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INCOME.
1893.
1894.
Rs.
Rs.
Opening balance
... ...
19,086
29,519
From Government
...
... 2,96,478
3,24,585
Local Funds
...
...
68,717
68,536
Municipal Funds
...
...
36,054
40,557
Interest on investments
... ...
26,719
25,979
Receipts from paying patients ...
...
48,713
46,668
Miscellaneous receipts
...
...
2,198
3,222
Subscriptions
...
Europeans
...
8,779
8,944
Natives
...
3,706
4,270
1,94,886
1,98,176
Total
...
5,10,450
5,52,280
EXPENDITURE.
On establishment
... ...
2,02,427
2,02,595
„ bazar medicine
... ...
5,339
5,535
„ European medicine
...
32,688
32,685
„ diet
...
...
1,30,829
1,27,840
„ miscellaneous charges
...
...
76,680
85,522
„ buildings and repairs
...
...
28,939
58,778
Invested during the year
... ...
4,029
6,300
4,80,931
5,19,255
Closing balance
...
29,519
33,025
Total
...
5,10,450
5,52,280
16. The total income, excluding the opening balance, amounted to
Rs. 5,22,761, which exceeds that of the previous year by Rs. 31,397. The cost
to Government shows an increase of Rs. 28,107, owing to the heavy charge on
account of buildings and repairs, which rose from Rs. 28,939 in 1893 to
Rs. 58,778 in 1894. There was a falling off of Rs. 2,045 in the receipts from
paying patients, while the municipal contributions increased by Rs. 4,503 owing
to the additional grant of Rs. 5,000 to the Campbell Hospital made by the
Calcutta Municipality. Miscellaneous receipts and subscriptions show a small
increase. The total expenditure came to Rs, 5,19,255, against Rs. 4,80,931 in
1893. The cost of building and repairs rose from Rs. 28,939 to Rs. 58,778
owing to quadrennial repairs at the Medical College, the construction of a new
surgical ward at the Campbell Hospital, important extensions at Howrah, and a
contagious ward at the Police Hospital. There was also an increase under
miscellaneous charges.
17. The Lieutenant-Governor desires to thank the Inspector General of
Civil Hospitals for the painstaking attempt which has been made in paragraphs
52 to 58 of the report to work out a statistical comparison of the incidence of
cost per patient in the different hospitals under the main heads of expenditure.
Owing to the difficulty of arriving at a standard which will fit the varying con-
ditions of all the institutions, all such attempts must necessarily be to some
extent approximate, and there are still hypothetical elements in the comparison
which hinder a discussion of the calculations in detail. The Lieutenant-
Governor trusts that when made use of with the corrections and deductions
which the Inspector-General's experience will enable him to apply, the results
worked out will lead to economy and greater uniformity of expenditure.
Subject to these remarks, His Honour agrees with the Inspector-General in
thinking that there is probably room for economy under the heads of
com-pounders and dressers at the Mayo Institutions and the Howrah General Hospital ;
of country and European medicines at the Presidency General Hospital ; of
menial servants at the Sukea's Street Dispensary ; and of other servants at the
Howrah Hospital. The average cost of diet at the Mayo Hospital, which was
noticed in last year's Resolution, has been reduced to three annas, and it is