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REPORT ON THE
was not exceeded. According to the basis of calculation adopted by my
predecessor the rates stand as shown
in the margin. At the Campbell Hos
-pital the rate represents the cost for
small-pox patients for whom no allow-
ance is fixed. The calculation gives
some uniformity, as at the Medical College and Howrah General Hospitals the
rates were the same. At the Presidency General Hospital there was no increase
as compared with 1893.
59. Medical College Hospital.—The total expenditure showed an increase
of Rs. 2,163-8-5. The amount contributed by Government increased by
Rs. 2,822-5-5. The receipts from paying patients fell off by Rs. 123-12, due
to the closing of several private rooms during the time the hospital underwent
quadrennial repairs. The decrease of Rs. 568 in the contribution from the Port
Fund is accounted for by fewer admissions of sailors. There were savings under
the heads of Salaries of medical officers, compounders, Diet, and Europe
medicines. The entertainment of sweepers for the contagious ward explains
the slight increase in the cost of the menial establishment. The amount spent
on bazar medicines shows an increase of Rs. 246-13-8, attributable to greater
demand and to higher contract rate for linseed meal. Miscellaneous charges
increased by Rs. 1,688-5-10 due to the payment of the municipal taxes for
the last quarter of 1893 in the year under review. Cloth for bandages, a
miscellaneous item, cost Rs. 713-15 more than in the previous year. The
Principal states that attention is frequently drawn to the expenditure under
this head, but that so long as antiseptic surgery exists no decrease can be hoped
for. Greater attention is paid in curtailing any unnecessary and extravagant
expenditure, and the savings under European medicines and contingencies are
the results of careful and economical management. Owing to the quadrennial
repairs the building charges rose from Rs. 8,984 to Rs. 15,037. Rupees 1,053-6
was expended from Roberts’ and Fagan’s Fund for purchasing two Government
securities of Rs. 500 each. Rupees 1,388-8 was received from the estate of
Goonamutty, and securities to the value of Rs. 1,300 were purchased and added
to the capital of the Medical College Hospital.
60.
Chuni Lal Seal’s Dispensary —properly speaking the out-door ward
of the Medical College Hospital—was worked with a decrease of Rs. 194-12-7 in
the total cost due to economical management.
61. Presidency General Hospital .—Including all patients, this hospital
treated daily 189.26 in and 7.48 out patients against 167.69 and nil in 1893.
The increase in the cost under the heads of Diet, Bazar medicines and Miscella-
neous items is attributed to the larger number of patients treated. The total
increase was Rs. 7,145-0-11, but this is reduced to Rs. 5,654-5-3 owing to the
savings noted in the margin. The total
income was Rs. 1,48,052-4-7 and the total
expenditure Rs. 1,34,349-12-8. This leaves
a cash balance of Rs. 13,702-7-11. In a
Government institution it is not necessary to
show any cash balance, and, excepting the
amount representing the unexpended interest
from the Gholam Mahomed Fund, nothing should in future be shown as such.
The excess of income shown in the return should be disbursed in meeting the
expenditure of the hospital. The Superintendent’s attention will be drawn to
these remarks. Leaving out the opening and closing cash balances, the total
cost to Government was Rs. 6,041-11-3 more than in 1893. A good portion
of this amount would have been reduced if the receipts from paying patients
did not show a decrease of Rs. 2,156-8 owing to the private wards having been
under repairs for two months.
62. Campbell Hospital.—The total expenditure shows an increase of
Rs. 28,758-4-5. Of this sum, Rs. 23,645-5-9 took place in the Public Works
charges and Rs. 3,756-6-5 in the miscellaneous items. The Calcutta Munici-
pality increased its grant by Rs. 5,000 in 1894, which is satisfactory. Under
the head of Menial establishment there was an increase of Rs. 124-2-10 due to
the entertainment of temporary servants for a larger number of small-pox cases.
A. P.
Medical College Hospital
...
...
...
6 5½
Presidency General Hospital
... ...
7 2
Campbell Hospital
...
...
...
7 6
Howrah Hospital
...
...
...
6 5½
RS. A. P.
Pay of medical officers
...
617 11 6
”
of compounders and menial
establishment
...
21
5 1
European medicines
...
121 11 1
Building and repairs
730 0 0
Total
... 1,490 11 8