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to him. The death-rate after operation was 4.48 per cent., against 4.70 in
1898. The result is satisfactory and is creditable to the Surgeons.
58. Shama Churn Law Eye Hospital.—The statistics of this hospital are given
in the general statements in the appendix. The number of in-patients treated
was fewer by 29, the figures having been 476, against 505 in the previous
year. There was 1 death, against nil in the previous year. The patient was
suffering from pan-ophthalmitis after measles and broncho-pneumonia, for
which she was admitted in the Medical College Hospital. The number
of out-patients rose from 11,058 in 1898 to 13,103 in 1899, the increase being
due to the subsidence of the plague scare which in 1898 was specially injurious
to this hospital because many cases came to it from the district for operation.
The daily average attendance was 72.14, against 75.50 in 1898. The number
of operations was 830, against 965 in the previous year. There were 257
extractions of lens for cataract during the year. Including the cases which
remained from the previous year, the number was 293, and eyesight was
restored in 83.95 per cent.
59. Ezra Hospital.—This Hospital, intended for members of the Jewish
faith, treated 230 in-patients, with a daily average of 15.13, against 244 and
12.47 in 1898. There were 20 beds in the Hospital, and a little over three-
fourths were occupied daily. The average period of stay in the hospital was
greater than in 1898. Outdoor patients were seen in the Chuni Lal Seal's
Dispensary. There were 37 operations, against 18 in the previous year.
60. Nursing and Nursing Staff. — T h e P r i n c i p a l o f t h e M e d i c a l C o l l e g e
reports that during the year under report the nursing was good. The staff
consisted of 1 Sister, 1 Matron, 28 senior nurses, 6 junior nurses, and 2
probationers.
61. The nursing at the Ezra and Eye Hospitals is reported to have been
good.
62. At the Eden Hospital the establishment was as follows :—1 Sister,
1 Matron, 4 ward-nurses 1 surgical nurse, and 4
dhais
, including 1 surgical dhai.
The Obstetric Physician writes:—
"The nursing throughout the Hospital has greatly improved under the able supervision
of Sister Elizabeth Kate. I have been quite satisfied with it generally throughout the year."
63. The Superintendent of the Presidency General Hospital reports as
follows, and I fully concur with him in his observations :—
"The nursing has been much improved during the year. More nurses have been enter-
tained, and this has allowed of more leave and necessary relaxation. The service has become
more popular, and, as a result, a much better class of probationers has been secured. The
new distribution of tours of duty which, along with the change in the hours of meals which
I recommended has given general satisfaction. The public are under a heavy obligation to
the hospital sisters, who specially supervise this work, and who devote all their energies to
the welfare of the patients."
The average number of nurses employed during 1899 was 31.33, against
24.33 in 1898.
64. The nursing in the Howrah General, Sambhu Nath Pandit, and
Campbell Hospitals was generally satisfactory.
65. Recently I have submitted to Government my report on the nursing
arrangements in the Calcutta Medical Institutions, in which I have indicated
the improvements that are required. These depend mainly upon the con-
struction of more quarters for the accommodation of the nurses, for which
the expenditure must necessarily be great.
66.
At the Eden Hospital 41 pupils were under instruction during 1899,
viz., 36 Civil and 5 Military. Of the former, 15 passed the examination—3
with credit. Of the latter, two passed. Thirty-one dhais were under tuition,
of whom 13 passed—2 with credit.
67. Finance.—The total income of all the institutions was Rs. 10,25,463-5-3
in 1899, derived from the following sources : —
Rs.
A. P.
(a) Balance on 1st January
...
...
. . .
28,293 15 6
(b) Contribution from Government
...
. . .
... 7,86,033 13 3
(c) From local and municipal funds, interest on investments,
subscriptions, &c. ...
...
...
... 2,11,135 8 6
10,25,463 5 3