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REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.

     These letters speak for themselves, and it is to be hoped that the appeal
which they make to the public will be nobly answered.

J. E. COLQUHOUN GRANT,
Honorary Secretary.

Treasurer's Statement of Accounts for the year 1872.

HOSPITAL NURSES' INSTITUTION, 1872.
DR. Rs. As. P. CR. Rs. As. P.
Cash in band, January 1st,1872, 2,129 3 9 Salaries and rations, Medical      
Subscriptions and donations 5,067 3 0 College Hospital 9,197 8 9
Government grant 8,400 0 0 Ditto General Hospital 6,782 14 3
St. James' Church offertory 47 0 0 Chuprasies' wages 100 8 0
St. John's ditto 472 9 0 Contingencies 94 1 0
St. Peter's, Fort William 837 12 0 Balance in Bank, Dec. 31st 1,310 6 9
Cathedral 531 11 0        
Total 17,485 6 9 Total 17,485 6 9

ANNUAL REPORT OF THE MUNICIPAL PAUPER HOSPITAL.

FROM 1ST JANUARY TO 31ST DECEMBER 1872.

Calcutta, January 1st, 1873.

Statistics of the
year.

     THE following figures exhibit the admissions, discharges, deaths and
transfers, during the year:—

Remained on the 1st January 1872 ... ... 255
Admitted during the year ... ... 5,212
      5,467
Discharged ... ... 3,419
Died ... ... 1,518
Transferred to the Lunatic Asylum and otherwise   ... 129
Remaining on the 31st December 1872 ... ... 401
      5,467

Mortality.

     The mortality classed as follows, shows the time after admission that deaths
took place:—

Died within 1 hour ... 41 ... ... 303
Ditto ditto 24 hours ... 262
Ditto ditto 1 week ... ... ... ... 494
Ditto ditto 1 month ... ... ... ... 542
Ditto ditto 3 months ... ... ... ... 179
            1,518

     During the year under report there has been 5,212 admissions, the largest
number in any year since the opening of this hospital on the 1st July 1867.