CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
5
General Hospitals, the increase is shared by all the institutions, and is mainly
attributable to the greater unhealthiness of the year. The Mayo Hospital and
its branches had between them an increase of 13,176, the Campbell Hospital
3,161, the Medical College and Eden Hospitals together, 829; the Dufferin
Victoria Hospital, 749; the Presidency General Hospital, 1; and the Sambhu
Nath Pandit Hospital, 3,190. The absence of plague scare is also mentioned
as a reason of the increase at the Park Street dispensary and Chandney Hos
-pital, which are branches of the Mayo Hospital, while the Superintendent of the
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital ascribes the increase solely to the popularity of
the institution. I visited the hospital during the year, and can personally testify
to its growing popularity which has undoubtedly contributed to the results of the
year, but I think it must be admitted that the increase in numbers treated in 1900
was also influenced by the general cause, viz., the greater unhealthiness of the
year. At the Presidency General Hospital there was an increase of 150 European
and Eurasian out-patients, justifying the continuance of this department, but
the number of applicants of other classes fell owing to the discouragement of
their attendance as they are provided for at the adjacent Sambhu Nath Pandit
Hospital, and to fewer workmen being employed on the new hospital buildings.
15. In-door Patients.—The total number of in-patients was greater by 4,226,
the figures having been 28,372 against
24,146 in 1899. The daily average number
also rose from 1,267.66 in 1899 to 1,344.12
in 1900. The increases and decreases in
the various hospitals are detailed in the
margin. The increase at the Campbell,
Police, Chandney, and Howrah General
Hospitals was due to the main cause
already referred to, viz., the greater
unhealthiness of the year. The addition
of 304 patients at the Sambhu Nath
Pandit Hospital is doubtless correctly attributed to the greater popularity of
the institution. There was an increase of 775 at the Medical College Hospital
and of 171 at the Eden Hospital, but the Principal and the Obstetric Physician
cannot assign any reason for it. The falling off of 271 at the Presidency
General Hospital is accounted for by the admission of fewer seamen. The
variations elsewhere were unimportant.
The number of " cases of no appreciable disease " in the in door depart
-ment of the Presidency General Hospital was 145 against 118 in the previous
year : the increase being chiefly due to more mothers having attended on their
infant children.
16. 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, and
religion. The daily average number of men, women, and children and their
percentage 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—
M e n .
W o m e n .
C h i l d r e n .
T o t a l .
E u r o p e a n s .
E u r a s i a n s .
M u h a m m a d a n s .
H i n d u s .
O t h e r C l a s s e s .
M e n .
W o m e n .
C h i l d r e n .
T o t a l .
M e n .
W o m e n .
C h i l d r e n .
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18 19
Medical College
Hospital Proper
Indoor 3,979 1,036
242 5,257
838 1,436 1,031 2,152
300 185.70 48.24
7.20 241.14 77.01 20.00 2.99 100
Outdoor 23,897 5,628 5,550 35,075 2,960 4,281 9,238 16,799 1,797 195.06 35.32 18.19 249.07 78.32 14.38 7.30 100
Total
27,876 6,664 5,792 40,332 3,298 5,717 10,269 18,951 2,097 380.70 84.06 25.39 490.21 77.68 17.14 5.18 100
Eden
Hos-
pital.
Indoor
. . .
1,449
269 1,718
160
632
92
6 6 6
168 ...
60.43 17.92 78.35 ...
77.13 22.87 100
Outdoor
. . .
974 1,243 2,21
493
560
356
695
1.13 ...
6.01 10.03 16.04 ...
37.47 62.53 100
Total
. . . 2 , 4 2 3
1,512 3,935
653 1,192
448 1,361
281 ...
66.44 27.95 94.39 ...
70.38 29.62 100
Ezra Hos- p i t a l .
Indoor
109
85
44
238 ...
...
. . .
. . .
238 7.02
4.76 1.54 13.32 52.71 35.73 11.56 100
Outdoor
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
Total
109
85
44
238 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
238 7.02
4.76
1.54 13.32 52.71 35.73 11.56
Medical College Hospital Proper
+ 775
Eden Hospital
+ 171
Ezra
"
+
8
Eye
"
+
40
Presidency General Hospital
-
271
Campbell Hospital
+ 2,020
Police
"
+
677
Mayo
"
+
83
Chandney "
+
84
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital, Bha-
wanipur
+
304
Dufferin Victoria Hospital
-
6
Howrah General
"
+ 34l