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DISPENSARIES IN THE HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS.
[Part III.
Hospitals for Euro-
peans at Akyab and
Mouhmein.
In the resolution of the local Government, the establishment of new
hospitals at the seaports of Moulmein and Akyab for Europeans is regarded
as a necessity. No less than 3,000 Europeans and Eurasians were treated
in the dispensaries of the province during the year. The dispensaries at
Akyab and Moulmein were largely resorted to by seamen.
Structure of hospi-
tals in Burmah.
The present Akyab dispensary is a very old structure raised on piles about
six feet from the ground, and is sadly in need of thorough repair. The Kyouk
Phyoo dispensary is "raised about 3½ feet from the ground, and is constructed
partly of burnt brick and lime and partly of wood. The walls are of bamboo
matting, plastered, and the roof is thatched with dhunnee leaves:" such seems
to be the general construction of the hospitals in Burmah.
Finances.
The balance remaining to the credit of the dispensaries at the end of the
year 1872 was Rs. 31,653, and the income of the present year was Rs. 53,924,
being less than that of the previous year by Rs. 85,976, a difference due to
the expenditure having been increased in 1872 by the sum of Rs. 95,353
under the head "repairs of buildings" in the Rangoon statement. Of the
above income Government contributed Rs. 25,475. Contributions &c., brought
in Rs. 16,180, and the balance at the end of the year was Rs. 31,037.
DISPENSARIES IN THE HYDERABAD ASSIGNED DISTRICTS.
The office of Inspector-General of Dispensaries was held as heretofore by
Dr. R. T. Abbott, who submitted the report.
Number of institu¬
tions.
One new dispensary was opened during the year, and there were altogether
in the province 3 civil hospitals and 21 dispensaries.
Patients treated.
Into these a total of 52,005 patients were admitted, or 9,403 more than
in the previous year. It is not intended to make a common practice of ad-
mitting in-patients, yet the number treated, though small, shows an increase
of 205 when compared with 1872. The attendance of out-patients increased
considerably, 38,750 males and 12,432 females were admitted, against 31,112
males and 10,871 females in 1872, being an increase of 19.7 per cent. in the
male admissions, and of 12.6 per cent. in the admissions of females. On an
average each charitable institution treated 2,167 persons.
Public health.
The year was a healthy one, and this fact, taken in conjunction with the
increased attendance, testifies to the increasing popularity of the dispensaries.
There was no cholera in Berar during the year,—an unusual immunity.
Operations.
Twenty-four major and 1,668 minor operations were performed. The
former were all successful.
Finances.
The total receipts were Rs. 32,340, being a decrease of Rs. 976, and the
difference was chiefly due to less money being required from local funds for
building purposes, but improvements in accommodation were not lost sight
of, Rs. 4,481 having been expended on this account.
The receipts from Government were Rs. 6,924 against Rs. 6,769, the
slight increase being due to the opening of a new dispensary. The income
derived from subscriptions is miserably small, and small as it was, the amount
of native subscriptions has diminished to nearly one-fourth, from Rs. 430 to
Rs. 115. The expenditure, unlike the previous year, was within the total of
the income and amounted to Rs. 32,121.