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REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
Definition of moribunds No less than 149 moribunds were admitted into the native ward during the
year. The above statement includes only those who died within 24 hours after
admission into hospital.
A very large number of patients besides these were admitted in the last
stages of disease and exhaustion, upon whom medicine could not take effect, but
who were admitted merely to be fed as objects of charity.
The beds in the native department intended for curable cases are nearly
always filled with incurables, which makes it little better than a moribund ward.
Separ at e accommodat i on f or mor i bunds and chol er a cases desi r abl e.
It is for the accommodation of sick suffering from chronic disease in its last
stages that a special separate building is so urgently required. The presence of
moribunds and cholera cases in the main ward renders the atmosphere unwhole-
some, and prevents a more respectable class of people from entering the
hospital. It is impossible to locate surgical cases in the same room with impunity,
as the air is always tainted with the exhalations so peculiar to natives in the last
stages of diarrhœa and dysentery.
The following statements show in detail the sickness and mortality annually
from the chief causes of disease and death. The returns for 1869 being
incomplete, the table for that year is not entered:—
Sickness and mor-
tality in 1864.
1864.
DISEASES.
Treated.
Died.
RATIO OF DEATHS PER 1,000 TO
Treated.
Total deaths.
Total treated f r o m
all diseases.
E.
N.
E.
N.
E.
N.
E.
N.
E.
N.
Intermittent fever
127
92
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Remittent fever
39
36
6
2
153·84
55·55
113·20
23·80
9 23
2·24
Cholera
32
80
16
21
500·00
262·51
301·88
250·00
24·61
23·62
Phthisis pulmonalis.
3
. . . . . .
2
. . . . . .
666·66
. . . . . .
37·73
. . . . . .
3·07
. . . . . .
Sunstroke
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Pneumonia
2
. . . . . .
1
. . . . . .
500·00
. . . . . .
18·86
. . . . . .
1·53
.........
Dysentery
59
59
11
8
186·44
135·59
207·54
95·23
16·92
8·99
Diarrhœa
73
182
3
38
41·09
208·79
56·60
452·38
4·61
42·74
Hepatitis
9
2
3
1
333·33
500·00
56·66
11·90
4·61
1· 12
Other diseases
306
438
11
14
35·94
31·96
207·54
166·66
16·92
15·74
Total
650
889
53
84
83·07
94·48 ......
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
......
Sickness and mor-
tality in 1865.
1865.
DISEASES.
Treated.
Died.
RATIO OF DEATHS PER 1,000 TO
Treated.
Total deaths.
Total treated from
all diseases.
E.
N.
E.
N.
E.
N.
E.
N.
E.
N.
Intermittent fever
145
37
......
1
......
27·02
......
8·33
. . . . . .
1·44
Remittent fever
48
27
2
6
41·66
222·22
37·71
50·00
2·57
8·69
Cholera
47
55
18
14
387·97
154·54
339·62
116·66
23·16
20·28
Phthisis pulmonalis
3
3
. . . . . .
1
. . . . . . 333·33
. . . . . .
8·33
. . . . . .
1·44
Sunstroke
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Pneumonia
2
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
......
...... ......
......
. . . . . .
. . . . . .
Dysentery
89
56
15
18
168·53
321·42
233·01
150·00
19·30
26·08
Diarrhœa
72
160
4
52
55·55
325·00
75·47
433·33
5·14
75·36
Hepatitis
15
. . . . . .
6
. . . . . .
400·00
. . . . . .
113·20
. . . . . .
7·72
. . . . . .
Other diseases
356
352
8
28
22·47
79·54
150·94
233·33
10·29
40·57
Total
777
690
53
120
68·21
173·91
. . . . . .
......
. . . . . .......