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REPORT ON THE
21. The remaining heads in the table call for no special comment, but
the usual statement as to the prevalence of enteric and remittent fever is
appended :—
ENTERIC FEVER.
REMITTENT FEVER.
1 8 7 3 . 1 8 7 4 . 1 8 7 5 . 1 8 7 6 .
1877.
1878.
1 8 7 9 .
1880.
1 8 8 1 .
1 8 8 2 . 1883. 1 8 8 4 . 1885.
1 8 8 6 .
1887. 1888. 1 8 8 9 . 1 8 9 0 . 1 8 9 1 . 1 8 9 2 . 1893. 1 8 7 3 . 1874. 1875. 1876.
1 8 7 7 . 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881. 1 8 8 2 . 1883. 1 8 8 4 . 1885. 1 8 8 6 . 1887. 1 8 8 8 . 1889. 1890.
1
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15,16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40
Medical College
Hospital.
9 5 6 6 1 ... 2
... ... ... ...
1 1 1 ... . . .
...
1 3 6 5 86 58 125 95 124 152 164 180 196 150 119 106 92 73 94 90 91 70
Presidency General
Hospital.
... 11 12 17 18 9 11 6
11
12 1 10 17 17 11 9 11 10 20 5 10 22 10 48 27 39 38 34 49 32 40 45 26 53 75 26 35 50 55
Howrah General
Hospital.
6
... ... ...
4 2 4 2 3 3
... ... ... ...
2 1 3... 3 1
1 8 8 146 172 210 359 393 228 107 77 73 30 82 8 6 55 33 44 43 36
Mayo Native
Hospital.
2 1 3 6 . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1 13 13 13 22 156 206 126 202 210 133 163 160 184 121 81 54 66 34
Chandney Hospital ... . . . 2 ... . . . . . . ... . . . ... . . . . . . ... ... ... . . . . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... 9 22 14 18 18 4 6 11 10 49 50 13 2 11 7 1 . . .
Campbell Hospital 28 2 . . .
... ... . . . ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . . . . . . . . . . .
... . . . ... 212 495 466 433 432 466 333 354 309 301 322 462 314 316 220 250 177 414
Police Hospital ... 8 11 ... 14 11 2 1 ... . . . . . . ... ...
...
. . . ... ... ...
... ...
... ... ... ... 1
... ...
11 29 28 58 41 52 44 61 64 75 77 7 8 69
D u f f e r i n V i c t o r i a
Hospital.
... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... ... ... ... ... ... ... . . . ... . . . ...
...
. . . . . . ...
...
Total
...
53 30 23 43 34 13 18 8 15 15 1 11 20 18 13 10 14 11 26 12 17 421 731 847 806 1,128 1,284 918 926 893 748 780 930 803 706 540 557 506 678
Of the 17 cases of enteric fever, 12 were in Europeans, of whom 5 died.
The diagnosis was verified by post-mortem examination in three of the cases.
Two were in Eurasians, both of whom died, but no examination was made.
The remaining three cases were in natives, one of whom died, and in this case
also the diagnosis was confirmed by an autopsy. This should always be done
when possible. The disease was more prevalent than in 1892 among the
British troops in the Presidency command, as is shown by the following table:—
Statement showing the number of men admitted into the Military Hospitals and who died from Enteric Fever
years 1892 and 1893.
CALCUTTA.
BARRACKPORE.
DUM -DUM.
JALLAPAHAR
1892.
1893.
1892.
1893.
1892.
1893.
1892.
1893.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Average strength of all ranks ...
...
... ...
1,103
1,130
343
354
807
756
383
406
Number of admissions from enteric fever ...
...
3
4
5
9
5
11
1
...
Number of deaths from enteric fever
...
. . .
. . .
2
1
2
2
8
1*
...
* This case did not originate here. The man arrived from Pedong, where he was on detached (signalling) duty, and died the third day after ad:
from perforation of the bowel.
22. Remittent fever—gave 1,184 cases with 344 deaths = 29.05 per cent.
in 1892 there were 1,215 admissions and 373 deaths, or 30 . 69 per cent.