CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
apparent from the figures for 1899. There has been, however, some improve-
ment, though very little, in these hospitals during the year under report.
The defects which I pointed out to the Superintendent have been partially
remedied. No improvement can be hoped for unless the arrangements for seeing
women are satisfactory. This is not so at present in some of its branch
institutions. In the present year the foundation-stone of a new building for
female out-patients has been laid at the Mayo Native Hospital, which should dis-
pose of the difficulty as regards that institution. The proportion of attendance of
females fell off at the Howrah General Hospital in 1899, but the Superintendent's
report throws no light on the point. I do not consider that the arrangements
for seeing women were satisfactory, but a new waiting-room for females and a
dressing-room have been provided, which ought to lead to better results. The
total number of Europeans was greater by 1,223, the increase occurring both
among in and out-patients. It is chiefly noticeable in the Presidency General
Hospital, and was due to the causes mentioned above, as well as to the admis-
sion of a larger number of seamen. The number of European in-patients at the
Howrah General Hospital decreased by 46, owing to the admission of fewer
sailors, but the number of out-patients was greater by 412. Many important
improvements have been made at the Howrah Hospital which ought to increase
its usefulness. The total number of Eurasians treated was 34,330, against 35,019
in 1898, or a decrease of 689. The largest falling off, viz., 1,038, took place
at the Park Street Dispensary, while an increase of 969 occurred at the Chand-
ney Hospital—both are branches of the Mayo Native Hospital. The Superin-
tendent says no reason can be assigned for these fluctuations, which, he says, are
periodical. The fall at the Dufferin Hospital was due to the operation of
the rule already mentioned. The numbers at the Eden Hospital fell off by 1,177
in the outdoor department, the causes of which have already been dealt with.
Muhammadans increased by 12,545, Hindus by 18,094, and those grouped
under other classes by 1,025.
17. In last year's report, a table was given to show some important facts
in connection with medical aid in Calcutta and Howrah. The following table
gives the same particulars for 1899:—
NAMES OF INSTITUTIONS.
Total
number
of beds
(male
and
female).
Average
number
of beds
occupied
d a i l y .
Number
of in-
patients.
Number
o f
patients p
in each
bed per
annum.
Number of
nurses.
Average
number of
p a t i e n t s t o e a c h
n u r s e .
Number
of out-
patients.
REMARKS.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
C A L C U T T A H O S P I T A L
Medical College Hospital Proper
298
245.19
4,482
15.04
36
6.81
34,338
‫٭‬ Supervisors. There
are also untrained
coolies and ayalis
under them.
†Besides these, there
are 8 coolies, who
attend to nursing.
‡ There are two
coolies who attend
to nursing.
E d e n
' '
''
. . .
80
74.11 1,547
19.33
6
12.35
2,125
Ezra
' '
. . .
20
15.13
230
11.5
2
7.56
. . .
Eye
' '
...
51
37.30
476
9.33
1
3 7 . 3 0 13,103
Presidency General
„
...
218
173.15 3,111 (a) 14.27
31.33
5 . 5 2
1,118
Cambell
,,
. . .
782
397.94 6,847(b)
8.75
9.*
44.21
20,288
Mayo
' '
...
105
81.58 1,710
16.28
2†
40.79
23,674
Chandney
' '
. . .
12
9.88
276
23.
Nil‡
...
38,706
Park Street
Dispensary ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
24,529
Chitpur
„
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
15,939
Sukea's Street
' '
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . . 13,492
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital . . .
48
44.65
831
17.31
5
8.93
15,783
Dufferin Victoria
' '
. . .
36
7.20
164
4.55
6
1.20
4,077
Total
...
1 , 6 5 0
1,086.13 19,674 (c)
11.92
98.33
11.04
207,172
HOWRAH Howrah General Hospital.
. . .
1 1 2
6 9 . 7 4
1,618
14.44
3
23.24
12,130
GRAND TOTAL
...
1,762
1,155.87 21,292
12.08
101.33
11.40
219,302
(a) Inclusive of 118 cases of "no appreciable disease."
(b) Ditto
24
ditto
ditto.
(c) Exclusive of figures for Police Hospital.
NoTE.—All the nurses are Europeans or Eurasians. except at the Mayo Native Hospital and Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital,
where there are trained Bengali women. In the Dufferin Victoria Hospital Eurasian and native women are employed as nurses.
18. The average period each in-patient stayed in the Calcutta hospitals was
19 days, and the number of days each patient attended the outdoor depart
ment was 2.48.
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