8
REPORT ON THE
20. The following table shows the total mortality in the Calcutta Hos-
pitals, including Howrah.
Deaths in the Calcutta Hospitals in 1900 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
Muni ci pal i t y.
R a t e p e r c e n t . o f p o p u -
a t i o n .
Tr e a t e d .
Died.
Di ed per
cent.
Tr e a t e d.
Di ed.
Di ed per
cent.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
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
2 ,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
1900 ...
... 27,856 4,897
17.57
728
445
61.12
16.41
36,728
5.3
Excluding eye-cases, the death-rate among the total number treated was
17.57 against 14.60 per cent. in the previous year. The death-rate, excluding
cholera, was 16.41 against 13.85 in 1899. The increase or decrease in
mortality in Calcutta Hospitals depends on the nature of the cases admitted.
The rate of mortality at the Chandney Hospital shows a reduction, viz., 2.77
against 11.95 per cent. in 1899, due to the admission of fewer cases of moribund
patients. At the Howrah General Hospital, on the other hand, the death-
rate among natives was very high, viz., 32.37 per cent. in 1900. The Superin-
tendent remarks as follows :
—
"The native Hospital is, to a great extent, an asylum for moribund cases, an unusual
number of whom were brought into it during the year."
I propose to make a special enquiry into this matter.
21. The following table shows the deaths among men, women, and
children during the year under report and in the previous two years:—
Deaths among men, women, and children during 1898, 1899, and 1900.
M E N .
WOMEN.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
Treated.
Died.
Di ed per cent.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1898.
1899. 1900.
1898.
1899.
1900.
1898. 1899. 1900. 1898
1 8 9 9 . 1900. 1898.
1 8 9 9 .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
1 5 16
17
18
Medical College Hospital
Proper
...
...
...
3,563 3,303 3,979
353
521
635
9.90
15.7
15.95
949
9 1 1 1,036 136 121 163 14.33
13.
Eden Hospital
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . 1,164 1,327
1,449
79
74
72
6.78
5.
Ezra
"
95
93
109
1
3
4
1.05
3.22
3.66
101
106
85
3
3
1
2.97
2
Shama Charan Law Eye
Hospital ...
...
. . .
3 6 9
337
391
. . .
...
...
...
...
...
128
130
123 ...
...
...
...
...
Total
... 4,027
3,733 4,479
354
524
639
8.79 14.03 14.26 2,342 2,474
2,693 218 198 236
9.30
8 .
Presidency General Hospi-
tal
...
1,822
2,291
2,054
71
97
105
3.89
4.21
5.11
406
422
371
27
19
17
6.65
4.
Mayo Native Hospital
...
1,210
1,431
1,489
118
175
166
9.75
12.22
11.14
172
205
206
14
44
19
8.13
21
Chandney
190
237
310
17
30
6
8.94
12.65
1.93
41
26
36
2
2
4
4.87
7.
Gampbell " ....
5,578
5,023
6,692
1,172
1,172
2,105
21.01
23.33
31.45
1,710
1,596
1,852
515
535
695
30.11
33.
Police
„
3,011
2,996
3,673
26
20
33
.86
.66
.89
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
Bowrah General Hospital
1,091
1,307
1,569
240
265
398
21.99
20.27
25.36
286
229
319
51
50
79
17.83
21.83
Dufferin Victoria "
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
...
130
147
143
1
2
8
.76
1.
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hos-
pital, Bhawanipur ...
439
644
907
73
121
138
16.62
18.78
15.21
139
156
204
30
17
35
21.58
10.
GRAND TOTAL
...
17,368
17,662
21,173
2,071
2,404
3,590
11.92
18.61
16.95
5,226
5,255
5,824
858
867 1,093
16.41
16.