CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
The number of more important operations was 78, against 72 in 1897 and
78 in 1896. All the cases in which extraction of lens was performed were
successful. This was no doubt due to careful selection and to the fact that
Lieutenant-Colonel Sanders, the Superintendent, is an expert.
Last year I remarked that the pupils of a private medical school attend at
this hospital, but the arrangements for teaching them were inadequate. In
accordance with the remarks of Government in paragraph 11 of the Resolution
recorded upon my report for last year, I addressed the Superintendent on the
subject. His report was received during the year, but I considered it best to
discuss the matter fully in personal communication with him. I will submit to
Government a separate report on the subject in connection with medical
education in Bengal.
46. The Chandney Hospital shows 1,256 operations, against 2,032 in 1897.
The operations were of an unimportant nature.
47. The Chitpur Dispensary had 1,463 operations, or 478 fewer than in
1897. None were important.
48. The Park Street and Sukea's Street Dispensaries had between them 1,251
operations, all of which were unimportant.
49. The Police Hospital returns 142 operations, against 159 in 1897. The
operations chiefly consisted of opening of abscesses. Two were paracentesis
thoracis and one excision of veins.
50. The Dufferin Victoria Hospital shows 1,631 operations in 1898.
The number in 1897 including those the details of which were not furnished
was 1,441. During the year under report the Lady Superintendent was asked to
keep a complete record of all operations. Details were accordingly furnished by
Miss Baümler, M.D., who held charge of the institution for the greater part of
the year. Most of the operations were of a trivial nature. A little more than
a third represented the application of Playfair's probe to the uterus. Of the
more important ones the following may be mentioned:—
Number.
Scraping of uterine cavity
. . .
. . .
. . .
26
Dilatation of atresia vagina
...
. . .
...
5
Ditto of the sphincter ani ...
. . .
. . .
2
There were no obstetric operations. The hospital has now been provided
with a large and a fine building, and a new Lady Superintendent has been
appointed to the charge, but it is not likely that the operations will increase,
as a different class of patients will come under treatment in the institution.
51. The Sambhu Nath Pandit Hospital at Bhawanipur had 1,479 operations,
against 2,174 in 1897. There were 13 deaths, against 29 in the previous year.
The following are some of the more important operations:—
Number.
Number.
Tracheotomy
. . .
. . .
1
Amputations of—
Extraction of lens . . .
. . . 33
Arm
...
...
3
Laparotomy
. . .
...
2
Hand
...
. . .
2
Colotomy
. . .
. . .
1
Forearm
...
...
1
Ovariotomy
. . .
...
1
Shoulder-joint
. . . 2
Cystotomy
. . .
...
3
Leg
...
...
2
Removal of scrotal tumour
...
1
Thigh
...
...
1
Foot
...
...
1
Total
. . . 54
Among the cases in which extraction of lens was performed, 78.38 per
cent. were successful. The number of more important operations fell off from
80 in 1897 to 54 in 1898. The main cause of the decrease is stated to be the
plague scare.
52. The Howrah General Hospital had 1,397 operations, against 1,439 in
1897. There were 7 deaths after operations, against 13 in 1897. The number
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