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REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
Varieties of dis
e a s e t r e e ' e l i n
lock hospitals.
TABLE IV.
Annual Return of the Lock Hospitals of Calcutta and Suburbs for the year 1872.
Mean daily izumber of Sick, 293·8
Venereal Diseases.
REMAINED.
ADMITTED.
TOTAL.
DISCHARGED.
IMPRI-
SONED.
ABSCOND-
ED.
DIED.
REMAIN-
ING.
Total.
E . & E .
N .
T o t a l .
E . & E .
N .
T o t a l . E . & E .
N .
E . N . & . E .
N .
T o t a l E . & E .
N .
T o t a l E . & E .
N .
T o t a l
E . & E .
N .
T o t a l
E . & E ,
N .
T o t a l
43 A.
Hard chancre*
. . . 22 22 1
73
74 1
95 1
75
76
. . .
. . .
. .
...
6
6
. . . 2 2 .. 12 12
96
43 A.
Indurated bubo
. . . 2
2 . . .
1 1
11 . .
13 . . .
11
11 .... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .... ..... . . . . . . . 2 2 13
43 A
Soft chanere*
3 106 109 2 1 863 88422 969 22 811 833 . 13 13 1 34 35 . . . . . . 3 . 3 1 108 109 993
43 A
Suppurating bubo
...
5
5 . . 15 15 . . . 20 ... 15 15 . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3 20
43 A
Phagedœnic sore*...
. . . . . . 6
6 ....
4
4 . .
10 . .
5
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5
1 0
43 A
Sloughing. sore*
. . . 9
9 1
4
5 1
13 . . . . . .
8
8 . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . 5 5
1 4
43-1
Mucous patch*
. . . 2 2 . . .
3 1
3 1 . .
3 3 . . .
3 2
3 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 33
43-1
Do. tubercles*..
. . . 2 2 . . .
4
4. . .
3 . . . 3
3 . . . . . . . . . . 0 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
43 B
Secondary syphilis
. . . 1 1 1 14 15 1 15 . . . . 11 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 4 5 16
877
Syphilitic warts
. . . 2
2 . . .
4
4 . . .
6 ...
6
6 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
6
658
Ulceration of os uteri
. .
. . .
. . . 1
119
120 1
119 ....
72
72 ... 2. 2
3
3 . . . . . . . . 1 42 43 120
585 B
Gonorrhœa*
1
7
8 1 3 808 821 14 815 13 609 622 ... 6 0 . 51 51 . . . 2 2 1 147 148 829
595
Labial abscess
. . . 6
6 2
109
111 2
115 2
95
97 . . 1 1 . . . 3
3 . . 1 1 . . 15 15 117
674
Vaginal fistula
1 2 3 . . 15 15 1 17 1 10 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7 18
671
Vaginitis
. . . 1
1 . . .
8
8 . . . 9 . . .
7
7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 2
9
859
Simple ulcer
. . . 61 61 11
811
822 11
872 9
802
811 . . 5 5 ... 23 23 ... 1 1 2 41 43 893
Total
5 231 239 51 2,890 2,941 5 6 3,124 4 8 2,572 2,620 . .27 27 2 122 124 . 9 9 6 394 400 3,180
Comparison with
1871.
Increase of ad
missions.
Taking the diseases marked with asterisks as the result of fresh infection,
it will be seen that in an average of 6,962 women, there occurred 1,819 cases
of disease. The rate of infection among them for the year is therefore
estimated at 26 per cent. This is a much higher proportion than that of last
year ; but this increased rate is, in a great measure, attributable to the circum
-
stances explained in paragraph 5 of this report, regarding admission of cases of
vaginal discharges. It will be seen from Table IV, that in this class of cases
alone there was a difference of 675 between the years 1871 and 1872.
7. The admissions into the hospitals have risen from 2,037 in 1871 to
2,941 in 1872. This increase is likewise the result of the circumstances alluded
to in the preceding paragraph.
It is satisfactory, however, to be able to add that there has been a marked
improvement in almost all kinds of severe affections, as will be observed from the
following comparative statement :—
Decrease of ad
missions from the
sever.er venereal
complaints.
1870.
1871.
1872.
Hard chancre
437
138
74
Indurated bubo
53
12
1 1
Soft chancre
937
662
884
Suppurating bubo
94
28
15
Phagedænic sore
30
8
4
Sloughing sore
35
5
5
Secondary syphilis
187
71
15
8. The fifth table is a return of sickness from other causes occurring
during the detention in the lock hospitals and therefore needs no comment.