CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
13
The usual table showing the cases treated and mortality in the different
hospitals is given below:—
EUROPEANS AND EURASIANS.
ALL OTHERS.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Medical College Hospital Proper
5 1 62
6
4 11.76 6.45
87
67
12
15 13.79 22.38
Eden Hospital
. . .
. . . . . . 5 4
...
1
...
2 5 .
5
2
2
1 40.
50.
Ezra „
. . .
. . .
...
... ... ...
...
...
. . .
. . .
6
6
1
...
16.66
. . .
Presidency General Hospital ...
53
111
4
3
7.54 2.70 ...
3
. . .
1
...
33.33
Mayo Native Hospital ...
. . . ...
... ...
. . . ... ...
55
34
11
7
20. 20.58
Chandney „
... ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
...
6
3
1
. . . 16.66 . . .
Campbell „
... ...
. . .
. . .
...
. . . ...
...
1,479 794
614
346 41.51 43.57
Police „
. . . ...
. . . ...
... ...
. . . ...
320 219
5
4
1.56 1.82
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital ... ...
. . .
...
...
...
25
26
12
7 48.
26.92
Dufferin Victoria „ ...
... ...
...
...
...
...
1
1
1
. . . 100. ...
Howrah General „
. . .
1 6
1 5
1 ...
6.25 ...
171
48
101
23 59.06 47.91
Total
. . . 125
192
11
8
8.8 4.16 2,155 1,203
760
404 35.26 33.58
It will be seen that although the admission of Europeans was more in the
year under report, the mortality was less, the death-rate having been 4.16
per cent., against 8.8 in the previous year. The number of "all others"
admitted shows a decrease of 952, and the death-rate also fell off, the figures
having been 33.58, against 35.26 in 1897. In the Sambhu Nath Pandit and
Howrah General Hospitals, the death-rate shows a marked decrease as compared
with 1897. In the latter year the mortality in these hospitals was swelled by
the admission of a large number of moribund persons who came from the famine-
stricken districts. In the Campbell Hospital the admissions fell from 1,479 in
1897 to 794 in 1898, for reasons already mentioned before, but the death-rate
slightly increased, it having been 43.57 per cent., against 41.51 in the previous
year.
1897.
1898.
In-patients
... 1,870
1,186
Out-patients ... 7,966
5,058
Total
... 9,836
6,244
EUROPEANS AND EURASIANS.
ALL OTHERS.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898. 1897. 1898.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
Medical College Hospital Proper
41
17
2
1
4.87 5.88
109
43
14
7 12.84 16.27
Eden Hospital ... ... ...
22
30
6
5 27.27 16.66
6
. . .
2
. . . 33.33 ...
Ezra „. . . . . .
. . . ...
...
. . . ...
...
...
3
5 ...
...
...
...
Presidency General Hospital ...
9 5
5 0 2
4
2.10 8.
7
1 ...
. . . ...
...
Mayo Native Hospital ... ... ...
...
...
...
...
...
31
16
5
3 16.12 18.75
Chandney Hospital
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
... ...
...
1 2
9
. . . ...
...
...
Campbell Hospital
. . .
. . .
. . .
... ...
...
...
...
1,230
773
573
375 46.58 48.51
Police Hospital
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
... ...
...
38
15
1 ...
2.63 ...
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital ...
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
...
14
8
10
6 71.42 75.
Dufferin Victoria „
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . . ...
...
2
1 ...
. . . ...
...
Howrah General „
. . . 18
22 ...
3 ...
13.63
242 196
145
154 59.91 78.57
Total ... 176
119
10
13
5.68 10.92 1,694 1,067
750
545 44.27 51.07
The death-rate among Europeans was nearly doubled, but this variation is
mainly dependent on the smaller numbers treated, for the deaths increased by
three only, which raised the rate of mortality from 5.68 per cent. in 1897 to 10.92
in the year under report. The admissions of all other patients were fewer than
in 1897, but the death-rate was higher, the figures having been 51.07, against
44.27 in the previous year. The Howrah General Hospital shows the highest
a n d l a r g e s t i n c r e a s e i n t h e d e a t h - r a t e , w h i c h t h e S u p e r i n t e n d e n t e x p l a i n s a s
27. Diarrhœa.—The total numbers of in and out-
patients treated for "diarrhœa" are shown in the
margin. The main reason for the falling off in the
numbers treated in hospitals has already been
explained.
The numbers treated in the different hospitals
and the percentage of deaths are shown in the following table for 1898 and for
the previous year:—