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operations performed by Lieutenant-Colonels Sanders and Murray, Majors Charles
and Evans, and Assistant Surgeons Nripendro Nath Bose, Norendro Nath Bose,
Zahiruddin Ahmad, Manmatha Nath Chatterjee, and Satya Saran Mitter, and
he concurs with the Inspector-General in acknowledging the good work done
by Mr. Woods in the Dental Department. The proposals of the Inspector
-General recommending a change in the system of recording surgical operations
have been submitted for the orders of the Government of India.
12. In the Eden Hospital the number of women and children admitted as
in-door patients decreased from 1,535 to 1,372. Of these, 200 were Europeans,
519 Eurasians, 582 Hindus and Muhammadans. The death-rate for Europeans
and Eurasians is given as 5.14, and that for all others as 10.37, against 4.99 and
10.18 of the previous year. The death-rate for native children fell from 33.64
to 25, although 8 children were admitted in a moribund condition. The
number of confinement cases fell from 616 to 582, of which 18 were fatal as
compared with 22 in the previous year. There were nine fatal cases of septi-
cæmia, of which two originated within the hospital. There were 1,104
operations performed, against 1,146 in the previous year. It is satisfactory
to note that of the 14 cases in which ovariotomy was performed, 11 proved
successful. The operations were all of a grave nature, and their success is
creditable to Lieutenant-Colonel C. H. Joubert, I.M.S., and Captain C. R.
Stevens, I.M.S., who performed them.
13. In the Shama Charan Law Eye Hospital the number of both in-door
and out-door patients decreased from 554 and 15,941 to 505 and 11,058
repectively, and the number of operations from 1,197 to 965. Operations for
extraction of the lens numbered 322, of which 81.05 per cent. were successful,
against 83.24 in the previous year.
14. The Lieutenant-Governor is pleased to notice the favourable report
on the nursing staff employed at the hospitals. He awaits the special report
on the subject of improving the nursing arrangements in the Calcutta medical
institutions, which the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals has promised to
submit. At the Eden Hospital 47 pupils were under instruction during the year,
of whom 18 passed the examination. There were also 32 dhais under training,
of whom 8 passed.
15. The invested capital of the Calcutta and Howrah hospital shows
a decrease from Rs. 5,92,700 to Rs. 5,91,700. The Medical College Hospital
invested Rs. 1,000, the Mayo Hospital Rs. 500, and the Howrah General
Hospital Rs. 2,000, and securities to the value of Rs. 4,500 were sold by the
Howrah General Hospital to meet the cost of constructing bath-rooms and
quadrennial repairs to the hospital building. The following statement
compares the main heads of receipts and expenditure for all the hospitals
during the year.
INCOME.
1897.
1898.
Rs.
Rs.
Opening balance
. . .
...
. . .
33,945
29,806
From Government ...
. . .
... 5,18,580
7,79,525
Local Funds
. . .
...
...
66,037
61,011
Municipal Funds
...
...
. . .
4 1 , 2 1 7
46,100
Interest on investments
...
...
25,974
27,135
Receipts from paying patients
...
. . .
50,567
56,197
Miscellaneous receipts ...
. . .
. . .
11,131
4,728
Subscriptions—
Europeans
. . .
. . .
. . .
10,573
9,770
Natives
...
...
...
1,543
1,714
From sale of medicines not supplied by Govern-
ment
. . .
...
...
. . .
...
Total receipts from sources other than
Government
...
...
... 2,07,042
2,06,655
Sale-proceeds of Government securities
. . .
3,880
4,500
GRAND TOTAL
. . .
7,63,447 10,20,486