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TABLES TABLE XVI STATISTICS OF HOSPITALS, LUNATIC ASYLUMS, AND VACCINATION, MADRAS PRESIDENCY [881. 1891. 1901. 1904. Hospitals,&c. Number of civil hospitals and dispensaries . 255 432 * * 480 512 Average dailynumber of- (a) in-patients . 1,927 2,470 2.923 21857 (b) Out-patients . to,6ï9 18,447 28,313 31,283 Income from- (a) Government pay- ments . Rs. 2,79,736 3,65,914 41311127 558.646 (b) Local and Munici- pal payments . Rs. 4,62,235 7,12,286 940,586 11,2R,7o3 (c) Fees, endowments, and other sources Rs. '51,163 59,686 1,27,031 1,39,261 Expenditure on- (a) Establishments Rs. 3,85,975 51541162 7,78,641 8e531353 (b) Medicines,diet,build- ings, &c. . . Rs. 31921279 51841505 7,10038 91671037 I neatic Asylums. Number of asylums 3 3 3 3 Average daily number of- (a) Criminal lunatics . 61 1 5 146 150 (b) Other lunatics 290 417 449 Income from- (a) Government pay- ments . Rs. 59,587 11351898 941786 98,841 (b) Fees and other sources . Rs. 16,855 6,499 29,208 40,381 Expenditure on- (a) Establishment. Rs. 28,212 301!77 38,946 431567 ~b)Diet,buildings,&c.Rs. 33,o6o 1,04,615 58,893 73,421 Vaccination.[ Population among whom vaccination was carried on . 30,868,504 3516511577 38,227,818 38,227,818 Nambcr of successful operations . • 523,165 852,416 1,078,173 1,128.341 Ratio per r,ooo of popu- lation. 17 24 28 29 Total expenditure on vac- cination . Rs. 1,56,656 2,04,955 21571975 2,631421 Cost per successful case Rs. 0 4 9 0 3 10 0 3 10 0 3 9 * Includes the Residency Hospital, Trivandrum. t Excludes vaccination in cantonments and dispensaries and by medical subor. dinates, for which complete statistics are not available. VOL. XVl. A a