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HOSPITALS AND DISPENSARIES IN THE BENGAL PRESIDENCY. [Part III.
STATEMENT No. V.
PROVINCES.
Bengal ... ... ... ...
N. W. Provinces ... ... ...
Punjab ... ... ... ...
Central Provinces ... ... ...
Oudh ... ... ... ...
Rajputana ... ... ... ...
British Burmah
...
...
...
Hyderabad ... ... ... ...
IN-DOOR
Males.
79.82
85.39
78.87
...
94.53
Fernales.
17.11
Children.
3.06
OUT-DOOR.
Males.
63.61
Females.
19.76
Children.
16 63
No record.
14.60
15.74
...
5.45
74.77
63.31
25.23
20.10
...
16.68
No data.
5.46
...
76.71
24 29
...
As regards caste.—Statistics are available only for Bengal and the Central
Provinces. The information is tabulated below.
STATEMENT No. VI.
IN-DOOR.
Bengal
...
Central Provinces
OUT-DOOR.
Bengal
...
Central Provinces
Europeans.
M.
95.15
100.
70.07
64.90
F.
.51
4.86
.28
...
.16
11.02
.33
27.21
Ch.
...
...
18.91
17.89
Eurasians.
M.
77.89
88.06
61.26
49.94
P.
.51
20.19
.68
7.46
.43
19.61
.77
27.02
Ch.
1.92
4.48
29.13
23.04
Hindoos.
M.
79.31
81.38
64.61
63.28
F.
70.69
17.61
69.92
13.62
63.17
19.29
23.89
18.76
Ch.
3.08
4.99
16.10
17.98
Mahomedans.
M.
81.96
76.63
62.32
64.12
F.
26.13
15.33
20.55
20.09
34.27
20.46
64.79
10.61
Ch.
2.72
6.38
17.22
16.35
Other Castes.
M.
67.74
69.02
56.
59.66
F.
2.16
24.71
8.57
23.80
1.97
23.46
10.21
26.23
Ch.
7.55
7.18
20.64
14.20
Mortality among in-
patients.
Mortality among in-patients.—The health of the various provinces, as
judged by the death-rates of in-patients (vide Table I, columns 12 and 13), is
seen to have been satisfactory when compared with the rates of the previous
year. No doubt such a comparison is to some extent a sort of index of the
general salubrity of the year, but it cannot be claimed as other than a very
rude method of forming a judgment. Bengal, the North-Western Provinces
and the Punjab maintain very nearly the former years' rates, while the Central
Provinces and Oudh show more satisfactory results than in 1872.
Diseases treated.
Diseases treated.—Concerning the diseases treated, very little need be said
here, as details can be ascertained by a reference to Table No. 3 which is ap-
pended, and the subject is discussed in reference to each province further on.
Sale of medicines at
cost price.
The sale of medicines at cost price by Government was continued as here-
tofore. Of the total amount sold in the province of Bengal, 97 per cent. of the
sum realised was from quinine. The other drugs, which were thus available to
the public, were cheyretta, jalap, castor-oil and cholera pills: the Deputy
Surgeon-General of the Dinapore Circle (Dr. C. R. Francis) discovered from
certain inquiries which he instituted that quinine was seldom or never pur-
chased by the poorer classes for whose benefit the privilege was intended, but
by the employers of labour, or masters for their servants. Deputy Surgeon-
General Ross of the Sagor Circle writes:—
In the Hoshungabad district, one hundred rupees' worth of quinine was procured from
England, divided into packets of 2 grains each, for sale at 6 pie per packet, and distributed to
police stations. Very little use was made of it. Rs. 16-7 worth was sold, or 526 packets.
Perhaps it is a good beginning. The same sum was likewise granted in the Mandla district;
but the medical officer does not send any report of its operation.
Instruction to mid-
wives.
Instruction to Midwives.—The year's history of the persistent attempts to
impart some amount of instruction to native women in the art of midwifery is