( 2 )
3. The numbers of in-door and out-door patients treated during the last two
years in the hospitals of Calcutta and Howrah are compared in the following
table:—
NAME OF INSTITU-
TION.
1896.
1897.
IN-DOOR.
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 .
IN-DOOR.
OUT-DOOR.
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
16 1 7
1. Medical College
Hopital .
4,485 248.29
298 35,457 243.24 39,942
532 11.86 4,672 230.75
298 36,424 240.89 41,096
5 6 8
1 2 . 1
2. Eden Hospital ... 1,645
61.29
80
8,432
26.72 10,077
143 8.69 1,595
67.79
80
3,811
18.64
5,406 125 7
3. Ezra Hospital ...
205
13.92
20
1,611
10.1
1,816
3 1.46
178
9.63
20
1,063
7.94
1,241
4 2
4. Shama Charan Law
Hospital.
517
46.64
41 13,206 161.34 13,723
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 554
40.92
51 15,941 158.45 16,495
1
5. Presidency General
Hospital.
2,836 179.83
238
356
7.88
3,192
152
5.35 2,391 110.05
238
525
5.03
2,916 97
6. Campbell Hospital
9,208 413.07
662 21,766 150.48 30,974 2,035 22.10 12,041
636.04 962 21,308 148.10 33,349 2,918 2 4
7. Police Hospital ... 2,202
78.85
194
. . . . . .
......
2,202
29 1.31 2,577 101.45
194
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 2,577 31
1
8. Mayo Native Hospital 1,865
77.19
105 32,460 211.65
34,325
226 12.11 1,978
84.26
105 32,486
219.13 34,464 245
1
9. Chandney Hospital
389
13.90
12 45,357 312.8
45,746
23 5.91
243
8.4
12 44,941 320.39 45,184 23 9
10. Park Street Dispen-
sary.
............
. . . . . . 29,266 165.8
29,266
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
......
. . . . . . 29,046
160.
29,046 ...... . . .
11. Chitpur Dispensary
............
. . . . . . 22,466 159.11
22,496
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
......
. . . . . . 22,484 166.13 22,484 ...... . . .
12. Sukea Street Dispen-
sary.
............
. . . . . . 17,480 139.23 17,480
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 16,750
133.45 16,750 ...... . . .
13. South Suburban
Hospital.
219
22.32
12
7,332 174.34
7,551
25 11.41 766
40.90
48 18,888 166.85 19,654
1 5 4
14. Bhawanipur Dis-
pensary.
............
. . . . . . 5,278
73.22
5,278
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
......
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ...... ...... . . .
15. Dufferin Victoria
Hospital.
296
18.05
15
7,374
7 5 8 . 1 1
7,670
2
.67
185
10.58
15
5,305
48.81
5,490
1
Total ... 23,867 1,173.35 1,723 247,871 1,894.05 271,738 3,170 13.28 27,180 1,340.77 2,023 248,972 1,793.81 276,152 4,167 1 5 . 3
16. Howrah General
Hospital.
1,780
6 5 . 1 6
112 10,923
79.67
12,703
421 23.65 1,775
6 7 . 3 9 112 11,834
80.91 13,609 492
GRAND TOTAL
. . . 25,647 1,238.57 1,835 258,794 1,973.72 284,441 3,591 14.00 28,955 1,408.16 2,135 260,806 1,874.72 289,761 4,659 1 5 0
4. The number of out-door patients rose from 258,794 to 260,806. The
South Suburban Hospital, which is now styled the Shambu Nath Pandit Hospi-
tal, shows the largest increase (11,556), which is attributed to the growing
popularity of the institution, under the constant personal supervision of
Surgeon-Major A. Leahy. The Shama Charan Law Hospital shows an increase
of 2,735, also evidence of growing popularity. The numbers at the Medical
College Hospital rose by 967, at the Presidency General Hospital by 169,
and at the Howrah General Hospital by 911. The increase in the Medical
College Hospital is ascribed to greater sickness among the poorer classes whose
undoubted privations from the high prices prevailing during the year under
report led to a still more marked increase at the Campbell Hospital. The
Mayo Hospital and the Chitpur Dispensary also show a small increase in
the attendance of patients. Against this, the Eden Hospital shows a diminution
of 4,621, the Dufferin Victoria Hospital of 2,069, the Sukea Street Dispen-
sary of 730, and the Ezra Hospital of 548. The cause of decrease in the case
of the Eden Hospital is reported to be due to errors in calculating the returns
of two previous years; old cases having been included among the new patients.
The Lieutenant-Governor trusts that steps will be taken in future to prevent
the recurrence of such mistakes. The considerable falling off in the number
of patients at the Dufferin Victoria Hospital was the necessary consequence of
the limited accommodation provided in the present temporary building, and
the closure of the institution for a month during repairs. The similar closure
of the out-door department of the Ezra Hospital in September accounts for the
decrease in that institution.
5. There was an increase of 3,308 in the total number of in-door patients
treated, and the daily average attendance rose from 1,238.51 to 1,408.16. The
increase of 2,833 at the Campbell Hospital, essentially the hospital of the
poor, is the most noticeable, and was caused by the large number of pauper
patients who were admitted during the famine. A good deal of overcrowding
took place during the later months of the year, though additional shed accom-
modation for 300 patients was provided. On the other hand, in the Presidency