6
REPORT ON THE
19. The table showing the total mortality in the Calcutta hospitals
(including Howrah) is given below :—
Deaths in the Calcutta Hospitals in 1899 and ten previous years.
YEAR.
ALL DISEASES EXCEPT
CASES TREATED IN
THE EYE INFIRMARY.
CHOLERA.
D e a t h - r a t e p e r c e n t . , e x c l u d i n g c h o l e r a .
N u m b e r o f d e a t h s r e g i s t e r e d b y t h e C a l c u t t a M u n i c i p p a l i t y .
R a t e p e r c e n t . o f p o p u l a t i o n .
Tr eat ed.
Died.
D i e d p e r c e n t .
Treat ed.
Died.
Di e d p e r c e n t .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
1889
. . .
. . . 23,721
2,992
12.6
795
419
5 2 . 7
11.2
19,564
2.8
1890
. . .
. . . 23,760 2,950
12.4
528
291
55.1
11.4
20,368
2.9
1891 ... ... 24,787
3,170
12.7
761
455
59.7
11.3
21,517
3.1
1892 ...
... 24,677 3,141
12.7
709
425
59.9
11.3
20,180
2.9
1893 ...
... 25,509 3,287
12.8
431
241
55.9
12.1
20,113
2.9
1894 ...
... 24,359 3,432
14.0
567
323
56.9
13.0
22,441
3.2
1895 ...
... 26,385 3,779
14.3
600
349
58.1
13.3
27,031
3.9
1896 ...
... 25,130 3,591
14.2 1,007
566
56.20
12.5
24,356
3.5
1897
. . . ... 28,401
4,658
16.40 1,200
664
55.33
14.6
24,665
3.6
1898 ...
... 23,227
3,062
13.18
227
122
53.74
12.78
20,343
2.9
1899 ...
. . . 23,670 3,457
14.60
355
227
63.94
13.85
25,823
3.7
Excluding eye cases, among which there was one death due to pan-ophthal-
mitis following measles and broncho-pneumonia, the death-rate among the
total number treated was 14.60 per cent., or greater by P42 than in 1898.
In fact, it was higher than that in any of the previous ten years with the
exception of 1897, when it stood at 16.40 per cent. The increased death-rate in
the year under report was due to the admission of a larger number of moribund
patients, cholera and plague cases. The death-rate, excluding cholera, was
13.85 per cent., against 12.78 in the previous year. The mortality in the
Calcutta hospitals is much swollen by the admission of moribund patients.
As an example, it should be mentioned that the death-rate at the Sambhu Nath
Pandit Hospital was 17.32 per cent. in 1899, but the Superintendent says if
the moribund patients who died within 24 hours are excluded from calculation,
the rate of mortality will stand at 13.80 per cent. In this hospital three cases
were brought for admission, who were on examination found to be dead.
20.
The following table shows the deaths among men, women, and
children during the year under report, and compares them with those of the
previous two years :—
Deaths among men, women, and children in 1897, 1898, and 1899.
MEN.
WamErr.
WOMEN.
Treated.
D i e d .
Died per cent. Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
1 8 9 7 .
1 8 9 8 .1899.
1 8 9 7 .
1898.
1899.
1 8 9 7 .
1 8 9 8 .
1 8 9 9 .
1897. 1898. 1899.
1 8 9 7 .1898.1899.1897.
1 8 9 8 .
1
2
3 4
5
6 7
8
9
1 0
11
12
13
1 4
15
16 17
1 8
M e d i c a l C o l l e g e H o s p i t a l
3 , 6 2 0
3 , 5 6 3
3,303
4 2 2
3 5 3
521
1 1 . 6 5
9 . 9 0
1 5 . 7 7
953
949
911
1 2 7
136 121 13.32
1 4 . 3 3
P r o p e r...
. . .
...
E d e n H o s p i t a l
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
1,320 1,164 1,327
9 0
79
74 6,81
6 , 7 8
E z r a
...
. . .
...
8 5
9 5
93
2
1 3
2 . 3 5
1 . 0 5
3 . 2 2
61
101
106
2 3
3
3.27
2 . 9 7
S h a m a C h a r a n L a w E y e
4 0 2
3 6 9
337
1
. . .
...
. 2 4
. . .
. . .
145
128
130
. . .
...
...
...
. . .
H o s p i t a l
...
. . .
...
T o t a l
...
4 , 1 0 7
4 , 0 2 7
3,733
4 2 5
3 5 4
524
1 0 . 3 4
8 . 7 9
1 4 . 0 3
2,479 2,342 2,474
2 1 9
218 198 8.83
9 . 3 0
P r e s i d e n c y G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l
1 , 6 9 7
1 , 8 2 2
2,291
5 9
7 1
97
3 . 4 7
3 . 8 0
4 . 2 3
420
406
422
1 9
27
19 4.52
6 . 6 5
...
. . .
...
M a y o N a t i v e H o s p i t a l
...
1 , 6 9 8
1 , 2 1 0
1,430
2 0 3
1 1 8
175
1 1 . 9 5
9 . 7 5
1 2 . 2 2
214
172
205
3 1
14
44 14.48
8 . 1 3
C h u n d n e y
, ,
...
1 8 9
1 9 0
237
2 2
1 7
30
1 1 . 6 4
8 . 9 4
1 2 . 6 5
29
41
26
. . .
2
2
...
4 . 8 7
C a m p b e l l
, ,
...
9 , 2 3 7
5 , 5 7 8
5,023
2 , 1 3 1
1 , 1 7 2
1,172
2 3 . 0 7
2 1 . 0 1
2 3 . 3 3
2,319 1,710 1,596
6 6 4
515 535 28.63
3 0 . 1 1
P o l i c e
, ,
...
2 , 5 7 7
3 , 0 1 1
2,996
3 1
2 6
20
1 . 2 0
. 8 6
. 6 6
...
...
...
. . .
...
...
..
. . .
H o w r a h G e n e r a l H o s p i t a l
1 , 4 0 0
1 , 0 9 1
1,307
3 9 7
2 4 0
265
2 8 . 3 5
2 1 . 9 9
2 0 . 2 7
301
286
229
8 2
51
50 27.24
1 7 . 8 3
D u f f e r i n V i c t o r i a , ,
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
158
130
147
1 1
2
.63
. 7 6
S a m b h u N a t h P a n d i t H o s p i t a l , B h w a n i p u r . . .
5 5 6
4 3 9
644
1 1 4
7 3
121
2 0 . 5 0
1 6 . 5 2
1 8 . 7 8
178
139
156
3 7
30
17 20.78
2 1 . 5 8
P i t a l , B h a w a n i p u r
...
G R A N D T O T A L
...
2 1 , 4 6 1
1 7 , 3 6 8
17,662
3 , 3 8 2
2 , 4 0 4
15.75
1 1 . 9 2
1 3 . 6 1
6 , 0 9 8
5,226 5,255 1,053
8 5 8
867 17.2616.41