MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
MEDICAL.
CALCUTTA, THE 28TH JULY 1896.
RESOLUTION—No. 3142Med1.
READ—
The Report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for the year 1895.
Read also —
The Report for the year 1894 and the Resolution recorded upon it.
The mortality in Calcutta and Howrah during the year 1895 was
exceptional. In Calcutta the death-rate rose from 32.9 to 39.6 per thousand;
in Howrah from 25.95 to no less than 42.84, A comparison with the figures
available, for Calcutta from the year 1889, and for Howrah from 1885, shows
that these rates have been unapproached of late years. In Calcutta the small-
pox epidemic, breaking out at the end of 1894, reached its height during the
early months of 1895 and increased the number of deaths under this head from
405 to 2,220; the mortality from fever rose within the same period from 8,963
to 11,345; and the deaths front cholera numbered more by 404 than in the
previous year. In Howrah the deaths from cholera rose from 513 to 1,295, and
those from small-pox from 11 to 65, while the mortality from "other causes"
increased from 645 to 1,044.
2. The numbers of in-door and out-door patients treated during the
last two years in the hospitals of Calcutta and Howrah are compared in the
following table:—
NAMES OF I NSTI TUTI ONS.
1894.
1 8 9 5 .
INDOOR.
OUTDOOR.
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 - d o o r . 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 o n 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 t r e a t e d .
INDOOR.
OUTDOOR.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d , b o t h i n d o o r a n d o u t - d o o r p a t i e n t s . 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 l i 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 15 16 17
M e d i c a l C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l 7044 362. 11 449
5 7 , 9 0 6 421. 17 64, 950 666 10. 26 6, 951 369. 33 449 58, 441 421. 09 65, 392 696 1 0 . 7 7
P r e s i d e n c y G e n e r a l 3, 031 178. 10 238 303 7. 48 3, 334 146 4. 81 3, 124 192. 03 238 519 26. 54 3, 643 167 5 . 3 4
Campbel l
8, 440 482. 73 588 25, 176 181. 13 33, 616 2, 006 23. 70 9, 186 450. 71 6 2 3 26, 303 171. 79 35, 489 2, 256 2 4 . 5 5
Pol i ce
2, 305 85. 55 175
2, 305 24 1.04 2, 982 96. 62 174
2, 982 20 . 67
1, 856 84. 2 105 29, 974 191. 9 31, 830 214
1 1 . 5 3 2, 000 60' 67 105 31, 431 197. 89 33, 431 186 9 . 3
Chandney
338 12. 20 12 44, 762 302. 98 45, 100 13 3. 84 367 13. 57 12 45, 309 305. 81 45, 670 21 5 . 7 2
P a r k S t r e e t D i s p e n s a r y
31, 977 200. 7 31, 977
30, 158 116. 6 30, 158
Chi t pur
2 3 , 4 0 3 156. 6 23, 403
24, 908 159. 24, 908
Sukea' s Street
19, 686 157. 93 19. 686
18, 574 145. 73 18, 574
D u f f e r i n V i c t o r i a H o s p i t a l 304 17. 94 36 9, 035 66. 29 9, 339 4 1. 31 520 32. 01 40 8, 315 57. 55 8, 835 4 .76
B h o w a n i p u r D i s p e n s a r y
10, 706 98. 75 10, 706
11, 023 9 8 . 5 8 11, 023
Total 23, 318 1 , 2 2 2 . 8 3 1, 603 252, 928 1, 784. 93 276. 246 3, 073 13. 49 25, 130 1, 234. 94 1, 641 254, 981 1, 760. 58 280, 111 3, 350 1 3 . 5 9
H o w r a h G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l 1, 594 5 8 . 5 3 108 11, 113 86. 44 12, 707 359 22. 52 1, 749 68. 69 112 11, 691 87. 36 13, 440 429 2 4 . 5 2
G R A N D T O T A L 2 4 , 9 1 2 1, 281. 36 1, 711 264, 041 1, 871. 37 288, 953 3, 432 14. 08 26, 879 1, 303. 63 1, 753 266, 672 1, 847. 94 293, 551 3, 779 1 4 . 3 2
3. The number of out-patients, 266,672 against 264,041 in 1894, shows
an increase of 2,631. The attendance at the Medical College rose by 535,
owing to the growing popularity of the out-door ward at the Eden Hospital,
and of the special department for the treatment of diseases of the throat, ear and