6
REPORT ON THE
the third position, shewing an increase of 470, which is attributed to the grow-
ing popularity of the institution. Muhammadans were fewer by 25,933, Hindus
by 52,303, and other classes by 1,891. The following table shows the most
important facts connected with medical aid in Calcutta and Howrah in 1898:—
NAMES OF INSTITUTIONS.
Total
number
of beds
(male and
female).
Average
number
of beds
occupied.
Number o f i n -
patients.
Number o f
patients
in each
bed per
annum.
Number o f
nurses.
Average
number of
patients
to each
nurse.
Number of out-
patients.
REMARKS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
C A L O U T T A H O S P I T A L S .
Medical College Hospital proper:
298 237.99 4,667
15.66 30
7.93 28,386
* Supervisors. There
are also untrained
coolies and ayahs
under them.
Eden ,, ,,
. . .
80
62.67 1,413
17.66
5
12.53
3,423
Ezra ,,
...
20
12.47 244
12.2
1
12.47
...
Eye ,,
. . .
51
35.52 505
9.9
1
35.52 11,058
Presidency General ,,
. . . 218 160.73 2,585(a) 11.85 24.33
6. 6
717
Campbell ,,
...
762 453.66 7,558(b) 9.91
9*
50. 4
17,826
Mayo ,,
...
105
79.34 1,437
13.68
2†
39.67 19,673 † Besides these there
are 8 coolies, who
attend to nursing.
Chandney ,,
...
12
9.46 246
20.5
Nil‡ . . .
33,050 ‡ There are two
coolies who attend
to nursing.
Park Street Dispensary
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
...
...
21,808
C h i t p u r , ,
. . .
. . .
...
...
. . . ...
...
13,826
Sukea' s St reet , ,
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . 11,363
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital . . .
48
37.34 606
12.62
5
7.46 11,186
Dufferin Victoria ,,
. . .
15
9.44 149
9.93
6
1.57
4,562
Total
... 1,609 1,098.62 19,410(c) 12.06 83.33 13.18 176.878
H O W R A H .
Howrah General Hospital
. . . 112
60.16 1,462
13.05
3
20.05 10,640
GRAND TOTAL
... 1,721 1,158.78 20,872
12.12 86.33 13.42 187,518
(a)Inclusive of 117 patients of "no appreciable disease."
(b) Ditto 34 ditto ditto.
(c)Exclusive of the figures of the Police Hospital.
NOTE.—All the nurses are Europeans or Eurasians, except at the Mayo Native Hospital and Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital,
where there are trained Bengali women. In the Dufferin Victoria Hospital Eurasian and native women are employed as nurses.
With a population in Calcutta of 681,560, 19,410 in-patients and 176,878
out patients, 28.4 per 1,000 of the former and 259.5 of the latter received free
medical aid in the hospitals.
In Howrah, with a population of 116,606, 1,462 in-patients and 10,640 out-
patients, 12.5 per 1,000 of the former and 91.2 of the latter were aided.
The proportion per 1,000 in London for in-patients was 18.2, and varies
in other large towns from 45.9 in Dublin, 38.4 in Edinburgh, 29.1 in Glasgow,
to 5.7 in Oldham.
The proportion of out-patients in 1,000 in London was 274, in Dublin 459,
in Edinburgh 365, in Glasgow 151, and in Oldham 28.
Calcutta and Howrah are therefore very well supplied with free medical
aid in public hospitals, but, in addition, a large number of private practitioners,
both European and native, give advice gratis, and only charge for medicine,
and sometimes, indeed, give much of that for nothing.
19. The total mortality in Calcutta hospitals (including Howrah) is shewn
in the following table:—
Deaths in the Calcutta Hospitals in 1898 and ten previous years.
YEAR.
ALL DISEASES EXCEPT
CASES TREATED IN
THE EYE INFIRMARY.
CHOLERA.
D e a t h - r a t e p e r c e n t . ,
e x c l u d i n g c h o l e r a .
N u m b e r o f d e a t h s r e g i s -
t e r e d b y t h e C a l c u t t a
Mu n i c i p a l i t y .
R a t e p e r c e n t . o f p o p u -
l a t i o n .
Tr e a t e d .
Di ed.
D i e d p e r
cent .
T r e a t e d . Di e d .
Di e d p e r
cent .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1888 . . . ... 22,167 2,750 12.4 905 521 57.5
10.4
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
1889 . . . ... 23,721 2,992 12.6 795 419 52.7
11.2
19, 564
2 . 8
1890 . . . ... 23,760 2,950 12.4 528 291 55.1
11.4
20, 368
2.9
1891 ... ... 24,787 3,170 12.7 761 455 59.7
11.3
21, 517
3.1
1892 . . . ... 24,677 3,141 12.7 709 425 59.9
11.3
20,180
2 . 9
1893 . . . ... 25,509 3,287 12.8 431 241 55.9
12.1
20,113
2 . 9
1894 . . . ... 24,359 3,432 14.0 567 323 56.9
13.0
22,441
3 . 2
1895 ... ... 26,385 3,779 14.3
6 0 0
3 4 9 58.1
13.3
27,031
3 . 9
1896 ...
. . . 25,130 3,591 14.2 1,007 566 56.20 12.5
24,356
3 . 5
1897 ...
. . . 28,401 4,658 16.40 1,200 664 55.33
14.6
24,665
3 . 6
1898 ... ... 23,227 3,062 13.18 227 122 53.74 12.7
20,343
2 . 9
Excluding eye cases, the death-rate among the total number treated was
13.18 per cent., which is the lowest rate since 1894. The lessened mortality