Part III.]
MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL.
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Number treated in
each department.
The transactions of the different departments of this hospital are shown in
statement No. XV. As compared with the previous year, there has been a
decrease among the in-door patients (excluding eye cases) o425, but an increase
of 315 compared with 1871. But the attendance of out-door patients under-
went an increase, more particularly in the department for women and children.
The ophthalmic and dental departments, however, exhibit a falling off.
STATEMENT No. XV.
CLASS or PATIENTS.
In-door patients (medical and surgical) ... ... ... ...
Midwifery ward (in-door) ... ... ... ... ...
Eye Infirmary ... ... ... ... ... ...
Out-door patients (medical and surgical) ... ... ... ...
Admission room ... ... ... ... ... ...
Dipensary for women and. children ... ... ... ...
Ophthalmic dispensary ... ... ... ... ...
Dental dispensary ... ... ... ... ... ...
Total ...
1878.
3,260
943
545
4,748
24,758
845
13,766
3,742
580
43,691
48,439
1872.
3,565
1,063
535
5,163
24,644
649
11,892
3,981
1,047
42,213
47,376
Death-rates according
to sex and caste.
The death-rate of the past three years is given in statement No. XVI,
arranged according to sex and class. Of the 4,203 in-door patients treated (ex-
cluding eye cases) 540 proved fatal, being a mortality of 128.5 per mille against
115.8 in 1872 and 126.28 in 1871; but 110 of these deaths occurred in less than
24 hours after admission. Excluding, then, these moribund cases, the death-
rate would be reduced to 105.5 per 1,000 of the treated against 90.9 for 1872
and 106.2 for 1871. There was a greater mortality in 1873 than during 1872,
but it was below that of every other year since 1863. Reviewing the subject
according to sex and class, the Surgeon-General observes :—
STATEMENT No. XVI.
YEAR.
1871 ...
...
...
1872 ... ... ...
1873 ... ... ...
DEATH-RATE PER 1,000 AMONG ADULTS.
EUROPEANS.
Males.
45.51
53.20
70.31
Females.
45.87
40.00
39.68
EAST INDIANS.
Males.
57.30
79.60
47.76
Females.
50.80
41.10
44.44
NATIVES.
Males.
190.54
177.90
192.95
Females.
176.07
149.50
169.25
It will be seen that the mortality of European males treated was higher in 1873 than
it has been since 1869; of European females, higher than that of 1872 but lower than
that of 1870 and 1871. The mortality ratio of Eurasians, both male and female, would
appear to have been lessening since 1869, and to have been much lower for males in 1873 than
has been the case in any of the four previous years. The death-rate of natives was higher
in 1873 than it was in 1872, nearly the same as in 1871, and decidedly lower than it was
in 1869 and 1870. The great mortality among natives, as compared with either Europeans
or Eurasians, is again most conspicuous. Eurasians show the lowest death-rate of the
three classes. This contrasts somewhat with the experience of 1872. The nearly equal
death-rate of males and females in this class is also worth remarking.
The report shows that though cholera has become much less prevalent in
Calcutta of late years, the deadliness of its character is by no means
diminished. Altogether there were 193 cases of cholera treated, of which
106 died, being a death-rate per 1,000 of 544.04.
Contrasting Christian and Native in-door patients, the following mortality
rates are exhibited:—
A.
B.
C.
Mortality rates of fevers—Christians
...
...
Natives
...
...
...
Mortality rates from dysentery and diarrhœa—
Christians ... ... ...
Natives ... ... ...
Mortality rates from cholera—Christians ... ...
Natives
...
...
30.4 per mille.
142.1 „ „
47.6
153.3
522.7
557.04