CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
69. The income and expenditure of 1898 compare as follows with the
income and expenditure of the previous year:—
1897.
1898.
Rs.
A. P.
Rs.
A. P.
1. Net cost of all the hospitals to
Government
..
. .
5,18,580 3 8
7,79,524 12 3
2. Receipts from local and muni-
cipal funds, interest, subscrip-
tions, &c.
...
...
2,10,922 0 3
2,11,155 14 9
3. Cost of establishment, up-keep,
&c.
. . .
...
7,33,041 0 8
9,88,692 6 11
4. Invested during the year
...
600 0 0
3,500 0 0
The total cost to Government was Rs. 2,60,944-8-7 more than that of the
previous year. The increase was mainly due to the construction of a new female
ward at the Campbell Hospital and the new male block and some alterations
of the old block of the Presidency General Hospital on which Rs. 2,44,249-3-4
was spent by the Public Works Department during the year under report.
70. The receipts from paying patients amounted to Rs. 56,197-2-6, against
Rs. 50,566-15-4 in 1897, or an increase of Rs. 5,630-3-2, which is chiefly
attributable to a larger number of patients of this class having been treated in
the Presidency General Hospital. The income under the head of local funds
was, however, less by Rs. 5,025-12-7. The decrease is accounted for by smaller
receipts from the Port Dues Fund, owing to the admission of fewer seamen into
the Medical College, Presidency and Howrah General Hospitals. The amount
received from Municipal Funds increased by Rs. 4,883-5-4, the figures having
been Rs. 46,100, against Rs. 41,216-10-8 in 1897. In last year's report it
was remarked that the system on which the Calcutta Municipality paid its
contribution to the Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital, viz., at the end of each
financial year, did not enable the Superintendent of that institution to render
a correct account of its finance, which is prepared for the calendar year
for this department. The Governors represented the matter to the Calcutta
Municipality during the year under report, with the result that that body
paid in March 1898 its annual contribution of Rs. 5,000 to the hospital for
1897-98, and Rs. 2,500 in July as the contribution for the first half-year of
1898-99, or a total of Rs. 7,500, which chiefly accounts for the increase under
the head of municipal payments during the year under review. Interest
received on invested capital shows an increase, viz., Rs. 1,161-7-11. The amount
received by sale of securities and withdrawal of deposits was Rs. 4,500, against
Rs. 3,880 in 1897. Government securities to the value of Rs. 4,500 were sold
in the Howrah General Hospital to meet the cost of bath-rooms and quadrennial
repairs, which was partly paid in 1897, and partly in the year under review.
The hospital was, however, able to invest Rs. 2,000 during the year from sur-
plus revenue. Subscriptions from Europeans show a decrease of Rs. 802-14-9,
as compared with the figures of 1897, but in the latter year a special amount
was received from the estate of late Mrs. Weskin, who bequeathed Rs. 600
for the Medical College Hospital. The amount paid by natives shows an
increase of Rs. 171 in 1898. Miscellaneous receipts show a falling off of
Rs. 6,403-6-7, the figures having been Rs. 4,727-15-8, against Rs. 11,131-6-3 in
1897. The reason of the larger receipts in the latter year was explained in
my report for that year.
71. The table in the margin shows the proportion of Government contri-
bution towards the expenditure of the
different institutions. The Presidency
General Hospital shows a large increase
in the percentage, owing to the heavy
outlay on buildings. The percentage
was nearly doubled at the Dufferin Vic-
toria Hospital This increase is, how-
ever, more apparent than real. Govern-
ment grants Rs. 1,000 annually to this
hospital for European medicines. In
1897 it showed an expenditure of
Rs. 602-14-9 only under this heading,
but some of the bills of that year were paid in the year under report, which
accounts for the increase in the percentage. A large reduction is noticeable in
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1897.
1898.
Medical College Hospital
proper
. . .
... 89.89
92.14
Eden Hospital ...
... 62.37
68.52
Ezra "
. . .
. . .
8 6 . 7 2
84.19
Eye "
. . . ... 96.75
97.46
Chuni Lal Seal's Dispensary ... 44.01
47.30
Presidency General Hospital . . . 62.74
82.60
Campbell Hospital
. . . 72.41
77.04
Police "
. . . 99.38
99.30
Mayo Institutions
... 57.12
64.90
Howrah General Hospital ... 14.83
15.96
Dufferin Victoria Hospital ... 5.87
10.15
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hos-
pital, Bhawanipur
... 89.47
51.23