CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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growing popularity of the outdoor department, of which the arrangements and
accommodation are now excellent; that at the Howrah General Hospital was
due, the Superintendent says, to greater personal attention shown by the staff
to the patients. At the Eden Hospital there was a decrease of 1,298, which
the Principal attributes to the changes in the post of Resident Surgeon, the
officer who is in charge of the outdoor department. I am not sure that this is
the only cause. The out-patient room is inconvenient. I think, moreover,
that other improvements can be made which will lead to a change. The
Dufferin Victoria Hospital shows a falling off of 485, which is attributed to the
introduction of a rule under which Europeans and Eurasians were excluded
from medical relief at the hospital.
14. Indoor patients. —The total number of in-patients was 24,146, or an
increase of 414, as compared with the pre-
vious year. The daily average number
also slightly increased, the figures being
1,267.66, against 1,266.74 in the previous
year. The increases and decreases in the
various hospitals are shown in the margin.
The increase at the Mayo, Chandney,
Sambhu Nath Pandit, and Howrah
General Hospitals was due to the same
causes as have been already mentioned in
paragraph 13. There was an addition of
525 patients at the Presidency General
Hospital, which, the Superintendent says,
was due to the fact that one of the wards, which was closed in 1898 for a few
months owing to repairs, was available throughout the year under report. The
increase of 134 at the Eden Hospital is ascribed to the subsidence of the plague-
scare. The Campbell Hospital shows a large falling off. The Superintendent
says the majority of the patients are paupers, who in a year of famine suffer
most, and the result is larger numbers are admitted. In the year under report
food-grains were cheaper, and fewer patients sought for admisson into the
hospital. There was a decrease of 185 at the Medical College Hospital
Proper, for which the Principal cannot assign any reason.
The number of "cases of no appreciable disease" in the indoor
department of the Presidency General Hospital was 118, against 117 in
the previous year. Of the 118, 101 were mothers who attended on their
infant children.
15. The following table shows the number of men, women, and children
treated as in and out-patients at each of the Calcutta hospitals and at the
Howrah General Hospital, with particulars as to their race, nationality
or religion. The daily average numbers of men, women, and children and
their percentages are also given:—
N A M E S O F
INSTITUTIONS.
TOTAL TREATED DURING THE
YEAR.
CLASS.
DAILY ATTENDANCE.
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
Average number.
Ratio per cent. of
—
Men.
W o m e n .
Ch i l d r e n .
Tot al .
E u r o p e a n s .
E u r a s i a n s .
Mu h a mma d a n s .
Hi ndus.
Ot h e r c l a s s e s .
Men.
Women.
Chi l dr en.
Total.
Men.
Women.
C h i l d r e n .
Total.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
1 Medical College
Hospital Proper
Indoor 3,303
911
268 4,482
250 1,261
799 1,899
273 188.55 49.69 6.95 245.19 76.90 20.27 2.83 100
Outdoor 22,560 5,953 5,825 34,338 2,146 5,303 8,774 16,271 1,844 195.99 38.78 22.35 257.12 76.23 15.08 8.69 100
Total ... 25,863 6,864 6,093 38,820 2,396 6,564 9,573 18,170 2,117 384.54 88.47 29.30 502.31 76.56 17.61 5.83 100
2 Eden Hos-
pital.
Indoor
. . . 1,327
220 1,547
201
551
81
559
155 ...
57.83 16.28 74.11 ...
78.03 21.97 100
Outdoor ...
932 1,193 2,125
250
855
185
708
127
. . .
5.20 10.17 15.37 ...
33.83
66.17 100
Total
. . . ...
2 , 2 5 9 1,413 3,672
451 1,406
266 1,267
282 ...
63.03 26.45 89.48 ...
70.44 29.56 100
3 Ezra Hos-
pital.
Indoor
93
106
31
230 ...
...
...
...
230 7.76
5.96 1.41 15.13 51.29 39.39
9.32 100
Outdoor
. . .
...
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
Total
. . .
93
106
31
230 ...
...
...
...
230 7.76
5.96 1.41 15.13
5 1 . 2 9 39.39
9.32 100
Medical College Hospital Proper ... —185
Eden Hospital
...
... +134
Ezra „
...
... — 14
Eye ,,
...
... — 29
Presidency General Hospital
... +525
Campbell Hospital
...
... —701
Police „
...
... —15
Mayo „
. . .
. . . +273
Chandney „
. . .
. . . + 30
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital,
Bhawanipur
...
... +225
Dufferin Victoria Hospital
... + 15
Howrah General „
... +156
Total
... +414
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