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REPORT ON THE

STATEMENT No. I.

CALCUTTA MEDICAL
INSTITUTIONS.
1877. 1876.
PERSONS TREATED. Died per
mille of
treated.
PERSONS TREATED. Died per
mille of
treated.
In-door. Outdoor. Total. In-door. Out-door. Total.
1. Medical College Hospital ... 4,967 47,506 52,473 108.32 4,352 44,679 49,031 136.19
2. General Hospital ... ... 5,144 20,248 25,392 44.32 3,999 16,293 20,292 55.01
3. Mayo Hospital and Dispen-
    saries ... ... ...
2,127 187,903 190,030 120.35 2,029 187,661 189,690 127.15
4. Campbell Hospital ... ... 6,953 ...... 6,953 248.23 6,640 ...... 6,640 250.45
6. Municipal Police Hospital ... 2,859 ...... 2,859 22.03 2,261 ...... 2,261 22.99
Total Calcutta Hospitals ... 22,050 255,657 277,707 127.96 19,281 248,633 267,914 172.08
6. North Suburban Hospital . 732 4,059 4,791 161.20 635 ...... 635 231.49
7. Sumbhoo Nath Pundit Dis-
pensary ... ... ...
...... 7,465 7,465 ...... ...... 6,475 6,475 ......
8. Alipore Dispensary ... ... 113 4,188 4,301 159.29 110 4,495 4,605 136.36
9. Arratoon Apcar Dispensary ... ...... 9,508 9,508 ...... ...... 9,559 9,559 .....
10. Howrah General Hospital ... 2,463 19,327 21,790 170.11 2,340 18.488 20,828 150
Total Suburban Hospitals ... 3,308 44,547 47,855 167.77 3,085 39,017 42,102 166.28
GRAND TOTAL ... 25,358 300,204 325,562 133.26 22,366 287,650 310,016 147.76

The death-rate,
civil and military
hospitals.

     3. It always seems to me that to compare the death rates of any hospitals,
except military hospitals, is of very little use, as the results are very misleading
if it is taken for granted that he smallest mortality indicates the most successful
treatment. In military life all men unfit for duty are supposed to be, and as a
general rule are, in hospital, and thus they must come early under treatment.
It is the same in every regiment and detachment; but into civil hospital,
patients, for whom they are intended and who ought to go, are not compelled to
do so, and too often they stay out too long and apply for admission when treat-
ment is likely to be of little service. This is especially the case in India. From
the statement it appears that the mortality per 1,000 varied from 44.3 in the
General Hospital to 108.3 in the Medical College. Among the police it was
22.0. In the Mayo Hospital 120.3, and in the Campbell, to which many mori-
bund cases are sent, 248.3. The rates per mille for the Calcutta hospitals for
1877 was 127.9, against 172.08 in 1876. In the suburban dispensaries it was
167.7 in 1877, against 166.2 in 1876.

Sex and race of
all the patients
treated.

     4. Statement No. II, which follows, shows the sex and race of all the
patients treated during the year:—

STATEMENT No. II.

RACE. Total for
1876.
Males. Females. Children. Total for
1877.
Europeans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 9,180 8,638 1,665 1,739 12,042
Eurasians ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 34,128 10,801 8,211 15,419 34,431
Mahomedans ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 102,709 62,306 13,799 31,823 107,928
Hindoos ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 152,832 110,596 23,685 27,489 161,770
Other castes ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 11,167 2,795 2,438 4,158 9,391
Total ... 310,016 195,136 49,798 80,628 325,562

Proportion of the
sexes.

     5. It will be observed from the abstract given below that for the past five
years the proportion in which the sexes were admitted was pretty much the
same each year:—

  1877. 1876. 1875. 1874. 1873.
Males ... ... ... ... 59.94 60.38 59.67 59.85 61.8
Females ... ... ... ... 15.29 15.83 15.83 16.59 15.5
Children ... ... ... ... 24.76 23.78 24.49 23.39 22.7

     In like manner we find, taking the experience of four years, that the ratio
in which Europeans, Eurasians, Mahomedans, Hindoos, and others apply for
charitable medical aid in Calcutta is very nearly the same each year:—

  1877. 1876. 1875. 1874.
Europeans ... ... ... ... ... 3.70 2.96 3.18 2.41
Eurasians ... ... ... ... ... 10.57 11.00 11.83 11.80
Mahomedans ... ... ... ... ... 33.15 33.13 34.64 33.23
Hindoos ... ... ... ... ... 49.69 49.29 47.64 49.93
Others ... ... ... ... ... 2.88 3.60 2.81 2.63

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