CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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The improvements made were as follows :—Extension of the south verandah
of the European male wards and the pavement of the passage under the
portico of the hospital.
Presidency General H ospital.—Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel A. Crombie
was in charge of the hospital from 1st January to 17th March, and Surgeon-
Lieutenant-Colone l R. Cobb for the rest of the year. The office of the
First Resident Surgeon was held by Surgeon-Captain H. W. Pilgrim from
1st January to 13th April and again from 12th to 17th November ; by Surgeon-
Captain D. M. Moir from 14th April to 11th November and again from 18th
November to the end of the year. The post of Second Resident Surgeon
was held as follows :—Surgeon-Captain D. M. Moir from 1st January to 13th
April and again from 12th November to 27th November; Surgeon-Captain
F. P. Maynard from 15th July to 11th August ; Surgeon-Captain O'Kinealy
from 14th April to 14th July, from 12th August to 11th November and from
28th November to the close of the year.
No improvements are mentioned in the report.
Campbell Hospital—Was in charge of Surgeon-Major J. B. Gibbons
throughout the year.
The drainage of the hospital compound was improved during the year.
Police Rospital.—Surgeon-Major G. B. Gibbons held charge of the hospital
all through the year.
No improvements are reported.
Eighty policemen suffering from trivial complaints were attended to
and received medicines as out-door patients. Of the 80, 59 were Europeans
and 21 natives.
Besides the members of the Calcutta Police, 19 of the Burmah Military
Police were treated in this hospital, with a daily average of 2 . 06, against 1.91
in 1895. Two of these suffered from venereal diseases. The mortality was
less, being 15.78 per cent , against 23 . 07 in the previous year.
Mayo Institutions-Werei n c h a r g e o f B r i g a d e - S u r g e o n - L i e u t e n a n t - C o l o n e l
R. C. Sanders throughout the year.
There were no improvements.
Bkawanipur Dispensary.--The Health Officer of the. Calcutta Corporation
was in charge of the dispensary for the period it was open.
South Suburban Hospital at Bhawanipur.—Surgeon-Captain H. W. Pilgrim
was in charge of the hospital from 1st August to 13th November, and Surgeon.
Major A. Leahy for the rest of the year.
The latter writes :—" On the whole the hospital is working in a satis-
factory manner, but much in the way of improvements, additional build-
ings and extra equipment will have to be carried out before it will attain to
the pitch of excellence reached by hospitals in Europe at the present time.
That the institution meets a greatly felt want on the part of the people is only
too plainly evident from the crowded condition of its in and out patient
departments for the five months during which it has been open."
Duferin Victoria Hospital.---Miss Baiimler, M.D., was in charge of the
hospital from 1st January to 14th March, and again from the 16th November to
the close of the year. During her absence on leave, Miss Lauder acted.
The hospital was removed to 118, Bow Bazar, Calcutta, from its former
locality in College Street.
Howrah General Hospital.—Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel R. D. Murray
was in charge of the hospital from 1st January to 13th April and again
from 14th November to the close of the year;• Surgeon-Lieutenant-Colonel
A. Tomes from 14th April to 13th October, and Surgeon-Major J. H. T. Walsh
from 14th October to 13th November 1896.
The improvements noticed in paragraph 66 of the Report for 1894 were
completed. in 1896.
68. Surgeon-Colonel G. C. Ross inspected the Medical College Hospital,
the Presidency General Hospital and South Suburban Hospital during the year.
69. The construction of an improved and enlarged out-door dispensary
for the Medical College Hospital has been sanctioned by Government at an
estimated cost of Rs. 75,000. During the last financial year a sum of Rs 57,000
was allotted for the purchase of beds and instruments, &c,, for this institution. H