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2. The numbers of indoor and outdoor patients treated during the last
two years in the hospitals of Calcutta and Howrah are compared in the follow-
ing table :—
NAME OF INSTITUTION.
1898.
1899.
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 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 .
INDOOR.
OUT-DOOR.
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 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 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 .
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8 9
10
11 12 13
11
15 16 17
1. Medical College Hospital ... 4,667 237.99 298 28,386 226.96 33,053 510 10.92 4,482 245.19 298 34,338 257.12 38,820 702 15. 60
2. Eden Hospital ... ... 1,413 62.67 80 3,423 25.37 4,836 109 7.71 1,547 74.11 80 2,125 15.37 3,672 117 7.56
3. Ezra ,,
... 244 12.47 20 ... ...
244 6 2.45 230 15.13 20 ...
...
230 7 3.04
4. Shama Charan Law Hospital 505 35.52 51 11,058 75.50 11,563 ... ...
476 37.30 51 13,103 72.14 13,579 1 . 21
5. Presidency General „
2,468 157.96 218 717 1.96 3,185 111 4.49 2,993 168.87 218 1,118 5.14 4,111 133 4.44
6. Campbell Hospital ... ... 7,524 452.31 762 17,826 118.64 25,350 1,729 22.97 6,823 395.05 782 20,288 162.97 27,111 1,747 25.60
7. Police ... ... 3,011 112.08 194 ... ...
3.011 26 .86 2,966 118.96 194 ... ...
2,996 20 .60
8. Mayo Native Hospital ... 1,437 79.34 105 19,673 131.64 21,110 139 9.67 1,710 81.58 105 23,674 162.55 25,384 224 13.06
9. Chandney
. . . 246
9.46 12 33,050 238.64 33,296 20 8.13 276 9.88 12 38,706 265.18 38,982 33 11.95
10. Park Street Dispensary ... ...
...
... 21,808 123.46 21,806 ... ... ...
... ... 24,529 141.39 24,529 ... ...
11. Chitpur
„
... ...
...
... 13,826 121.61 13,826 ... ... ...
... ... 15,939 109.50 15,939 ... ...
12. Sukea Street "
... ...
... 11,363 88.56 11,363 ... ... ...
... ... 13,492 102.99 13,492 ... ...
13. Shambhu Nath Pandit Hos-
pital.
606 37.34 48 11,186 100.71 11, 792 107 17. 65 831 44.65 48 15,783 135.80 16,614 144 1 7 . 3 2
14. Dufferin Victoria Hospital
149
9.44 15 4,562 39.85 4,711 1 .67 164 7.20 36 4,077 33.67 4,241 2 1.21
Total ... 22,270 1,206.58 1,803 176,878 1,292.90 199,148 2,758 12.38 22,528 1,197.92 1,844 207,172 1,463.82 229,700 3,130 13.89
15. Howrah General Hospital 1,462 60.16 112 10,640 68.28 12,102 304 20.79 1,618 69.74 112 12,130 79.69 13,748 328 20.27
GRAND TOTAL ... 23,732 1,266.74 1,915 187,518 1,361.18 211,250 3,062 12.90 24,146 1,267.66 1,956 219,302 1,543.51 243,448 3,458 14.32
3. The total number of outdoor patients rose from 187,518 to 219,302.
The increase was shared by all the hospitals except the Eden and Dufferin
Vic-toria Hospitals, and was due partly to the unhealthiness of the year and partly,
no doubt, to the absence of any such panic as that caused by the plague in the
preceding year. The increase in the Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital (4,597)
and in the Medical College Hospital (5,952) is attributed to the growing popu-
larity of these institutions. The Presidency General Hospital was kept open
every week-day instead of twice a week as hitherto, and the number of outdoor
patients rose by 401. The reduction of 1,298 in the attendance of the Eden
Hospital is said to be due to the constant changes in the personnel of the
Resident Surgeon and to the inconvenience of the out-patient room, while that
in the Dufferin. Victoria Hospital is ascribed to the introduction of a rule under
which Europeans and Eurasians are no longer admitted to the institution.
4 . T h e r e w a s a n i n c r e a s e o f 4 1 4 i n t h e 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
treated, and the daily average attendance rose slightly—from 1,266.74 to
1,267.66. The increase of 525 at the Presidency General Hospital is the most
noticeable, and is attributed to the fact that one of the wards which remained
closed in 1898 for a few months for repairs was available during the year
under review. On the other hand, in the Campbell Hospital the number
dropped from 7,524 to 6,823.
5 . I n c l u d i n g b o t h o u t d o o r a n d i n d o o r p a t i e n t s , 1 4 6 , 0 5 6 m e n , 4 4 , 3 7 0
women, and 53,022 children were treated during the year. The total number of
men rose by 22,489, of women by 4,664, and of children by 5,045, the net
increase; taking all classes together, being 32,198. The number of Europeans,
Hindus, and Muhammadans increased by 1,223, 18,094, and 12,545, respectively,
while that of Eurasians diminished by 689. The Lieutenant-Governor is glad
to notice an improvement in the attendance of females in some of the hospitals,
which is doubtless due to the greater privacy secured for them in the consulting
rooms. His Honour trusts that continued attention will be paid to this
important improvement. The total number of beds available for indoor patients
is 1,762, while the average number occupied was 1,155. In Calcutta 322 per
thousand of the population were treated as out-patients as against 259 in 1898.