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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
Rs. 423. The amount expended in 1883 was Rs. 2,600. The accounts of the
year closed with a cash balance of 5,760.
78.
Howrah General Hospital.— On 1st January 1883 there remained an
invested capital of Rs. 42,000 in Government securities. No investment was
made during the year 1884.
79. The income of the hospital from private sources amounted to
Rs. 21,292, of which Rs. 6,486 were paid by the Port Trust for diet of sick sea-
men; Rs. 2,600 by the municipality; Rs. 1,680 were obtained as interest on in-
vestments; Rs. 10,495 were received as European subscription, and Rs. 31
only as Native subscriptions. The total income from these sources in
the two preceding years was Rs. 22,674 and Rs. 22,885. Government contri-
buted Rs. 4,413 for Europe medicines, registers and forms, diet of police cases,
salaries and special allowances.
80. The total expenditure amounted to Rs. 25,499 against Rs. 24,639 in
1883. Building charges in 1884 was Rs. 1,512 against Rs. 706 in the pre-
vious year. Deducting these charges, the actual amount spent on sick was
Rs. 23,987 to compare with Rs. 23,933 in 1883. The expenditure on estab-
lishment exceeded by Rs. 377 that of 1883, which was Rs. 11,046. In
1882 it was Rs. 10,706. Bazar medicines cost Rs. 462 against Rs. 687.
Rs. 568 were expended on Europe medicines against Rs. 1,327. The expenditure
on diet amounted to Rs. 6,681, or Rs. 417 less than that of 1883. The average
cost of each diet among Europeans was eight annas three pie and among natives
two annas three pie to compare with nine annas and two annas one pie re-
spectively in 1883. Miscellaneous charges amounted to Rs. 4,851 against
Rs 3,773. The amount includes Rs. 1,212 paid to the late cashier on account
of his security deposit with interest. The percentage of total cost paid by
Government was 17.3 against 20.9 in 1883.
81. In the following statement the daily average number of patients treated
and the expenditure of the hospitals, exclusive of the pay of commissioned
officers, have been exhibited for the past year.
STATEMENT NO. X.
Showing the work and the cost of working in the several Medical Institutions.
AVERAGE DAILY ATTENDANCE.
C o s t o f e s t a b l i s h m e n t , e x c l u d i n g c o m m i s s i o n e d o f f i c e r s .
C o s t o f E n g l i s h a n d b a z a r m e d i c i n e s .
C o s t o f d i e t s , e x t r a s a n d s t i m u l a n t s .
M i s c e l l a n e o u s c h a r g e s .
T o t a l e x p e n d i t u r e o n t h e s i c k .
N e t c o s t t o G o v e r n m e n t .
IN-PATIENTS.
OUT-PATIENTS.
ALL RACES.
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u r a s i a n s .
N a t i v e s .
T o t a l .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u r a s i a n s .
N a t i v e s .
T o t a l .
I n - p a t i e n t s .
O u t - p a t i e n t s .
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
Rs.
M e d i c a l C o l l e g e , E d e n H o s p i t a l , E y e i n f i r m a r y a n d C h o o n e e L a l l s e a l ' s D i s p e n s a r y .
150.5 180.74 331.24 71.34 240.31 311.65 331.24 311.65 37,029
8,846 36,896 18,527 1,01,298
98,345
G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l
165.24
.03 165.27 ......
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 165.27
. . . . . . . 20,116
5,583 28,788 12,780 67,267
84,180
M a y o H o s p i t a l ......
9 6 . 6
9 6 . 6
63. 8 1,147.4 1,211.2 96.6 1,211.2
25,298
8,480 6,456 8,034 48,268 37,366
Campbell Hospital
2.4
3 5 8 . 4 3
3 6 0 . 8 3 ......
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 360.83
. . . . . . 21,616
2,410 18,454 12,960 65,440 27,340
P o l i c e H o s p i t a l
...... 83.47 83.47 ......
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 83.47
. . . . . . 5,215
253 4,252
591
10,311
2,571
H o w r a h G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l 27.22 34.91 62.13 16.66 71.4 88.06 62.13 88.06 11,424
1,031 6,681 4,852
23,988
4,413
Total ... 345.36 754.18 1,099.54 151.80 1,459.11 1,610.91 1,099.54 1,610.91 1,20,698 26,603 1,01,527 57,744 3,06,572 2,54,215
82. There were treated in all the hospitals 2,709 patients daily, composed of
1,099 in and 1,610 out patients. The corresponding figures in 1883 were 2,633,
1,016, and 1,617 respectively. Of the in-patients 345 were Europeans and Eura-
sians and 754 natives. Both the classes show an increase over the figures of
1883. The daily number of European and Eurasian out-patients were less by
14 than that of 1883. The native out-patients show a slight increase, viz., of
7 over those of the previous year. The total expenditure on the sick, exclu-
sive of the salaries of commissioned officers and the amount spent on buildings,
amounted to Rs. 3,06,572 against Rs. 2,81,574 in 1883. The net cost to
Government was Rs. 2,54,215 against Rs. 2,62,318.