No. 134S.

FROM THE SURGEON-GENERAL,

INDIAN MEDICAL DEPARTMENT,

To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,

JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT.

Dated Fort William, the 1st June 1875.

     SIR,

    Medical College Hos-
pital, General Hospital, Calcutta Nurses' Institution, Mayo
Hospital, Campbell Hospital, Police Hos-
pital, North Suburban Hospital, Sumbhoo
Nath Pundit's Dispensary, Alipore Dispen-
sary, Aratoen Apcar Dispensary, Howrah
General Hospital, and Calcutta Lock-
Hospitals.

                   I HAVE the honor to forward, for submission to His Honor the Lieutenant.
Governor of Bengal, the report on the medical institutions
(marginally noted) situated in Calcutta and its suburbs for
the year 1874.

    2. I have to express my regret at the unavoidable delay
in forwarding this report; but no time has been unnecessarily
lost in its preparation, considering the pressure of work which
exists in my office; and it will be observed from the appended
statement that several of the reports were very late in reaching me.

       3. The superintendent of the Mayo Hospital has been good enough to supply me with
the annual returns and report of that institution, and of the dispensaries in connection with it.
and I have to thank the honorary secretary for having sent me a copy of the report for
1874 on the working of the Calcutta Nurses' Institution, and the Chairman of the Justices of
Calcutta for having given me a copy of certain municipal statistical returns.

Plan of Report.

       4. This report has been drawn up in accordance with the wishes of Government, as
conveyed to me in letters Nos. 900, 1465, and 4, dated, respectively, the 4th March and
8th and 19th April 1875.

       5. It will be observed that there has been but little change made in the statistical
portion of the Volume now forwarded as compared with those of preceding years. I consider
that the forms used to illustrate the report are well adapted for their purposes. The volumi-
nous return of diseases treated is, however, omitted, as the abstract on pages 6 and 7 contains
all the information on this subject which Government is likely to desire.

       I have also, as directed in circular No. 4, dated 19th April, from your Government.
omitted. the submission of the reports of each individual institution.

Number of institutions

       6. In 1873 there were twelve institutions in Calcutta and its suburbs which administered
to the wants of the sick poor. This number was, during the past year, nominally reduced to
eleven, owing to the transfer, in February 1874, by orders of Government, of the Sukea's
Street dispensary to the board of governors of the Mayo Hospital.