CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
13
total number of 608 persons treated. Of these 299 were cured, 188 relieved, 83
were discharged otherwise, and one died. There remained at the end of the year
37 cases under treatment. The daily average number of in-patients was 38.9.
Of out-patients there remained from the previous year 101. There were 6,505
new cases, and a total number of 6,606 treated. The daily average number was
78.3. The entire number of operations performed during the year was 360
among in-patients, and 33 cases of previous operation were treated. There were
218 cures, 88 persons were relieved, 50 were discharged otherwise, 1 died, and
36 remained under treatment at the end of the year.
34. Enteric Fever .—In two previous reports I have offered the experience of
Calcutta hospitals with
b
regard to enteric fever, as a contribution to the general
history of the disease in India, and shown that the fluctuations of past years com
-pelled a belief that there had been confusion of this with fevers of another type.
There are special reasons this year, in the interest of the town itself, for continu
-ing the record, which is given below:—
STATEMENT No. VII.
ENTERIC FEVER.
REMITTENT FEVER.
1872. 1873. 1874. 1875. 1876. 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881.
1872.
1873. 1874. 1875
1876.
1877.
1878.
1879.
1880.
1881.
Medical College Hospital
5
9
5
6
6
1 ..
2 ...
...
8O 86 5S 125 95
124
152
164
180
196
Presidency General Hospital
17
6 11 12 17 18
9 11
6 11 19 22 10 48 27
39
38
34
49
32
Howrah Hospital
..,
... ...
...
...
4
2
4
2
3 28 88 146 172 210
359
393
228
107
77
Mayo Hospital
6
2
1
5
6 ... ....
. . . ..,
1 15 13 22 35 36
174
224
130
208
221
Campbell Hospital
86 28
2 ...
..
...
...
. . . ...
... 239 212 495 466 438
432
466
333
3 5 4 309
Police Hospital
12
8 11 ...
14 11
2
1 ...
... ... ...
...
1 ...
...
11
29
28
58
Total
126 53 30 23 43 34 13 18
8 15 381 421 731 847
8 0 6 1,128 1,284
918
926
893
It is evident that no very definite conclusion can yet be drawn from the
figures regarding the prevalence of typhoid fever in Calcutta. Those only of
the last three or four years can be safely used in evidence, sand of the year
under review it must be said that, though the quantity of enteric fever exceeded
that of 1880, it presented no marked difference from the rest of the trustworthy
series.
35. It is unnecessary to continue the record of comparative expenditure
in the hospitals of .quinine and. the Darjeeling febrifuge. The use of the latter
has become general, and that of former exceptional.
36. Finance.—The financial statements of cash and invested capital are
given below:—
STATEMENT NO. VIII.
Account of Invested Capital for the year 1881.
NAMES OF HOSPITALS.
Balance
on
let January.
Invested
during the
year.
Total.
Securities
sold.
D e p o s i t s
withdrawn
Balance on
31st
December.
R s . A. P.
R s .
A. P.
Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P. Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Medical Colle g e f College Hospital
1,12,300 0 0
1,000 0 0 1,13,300 0 0 ......
......
1,13,300 0 0
Hospital Choonee Lal Seal's Dispensary
50,000 0 0
......
50,000 0 0 ......
......
50,000 0 0
General Hospital
......
......
......
Mayo Hospital
3,34,900 0 0
5,000 0 0 3,39,900 0 0
...... . . . . ..
2,500 0 0 3,37,400 0 0
Campbell Hospital
......
......
......
......
......
Municipal Police Hospital
......
......
......
......
......
Howrah Hospital
33,000 0 0
1,000 0 0
34,000 0 0 ......
......
3 4 , 0 0 0 0 0
Total
5,30,200 0 0
7,000 0 0 5,37,200 0 0
......
2,500 0 0 5,31,700 0 0