4
REPORT ON THE
Taking in and out patients together, there was an increase of 7,898 men,
50 women, and a falling off of 3,350 children. The number of Europeans fell
off by 260. At the Medical College Hospital there were 144 more Europeans
treated as in-door-patients, but there was a fall of 305 in the number seeking
out-door relief. The Principal states that the variations cannot be explained.
This is quite the reverse at the Presidency General Hospital. Here the num-
ber of out-door patients increased, but the number of in-door patients shows a
decrease, due, as the Superintendent states, to the partial closing of the surgical
ward for repairs, which is largely occupied by seamen. The total number of
Eurasians rose from 31,955 to 35,087 in 1895, the increase occurring in all
the institutions except the Bhawanipur Dispensary. Among Muhammadans
there was a fall of 1,499, and among other classes of 1,014. The number of
Hindus increased by 4,239.
6. The table showing the mortality is given below :—
Deaths in the Calcutta Hospitals in 1895 and ten previous years.
YEARS.
ALL DISEASES EXCEPT
CASES TREATED IN
THE EYE INFIRMARY.
CHOLERA.
D e a t h - r a t e p e r c e n t . ,
e x c l u d i n g c h o l e r a .
N u m b e r o f d e a t h s r e g i s - t e r e d b y t h e C a l c u t t a M u n i c i p a l i t y .
R a t e p e r c e n t . o f p o p u - l a t i o n .
Tr e a t e d.
Di ed.
D i e d p e r c e n t .
Tr e a t e d.
Di ed.
D i e d p e r c e n t .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1885 . . .
. . . 22,925 2,918 12.7 627
362
57.7
11.4
......
. . . . . .
1886 ...
. . . 23,174 2,733 11.7
781
424 54.2
10.3
......
. . . . . .
1887 ...
. . . 21,918 2,591 11.8
612
341
55.7
10.5
......
. . . . . .
1888 ...
. . . 22,167 2,750 12.4 905
5 2 1 57.5
10.4
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1889 ...
. . . 23,721 2,992 12.6
795
419 52.7
11.2
19,564
2 . 8
1890 ...
. . . 23,760 2,950 12.4
528
291
55.1
11.4
20,368
2.9
1891 ...
. . . 24,787 3,170 12.7
761
455
59.7
11.3
21,517
3 . 1
1892 ...
. . . 24,677 3,141 12.7 709
425
59.9
11.3
20,180
2 . 9
1893 ...
. . . 25,509 3,287 12.8
431
241
55.9
12.1
20,113
2 . 9
1894 ... . . . 24,359 3,432 14.0
5 6 7 323 56.9
13.0
22,441
3.2
1895 ...
. . . 26,385 3,779 14.3
600
349 58.1
13.3
27,031
3.9
The death-rate, excluding eye cases, of all the institutions taken together
was 14.3 per cent., against 14.0 in 1894. In fact it was the highest for eleven
years. In last year’s report the misleading nature of an aggregate death-rate
was pointed out. It is quite true that the death-rates depend upon many
factors, and the principal one is the class and condition of the patients. For
instance, at the Police Hospital the death-rate was as low as .67 per cent., and
this is not surprising, seeing that all the members of the Police force are com--
paratively healthy men, and when ill are at once put on the sick list. The rate
of mortality among men at the Campbell Hospital was 22.55, and at the
Howrah Hospital 24.11 per cent. These high death-rates are easily explained
when it is recognised that patients admitted into these hospitals generally come
from the poorest classes living under the worst sanitary conditions. At the
Howrah Hospital an unusual number of native moribunds was admitted in
1895, and the majority are said to have been pilgrims picked up by the police
from the road side, and brought to the hospital at the last stage of disease.