REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
•
FOR THE YEAR 1894.
.
No. 4409.
FROM THE INSPECTOR-GENERAL OF CIVIL HOSPITALS, BENGAL,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 29th April 1895.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the report of the medical institutions
of Calcutta for the year 1894.
2. The following table gives the deaths and the chief causes of mortality
in Calcutta, Howrah, and the amalgamated area of the suburbs during the year
and for the previous ten years:-
Deaths from the most prevalent Diseases in the Town of Calcutta, Howrah, and Suburbs of
Calcutta.
CHOLERA.
BOWEL-
COMPLAINTS.
FEVER.
SMALL-POX. OTHER CAUSES.
TOTAL.
RATIO PER MILLE
OF POPULATION,
A m a l a g a t e d a r e a o f S u r b u r b s .
T o w n o f c a l c u t t a
T o w n o f H o w r a h . A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e s u r b u r b s . Town of Calcutta Town of Howrah. A m a l a g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e S u r b u r b s . Town of Calcutta
T o w n o f H a w r a h . A m a l a g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e S u r b u r b s . Town of Calcutta.Town of Hawr ah.
A m a l a g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e S u r b u r b s .Town of Town of Hawrah. Calcutta. A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e S u r b u r b s .
A m a l a g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e S u r b u r b s .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a
T o w n o f H a w r a h .
YEAR.
-
T o wn o f Ca l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
l l l l l l l l l l
A m a
1
2
3 I 4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
1884 .., 2,272 707 ...
1,209 379 ... 3,618 841
. . . 478 25
. . . 5,679 615 ... 13,256 2,597 ...
30.5 28.59
...
1885 -...
1886 ...
1887 ...
1,603
1,741
1,198
372
528
295
...
...
...
1,655
1,258
1,197
451
343
340
. . . . . .
. . .
3,831
3,422
3,253
928
674
515
... . . .
. . . . .
155
15
2
21
. .
12
. . .
. . .
,,,
5,463
5,011
5,329
665
511
432
... 12,707 2,437
... 11,447 2,056
... 10,979 1,594
...
. . .
...
29.3
26.42
25'34
26.83
22'63
17.55
...
...
1888 ... 1,734 598
. . . . . 1,056 402
. . . , , , 3,198 525
....,
12
4 . . . . . . . . . . . 5,685 440 ... 11,685 1,969
. . . . .
26.97 21.68
. . . . .
1889 ... 1,079 488 1,236 1,331 393 1,425 3,341 585 2,656
71 19 28 5,800 578 2,539 11,682 2,063 7,884 26.9 22.71 46.9
1890
. . . 963 364 916 1,311 385 1,448 4,154 605 2,638 700 45 172 5,234 474 2,812 12,382 1,873 7,986 28.5 20.62 47.5
1891 ... 1,553 490 1,402 1,433 391 1,283 4,675 640 3,176
13 16
5 5,359 596 2,618 13,033 2,133 8,484 27.9 18.29 39.4
1892 ... 1,257 771 762
1 , 2 7 8 439 1,086 4,632 1,009 2,986
16
3
5 5,491 540 2,667 12,674 2,762 7,506 27.1 23.68
34.8
1893 ...
596 411 273 1,466 555 1,416 4,749 976 3,342
13
8
18 5,289 547 2,951 12,113 2,497 8,000 25.9 21.41 37.1
1894 ... 1,118 513 577 1,586 708 1,550 5,712 1,150 3,251 346 11
59 5,278 645 2,964 14,040 3,027 8,401 30.
25'95 39.
Every column except 10 and 14 shows an increase, often a large increase,
and points to 1894 as having been considerably more unhealthy than 1893. The
Calcutta death-rate, 30.00 per mille, is the highest for ten years; that of
Howrah, 25 . 95, the highest for nine, and that of the suburban area, 1 . 9, higher
than last year. The deaths from cholera have nearly doubled. Bowel-com-
plaints have increased 11 . 83 per cent., fever 11 . 53 per cent., small-pox 966.66
per cent. Deaths from " other causes" are practically the same. The increase
is apparent in all three areas, except that the suburbs had somewhat fewer
deaths from fever, and Calcutta a nominal diminution in deaths from " other
causes."
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