CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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77. The total number of patients treated during the year was 2,966,
against 3,696 in 1886. They may be classified as follows :—
YEARS.
S a i l o r s .
Non-paying.
Paying.
Total.
1884
...
... 1,619
1,097
357
3,073
1885
...
... 1,620
1,439
358
3,417
1886
...
... 2,234
1,027
435
3,696
1887
...
... 1,351
1,237
378
2,966
The total number of paying patients in 1887 shows a decrease of 57, and
their payments, as compared with three preceding years, were as follows :—
YEARS.
First class.
Second class.
Third class.
Total.
Rs.
Rs.
R s .
Rs.
1884
...
...
144
134
79
357
1885
...
185
126
47
358
1886
...
...
193
101
141
435
1887
...
...
141
106
131
378
The daily average number of sick was 142, against 194 in 1886. The
daily average in the preceding ten years, including 1886, was 161.12. The
total number of patients treated was 2,966 against 3,517, the average of
the decade. There were 122 deaths, against 143 in 1886, and the rate of
mortality per 1,000 treated was 41.13 in 1887, against 38.69, 31.02 and 40.3 in
three preceding years. The average rate of the decade, including 1886, is 40.81.
Excluding the deaths from cholera, the rate was 31.43, against 32.55 in 1886.
78. Campbell Hospital.—Surgeon-Major S. C. Mackenzie, M.D., was in
charge of the hospital throughout the year.
79. The number of admissions into hospital in 1887 was 6,025, against
6,798 in the preceding year. The daily average number of patients treated
was 371.07, against 401.75 in 1886. The prevailing diseases were the same as
in the previous year. In the year under report no European patient was
admitted into the hospital suffering from small-pox. In 1886 there was a
European patient treated for it. Fifteen natives were treated for this disease,
against 9 in 1886. Of the 15, three came from Calcutta, 11 from Port, and
one from Cooly Depôts. There were four deaths out of the 15 native cases
treated. There were treated 197 cases of cholera, against 259 in 1886, and
the number of deaths was 124 and 142 respectively. The total number of
deaths was 1,353, against 1,453 in 1886, showing a decrease of 100 deaths, and
the percentage on the total treated was 21.03, against 19.8 in 1886. The true
death-rate of the hospital per 1,000, excluding cholera and moribund cases,
was 168. against 162. in 1886. Native moribund persons, excluding cholera,
were 218 in 1887, against 200 in the previous year.
80. The Superintendent reports that the hospital accommodation was
found to be sufficient throughout the year. Drainage and lighting arrange-
ments were the same as in the previous year.
81. Calcutta Police Hospital.—Surgeon-Major S. C. Mackenzie, M.D. was
in charge of the hospital throughout the year.
82. The strength of the police force in 1887 was 2,839, against 2,845 in
the preceding year. The number of admissions into hospital was 2,611, against
2,282 in 1880, showing an increase of 329 patients. The daily average
number of sick in 1887 was 104.52, against 94.09 in the previous year. The
most prevalent diseases during the year under report were ague, dysentery,
venereal complaints, and chronic dyspepsia. The number of admissions from
venereal diseases was 109 in 1887, against 130 in 1886. Thirteen cases of cholera
were admitted into the hospital in the year under report, against 14 in the previ-
ous year. Of the 13 cases, 6 or 46.15 per cent. died, against 6 or 42.85 in 1886.
There was no case of small-pox admitted in the year 1887. All the recruits
and unprotected policemen were vaccinated during the month of November
by the Vaccination Department. The total number of deaths in 1887 was
23, against 29 in 1886, the percentages of deaths to total admissions being .88
and 1.27 respectively. The ratio of deaths to total strength was .81 per cent.
in 1887, against 1.01 in the preceding year.