MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
MEDICAL.
CALCUTTA THE 24TH AUGUST 1897.
RESOLUTION No. 4416Medl.
READ—
The report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for the year 1896.
Read also
—
The report for the year 1895, and the Resolution recorded thereon.
The present report, which was due to Government on the 1st May, was
not received in this office until the 21st July. The cause of this delay has
not been stated.
2. The death-rate for Calcutta during the year 1896 was 35.7 per thousand
and for Howrah 37.34, a rate in both instances lower than in 1895, when it
was 39.6 and 42.84, respectively, but higher than that recorded during the
preceding six years. Deaths from cholera in Calcutta increased from 2,099
to 3,449, a rise of 1,350; in Howrah, on the other hand, the mortality from this
cause decreased by 177, a result which is attributed to the introduction of a
filtered water-supply. It is satisfactory to observe that deaths from small-pox,
which numbered 2,220 in Calcutta and 65 in Howrah in 1895, owing to the
epidemic of that year, fell to 69 and 12, respectively. There was also in both
towns a considerable diminution in the mortality from fevers and bowel-
complaints.
3. The following table compares the number of patients, indoor and out-
door, treated at the Calcutta and Howrah hospitals during the past two
years:—
NAME OF INSTITUTION.
1895.
1896.
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.
OUTDOOR.
T o t a l n u m b e r o f p a t i e n t s t r e a t e d
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 .
1
2
3 4
5 6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
1 6
17
Medical College Hospi-
tal.
4,485 248.29 298 35,457 243.24 39,942 532 11.86
Eden Hospital ... 6,951 369. 33 449 58,441 421.09 65,392
6 9 6 10.77 1,645 61.29 80 8,432 26.72 10,077 143 8.69
Ezra Hospital: ...
205 13.92 20 1,611 10.1
1,816
3 1.46
Shama Churn Law
Eye Hospital.
517 46.64 41 13,206 161.34 13,723 ... ...
Presidency General
Hospital.
3,124 192.03 238 519 26.54 3,643 167 5.34 2,836 179.83 238
356 7.88 3,192 152 5.35
Campbell Hospital ... 9,186 450.71 623 26,303 171.79 35,489 2,256 24.55 9,208 413.07 662 21,766 150.48 30,974 2,035 22.10
Police Hospital ... 2,982 96.62 174 ...
. . . 2,982 20 67
2,202 78.85 194 . . .
. . . 2.202 29 1.31
Mayo Native Hospital ... 2,009 80.67 105 31,431 197.89 33,431 186 9.3 1,865 77.19 105 32,460 211.65 34,325 226 12.11
Ch a n d n e y Ho s p i t a l . . .
397 13.57 12 45,309 305.81 45,676 21 5.72
389 13.90 12 45,357 312. 8
45,746 23 5.91
Park Street Dispensary
...
. . . ... 30,158 116. 6 30,158 ...
...
...
...
...
29,266 165. 8
29,266 . . . ...
Chitpur Dispensary ... ...
. . . . . . 24,908 159 24,908 ... ...
. . .
... . . .
22,466 159.11 22,496 . . . ...
Sukea' s Street Dispen-
sary.
... ... ... 18,574 145.73 18,574 ...
. . .
. . .
...
...
17,480 139.25 17,480
. . .
. . .
Dufferin Victoria
Hospital.
520 32.01 40 8,315 57.55 8,835
4
. 7 6 296 18.05 15 7,374 758.11 7,670
2 .67
Bhowanipur Dispensary ...
. . .
. . . 11,023 98.58 11,023
. . . ...
. . .
... ...
5,278 73.22 5,278 . . .
. . .
South Suburban Hospi-
tal.
... ...
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . . ...
219
2 2 . 3 2 12 7,332 174.34 7,551 25 11.41
Total ... 25,130 1,234.94 1,641 254,981 1,760.58 280,111 3,350 13.59 23,867 1,173.35 1,723 2,47,871 1,894.05 271,738 3,170 13.28
Howrah General Hospi-
t a l .
1,749 68.69 112 11,691 87.36 13,440 429 24.52 1,780 65.16 112 10,923 79.67 12,703 421 23.65
GRAND TOTAL ... 26,879 1,303.63 1,753 266,672 1,847.94 293,551 3,779 14.32 25,647 1,238.57 1,835 2,58,794 1,973.72 284,441 3, 591 14.00