CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
32. Leprosy. —There were 62 cases treated for this disease, against 50 in
the previous year. Of the 62, 52 were admitted to the Campbell Hospital. The
Superintendent states that most of them were in a low state of health and
17 died. Some of the remaining cases were sent to the Leper Asylum,
and the others left the hospital. Four cases were treated in the Police
Hospital, 4 in the Howrah General Hospital, and 2 in the Medical College
Hospital proper.
33. Rheumatic affections—Account for 667 admissions, against 553 in
1897. The increase was chiefly in the Campbell Hospital, where 240 were
treated, against 108 in the previous year, the Superintendent attributing the
increase to climatic causes. There were 2 deaths in all, or .29 per cent.,
against 3 and .54, respectively, in 1897. Among the Police there were 99
cases, against 111 in the preceding year.
34. . Plague. —This disease broke out in a sporadic form in Calcutta during
the year under report. I have already stated that arrangements for the recep-
tion of plague cases were made in the Campbell, Medical College, Mayo,
Chandney, where a fine new ward has been erected by the Ward Committee;
Presidency General, and Howrah General Hospitals. It was also arranged that
in the event of a severe outbreak the patients should be taken into the Sambhu
Nath Pandit Hospital also. It was, however, not found necessary to utilise this
hospital for this purpose. In the Presidency General Hospital 3 suspected cases
were admitted. The present Surgeon-Superintendent says that he was not con-
nected with the hospital at the time, and that the records are not very complete.
The three suspected cases were transferred to the Campbell Hospital, of which 1
was a true case of plague and died. In the Howrah General Hospital 1 sus-
pected case, a native Christian female, aged 17 years, was admitted on the
21st April and died on the 25th. She is stated to have been ill with fever
and to have had enlarged inguinal glands. After her death agar tubes were
prepared from the lymphatic glands of her groin and spleen, and sent to the
Health Officer, Calcutta, who stated that all the tubes gave evidence of plague.
The patient is said to have been residing in Calcutta before she fell ill.
Another case, a Hindu betel-seller, was admitted on the 20th May 1898. He
had been carrying on his business in Calcutta and fell ill there. He was
admitted to hospital with high temperature and enlarged right inguinal glands.
He was transferred to the plague hospital at Andul Road on 21st, and died
there the next day. This case was not verified bacteriologically.
35. The following table shows the plague cases treated in the Medical
College, Mayo, Chandney and Campbell Hospitals during the year under report,
classifies them according to age, nationality or religion, and gives the
results:—
NAMES OF INSTITU-
TIOES.
M e n . W o m e n . C h i l d r e n .
T o t a l .
E u r o p e a n s .
E u r a s i a n s .
H i n d u s .
Mu h a mma d a n s .
O t h e r c l a s s e s .
A g e 5 t o 1 0 .
1 1 - 2 0 . 2 1 - 3 0 . 3 1 - 4 0 . 4 1 . 5 0 . 5 1 - 6 0 .
U p w a r d s o f 6 0 .
RESULTS.
D i e d p e r c e n t .
REMARKS.
R e c o v e r e d .
D i e d .
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21
Medical College Hospital
Proper.
72 16 10 98 ... 15 49 31
3 10 26 22 19 9 12 . . . 18 80 81.63
Mayo Native Hospital ... 15 . . . 1 16 . . . ... 14 2
. . . 1 5 7 2 . . . . . . 1
. . . 16 100.
Campbell ,,
. . . 16 3 . . . 19 ... 1 10 7
1 ... 3 9 5 . . . 2 . . .
. . . 19 100.
Chandney ,,
. . . 2 . . . . . . 2 . . .
...
1 1 ...
. . . 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
1
5 0 .
It will be seen that there were no attacks among children below 5 years,
while there was only 1 case of above 60 years of age. These cases were all in-
cluded under the heading " All other general diseases" in the statement, which
account for the rise in the death-rate under that heading from 11.89 per cent.
in 1897 to 18.84 in the year under report.
36. The remaining heads of disease in the foregoing statement do not
present any unusual variations.
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