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8. Moribund cases.—The number of cases that are admitted into the
hospitals—especially into the Campbell and Howrah Hospitals—and that die in a
few hours after admission is very great many poor creatures, in fact, picked up
in the streets by the police are found to be dead when they reach the hospital.
The table below indicates the number of admissions during 1878 of moribund
cases, by which term is meant such as die within 24 hours of admission (vide
Surgeon-General, Indian Medical Department's Circular Memorandum No. 88
of 22nd September 1873). The table also shows the effect which these cases
have on the death-rate of the various hospitals.
STATEMENT No. VI.
Campbell
Hospital.
Howrah
Hospital.
Medical
College.
Mayo
Hospital.
General
Hospital.
North
Suburban
Hospital.
Alipore
Dispensary. Total.
Moribund cases
373
148
124
60
22
11
9
747
Death-rate per mille of total treated
253.61
250.19
135.59
138.69
35.51
106.08
223.21
160.88
Leath-rate after deducting the
moribund cases
227.41
203.05
111.65
113.69
30.53
90.47
155.33
156.33
9. Operations.—The operations of note which have been performed during
the year are detailed below. The table records a total of 832 cases and 59
deaths, or 7.09 per cent. In 1877 we had a list of 916 operations with 77
deaths, or at the rate of 8.4 per cent. The greatest number of operations took
place in the Medical College Hospital, next in the Mayo Hospital, then Howrah
Hospital, after it the General Hospital, then the Campbell and North
Suburban Hospitals, Bhowanipore and Alipore Dispensaries.
STATEMENT No. VII.
List of the more important surgical operations performed in the Calcutta Medical Institutions.
NATURE OP OPERATIONS.
Medical
College.
General
Hospital.
Mayo
Hospital.
Campbell
Hospital.
Alipore
Dispensary.
Bhowani-
pore Dis-
pensary.
North
Suburban
Dispensary.
Howrah
Hospital.
Total .
Op e r a t e d .
Di e d.
Op e r a t e d .
Di ed.
Op e r a t e d .
Died. Op e r a t e d . Di ed.
Op e r a t e d .
Di ed.
Op e r a t e d .
Di ed.
Op e r a t e d .
Di ed.
Op e r a t e d .
Di e d . Op e r a t e d . Di ed
Operations on
the eye and
its append-
ages
Artificial pupil
5
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
5 ...
Iridectomy
36 ...
3 ...
2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
41 ...
Extraction of lens 181 ...
1 ...
1 3
... ... ... ... ... 6 ... ... ... ...
... 201 ...
Solution of lens
10 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ...
...
... ...
10 ...
Extraction of foreign
bodies from the cornea 41 ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
41
...
Excision of eye-ball
8 ...
1 ...
4 ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ...
...
13 ...
Staphyloma
7 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
7 ...
Operations on
arteries
Ligature of arteries
... ... ... ...
1 ... ... ... ... ...
... ...
1 ... ...
...
2 ...
Operations on
Joints
Excision of joints
4
2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
4
2
Reduction of dislocations ...
... ... ...
35 ...
1 ... 4 ...
5 ... ... ...
9 ...
54 ...
Operations on
bones
Excision of bones
... ... ... ...
1
1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ...
...
1
1
Removal of necrosed
bones
3 ...
... ...
6 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
9
...
Fractures set
2
2 ...
... ... ...
1
1 ... ... ... ...
9 ... ...
...
12
3
Ununited fracture
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1
1
1
1
Amputations
Arm
4 ...
... ... ...
...
2 ... ... ... ... ...
2 ... ... ...
8 ...
Forearm
3
1 ... ...
4 ...
4
1 ... ... ... ...
1 ...
1
1 13 3
Fingers
3 ...
3 ...
22
2
1 ...
6 ... ... ...
6 ...
2
2 43 4
Wrist
... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... ... ... ... ...
2 ...
1 0...
13 ...
Thigh
3 ... ... ...
1
1
2
2 ... ... ... ...
1 ... ...
...
7 3
Leg
4
2 1 ...
3
1
5
2 ... ... ...
...
2
1
1
1 16 7
Foot
1 ...
... ...
... ...
1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
...
5
1
7 1
Toe
1 ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ...
... 1 ...
At the shoulder
2 ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ... ... ...
3 ...
At the knee-joint
1 ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
1 ...
At the ankie-joint
3 ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... 3 ...
Penis
6 ... ... ...
1
1 2 ... ...
... ... ...
... ...
... ...
10 1
Hip
1 1 ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ...
... ...
1 1
Female breast
1 ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ...
1 ...
Hand (partial)
... ... ... ...
...
...
4 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 4 ...
Removal of tumours
86
8
2 ...
17 ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ...
4 ... 109
8
Ditto of cancers
... ... ... ...
2 ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
2 ...
cal-
Ditto of vesical cal-
culi culi
20
... ... ...
9
1
3
1
1
... ... ... ... ...
2
...
35
2
Removal of urethral cal-
culi
...
... ...
...
1 ... ... ... ...
... ... ... .... ... ...
... 1 ...