( 2 )
3. The following table compares the number of patients, indoor and
out-door, treated at the Calcutta and Howrah hospitals during the past two
years :—
NAME OF INSTITUTION.
1897.
1898.
IN-DOOR.
OUT-DOOR.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p a t i e n t s
b o t h i n - d o o r a n d o u t -
door.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f d e a t h s
a m o n g i n - d o o r p a t i e n t s .
P e r c e n t a g e o f d e a t h s
a m o n g t o t a l n u m b e r o f
i n - d o o r p a t i e n t s .
IN-DOOR.
OUT-DOOR
T o t a l n u mb e r o f p a t i e n t s
b o t h i n - d o o r a n d o u t -
door.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f d e a t h s
a m o n g i n - d o o r p a t i e n t s .
P e r c e n t a g e o f d e a t h s
a m o n g t o t a l n u m b e r o f
i n - d o o r p a t i e n t s .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
N u m b e r o f b e d s
a v a i l a b l e .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
N u m b e r o f b e d s
a v a i l a b l e .
N u m b e r t r e a t e d .
D a i l y a v e r a g e .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13 14
1 5
1 6 1 7
1. Medical College Hos-
pital.
4,672
230.75 298 36,424
240.89 41,096 568 12.15 4,667
237.99 298 28,386
226.96 3 3 , 0 5 3
5 1 0 1 0 . 9 3
2. Eden Hospital
... 1,595
67.79
80 3,811
18.64
5, 406 125 7.83 1,413
62.67
80 3,423
25.37 4,836 109
7 . 7 1
3. Ezra Hospital
...
178
9.63 20 1,063
7.94 1,241
4 2.24
244
12.47
20
. . .
...
244
6
2 . 4 5
4. Shama Charan Law
Hospital.
554
40.92
51 15,941
158.45 16,495
1 .18
505
35.52 51 11,058
75.50 11,563
. . . . . .
5. Presidency
General
Hospital.
2,391
110.05 238
525
5.03 2,916
97 4.05 2,468
157.96 218
717
1.96 3,185 111 4.49
6. Campbell Hospital ... 12,041
636.04 962 21,308
148.10 33,349 2,918 24.23 7,524
452.31 762 17,826
118.64 25,350 1,729 22.97
7. Police Hospital
... 2,577
101.45 194
. . .
. . .
2,577
31 1.20 3,011
112.08 194
. . . ...
3,011 26 . 86
8. Mayo Native Hospital
1,978
84.26 105 32.486
219.13 34,464 245 12.38 1,437
79.34 103 19,673
1 3 1 . 6 4 21,110 139
9 . 6 7
9. Chandney Hospital ...
243
8.4
12 44,941
320.39 45,184
23 9.46
246
9.46
12 33,050
238.64 33,296 20
8 . 1 3
10. Park Street Dispensary ...
. . . ... 29,046
160.
29,046 ...
...
...
. . . ... 21,808
123.46 21,806
. . .
. . .
11. Chitpur Dispensary ...
... ...
... 22,484
166.13 22,484 ...
...
...
...
... 13,826
121.61 13,826
. . . . . .
12. Sukea Street Dis-
pensary.
...
. . . . . .
16,750
133.45 16,750
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ... 11,363
88.56 11,363 ...
. . .
13. Sambhu Nath Pandit
Hospital.
766
40.90 48 18,888
166.85 19,654 154 20.10
606
37.34
48 11,186
100.71 11,792 107
1 7 . 6 5
14. Dufferin Victoria Hos-
pital.
185
10.58
15 5,305
48.81 5,490
1 .54
149
9.44
15 4,562
39.85 4,711
1
. 6 7
Total ... 27,189 1,340.77 2,023 248,972 1,793.81 276,152 4,167 15.33 22,270 1,206.58 1,803 176,878 1,292.90 199,148 2,758
1 2 . 3 8
15. Howrah General Hos-
pital.
1,775
67.39 112 11,834
80.91 13,609 492 27.71 1,462
60.16 112 10,640
68.28 12,102 304 20.79
GRAND TOTAL ... 28,955 1,408.16 2,135 260,806 1,874.72 289,761 4,659 16.09 23,732 1,266.74 1,915 187,518 1,361.18 211,250 3,062 12.90
4.
The total number of out-door patients, which is given as 187,518, shows
a decrease of 73,288. Some diminution was to be expected in a healthy year,
but so great a decrease was mainly due to another cause. This was undoubt-
edly the plague scare, which caused a large number of the population to leave
the town in the middle of the year, and which, it is also certain, deterred
large numbers from seeking advice at the public hospitals. The decrease was
shared by all the hospitals, except the Presidency General Hospital, where
there was an increase of 192. The following hospitals show the largest diminu-
tion, viz., Mayo, Chandney, Chitpur, Medical College, Sambhu Nath Pandit,
and the Park Street Dispensary.
5.
There was a decrease of 5,223 in the total number of in-door patients
treated, and the daily average fell from 1,408.16 to 1,266.74. The Police,
Presidency General, Ezra, and the Chandney Hospitals show a slight rise, but
at all the other hospitals the numbers declined, the reduction of 4,517 at the
Campbell Hospital being the most noticeable. The rise in the number of sick
at the Police Hospital is due to the prevalence of malarial fever among the
force. Colonel Hendley observes that the men stint themselves in the matter
of diet in order to save money, and he has called the attention of the Com-
missioner of Police to the fact. The duties of the year, owing to plague,
were, no doubt, unusually arduous. The increase in the number of patients
at the Presidency General Hospital is attributed to the various improvements
effected during the year, and it is satisfactory to notice that its popularity is
increasing.
6.
Altogether 123,567 men, 39,706 women and 47,977 children were
treated as out-door and in-order patients during the year, as compared with
177,710 men, 48,981 women and 63,010 children treated in 1897, showing a
total decrease of 78,511. The number of Europeans and Eurasians treated
increased by 134 and 1,482 respectively, while that of Muhammadans and
H i n d u s d i m i n i s h e d b y 2 5 , 9 3 3 a n d 5 2 , 3 0 3 . I t a p p e a r s f r o m C o l o n e l H e n d l e y ' s
report that the attendance of female patient increases, as might be expected
in India, in proportion to the privacy secured in the consulting rooms. The
total number of beds available for in-door patients is 1,721, while the average
number of beds occupied was 1,158. In Calcutta 259 per thousand of the
population were treated as out-patients. The medical relief given in Calcutta