MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
MEDICAL.
DARJEELING, THE 25TH JUNE 1894.
RESOLUTION—No. 2613Medl.
READ—
The Report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for the year 1893.
Read also —
The Report for the year 1892, and the Resolution recorded upon it.
Judged by the statistics contained in the report, the health of Howrah
and of the town portion of Calcutta was much better in 1893 than in the
previous year; and the rate of mortality in both places (21.4 and 25.9, per
mille respectively against 23.7 and 27.1 in 1892) was remarkably low. The
area added to the Municipality of Calcutta by Bengal Act II of 1888 was
not, however, so healthy, and the death-rate in that locality rose from
34.8 to 37.1 per mille. The mortality from cholera shows a considerable
decrease in all three areas, and in Calcutta it was the lowest known during
the last ten years. On the other hand, the death-rate from fever was above
the average, and out of a total of 22,610 deaths registered during the year,
9,067 were ascribed to this cause. The prevalence of fever is said to have
been due to excessive and prolonged rainfall amounting to 85.2 inches,
against 46.6 in the previous year, which favoured the development of bacillus
malariœ. Naturally the death-rate from fever in the Suburban area, which
is still very imperfectly drained, was higher than in Howrah or the Town
of Calcutta, Bowel-complaints caused a larger number of deaths than in the
previous year. Small-pox shows a slight increase in Howrah and the amal-
gamated area; but there were only 39 deaths in all. The mortality from other
causes shows a slight falling off in Calcutta, but in Howrah and the Suburbs
there is a slight increase.
2. The following table gives the number of in-door and out-door
patients treated in the several hospitals in the metropolis during the past two
years :—
NAME OF INSTITUTION.
1892.
1893.
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 o n 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 t r e a t e d .
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
17
Medical College Hospital ... 7,054 4 0 0 . 7 9
449 54,660 394.11 61.714 744 11.41 7,025 394.51 449 54,091 389.04 61,116 737 11.38
Presidency General Hospital 3,498 168.11 238 ...... ......
3,498 120 3.43 3,063 163.01 238
. . . . . . ......
3,063 134 4.37
Cambell Hospital
... 8,551 445.23 588 11,470 90.46 20,021 1,687 19.72 9,384 497.07 588 22,566 188.55 31,950 1, 797 19.14
Pol i ce Hospi tal ... ... 2,045
88.36 175 ...... ......
2,045 20 .97 2,406 100
175
. . . . . . ......
2,406
25 1.03
Mayo Native Hospital ... 1,756
80.7
105 27,508 174.8 29,264 228 12.97 1,870 85.6
105 29,742 189.7 31,612 177 9.46
Chandney Hospital
. . . 421
13.92
12 44,947 344.86 45,368 10 2.37 433 15.16
12 44,355 313.23 44,788
14 3.23
Park Street Dispensary ...
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ......
28,847 186.7 28,847
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 29,149 175.6 29,149
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Chitpur Dispensary
...
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ...... 20,621 154.8 20,621
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 23,383 165
23,383
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Sukea' s Street Dispensary ... ......
. . . . . . ...... 18,485 151.55 18,485 . . .
. . .
. . . . . . ......
. . . . . . 19,390 158.37 19,390
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Dufferin Victoria Hospital . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . ............ ...... ......
... ...
155 9.85
22
8,758
65.09
8,913
6 3.87
Bhawanipur Dispensary ... ......
. . . . . . ...... 9,737 85.49 9,739
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . . 10,287
90.75 10,287
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Total ... 23,325 1,197.11 1,567 216,275 1,582.77 239,600 2,809 12.32 24,336 1,265.20 1,589 241,721 1,735.33 266,057 2,890 12.14
Howrah General Hospital . . . 1,886
79.18 108 10,497 88.28 12,383 332 17.60 1,722 73.18 108 10,338
90.59 12,060 397 23.05
GRAND TOTAL ... 25,211 1,276.29 1,675 226,772 1,671.05 251,983 3,141 12.72 26,058 1338.38 1,697 252,059 1,825.92 278,117 3,287 12.88