REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1893.
No. 4222.
FROM SURGEON-COLONEL R. HARVEY, M.D., D.S.O.,
Offg. Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
TO THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
FINANCIAL DEPARTMENT.
Dated Calcutta, the 30th April 1894.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the report of the Medical Institutions
of Calcutta for the year 1893.
2. The following table gives the deaths and the chief causes of mortality
in Calcutta, Howrah, and the amalgamated area of the Suburbs during the year,
and for the previous ten years :
—
Deaths from the most prevalent Diseases in the Town of Calcutta, Howrah, and Suburbs of
Calcutta.
CHO LERA.
BOWEL-
COMPLAINTS.
FEVER.
SMALL-POX. OTHER CAUSES.
TOTAL.
RATIO PER MILLE
OF POPULATION.
YEAR.
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a . T o w n o f H o w r a h .
A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f
t h e S u b u r b s .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
Town of Howrah.
A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f
t h e Su b u r b s .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f
t h e S u b u r b s .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f
t h e S u b u r b s .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
To wn o f Ho wr a h .
A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e S u b u r b s .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f t h e S u b u r b s .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
A m a l g a m a t e d a r e a o f
t h e S u b u r b s .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12 13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
1883 ... 2,037 653 ... 1,307 425 ... 3,442 933
...
73
6 ... 5,466 415 ... 12,325 2,432 ... 28.
23.02
...
1884 ... 2,272 707 ... 1,209 379 ... 3,618 841
...
478 25 ... 5,679 645 ... 13,256 2,597
...
30.5 28.59
...
1885 ... 1,603 372 ... 1,655 451 ... 3,831 928
...
155 21 ... 5,463 665 ... 12,707 2,437 ...
29.3 26.83
...
1886 ... 1,741 528 ... 1,258 343 ... 3,422 674
...
15
... ...
5,011 511 ... 11,447 2,056
...
26.42 22.63
...
1887
...
1,198 295 ... 1,197 340 ... 3,253 515
...
2 12
...
5,329 432 ... 10,979 1,594
...
25.34 17.55
...
1888
...
1,734 598
...
1,056 402
...
3,198 525
...
12
4
...
5,685 440
...
11,685 1,969
...
26.97 21.68
...
1889
...
1,079 488 1,236 1,331 393 1,425 3,341 585 2,656
71 19 28 5,860 578 2,539 11,682 2,
063 7,884 26.9 22.71 46.9
1890 ...
963 364 916 1,311 385 1,448 4,154 605 2,638 700 45 172 5,254 474 2,812 12,382 1,873 7,986 28.5 20.62 47.5
1891 ... 1,553 490 1,402 1,433 391 1,283 4,675 640 3,176
13 16
5 5,359 596 2,618 13,033 2,133 8,484 27.9 18.29 39.4
1892 ... 1,257 771 762 1,278 439 1,086 4,632 1,009 2,986
16 3
5 5,491 540 2,667 12,674 2,762 7,506 27.1 23.68 34.8
1893 ... 596 411 273 1,466 555 1,416 4,749 976 3,342
13
8
18 5,289 547 2,951 12,113 2,497 8,000 25.9 21.41 37.1
From this it appears that the general health of Calcutta and Howrah was
better than in 1892, while that of the Suburbs was worse. The Calcutta death-
rate (25.9) is lower than in any year except 1887, that of Howrah (21.41)
4.5 per mille lower than the Calcutta rate, while the suburban death-rate (37.1)
is 11.2 higher, and 2.3 per mille more than it was last year. Cholera was very
markedly less than in previous years, but bowel-complaints show a considerable
increase in all three areas, and fever caused more deaths in Calcutta and the
Suburbs than in any year shown in the return, and more in Howrah than in
any year save one. Small-pox shows a small increase in Howrah and the
Suburbs, but is debited in all with only 39 deaths out of 22,610, and there was
no epidemic prevalence. Deaths from "other causes" are slightly lower in