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Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 7, p. 360.

360 BENGAL TABLE XVI STATISTICS OF HOSPITALS, LUNATIC ASYLUMS, AND VACCINATION, BENGAL 19031 1881. 1891. 1901. 1903. present area. Hospitals, Wc.* Number of civil hospitals and dispensaries . . 237 283 567 614 375 Average daily number of-- (a) In-patients . . 2,091 2,652 3,456 3,524 2,970 (h) Out-patients .9,395 12,160 25,970 29,227 18,847 Income from- (a) Government pay- ments . . Rs. 3,74,773 3,47,445 8,74,616 8,1o,5o0 7,56,740 (b) Local and municipal payments . Rs. 1,93,402 3,65,384 7,09,911 7,84,440 6,04,858 (c) Fees, endowments, and other sources Rs. 3,25,684 2,97,358 6,63,872 9,67,968 6,91,726 Expenditure on- (a) Establishment . Rs. 4,09,803 4,37,662 8,22,629 8,91,289 7,09,513 (b) Medicines, diet, build- ings, &c. Rs. 4,02,783 5,20,221 12.50,347 I4,30,758 11,93,019 Ltnaltic Asylzums. Number of asylums . . 6 6 6 6 Average daily number of- (a) Criminal lunatics 277 455 517 543 391 (6) Other lunatics . 616 580 469 510 391 Income from- (a) Govemment pay- ments . Rs. 87,479 92,i65 1,18,960 1,16,357 91,344 (b) Fees and other sources Rs. 28,464 27,985 20,556 20,408 19,236 Expenditure on- (a) Establishment . Rs. 55,633 43,978 45,769 46,649 38,554 (b) Diet, buildings, &c. Rs. 60,310 76,173 93,747 90,116 72,026 1_80-1. |1890-1. - 1900-1. 1903-4. lVaccination.t- - ___-- -- --- ; --- Population among whom vaccination was carried on .36,892,735 62,782,913 73,843,197 77,624,647 Number of successful opera- tions . . . 1,363,925 1,805,096 2,248,015 2,662,477 I Ratio per I,ooo of popula- tion . . . 37 28 3 34 Total expenditure on vac- cination. . . Rs. I,I,o66 1,82,400 1,88,114 2,03,281 i Cost per successful case Rs. 0-1-3 0-1-7 0-1-4 o--1-2 * The figures for hospitals, &c., include the institutions in Calcutta. t The figures for vaccination include those for the States of Orissa and Chota Nagpur in wlicl vaccination is carried on.