CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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the following sums:—Pay of clerks 1,020, of nurses Rs. 1,320, and extra
nurses Rs. 500. At the Campbell Hospital the cost per head increased by nearly
Rs. 2, due chiefly to the entertainment of extra nurses for the small-pox patients
as well as of the permanent nurses recently sanctioned by Government. The
figures for other hospitals do not call for any remarks. The cost of nurses is
separately shown in the foot-note to Statement V, Part I, in appendix A.
57.
Bazar and European Medicines. —My predecessor, Dr. Harvey, as well
as myself, remarked on the high cost
of medicines at the Presidency Gen-
eral Hospital. The matter received
the attention of the Superintendent,
and the figures for the year under
report indicate economy, which is
satisfactory. The cost per head at
this institution and at the Medical
College Hospital varied but little in
the past year. There has been, how-
ever, an increase in the total cost at
the latter, which will be explained
hereafter. Instructions were issued during the year to the Superintendent
of the Mayo Hospital to furnish the cost of medicines separately for each
institution. The information has been supplied by him. The cost per head
at the Mayo Hospital was Rs. 43-5-3, which is much more than at the Medical
College Hospital and the Presidency General Hospital. This is somewhat
surprising. The cost is the highest in the Calcutta hospitals, and savours of
extravagance. There can be no manner of doubt that there is great room
for economy in this hospital. The stock should be carefully taken, and the
daily issues should be checked by a responsible officer. The attention of the
Superintendent will, in the first instance, be drawn to this matter, and his
report will be submitted to Government.
58.
Diet. —The figures given in the margin represent the daily cost of diet
in the different hospitals. The cost
of the native patients was every-
where below the standard rate. At
the Campbell Hospital the rate
11 annas 719/20 pie represents the
daily cost of diet for European
small-pox patients, for whom no
allowance is fixed. At the Presidency
General Hospital the rate for Euro-
peans includes the cost of paying
patients, and the superintendent reports that the standard rate of 8 annas for
pauper patients was not exceeded. The table in the margin gives the rates
worked out according to the principle
of calculation adopted in the report
for 1893. There is not much to be
said on the subject. The cost varies
chiefly according to the nature of patients treated in each hospital. At the
Presidency General and Howrah Hospitals the cost was slightly in excess of
that of the previous year.
59.
Medical College Hospital. —The total expenditure fell off by Rs. 8,032-5-2.
The total amount contributed by Government was less by Rs. 7,241-1-11 than
in. 1894. The receipts from paying patients amounted to Rs. 18,134-8, against
Rs. 19,240-2 in the previous year. The decrease was due to the closure of
several of the private rooms in the Eden Hospital during the period it was
under quadrennial repairs. The amount contributed by the Port Fund i
n - c r e a s e d b y R s . 1 , 3 1 1 , o w i n g t o t h e a d m i s s i o n o f a l a r g e r n u m b e r o f s e a m e n .
The amount paid for the salaries of the medical officers borne on the hospital
establishment showed an increase of Rs, 275-12-11, due to the post of the
Resident Surgeon, Eden Hospital, having been held throughout the year by a
commissioned medical officer, whereas in 1894 it was, for some time, held by a
Goodeve scholar. There were savings under the head of menial establishment, M
Total cost. Cost per
capita.
Rs.
Rs. A. P.
Medical College Hospital
14,288 34 12 2
Presidency General Hospital
7,271 36 5 8
Campbell Hospital
5,457 11 10 2
Police Hospital
504
5 1 5
Mayo Hospital
4,333 43 5 3
Chandey Hospital
1,203 27 5 5
Park Street Dispensary
453 25 2 8
Chitpore Dispensary
385 24 1 0
Sukea's Street Dispensary
295 19 10 8
Dufferin Victoria Hospital
1,569 41 4 7
Howrah General Hospital
1,951 25 5 4
Europeans Natives.
A. P.
A. P.
Medical College Hospital
6 9¾
3 1
Presidency General Hospital
9 1
Campbell Hospital
11 719/20
2 77/10
Police Hospital
2 9
Mayo Hospital
2 119/10
Chandney Hospital
2 7½
Dufferin Victoria Hospital
3 0
Howrah Hospital
7 9¾
2 7
A. P.
Medical College Hospital
6 1½
Presidency General Hospital
7 6
Howrah General Hospital
6 10¾