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REPORT ON THE
Dues Fund and paying patients. The cost of establishment shows an increase
of Rs. 3,425-0-5, due to the promotion of the Superintendent and of two assistant
Apothecaries, to the payment of leave allowance to the First Resident Surgeon
and salary to his locum tenens. There was an increase of Rs. 148-2-3 under the
head of bazar medicines, and Rs. 4,477-11-1 under that of Europe medicines,
which was caused by the larger number of patients treated. It is further
stated that in 1892 a larger supply of medicines and new instruments was
obtained. The increase of Rs. 5,290-9 in the cost of diet is also attributed
to the greater number of sick treated. The average cost of daily diet was
annas 8-9, the same as in 1891. The Superintendent remarks:—" This includes
the cost of diet of each patient in the paying wards, who are allowed
annas 12 daily, and the standard rate of annas 8 for each diet in the open
ward was not exceeded." With regard to the greater cost of diet at this
hospital as compared with that of the Medical College Hospital, the Surgeon
Superintendent remarks that " it is necessary to bear in mind the greatly
larger number of paying patients in the General Hospital who are allowed
a diet costing 12 annas daily. The cost of the diet of paying patients at
that rate, added to the cost of the patients in the open wards at 8 annas,
runs up the average cost of diet for the whole hospital." There was a saving of
Rs. 4,672-8-4 in miscellaneous charges, due to economical management. There
was also a large saving under the head of buildings and repairs, viz.
Rs. 9,754-6-4. The total expenditure, exclusive of the cost of buildings and
repairs, was Rs. 1,19,911-8-8, against Rs. 1,11,242-10-3 in 1891. The aver-
age cost of each European patient per annum under the different headings of
expenditure in 1892 is given below :—
Average cost.
Average cost.
Rs. A. P.
Rs. A. P.
Medical officer's salary
... 273 3 9
Bazar medicines
. . .
2 5 8
Compounder's and dresser's
Europe medicines
. . .
49 15 9
salary
. . .
...
2 13 11
Diet
. . .
. . . 199 14 9
Menial servants' salary
...
72 15 5
Buildings or repairs
...
45 9 1
Miscellaneous charges
...
100 0 2
The average cost is said to have been calculated by dividing the total cost
with the daily average number of patients, including those shown under the
head " no appreciable diseases."
62. Campbell Hospital. —The total cost to Government for this hospital
increased by Rs. 8,872-13-10, as greater expenditure was incurred on account
of clothing, diet, Europe medicines, nursing and out-door dispensary establish-
ments, &c. The total income from other sources shows a falling off of
Rs. 3,263-8-9, due to the admission of a smaller number of patients from cooly
depôts. There was an increase of Rs. 1,387-5-4 under the head of establish-
ment, which is accounted for by the pay of the additional nurses in the female
wards having been drawn throughout the year, by the opening of the out-door
dispensary, and by the entertainment of the additional menial establishment
sanctioned for the male and female wards throughout the year, and not from
October, as in 1891. There was a very slight saving under the head of bazar
medicines. The expenditure on account of Europe medicines was more by
Rs. 1,338-13-9, which is attributed to the opening of the out-door dispensary
as well as to the larger daily average number of in-patients. The cost of
diet also shows an increase of Rs. 3,476-1-3, due to higher rates and to larger
daily average number of patients treated. The average cost of daily diet was
R e . 0 - 9 - 1 4 / 5 f o r E u r o p e a n s a n d R e . 0 - 2 - 6 ½ f o r n a t i v e s . T h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t
says the European patients treated in the hospital were nearly all for small-pox,
and these cases do not come under the standard rate of diet for Europeans.
The diet rate of native patients was below the prescribed limit. The amount
spent on miscellaneous items also increased by Rs. 923-12, which the Super-
intendent attributes to the purchase of a larger quantity of coal for the
pumping engine connected with the flushing of latrines, to the re-assessment
of the Deputy Superintendent's quarters, to the purchase of hospital cloth-
ing, to the supply of brass badges and cloth belts for the hospital menial
establishment, &c. Under the head of buildings and repairs there was a saving
of Rs. 1,516-4-10. Excluding the building charges, the total expenditure was
Rs. 99,946-12-6, against Rs. 62,821-2-7 in 1891.