CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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The following extracts are taken from Surgeon-Major A. J. Payne's report on the work
-
ing of the Contagious Diseases Act in the Medical Department in the town and suburbs of
Calcutta during the year 1878:
—
The internal working of the hospital is presented in the following statement:—
TABLE IV.
Annual Return of Lock-hospitals of Calcutta and Suburbs for the year 1878.
REMAINED. ADMITTED. TOTAL. DISCHARGED. IMPRISONED. ABSCONDED. LIBERATED. DIED.
REMAINING.
VENEREAL DISEASE.
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
Na t i v e s . Tot al .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u r a s i a n s .
Na t i ve s .
Tot al .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
N a t i v e s .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
Nat i ves.
Tot a l .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
Na t i ve s .
Tot a l .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
Na t i ve s . To t a l .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
Na t i ve s .
Tot al .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
N a t i v e s .
Tot al .
E u r o p e a n s a n d E u . r a s i a n s
Na t i ve s .
Tot al . TOTAL.
43A Hard chancre
. . . 7 7
. . .
2
2 ...
9 ...
4
4 ... ... ... ... ...
. . . ... 1 1 ... 1 1 ... 3 3
9
„ Indurated bubo. ... 4 4 . . .
. . . .
. . . ...
4
. . .
4
4
. . .
. . . .
. . . . . . ... ... ...
. . .
. . . ... ...
. . . ... ... ...
4
„ soft chancre
... 41 41
5 137
1 4 2
5
178 5 132 137 ... ... ...
. . . ...
. . . ... ... ... ... 2 2 ... 44 44 183
„
Suppurating bubo ... 2 2 ... ...
...
...
2 ...
2
2
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
,, Phagedenic sore ...
. . .
. . . ...
3
3 ...
3 ...
1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
2
2
3
„
Sloughing sore
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
593 Syphilitic condy-
loma.
...
1 1
. . . ...
... ...
1 ...
1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
1
585B Gonorrhœa
1 18 19 15 417 432 16 435 14 331 345 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
. . . . . . 2 104 106 451
595 Labial abscess
... 10 10 1
10
11 1
20 1
14
15 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 1 ... 5 5
21
43B Secondary syphilis ... 5 5 ...
8
8 ...
13 ...
4
4
. . . . . .
. . .
. . .
. . . . . .
...
. . .
. . .
...
. . .
. . .
. . .
9
9
1 3
859 Simple ulcer
... 174 174 12 3,052 3,064 12 3,226 9 3,077
3 , 0 8 6 2
1 2 14 ... 7 7 ... ... ... ... 5
5
1 125 126 3,238
6 7 1 Vaginitis
... 1 1 ...
. . .
. . . ...
1 ...
1
1
. . . . . .
. . .
. . . ...
. . . ...
. . . ... ...
. . .
. . .
. . . ... ...
1
Total
1 263 264 33 3,629 3,662 34 3,892 29 3,571 3,600 2 12 14 ... 7 7 ... 1 1 ... 9 9 3 292 295 3,926
Mean daily number of sick 305.7.
I cannot regard this state of things here exhibited as otherwise than very satisfactory.
The reduction of serious diseases had been up to 1877 very great, but it was more than
maintained in 1878. Notwithstanding that circumstances, to be detailed presently, brought
to notice an increased quantity of the minor affections, the course of improvement may be
shewn as follows:—
Cases of serious disease detected among registered women.
1870.
1871.
1872.
1873.
1874.
1875.
1876.
1877.
1878.
Hard chancre
437
138
74
80
104
54
16
12
2
Indurated bubo
53
12
11
4
17
12
9
8
. . . . . .
Soft chancre
937
662
884
873
700
673
396
180
142
suppurating bubo
94
28
15
24
26
20
12
6
. . . . . .
Secondary syphilis
187
71
15
15
19
14
13
16
8
Total
1,708
911
999 996
866
773
446
222
152
The troops in the Fort brought disease into the town on several occasions, and the port
was unusually full of shipping. The following comparative statement of the average
number of vessels lying in the river in the last three years will illustrate this point:—
Average number of
vessels.
Average number of
persons on board.
1876
87
1,436
1877
140
3,920
1878
147
4,116
There entered during the year no less than 747 British sea-going vessels with crews
numbering 18,965, and 499 vessels with lascar crews carrying 16,015 persons.
The effect of the importation of disease thus made would be seen principally in the
Fenwick Bazar and Watgunge sections, and in both of these disease increased largely in
1878 over 1877. Disease in garrison demanded much more rigour than is commonly exer
-cised towards those cases of doubtful disorder which may cause gonorrhœa, and admissions
under this head accordingly increased. Simple ulcers were also more numerous from similar
causes, and I think the appointment of a new examiner to the Chitpore Depot had some effect
in this direction.