CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
was due to the admission of fewer moribund patients and cholera cases in the
year under report. The death-rate, excluding cholera, was 12.7 per cent.
against 14.6 in 1897.
20. The deaths among men, women and children during the year under
report are contrasted with those of the previous two years in the following
table:—
Deaths among men, women and children in 1896, 1897, and 1898.
MEN.
WOMEN.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896.
1 8 9 7 .
1898. 1896. 1897. 1898.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7 8
9
10
11
12
13
14 15 16
17
18
19
Medical College Hospital 3,434 3,620 3,563
441
422
353 12.84 11.65 9.90
865
953
949 74 127 136 8.55 13.32 14.33
P r o p e r
. . . . . . ...
. . . ...
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1,298 1,320 1,164 77 90 79 5.93 6.81 6 . 7 8
Eden Hospital
. . .
. . . 89
85
95
1
2
1 1.12 2.35 1.05
78
61
101 ...
2
3 ...
3.27 2.97
„
392
402
369 ...
1 ...
...
.24 ...
118
145
128 ... ... ...
. . . ...
. . .
ma Charan Law Eye
Hospital ... . . . . . .
Total ... 3,915 4,107 4,027
442
425
354 11.28 10.34 8.79 2,359 2,479 2,342 151 219 218 6.40 8.83 9.30
Presidency General Hospi-
tal
.........
2,058 1,697 1,822
111
59
71 5.39 3.47 3.89
476
420
406 20 19 27 4.20 4.52 6.65
M a y o N a t i v e H o s p i t a l ... 1,563 1,698 1,210
187
203
118 11.96 11.95 9.75
228
214
172 27 31 14 11.84 14.48 8.13
C h a n d n e y „
. . . 316
189
190
20
22
17
6.32 11.64 8.94
49
29
41
2 . . .
2 4.08 ...
4 . 8 7
Campbell „
. . . 7,018 9,237 5,578 1,453 2,131 1,172 20.70 23.07 21.01 1,941 2,319 1,710 535 664 515 27.56 28.63 30.11
Police „
. . . 2,202 2,577 3,011
29
31
26 1.31 1.20
.86
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
H o w r a h G e n e r a
l Hospital 1,432 1,400 1,091
343
397
240 23.95 28.35 21.99
291
301
286 69 82 51 23.71 27.24 17.83
Dufferin Victoria „
. . . ...
. . . ...
...
...
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
262
158
130
2
1
1
.76
. 6 3 .76
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hos- 164
556
439
22
114
73 13.41 20.50 16.62
49
178
139
3 37 30 6.12 20.78 21.58
pital, Bhawanipur ...
GRAND TOTAL ... 18,668 21,461 17,368 2,607 3,382 2,071 13.96 15.75 11.92 5,655 6,098 5,226 809 1,053 858 14.30 17.26 16.41
BOYS.
GIRLS.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898. 1896. 1897. 1898.
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32 33 34
35
36
37
Medical College Hospital
Pr ope r ... ... ...
118
56
79
8
12
11
6.77 21.42 13.92
68
43
76
9
7 10 13.23 16.27 13.15
Hospital . . . ...
9 6
68
77
21
17
16 21.87 25
20.77
251
207
172 45 18 14 17.92 8.69
8.13
„
. . .
. . . 18
20
28 ...
. . .
1 ...
. . .
3.57
20
12
20
2 ...
1 10
...
5.
m a C h a r a n L a w E y e
Hos pi t al ... ... ...
4
4
. . 4 .
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
3
3
4
. . .
. . . ...
. . .
...
...
Total ...
236 148
188
29
29
28 12.28 19.59 14.88
342
265
272 56 25 25 16.37 9.35 9.19
Presidency General Hospi-
t a l . . .
. . . ...
142
91
98
9
8
7
6.33 8.79 7.14 160
183
142 12 11
6 7.5
6.01 4.22
Mayo Nat i ve Hospi t al ...
56
42
39
9
4
3 16.07
9.52 7.69
18
24
16 3
7
4 16.66 29.16 25
Chandney „
. . . 21
22
15 ...
1
1 ...
4.54 6.66
3
3
. . . 1 ... ... 33.33
...
...
Campbell „
...
154
299
151
18
72
28 11.68 24.08 18.54
95
186
85 29 51 14 30.52 2 7 . 4 1
16.47
P o l i c e „
. . . . . .
...
...
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
...
H o w r a h G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l
38
43
43
6
5
4 15.78 11.62
9 . 3 0
19
31
42
3
8
9 15.78 25.80 21.42
Dufferin Victoria „ ...
11
7
6 ...
...
. . .
...
...
...
23
20
1 3
. . .
. . .
. . . ...
...
...
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hos-
t al , Bhawani pur ...
4
23
16 ...
2
3
...
8.69 18.75
2
9
12 ...
1
1 ...
11.11 8.33
GRAND TOTAL ...
662
675
556
71
121
74 10.72 17.92 13.30
662
721
582 104 103 5 9 15.70 14.28 10.13
The noticeable feature of the table is the diminution in the rate of
mortality among men, women and children in the Howrah General Hospital.
The Superintendent states that this was due to the comparative healthiness of
the district in 1898 and to the admission of fewer moribund persons, but the
figures are too small, except in the case of the men, to be of much value. The
Campbell Hospital also shews a decrease in the death-rate among men, boys
a
nd girls, but the rate of mortality among women was slightly higher than in
1 8 9 7 . T h e d e a t h - r a t e a m o n g b o y s i n t h e M e d i c a l C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l s h e w s a
marked decrease, which, the Principal says, was probably due to the admission
of a smaller number of cases in the last stage of the disease. The death-
rate among boys in the Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital rose from 8.69 in
1897 to 18.75 in 1898. These fluctuations are to be expected when smaller
numbers are dealt with, such as 16 cases and 3 deaths in 1898 and 23 cases and
2 deaths in the previous year. The differences in other hospitals do not call
for special comment.
21. The following table shows the principal diseases and the number and
percentages of deaths among in-patients. The diseases of both in and out-
patients are shown in Statement No. II in the appendix:—
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