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HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES IN LOWER BENGAL.
[Part III.
HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES IN LOWER BENGAL.
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
The whole of the public medical charities in Calcutta, and the results of
their working, are exhibited in the following statement:—
Statistics of 1872
and 1873.
STATEMENT No. VIII.
INSTITUTIONS.
1. Medical College Hospital ...
2. General Hospital* ...
3. Mayo Native Hospital and
Dispensaries ...
4. Campbell Hospital ...
5. Municipal Police Hospital...
TOTAL CALCUTA HOSPITALS...
6. Sukea's Street Dispensary ..
7. North Suburban Hospital ...
8. Sumbhoo Nath Pundit's Hos-
pital
...
...
9. Alipore Dispensary ...
10. Aratoon Apcar Dispensary...
11. Howrah General Hospital...
Total Suburban Hospitals ...
GRAND TOTAL ...
1873.
PERSONS TREATED.
In-door.
4,748
2,894
1,503
5,271
1,985
16,401
99
682
106
115
...
1,493
2,495
18,896
Out-door.
43,691
...
129,925
...
...
173,616
11,427
...
7,818
7,052
9,384
13,364
49,045
222,661
Total.
48,439
2,894
131,428
5,271
1,985
190,017
11,526
682
7,924
7,167
9,384
14,857
51,540
241,557
Died per
1,000
of treated.
109.2
41.4
49.2
288.7
21.6
...
90.9
193.5
66.
234.8
...
172.2
...
...
1873.
PERSONS TREATED.
In-door.
5,163
3,443
1,540
5,467
2,835
18,448
90
726
178
179
...
1,184
2,357
20,805
Out-door.
42,213
...
144,894
...
...
187,107
11,298
...
6,379
6,074
8,402
11,874
44,027
231,134
Total.
47,376
3,443
146,434
5,467
2,835
205,555
11,388
726
6,557
6,253
8,402
13,058
46,384
251,939
Died per
1,000
of treated.
115.8
45.3
68.18
277.67
22.92
...
111.11
26.31
112.36
106.15
...
11993
...
...
* Inclusive of 171 cases treated in the Sumbhoo Nath ward.
Attendance dimin-
ished.
It is thus seen that the total attendance was less by 10,382 than that of
1872, the diminution in the number of in-door patients being 1,909, and of out-
door 8,473. The Surgeon-General comments as follows upon these figures :—
Cause of falling off.
The decrease in in-door patients is to be noticed in the returns of all the Calcutta institu-
tions (in the Mayo Hospital the difference is trifling), but more particularly in the Municipal,
Police, the General, and the Medical College Hospitals. Among Suburban hospitals and dis-
pensaries, decrease is to be observed in the North Suburban and Sumbhoo Nath Pundit's hos-
pitals and the Alipore Dispensary. The marked exception is the Howrah General Hospital,
which alone presents a decided increase of in-door attendance during the year. As regards out-
door patients, the decrease is entirely due to a large falling off in the numbers attending the
Mayo Hospital and its dispensaries, which the Superintendent believes to be explained by the
epidemic of dengue in 1872. He states in a communication received from him, that though
the number of new cases has been smaller, "the total attendance" has not been less this last
year than the previous year. During the dengue epidemic, patients came once and then did
not return. All the other institutions show an increased attendance of out-patients.
Calcutta and Pro-
vincial Hospitals con-
trasted.
The proportions of the races attending as out-door and in-door patients in
metropolitan and provincial institutions are thus compared:—
STATEMENT No. IX.
CLASSES.
Europeans ...
Eurasians
...
Hindus
...
Mussulmans
...
Other castes ...
PER CENT. OP TREATED.
IN-DOOR.
Metropolitan.
21.90
6.20
50.60
20.10
1.70
Provincial.
.51
.51
70.69
26.13
2.16
OUT-DOOB.
Metropolitan.
15.8
46.8
35.7
1.7
Provincial.
.16
.43
63.17
34.27
1.97
TOTAL.
Metropolitan.
16.8
47.1
34.4
1.7
Provincial.
.18
.43
63.42
34.00
1.97
More Christians (Europeans and Eurasians) seek relief in Calcutta than in the
mofussil. The number of Hindu applicants is greatly in excess to that of
Mussulmans, but not disproportionately so. Women and children are treated
in small proportion to men and women, and children of Mussulmans in larger
relative numbers than those of Hindus. The percentages of men, women,