Menial Servants.—The figures
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the Gaya Hospital include 398 cases of extraction of the lens for cataract and 26
stone operations. At the Mayo Hospital these operations numbered 70 and 6
respectively. It will be seen from the above that a larger amount of very
important work is done in the Gaya Hospital at a comparatively less cost.
The Mayo Hospital is under the management of a Board of Governors. I do not
think that the details of expenditure of this institution have ever been minutely
inspected. The contrast drawn above clearly shows that the cost of this hospi-
tal demands careful scrutiny, and that economy is no doubt possible. Such a
large number of compounders and dressers will in itself prove the existence of
superfluity. Government grants a large amount annually towards its support,
and it is expected that the cost of the institution should be kept within due
bounds. It would be well if the Governors were addressed on the subject.
Total cost.
ES.
Rate per
capita.
RS. A. P.
Medical College Hospital
14,284 34 12 0
Presidency General Hospital 9,538 47 1 1 1 0
Campbell Hospital
13,763 29 5 6
Police Hospital
1,919 19 6 1
Mayo Institutions
4 608 23 14 0
Dufferin Victoria Hospital
1,104 29 0 10
Howrah General Hospital
3,210 41 11 0
riven in the margin represent the cost
incurred for menial servants. The
cost per head at the Medical College
Hospital and Howrah Hospital varied
within few rupees. It will be seen,
however, that the total expenditure
at the latter rose from Rs. 2,676 to
Rs. 3,210 in 1895, and the cost per
capita also increased. The increase
was mainly due to book-Keeping. some of the menial servants were shown
among "other servants" in 1894, but as they properly come under the former
group, their pay has been shown accordingly. It should be stated also that
in the year under report, extra coolies had to be employed for the compara-
tively large number of bad cases. The cost at the Campbell Hospital and
Mayo Institutions varied within a few rupees. The figures for the Campbell
Hospital show an increase of Rs. 4-1-2 per head in 1895, as compared with
those of the previous year, due to the entertainment of an extra establishment
for the very large number of small-pox patients. There was some reduction
in the cost per patient at the Presidency General Hospital. The cost at the
Medical College, Eden, Eye and Ezra Hospitals is separately given in the
Total cost. Cost per
capita.
Rs. Rs. A. P.
Medical College Hospital
11,092 39 7 6
Eden Hospital
2,460 39 0 9
Eye Hospital
732 13 12 11
Ezra Hospitalal
876 62 9 1
Mayo Hospital
3,228 32 4 5
Chandney Hospital
672 15 4 4
Park Street Dispensary .. 216 12 0 0
Chitpore Dispensary
204 12 12 0
Sukea' s Street Dispensary
288 19 3 2
t,
g . The figures 1Ur
Mayo
Hospital and its dependent dispen-
saries are also given. The high rate
at the Ezra Hospital is noticeable,
but the reason is, as explained last
year, that the total cost had a small
divisor, viz. 14. The cost per head
at the Sukea's Street Dispensary was
next to that of the Mayo Hospital
itself. I pointed out the
high cost
in my report for ins yyear_ and drew
the attention of the Superintendent to it. He states that no reduction is pos-
sible here. If figures have any value, they clearly indicate that the Sukea's
Street Dispensary is not so economically managed in this respect—at least
as the other branches of the Mayo Hospital. The daily average attendance
at the Sukea's Street Dispensary in 1895 was 145.73, and at the Chitpore Dis-
pensary 159. The former has the following establishment1 Darwan, 1 Hindu
servant, 1 cooly, and 1 mehtar. Considering that it is an outdoor dispensary
only the number of menial servants might be reduced without any prejudice
t o t h e e f f i c i e n c y o f t h e i n s t i t u t i o n . I f t h e m a t t e r i s t a k e n u p b y G o v e r n m e n t ,
some reduction is feasible here.
i
780 80 i, 0 7
0 Iher Servants. —Matrons, nurses, clerks, diet-sarkars, engine-driv- ..
ers, &c., are grouped under this
head. At the Dufferin Victoria Hos-
pital the total cost was less by
Rs. 120, and the daily average num-
be of patients was greater than in
1894. The incidence 9f cost per
head, therefore, shows a large de-
crease. The cost per head at the
Howrah Hospital has also fallen off
from Rs. 43-6-5 to Rs. 36-14-1 in 1895. The total cost (Rs, 2,840) includes
Total cost. Cost per
head.
Rs. Rs. A. P.
Me Pre College Hospital 4,212 10 3 11
Presidency General Hospital 2,817 14 1 4
Campbell Hospital
4,341 9 4 1
Police Hospital
240 2 6 9
Mayo Institutions
Dufferin Victoria Hospital 1,773 46 10 6
Howrah General Hospital 2,840 36 14 1