholera and
small-pox cases treated in the hospitals, the number under each of these heads
being 1,023 and 275 against 932 and 111 respectively in the year 1883. The
death-rate, however, under both heads was lower than that of the previous
year, being 523 and 312 per mille against 547 and 315 per mille respectively.
The number of fever cases fell from 4,141 in 1883 to 3,887 in the year under
r e p o r t ; b u t t h e n u m b e r o f d e a t h s f r o m t h i s c a u s e r o s e f r o m 3 2 3 i n 1 8 8 3
to 348 in 1884.
2. The following table shows the total number of persons treated, both
as in-door and out-door patients, in the several hospitals in Calcutta during
the past two years, and the number of deaths which occurred among those
under treatment:—
MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
1884.
1883.
TOTAL TREATED.
Died
per mille
of treated.
TOTAL TREATED.
Died
per mille
of treated.
In-door. Out-door.
Total.
In-door. Out-door. Total.
Medical College Hospital ... ...
5,522
44,562
50,084
126.1*
5,541
51,022
56,563
112.08*
Presidency General Hospital
...
3,073
.....
3,073
40.35
3,121
. . . . .
3,121
47.7
Mayo Hospital and Dispensaries ...
2.451 181,274
183,725
159.52
2,212
176,619
178,831
164.5
Campbell Hospital ... ... ...
6,525
......
6,525
236.01
5,499
......
5,499
234.04
Police Hospital
... ... ...
2,221
......
2,221
1 0 . 8
2,377
......
2,377
11.7
Total Calcutta Hospitals ...
19,792 225,836
245,628
140.6
18,750
227,641
246,391
131.13
Howrah General hospital ... . . .
1,568
9,849
11,417
222.57
1,631
11,696
13,327
200.4
GRAND TOTAL ...
21,360 235,685
257,045
146.7
20,381
239,337
259,718
136.83
* Reckoned on the cases treated, exclusive of ophthalmic cases.
Compared with the statistics of the previous year, there was an increase
of 979 in the total number of in-door patients treated at the hospitals, and a
falling off, to the extent of 3,652, in the number of out-door patients treated
during 1884. The increase in the number of in-door patients is confined to
the Mayo Hospital with its allied dispensaries, and the Campbell Hospital; and
is attributed in the case of the former to the large number (344) of cholera
cases admitted, and in the case of the latter to the unusual number (487) of
cholera and small-pox cases combined.
The falling off in the number of out-door patients treated during 1884, as
compared with the number treated in 1883, was greatest in the Medical College
Hospital, where the number fell from 51,022 to 44,562. A most satisfactory
reason is assigned for this, viz. "the establishment of chemists' shops through-
out the town, to which qualified surgeons are attached, who give advice and
perform minor operations free of charge." There was a decrease of 2,931 in
the number of out-door patients treated in the Mayo Hospital; but the reverse
was the case in its dispensaries, chiefly in the Chandney Hospital, where the
number rose from 65,630 in 1883 to 69,967 in 1884. Of the 44,562 out-
patients treated at the Medical College Hospital, 15,989 were treated in the
Medical Dispensary, 11,804 in the Surgical, 6,274 in the Ophthalmic, and
1,374 in the Dental Department: 9,121 patients were treated in the duty-room
after dispensary hours.
3. The daily average number of patients under treatment in each of the
hospitals for the past two years was as follows:—
1883.
1884.
In-door.
O u t - d o o r .
In-door.
Out-door.
Medical College Hospital ...
...
289.35
292.55
331.24
311.65
Presidency General Hospital
...
1 4 8 . 6
......
165.27
......
Mayo Hospital
...
92
1222.39
96.6
1,211.2
Campbell Hospital...
339
..
360.83
......
Police Hospital
•..
...
87.02
......
83.47
......
Howrah General Hospital...
...
60.14
102.8
62.13
88.06
4. Of the total number (257,045) of persons treated during the year,
156,309were adult males, 36,398 were females, and 64,338 were children. The
statistics according to race were 10,032 Europeans, 29,913 Eurasians, 87,615
Mahomedans, 122,919 Hindus, and 6,566 of other races. These figures differ
in a very small degree from those recorded in 1883.