MUNI CIPAL DEPARTMENT.
MEDICAL.
No. 2089Med.
CALCUTTA, THE 19TH JUNE 1893.
RESOLUTION.
READ—
The Report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for the year 1892.
Read also —
The Report for the year 1891 and the Resolution recorded upon it.
During the year 1892 the public health was slightly better in the town
of Calcutta and the amalgamated area than in the previous year, which was one
of unusual mortality throughout the province; the general death-rate in those
two areas having been 27.1 and 34.8 respectively, against 27 . 9 and 39 . 4 in
1891. In Calcutta the number of deaths from cholera, bowel-complaints, and
fever show a decrease, while those from small-pox and other causes show a slight
increase. In the amalgamated area also cholera, fever, and small-pox appear
to have been less prevalent, but mortality from bowel-complaints and other
causes was greater than in the previous year. In Howrah the recorded death-rate
has risen from 18 . 29 to 23.68, the increase being distributed over all the heads
except small-pox and other causes. The deaths from cholera and fever increased
by 281 and 369 respectively, the number of deaths from cholera having been
greater than in any of the previous ten years.
2. The following table shows the number of indoor and outdoor patients
treated in all the hospitals and dispensaries of the metropolis during the past
two years:—
NAME OF
INSTITUTION.
1891.
1892.
INDOOR.
OUTDOOR.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p a -
t i e n t s t r e a t e d , b o t h
i n d o o r a n d o u t d o o r .
T o t a l n u m b e r o f
d e a t h s a m o n g i n -
d o o r p a t i e n t s .
P e r c e n t a g e o f d e a t h s
o n t o t a l n u m b e r
o f i n d o o r p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d .
INDOOR.
OUTDOOR.
Tot al number of pa-
t i ent s t reat ed, bot h
i ndoor and out door.
Tot al number of
deat hs among i n-
door pat i ent s.
P e r c e n t a g e o f d e a t h s
o n t o t a l n u m b e r
o f i n d o o r p a t i e n t s
t r e a t e d .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
N u m b e r o f b e d s
a v a i l a b l e .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
Number of beds
avai l abl e.
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
Medical College Hos-
pital.
6,803
371.77
449
56,227
407.36
63,030
632
10.07
7,054
400.79
449
54,660
394.11
61,714
744
1 1 . 4
Presidency General
Hospital.
2,928
144.63
23 8
...
...
2,928
127
4.33
3,498
168.11
238
...... ......
3,498
120
3 . 4
Campbell Hospital
. . . 9,088 427.08 588 ...
...
9,088
1,711
18.82
8,551
445.23
588
11,470
90.46
20,021
1,687
19. 7
Police Hospital
... 2,468
9 5 . 6 2
175
... ...
2,468
24
.97
2,045
88.36
175
......
. . . . . .
2,045
20
. 9
Mayo Native Hospital 1,884
82.2
105
28,700
181.4
30,584
295
15.65
1,756
80.7
105
27,508
174.8
29,264
228
12. 9
Chandney Hospital ...
391
12.89
12
42,998
384.98
43,389
10
2.55
421
13.92
12
44,947
344.86
45,368
10
2 . 3
Park Street Dispensary
. . .
...
. . .
29,901
206.3
29,901
...
...
...
...
. . .
28,847
186.7
28,847
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Chitpur Street Dispen-
sary.
. . .
...
...
22,262
172.4
22,262
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
20,621
154.8
20,621
. . . . . . ......
Sukea's Street Dispen-
sary.
...
...
...
18,589
150.80
18,589
...
...
...
...
. . .
18,485
151.55
18,485
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Bhowanipur Dispen-
sary.
...
...
...
10,884 83.26 10,884 ...
...
...
...
...
9,737
85.49
9,737......
. . . . . .
Total
... 23,562 1,134.19 1.567 209,561 1,586.50 233,123 2,799 12.15 23,325 1,197.11 1,567 216,275 1,582.77
239,600
2,809
12.
H o w r a h G e n e r a l H o s -
pital.
1,756
71.48
109
10,257
85.48
12,013
371
21.12
1,886
79.18
108
10,497
88.28
12,383
332
17.
GRAND TOTAL
... 25,318 1,205.67
1,676 219,818 1,671.98
245,136
3,170
12.78 25,211 1,276.29
2,675
226,772 1,671.05
251,983
3,141 12.
The total number of outdoor patients treated is larger by 6,954 than in
1891. The increase is said to be due to the opening of an outdoor dispensary
attached to the Campbell Hospital, in which no less than 11,470 patients were
treated. There has been a falling off in the number of in-door patients which
was insignificant everywhere except in the Campbell Hospital, where the numbers
receded from 9,088 to 8,551 owing to the opening of the out-door dispensary men-
tioned above. In the Police and the Mayo Hospitals there was a decrease of
423 and 128 respectively. All the other institutions, however, received a larger
number of in-patients than in the previous year.