CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
increase is chiefly in the Campbell Hospital, where a sum of Rs. 4,575 was
received from the Honorary Secretary to the Indian Famine Fund, Bengal
Branch, for dieting of patients. The income under the head of local funds
shows a falling off of Rs. 13,439-1-8. This was chiefly due to smaller receipts
from Port Dues Fund owing to fewer admissions of seamen in the Medical
College, Presidency General and Howrah General Hospitals. The municipal
payments increased by Rs. 995-7-11. The Calcutta Municipality are required to
contribute Rs. 5,000 annually towards the maintenance of the South Suburban
Hospital. That body paid Rs. 2,916-10-8 in March 1897 as their contribution
for seven months, viz., from 1st September to 31st December 1896. The
present system of payments at the end of each financial year does not enable
the Superintendent to render a correct account of the finance of the institution,
which is prepared for the calendar year for this Department. The Governors of
this Hospital have therefore addressed the Calcutta Municipality to contribute
their share in the beginning of each financial year. Besides the sum of
Rs. 35,000 contributed by the Calcutta Municipality to the Campbell Hospital,
the former built at their own expense two sheds in the compound of that
institution for the accommodation of the sick paupers who came to the town
from the famine-stricken districts. The cost of the two sheds is not shown in
statement No. V, Part I, as the money was paid by the Municipality direct
and not through Government. The amount received as interest on investments
was almost the same as in 1896, viz., Rs. 25,973-13-10 against Rs. 26,061-10
in 1896. At the Howrah General Hospital Government securities to the
value of Rs. 4,000 were sold for Rs. 3,880 to meet the cost of quadrennial
repairs and new bath-rooms constructed in the private wards. Subscriptions
from Europeans increased, while the amount received from natives shows a
decrease. Miscellaneous receipts were more by Rs. 7,385-8-5. At the Camp-
bell Hospital Rs. 7,942-9 9 was received from the Indian Famine Fund,
Bengal Branch, for the pauper patients treated in the sheds built by the
Calcutta Municipality. Rupees 200 was also received from the Indian Football
Association for sending pauper patients to their native homes.
56. The marginal table shows the proportion contributed by Government
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1896.
1897.
Medical College Hospital Proper 84.47
89.89
Eden Hospital
. . .
,.. 66.96
62.37
Ezra ditto
. . .
... 82.32
86.72
Eye ditto
. . .
... 96.12
96.75
Chuni Lal Seal's Dispensary
... 32.92
44.01
Presidency General Hospital ... 55.39
62.74
Campbell Hospital ...
... 59.67
72.41
Police Hospital
...
,.. 99.24
99.38
Mayo Institutions ...
... 59.75
57.12
Howrah General Hospital
... 47.62
14 83
Dufferin Victoria Hospital
... 6.55
5.87
South Suburban Hospital, Bhawa-
nipur ... ... 100.
89.47
towards the expenditure of the differ-
ent institutions. The Campbell Hos-
pital shows a higher percentage than
in 1896, due to the enormous increase
in the number of in-patients, to the
construction of an outdoor dispensary,
a cowshed, and two extra sheds for
the accommodation of the large num-
ber of pauper patients. The percent-
age at the Howrah General Hospital
fell from 47.62 in 1896 to 14.83
in 1897—a large reduction. The high percentage of 1896 was due to the fact
that in that year Government paid Rs. 15,621 for the improvement of the
hospital buildings. At the Choonee Lal Seal's Dispensary, the outdoor ward of the
Medical College Hospital Proper, Government had to contribute Rs. 1,376.5-10,
or Rs. 516-15-1 more than in 1896, owing to the greater demand of European
medicines. This explains the rise in the percentage in the year under report.
The percentages at the other institutions do not present any unusual variations
calling for special comment.
57. Medical College Hospital Proper. —The total expenditure, excluding the
amount invested, was Rs. 1,86,564-9-1, or more than that of 1896 by
Rs. 61,789-13-1. The increase was chiefly due to the inclusion of a portion of
the cost of the new outdoor department, which is still under construction,
to quadrennial repairs, to the purchase of new clothing, to more lighting
charges, and to a larger supply of European medicines. The receipts from
paying patients amounted to Rs. 7,817-8, against Rs. 8,800-8 in 1896. The
falling off is attributable to the closure of several of the private rooms while
the hospital was under repairs. The payments made by the Ladies' Committee
of the Hospital Nurses' Institution for nurses employed are included under the
head of local funds. They amounted to Rs. 6,485-13-2, or Rs. 1,080-11-1 more
than in 1896. The contributions from Port Dues Fund amounted to Rs. 1,129,