CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.

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show the proportion of the sexes among the classes frequenting public hospitals.
Of the 105,349 patients, regarding whom particulars of race and caste were
registered, 8,313 were Europeans, 9,503 Eurasians, 33,615 Mussulmans,
49,537 Hindoos, and 4,381 belonged to other native castes and classes. These
figures give percentages of 7.8, 9.0, 31.9, 47.1, and 4.2. The recent census
returns show that the population of Calcutta is composed as follows:—Christians
4.7, Mussulmans 29, Hindoos 65, and other classes 1.3. The public hos-
pitals are therefore, if a comparison can be drawn between these returns, more
frequented by Europeans, Eurasians, Mussulmans, and "other castes," than by
Hindoos.

Race and caste.

Comparison with
census returns.

       Of the 8,313 Europeans, 6,565 were males, 1,323 females, and 425 children;
of the 9,503 Eurasians, 3,442, 2,915, and 3,146; of the 33,615 Mussulmans,
23,069, 5,157, and 5,389; of the 49,537 Hindoos, 36,347, 7,580, and 5,610;
and of the 4,381 other classes, 2,814, 920, and 647. These figures give the fol-
lowing percentages, which are shown in comparison with the Calcutta census
return s.

Sexes of different
  races and castes.

STATEMENT NO. II.

  HOSPITALS. CENSUS
RETURNS.
M. F. Ch. M. F.
Europeans 78.9 15.9 5.2 60.5 39.5
Eurasians 36.2 30.7 33.1
Mussulmans 68.6 15.3 16.1 72.5 27.5
Hindoos 73.4 15.3 11.3 65 35
Other classes 64.2 21 14.8 65.4 34.6

    It appears from this statement
that the women and children of
the Eurasian community are
more prone to resort to our hos-
pitals, and those of the Hindoo
community least. The small
proportion of European children
treated is remarkable. The
women and children of "other
castes" form a larger proportion
of the attendance.

Comparison with
  census returns.

       Pursuing the analysis still
further, the following table gives
the particulars of caste and sex of in-door and out-door patients separately, as
contrasted with the returns of mofussil hospitals and dispensaries. The
figures of 1871 are taken for the latter; those of 1872 not being as yet avail-
able:—

Comparison be-
  tween Calcutta
  and provincial
  hospitals.

STATEMENT NO. III.

  IN-DOOR PATIENTS.
Europeans. Eurasians. Mussulmans. Hindoos Other Castes.
M. F. Ch. M. F. Ch. M. F. ch. M. F. ch. M. F. ch.
Calcutta 24.0 7.3 20.7 46.3 1.7
82.6 12.6 4.8 31.5 42.8 25.7 86.3 11.7 2. 79.8 18.2 2. 44.8 41.5 13.7
Mofussil 2.9 .9 26.2 67.9 2.05
93.9 6.1 ... 56.7 17.1 26.2 79. 18.2 2.8 79.1 18.2 2.7 73.8 21.3 4.9
  OUT-DOOR PATIENTS.
Calcutta 3.9 9.4 34.7 47.3 4.7
73.5 20.8 5.7 37.1 28.4 34.5 66 15.8 18.2 71.8 14.6 13.6 65.9 19.2 14.9
Mofussil .48 .91 34.66 62.26 1.69
72. 24.7 3.3 44.3 21.8 33.9 67.1 17.9 15. 69.3 17.2 13.5 59.2 23.2 17.6

       In Statement No. 4 the analysis is carried still further, and the results
registered in each of the Calcutta medical institutions shown in detail in per-
centages.