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REPORT ON THE
23. As usual, the prevalence of this disease amongst the British troops in
the Presidency district is given below:—
Statement showing the number of men admitted into the Military Hospitals and who died
from Enteric Fever in the years 1895 and 1896.
CALCUTTA.
BARRACKPORE.
DUM-DUM.
JALLAPAHAR.
1895.
1896.
1895.
1896.
1895.
1896.
1895.
1896.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Average strength of all ranks
1,037
1,049
340
372
865
981
416
521
Number of admissions from enteric fever
7
10
1
*25
17
10
5
Nil
Number of deaths from enteric fever
4
4
None
2
10
4
1
Nil
* 1 W o m a n a l s o a d m i t t e d .
24.
Remittent fever. —One thousand and seventy-five admissions are
reported, as compared with 1,072 in 1895, and a mortality of 289, or 26.88 per
-cent., as against 280 and 26.11 per cent. The numbers treated at the Mayo,
Howrah and Police Hospitals were larger than in 1895 and there was a corres
- p o n d i n g d i m i n u t i o n a t t h e o t h e r s .
25.
Cerebro-spinal fever. —Of this disease, there were 9 cases during the
year, with 5 deaths, distributed as follows:—5 in the Medical College Hospital,
of whom 2 died; 3 in the Mayo Hospital, 2 ending fatally, and 1 fatal case in
the Campbell Hospital.
26.
Surgical operations. —In statement No. III in the Appendix will be
found a record of all the surgical work done in the medical institutions of
Calcutta during 1896. The form has been drawn up in accordance with the
instructions conveyed in the Government of India's letter No. 6Medl./238, dated
14th March 1896, by which the artificial division of operations into "major"
and "minor," formerly in use, has been abolished. Operations are classified as
"principal" and "secondary," and the number of individual patients operated
on is indicated, while the custom previously followed of showing separately
the operations performed by medical subordinates has been discontinued in
accordance with the instructions contained in the Government of India's letter
No . 3 1 Me d l . / 1 1 0 1 , d a t e d t h e 1 9 t h De c e mb e r 1 8 9 6 .
The entire number of operations, for which names are specified, was 24,067,
to which have to be added 6,340 reported as having been performed but
which are not designated in the returns.
The number of patients on whom the 24,067 operations were done was
21,693, the inequality being due almost entirely to cases of repeated catha
- t e r i s m i n t h e s a m e i n d i v i d u a l s , t h i s p r o c e e d i n g h a v i n g b e e n f o l l o w e d 3 , 3 3 6 t i m e s
on 975 persons.
There were altogether 5 secondary operations.
The total number of deaths was 160, which works out to .73 per cent., but
the death-rate, it must be remembered, is calculated on the total number of
patients on whom both major and minor operations of all kinds were performed.
27.
Medical College Hospital Proper.— Including work done in Choonee Lall
Seal's Dispensary, the Dental Dispensary,
and special department for throat and nose
diseases, 6,210 operations were performed.
There were 54 deaths, or an average of .86
per cent. calculated on the total number
treated which was 6,260 including those
remaining from the previous year. A list
of the more important operations is given
on the margin.
In the special department for
diseases of the throat and nose there
were 843 operations, as against 884 in
1895.
Number.
Tracheotomy
12
Lithotomy
3
Litholapaxy
8
Laparotomy
8
He r ni ot omy
29
Radical cure of hernia
37
Colotomy
3
Operations for the removal of
elephantiasis of scrotum and
removal of scrotal tumour.
51
A m p u t a t i o n s –
Arm
1
Forearm
2
Leg
11
Thigh
5