'REPORT ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE BOMBAY PRESIDENCY FOR THE YEAR, 1910-1911' [‎279r] (141/150)

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MEDICAL RELIEF—EPIDEMIC DISEASES.
3 - Medical Relief.
ioi Chap. VI.
VITAL STATIS
TICS AND MEDI
CAL BELIEF.
see the Triennial R e P° rt on the Civil Hospitals and Dispensaries under the Government of Bomhav for
Fo r de ^\ gl0 , and tables under Hospitals printed in Part V of the Statistics of British India. B °mbay for the
The number of institutions reported to be working at the close of the year was Number of
r .0 showing a decrease o 25 compared with the year preceding. The apparent decrease is institutions.
Z e ’to the fa > lur ®. 11 of , 3i private non-aided dispensaries to send in reports, although these
institutions may sail be in existence. The new institutions started during the year comprise
Urn Agricultural College Dispensary, the Infectious Diseases Hospital and the Ghoda Dis
npnsary in P°o na > a dispensary at Jamesabad in the Thar and Parkar District and two private
Ln-aided dispensaries, one in the Sholapur District and one in the Kaira Agency An office of the East India Company and, later, of the British Raj, headed by an agent. . The 6 o 8
’ i-cntr institutions are classified as follows :— State-Publir. /in • Sf-ni ^.q^id o/. r i y
-State-Public, 49 ; State-Special, 24 ; Local and
Pnvate-Non-aided, 301 ; Railways, 46 .
l0n ; in . institutions are classified as follows :
Municipal Funds, 268 ; Private-Aided, 10 ; P
2 . The total number of patients treated was 2 , 261,685 or 11,474 more than in the Number of patients
previous year. In-door patients numbered 54 , 612 , showing an increase of 2 , 939 . Of these
0.713 were cured a ^; 5 i °, 7 1 dled ' ^ lvm ^ a death-rate of 9-3 per cent, compared with g -8 in
the preceding year. Ine total number of beds available increased from 5,672 to s 888 and
the daily average of patients from 2 , 797-8 to 2 , 855 - 5 . There were 2 , 207,073 out-door patients
the daily average being 19,565 against 19,504 in 1909 .
3 . Cases of cholera decreased from 2,347 to 609 . The number treated in 1909 was Diseases
exceptionally large on account of the Sinhast pilgrimage at Nasik. Malaria accounted for
430,347 cases a £> ainSL 4 1 7> 2o 4 in fhe previous year. The malaria returns of the year under
review are swollen by the inclusion of cases treated by medical officers who were sent into
selected districts after the rains. These officers dealt with over 28,000 cases, most of which
would probably have otherwise escaped treatment. Cases of dysentery increased from 3^241
to 4 °) 3 d 4 i small-pox cases increased from 838 to 1 , 847 ? ° u t °f which 816 were treated in Bombay
city alone, and venereal diseases numbered 37 , 273 , showing a decrease of 8,005 or
18 per cent.
4 . Of the total number treated, 14,354 were Europeans and Eurasians, 1 , 420,427 were Attendance by class
Hindus and 687,810 were Musalmans. The number of adult females seeking relief was and sex -
468 , 219 , forming 207 per cent, of the total number of patients.
5 ' n T f ne f n o mb o^ of °P e ^ atl0ns performed was 90,123 against 84,143 in the previous Surgical operations.
7 ea V Ojit of 89,985 patients operated on, 87,538 were cured, 1,129 were relieved and 411
died. 1 he mortality among patients operated on was 0'46 per cent.
6 . The total income exclusive of cash balance ingreased by Rs. 2-28 lakhs One lakh is equal to one hundred thousand rupees to Receipts.
Rs- Government grants rose from Rs. 9 , 80,509 to Rs. 11 , 27 , 852 , Municipal
contributions from Rs. 3 , 70,622 to Rs. 4 , 14 , 192 , and receipts from Local Funds from
Rs. 2 , 20,647 t0 Rs - 2 > 2 9>595- Subscriptions amounted to Rs. 40 , 635 , showing an increase
of Rs. 25 , 139 . 6
k T ^ e total ex P en di tur e was Rs. 19 , 90,212 against Rs. 17 , 46,758 in 1909 . The net Expenditure,
cos \\ a s Rs. 18 , 374319 , an increase of Rs. 2 , 23 , 546 . The average cost of each diet rose
rom e - 0 " 2 " 10 f° R e - °-3" 2 - The percentage of total cost paid by Government was 53 , g.
8. The attendance at State-Special institutions rose from 45,095 to 46 , 496 . At Rail- State-Special,
way Hospitals there was an increase in attendance of 47 , 919 , the number of patients being Railway and Private.
l J 3 i 9°- _ num ^ er , however, is still slightly less than that of 1907 . The reported
attendance at Private Non-aided institutions was 1 , 790 , 999 .
9 . The Bombay Presidency The name given to each of the three divisions of the territory of the East India Company, and later the British Raj, on the Indian subcontinent. Nursing Association has been established during the year. General.
4 . Epidemic Diseases.
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Plague.
42177 ,^ a §> ue showed an increase of 10,758 deaths during the year ending 31 st March 1911 , General,
thg Barod 63 ^ 8 ^ avm S been recorded against 31,415 in the previous year (excluding figures for
wortalitv a mon ^hs of June and July constituted, as usual, the period of lowest
f r0m Hp 6 ^ 0rme . r ^offih 656 and in the latter 876 deaths were reported. Mortality
0 ^ 772 a l ,Ue fF e .^ an r ^ se August, increasing thereafter month by month up to a maximum
the bpo-ir, ^ S r 11 ^ e h ru ary 1911 . A slight improvement in March, with 6,445 deaths, marked
Vnnmg of the usual period of decline.
huring the ^° mda y ^y the disease was prevalent throughout the year, but was most active Bombay.
r ecorded 6 p mo April and May, in which months 915 and 837 deaths respectively were
a S a ih rose ^T 1 ^ Une ^^ cem h )er ( 3 2 deaths) there was a continuous fall. The mortality
^72 dcafk m Januar y an< ^ increased month by month up to the end of March, in which month
Pattis were reported.
]n April ^ S0 P^ a & ue was prevalent throughout the year. Starting with 285 deaths Karachi
Cached. Fr m0 ^: a ^^ showed a gradual decline until November, when the minimum was
horded in , ecem ber onwards there was a continuous increase, the number of deaths
Q ln Ma rch being 490 .
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