From the above it appears that the ratio of deaths to admissions was
highest during 1876 from apoplexy, enteric fever, and phthisis; while during
1877 it was highest from apoplexy, phthisis, and enteric fever. The ratio of
deaths to the strength of the police force was highest from diarrhœa, enteric
fever, and phthisis during 1877, and from enteric fever during 1876. The above
table also shows that the most prevalent disease in both years was ague. In the
year reviewed, it furnished 1,815 admissions, or a percentage of 68.38 of the total
number of admissions, and in 1876, 1,325 admissions, or a percentage of 62.88
on the number of admissions. The admissions from dysentery numbered
208 as against 127 during the preceding year; but the larger number shows
only 3.36 per cent. of deaths to admissions, whereas the smaller shows the
higher rate of 5.51 per cent. Diarrhœa was also more prevalent in 1877 than
the year before, there being 157 cases in the latter year against 91 in the
former. The mortality from it was likewise higher, the year 1877 having
a rate of 8.28 per cent. as against a rate of 7.69 per cent. for 1876. There
were 11 cases of typhoid fever, or two less than the year previous. Police--
men are necessarily much exposed to changes of temperature, and in some
cases the diseases from which they suffered could be referred to that cause.
Rheumatic affections brought into hospital amounted to 3.14 per cent. of total
admissions, and diseases of the respiratory organs 2.37 per cent.
whe
The native portion of the force, however, is treated, when sick, in the
large, well-ventilated building in Amherst Street, regarding the administration
of which this report specially treats. It consists of eight large blocks of one
-storied wards, communicating with each other by means of a covered verandah.
Each of the wards or blocks is capable of accommodating from 20 to 21
patients. The total number of sick who can be accommodated at one time
in all the buildings, without causing any inconvenience or overcrowding, is
165. The building is furnished with a good and plentiful water-supply from
the municipal water works.
6. With regard to the hospital accommodation available for the Calcutta
Police, it is to be noted that none is specially set apart for the European
portion of the force. When the members of this portion suffer from trivial
complaints, they are generally treated by the Police Surgeon in their own
barracks; but when seriously ill are transferred either to the General or
Medical College Hospitals.
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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5. The following table shows the diseases on account of which the mor
-tality of the last two years occurred:—
Diseases causing
mortality.
1877.
1876.
DISEASE.
Admissions
into
hospital.
Deaths.
Ratio of
deaths to
admissions.
Ratio of
deaths to
total strength
of police
force.
Admissions
into
hospital.
Deaths.
Ratio of
deaths to
admissions.
Ratio of
deaths to
total strength
of police
force.
Ague ... ...
. . .
1,815
3
·16
·09
1,325
4
·30
·12
C h o l e r a . . . . . .
. . . 2 0
7
3 5 ·
· 2 2
1 4
3
2 1 · 4 2
· 0 9
Dysentery ...
. . .
208
7
3·36
·22
127
7
5·51
·22
Diarrhœa ... ...
. . .
157
13
8·28
·41
91
7
7·69
·22
E n t e r i c f e v e r . . .
. . .
11
9
81·81
·28
13
11
84·61
·35
Phthisis ... ...
. . .
11
10
90·90
·31
9
6
66·66
·19
Bronchitis ...
. . .
52
3
5·76
·09
27
1
3·70
·03
Simple continued fever
. . .
68
. . . . . .
. . . . .
. . . . . . 28
1
3·57
·03
Apoplexy ...
. . .
4
4
100·
·13
3
3
100·
·09
All other diseases
. . .
14
7
50·
·22
19
9
47·36
·29
Hospital
accommodation
(Europeans.)
The various wards are reserved, as far as possible, for patients suffering
from particular diseases, or for native officers. No. 1 ward is reserved for
sick native officers, Nos. 2 and 3 for patients suffering from malarious
and continued fevers, No. 4 for surgical cases, No. 5 for all newly
-admitted men who have not been examined and their diseases diagnosed,
No. 6 for miscellaneous cases, No. 7 for bowel-complaints, and No. 8
for venereal affections. When, however, the number of sick becomes
large and there is much overcrowding, it is impossible to keep the sick separate
as above described.