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APPENDIX.
D e a t h s p e r
1,000 above ( +)
or below (—)
average.
Causes of
increase.
1st week (from 28th
May to 3rd June).
+ 7.
More plague, bowel-
complaints and "all
other diseases."
Less fever. Small-
pox nil.
2nd week ... + 2.9
More plague, and "all
other diseases. "Less
fever, less cholera.
3rd "
... — 2.2
More plague and "all
other diseases." Less
cholera and fever.
4th "
... — 5.9
A few plague deaths.
Much less cholera
and fever.
Last "
... — 2.1
A few plague deaths.
More "all other
diseases." Less chol-
era, less fever.
1st week
... + 1. .8
A few plague deaths.
More "all other
diseases." Less fe-
ver, less cholera.
2nd " . . . — 1 . 9
More "all other dis-
eases." Less fever,
less cholera.
3rd "
... + 6..9
More cholera and "all
other
diseases."
Less fever.
4th "
... + 3.1
More plague, cholera,
and "all other dis-
eases." Less fever.
1st week ... + 5.4
More cholera, plague,
and "all Other dis-
eases." Less fever.
2nd " ... + 3.5
Ditto
ditto.
3rd " ... + 1.9
More plague and "all
other diseases." Less
fever, less cholera.
4th " .. +.7
More plague and "all
other diseases."
Less fever.
Last " (from
27th August
to 2nd. Sep-
tember) ... — 1.2
Ditto ditto.
1st week ... + 1.6
More plague and "all
other diseases."
Less fever.
2nd " ... —. 3
Ditto, ditto.
3rd " ... — 9
More plague and "all
other diseases." Less
fever, less cholera.
4th " ... + 4.8
More plague and "all
other diseases." Less
fever. Cholera nil.
1st week ... + 3.7
More plague and "all
other diseases."
Less fever.
2nd " ... — .4
Ditto ditto.
„
3rd " ... + 4.7
Ditto ditto.
4th " ...
+ 1.4
Ditto ditto.
1st week (from
29th October
to 4th Nov-
ember) ... + 1.7
More plague and "all
other diseases." Less
fever, less cholera.
2nd week ... + 3.3
Ditto ditto.
3rd " ... + 8.8
Ditto ditto.
4th " ... + 2.
Ditto ditto.
Las t " ( f r om
26th No v e mb e r
to 2nd Decem-
ber) ... + 4.7
Ditto. Less fever
June.—As the monsoon probably began a
month earlier than usual, the early part of the
month was comparatively dry. The absence
of cyclonic storms in the Bay was a remark-
-able feature of the weather. Heavy general
rainfall was experienced owing to the preva--
lence of westerly winds, which checked the
normal outlet up the Gangetic plain of the
moist southerly winds, which were quite up to
average strength.
July.— Cyclonic storms absent in this month,
and in fact to the end of the monsoon season,
but land depressions were not wanting. There
was a fair rainfall.
August.—Rainfall was not heavy nor gener-
-al, but there was no well-marked break.
September.— Two disturbances occurred, in
one of which took place the phenomenal
fall of rain at Darjeeling with which so much
damage was associated.
October.—Weather usual at the end of the
monsoon. Pressure above normal. Tempera-
ture about normal. Rainfall almost absent.
November.—Fine, settled cold seasonable
weather.
APPENDIX.
49
Deaths per
1,000 above (+)
or below (—)
average.
Causes of
increase.
1st week ... + 5.7
More cholera, plague,
and "all other
diseases." Less
fever.
2nd " ... + .6
Ditto ditto.
3rd " ... + 3.9
Ditto ditto.
4th " (end-
ing 30th De-
cember) ... + .7
More plague and "all
other diseases." Less
fever, less cholera.
December.—The same conditions prevailed as
in November.
The following further particulars relate to Calcutta:—Percentage excess or deficit for
the season May to October 1899, plus 25, normal district rainfall 55.30; actual 68.92 inches.
C. A. P.—Reg. No. 2188J—200—14.7-1900.
MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENT.
MEDICAL.
DARJEELING, THE 27TH JUNE 1900.
RESOLUTION—No. 1195T.—M.
READ—
The Report on the Calcutta Medical Institutions for the year 1899.
Read also —
The Report for the year 1898 and the Resolution recorded thereon.
The year 1898 was unusually healthy, but in the year under review the
death-rate rose from 29.8 to 37.8 per mille in Calcutta, and in Howrah from
33.02 to 44.56, the highest rate recorded for the last eleven years. The com
-parison with 1898, however, is vitiated by the large exodus that took place in
that year in consequence of the plague scare. Putting aside the 2,332 deaths
recorded as due to plague, the total mortality of Calcutta in 1899 was actually
less than that of 1895, 1896, or 1897—a fact which is due to the remark
-able decrease of cholera during the last three years. It is suggested in the
report that, apart from the recorded plague deaths, the increase in the mortal
-ity, especially under the head "Other causes," is really due to plague, but
this inference does not seem to be borne out by the facts. There was a
considerable increase under the heads of fever and bowel-complaints, which
proves that the year was actually an unhealthy one; and a comparison of the
mortality, month by month, with the quinquennial average shows that the
excess mortality not accounted for by recorded plague deaths is so small that
there is no reasonable ground for suspecting that any appreciable number of
deaths from plague have escaped being recorded as such. In view of the excep
-tional circumstances created by the plague epidemic, Colonel Hendley has not
attempted to trace any further at present the causes of the gradual rise of the
death-rate in Calcutta and Howrah, but he gives an appendix in which the
meteorological conditions are collated month by month with the health of the
town. This is interesting with reference to the theory mentioned in last year's
Resolution, that the higher mortality was due to the increase of fever caused
by the large amount of water brought in by the water-works of the two towns
and the want of proper drainage to carry off the waste, but no very definite
conclusions can be drawn from it. A comparison of the monthly mortality
shows that the deaths from fever were highest in the first four months of the
year, and the most unhealthy month of all was March, when the rainfall was
below normal. There appears to be a comparatively steady ratio between the
deaths from plague, bowel-complaints and fever they all reach their height
in March and April, and are lowest in June and July, rising again towards
the end of the year. So far as any conclusion can be drawn from these facts,
they do not bear out the theory mentioned above, and the Lieutenant-Governor
awaits with interest the results of the careful study which is being made of
the subject.
( 5 )
15. The total income, excluding the opening balance, amounted to
Rs. 9,97,169, which exceeds that of the previous year by Rs. 6,489. The cost
to Government shows an increase of Rs. 6,509, due to larger expenditure on the
new block at the Presidency General Hospital. The receipts from paying
patients fell off by Rs. 338. There is an increase of Rs. 6,164 in the receipts
from local funds, which is attributed chiefly to larger receipts from the Hospital
Port Dues Fund at the Presidency General Hospital. There was a slight falling
off in the receipts from municipal funds, while subscriptions from Europeans
and also from natives show some increase. The rise in the latter is attributed
to a donation of Rs. 2,500 made to the Mayo Native Hospital by Babu Benode
Lal Mullick during the year under review. The Inspector-General of Civil
Hospitals has drawn the attention of Government to the small amount of
subscriptions received from native gentlemen towards the maintenance of the
medical institutions in the metropolis, and proposes to make a separate repre
-sentation on the subject, which will be awaited. The total expenditure rose
from Rs. 10,20,486 to Rs. 10,25,463, the increase being chiefly under the heads
"Miscellaneous charges," the sum spent on which rose from Rs. 88,946 to
Rs. 1,02,020, and "Buildings and repairs," which absorbed Rs. 4,37,593 as
compared with Rs. 4,27,953 in the preceding year. There was a considerable
reduction in expenditure on European medicines at the Medical College
Hospital, due to the hospital having been equipped with a large stock of
instruments and appliances in 1898. The introduction of a more liberal scale
of diet at the Presidency General Hospital has caused an increase of Rs. 5,442
in the expenditure on diet in that hospital.
16. The Lieutenant-Governor is glad to notice that numerous improve
-ments have been carried out at the several hospitals. His Honour agrees with
the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals that full advantage should be taken by
the Medical Officers of the valuable clinical opportunities which are afforded to
them by the hospitals in this city for literary work on professional subjects, and
hopes in the future to see an increase in the number of such papers published by
these officers.
17. The office of the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals was held by
Colonel T. H. Hendley throughout the year, and the Lieutenant-Governor
takes this opportunity of acknowledging his very efficient supervision of the
hospitals under his control.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
E . E . N. BAKE R,
Secretary to the Government of Bengal.
No. 1196T.—M.
COPY forwarded to the Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal, for
information.
Nos. 1197-99T.—M.
COPY of the Resolution and of the Report forwarded to the
Chairman, Calcutta Corporation
Commissioner of Police, Calcutta for information.
Sanitary Commissioner, Bengal,
No. 1200T.—M.
COPY of the Resolution and of the Report forwarded to the Bengal Branch
of the Lady Dufferin Fund for information.
( 6 )
No. 1201T.—M.
Copy
of the Resolution forwarded to the Commissioner of the Burdwan
Division for information and for communication to the Commissioners of
the Howrah Municipality, the Magistrate of Howrah, and the Superintendent
of the Howrah General Hospital.
By order of the Lieutenant-Governor of Bengal,
H. L. STEPHENSON,
Offg. Under-Secy. to the Govt. of Bengal.
DARJEELING,
The 27th June 1900.
W. M. D'C.—Reg, No. 1959C—230—6-1900.
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1900.
BY
COLONEL T. H. HENDLEY,C.I.E.,
I.M.S., Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1901.
[Price—Incljan, Bs. 2; English, 38.]
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1900.
BY
COLONEL T. H. HENDLEY, C.I.E., I.M.S.,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal.
Calcutta:
PRINTED AT THE BENGAL SECRETARIAT PRESS.
1901.
Published at the BENGAL SECRETARIAT BOOK DEPÔT,
Writers' Buildings, Calcutta.
O F F I C I A L A G E N T S
In India—
THACKER, SPINK & CO., Calcutta.
W. NEWMAN & Co., Calcutta.
THACKER & Co., Bombay.
HIGGINBOTHAM & Co., Madras.
SUPERINTENDENT, AMERICAN BAPTIST MISSION PRESS, Rangoon
.
E. SEYMOUR HALE, 53 Esplanade Road, Fort Bombay.
RAI SAHIB M. GULAB SINGH & SONS, Proprietors of the Mufid-i-am
Press, Lahore, Punjab.
In England—
E. A. ARNOLD, 37 Bedford Street, Strand, W. C., London.
CONSTABLE & Co., 2 Whitehall Gardens, S. W., London.
SAMPSON LOW, MARSTON & CO., St. Dunstan's House, Fetter Lane, E. C.,
London.
P. S. KING & SON, 2 & 4 Great Smith Street, Westminster, London.
LOZAC & Co., 46 Great Russell Street, W. C., London.
KEGAN PAUL, TRENCH, TRÜBNER & CO., Charing Cross Road, W. C.,
London.
B. QUARITCH, 15 Piccadilly, W., London.
WILLIAMS AND NORGATÈ, Oxford.
DEIGHTON BELL & CO., Cambridge.
On the Continent
—
FRIEDLÄNDER & SOHN, 11 Carlstrasse, Berlin.
OTTO HARRASSOWITZ, Leipzig.
KARL W. HIERSEMANN, Leipzig.
ERNEST LEROUX, 28 Rue Bonaparte, Paris.
MARTINUS NIJHOFF, The Hague.
Plan
OF THE
TOWN OF CALCUTTA
SHOWING THE BOUNDARIES OF WARDS
ACCORDING TO
MUNICIPAL CONSOLIDATION ACT II, B. C. OF 1888,
Scale 3 Inches = 2 Miles.
AREA AND POPULATION OF THE TOWN
N o o f w a r d .
NAME OF WARD.
Area
in Acres.
P o p u l a t i o n s .
Density
of pupil-
lation
per
acre.
1 Shampukur
409
36,885
90
2 Kumartuli
...
217
26,614
122
3 Bartola. . .
403
36,431
90
4 Sukia Street ...
320
34,828
108
5 Jorabagan
....
243
39,180
161
6 Jorasanka
...
262
41,657
159
7 Bara Bazar
...
217
20,646
95
8 Colutola
..
24
50,781
226‡
9 Muchipara
...
49,472
107
10 Bow Bazar
147
22,668
154
11 Padmapukur
166
20,761
125
12 Waterloo Street ...
211
6,083
28
13 Fenick Bazar ...
192
28,366
147
14 Taltola...
198
29,207
147
15 Collinga...
179
13,218
73
16 Park Street
...
153
4,620
30
17 Bamanbasti
...
128
3,287
25
I8 Hastings
...
108
4,820
44
19 Entally
...
1.062
33,147
31
20 Baniapukur
800
23,020
28
21 Baliganj
2,022
22,831
11
22 Bhawanipur
...
838
42,591
50
23 Alipur
1,241
14,804
11
24 Kidderpore
921
15,340
16
2 5 Watgauj
729
26,833
36
Total
11,850 648,090
54
REPORT
ON THE
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS
FOR THE YEAR 1900.
No. 4578.
FROM COLONEL T. H. HENDLEY, C.I.E., I.M S ,
Inspector-General of Civil Hospitals, Bengal,
To THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF BENGAL,
FINANCIAL AND MUNICIPAL DEPARTMENTS.
Dated Calcutta, the 2nd April 1901.
SIR,
I HAVE the honour to submit the Annual Report on the Medical
Institutions of Calcutta for the year 1900, together with the usual statements in
the appendix.
2. Mortality among the general population.—The following table shows the
deaths from the most prevalent diseases in Calcutta and Howrah during
the year 1900 and in the previous ten years :—
Deaths from the most prevalent Diseases in the Towns of Calcutta and Howrah.
YEAR.
CHOLERA.
B O W E L -
COMPLAINTS.
FEVER.
SMALL-POX. OTHER CAUSES.
TOTAL.
RATIO PER MILLE
OF POPULATION.
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
T o w n o f C a l c u t t a .
T o w n o f H o w r a h .
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
1 0
11
12
13
14
15
1890
1,879
364 2,759
385 6,792
605
872 45
8,066
474 20,368 1,873
29.8
20.62
1891
2,955
490 2,716
391 7,851
640
18 16
7,977
596 21,517 2,133 31.5
18.29
1892
2,019
771 2,364
439 7,618
1,009
21
3
8,158
540 20,180 2,702 29.6
23.68
1893
869
411 2,882
555 8,091
976
31
8
8,240
547 20,113 2,497 29.5
21.41
1894
1,695
513 3,136
708 8,963
1,150
405 11
8,242
645 22,411 3,027 32.9
25.95
1895
2,099 1,295 3,269
822 11,345
1,770 2,220 65
8,098 1,044 27,031 4,996 39.6
42.84
1896
3,449 1,118 2,967
760 9,564 1,455
69 12
8,307 1,010
24,356 4,355
35.7
37.34
1897
2,349
395 3,218
722 9,619
2,229
161 197
9,318
946 24,665 4,489
36.1
38.49
1898
665
112 3,074
736 6,060
1,984
8 4
. . .
10,460* 1,019 20,343 3,851
29.8
33.02
1899
990
191 3,453
835 7,173
2,697
62 25 14,145† 1,449
25,823 5,197 37.8
14.56
1900
2,754
529 4,126 1,231 7,642
3,073 1,010 172 21,106‡ 2,050 36,728 7,055 53.88 60.50
* Includes 164 deaths from plague.
† " 2,332 " " "
‡ " 8, 354 " " "
It will be seen that the total mortality and death-rate in Calcutta and
Howrah were considerably higher than in the previous year, in fact the highest
ever recorded, if the calculations are based on the census figures of 1891. The
provisional figures for 1901 show, however, n the case of Calcutta, an increase
of population from 681,560 to 843,487; and of Howrah, from 116,606 to
157,847, so that the ratio of deaths per mille, in the former case, will be 43.54
and. not 53.88, as in the table; and in the latter, 44.69, and not 60.50 as shown
therein. There was, however, according to the professional eports, a general
increase in deaths from cholera, bowel-complaints, fevers, small-pox and other
B
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CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
BOYS.
GIRLS.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
Treated.
Died.
Died per cent.
1898. 1899. 1900. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1898. 1899. 1900. 1898. 1899. 1900.
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32 33 34
35
36
37
Meidcal College Hospital Proper
79
151
87
11
40
30 13.92 26.49 34.48
76
117
155 10 20 18 13.15 17.09 11.61
E d e n H o s p i t a l
77
66 141
16
25
31 20.77 37.87 21.98
172
154
128 14 18 22 8.13 11.68 17.18
E z r a "
28
14
26
1
. . .
...
3.57 ...
...
20
17
18
1
1 ...
5.
5.88
. . .
S h a ma C h a r a n L a w E y e Ho s p i t a l
4
6
1 ...
...
...
...
...
...
4
3
1 ...
1 ...
...
33.33 ...
Total
188
237
255
28
65
61 14.88 27.42 23.92
272
291
302 25 40 40 9.19 13.74 13.24
Presidency General Hospi-
t a l
98
116
128
7
7
14 7.14 6.03 11.11
142
164
171
6 10 10 4.22 6.09 5.84
Ma yo Na t i ve Hos pi t a l
39
58
69
3
3
7 7.69 5.17 10.14
16
16
29 4
2
5 25.
12.50 17.24
C h a n d n e y "
15
13
14
1
1 ...
6.66
7.69 ...
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Campbell "
151
109
183
28
24
36 18.54 22.01 19.67
85
95
116 14 16 29 16.47 16.84 25.00
Police "
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
Howrah General Hospital
43
42
40
4
6
2 9.30 14.28 5.00
42
40
31
9
7
4 21.42 17.50 12.90
Du f f e r i n Vi c t o r i a "
6
4 ...
...
...
...
...
...
...
13
13
1 5
. . .
. . .
. . .
. . .
...
...
Sambhu Nath Pandit Hos
-
pital, Bhawanipur
16
22
17
3
3
6 18.75 13.63 35.29
12
9
7
1 3 ...
8. 3 33.33 ...
GRAND TOTAL
556
601
704
74
109
126 13.30 18.13 17.89
582
628
671 59 78 88 10.13 12.42 13.11
The rate of mortality among men in the Chandney Hospital, shows a
considerable diminution, viz., 1.93 against 12.65 per cent. in 1899, which is
attributed to the admission of fewer cases of moribund patients. The death
-rate among men in the Campbell Hospital, rose from 23.33 to 31.45 per cent.
in 1900, the increase being chiefly due to heavy mortality among cases
treated for cerebro spinal fever. The large diminution in the death-rate
among females in the Mayo Hospital, viz., from 21.46 to 9.22 per cent. in 1900
is accounted for by fewer deaths from fevers. Marked variations are noticeable
in the death-rates among male and female children in the different hospitals,
but the numbers are generally so small that no valid deductions can be drawn
from averages calculated on these figures. it is noticeable, however, that the
death-rate among male children in the Medical College Hospital has again
risen from 26.49 to 34.48 per cent. in 1900, the Principal stating that a larger
number of these were admitted in a hopeless condition.
22. The following table shows the principal diseases and the number and
percentages of deaths among in-patients. The diseases of both in-and out--
patients are shown in Statement No. II in the Appendix :—
CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
19
“principal ” operations being 25,946, and of “ secondary” operations 77.
The total number of deaths among patients in whom operations were perform-
ed, including those remaining under treatment from 1899, was 188, or.72 per
cent. against 154 and .61, respectively, in 1899.
The following is a list of some of the important operations performed
during 1900:—
Number. Deaths.
Excision of bones
...
...
8
0
„
of joints
...
. . .
12
0
Union of divided tendon...
...
2
0
Trephining or removing portions of skull ...
15
9
Rhinoplasty
...
...
...
1
0
Extraction of lens
...
...
485
0
Tracheotomy...
...
9
3
Abdominal section
... ...
31
17
Enterorrhaphy
...
...
...
2
1
Colotomy
...
...
...
5
3
Operations for strangulated hernia ...
24
8
Gastrostomy
...
...
...
2
1
Operations for radical cure of hernia
...
55
1
„
for abscess of the liver
. . .
52
25
Cholecystotomy
...
...
...
5
0
Cystotomy
...
...
...
12
4
Lithotomy
...
...
...
7
3
Litholapaxy
...
...
...
22
2
Nephro lithotomy ...
... ...
4
2
Nephrotomy
.........
1
0
Internal urethrotomy...
...
1
0
Removal of scrotal tumour ...
...
80
2
Ovariotomy
...
...
...
12
2
Oophorectomy
...
...
...
7
0
Removal of uterine appendages
...
20
3
„
of cysts in broad ligament
...
11
5
„
of tubes for ectopic gestation
...
5
0
„
of diseased Fallopian tube
. . .
3
1
„
of uterus, abdominal hysterectomy
3
0
„
of the whole uterus vaginal hys-
terectomy
...
...
6
1
Salpingotomy (vaginal)
. . . . . .
1
0
Delivery by forceps
...
...
96
6
„
by turning
...
...
18
3
by
„
craniotomy
...
...
3
1
„
by decapitation
...
...
7
0
„
by Cæsarean section ...
. . .
1
0
by cephalotripsy
...
...
1
0
Podalic extraction
...
...
6
0
A m p u t a t i o n s o f —
Shoulder, arm, fore-arm, elbow, hand,
wrist, thigh, leg, knee, foot, and hip-
joint
...
...
. . .
93
13
Total
. . . 1,128
116
The remaining operations chiefly consisted of the following :—
Number. Deaths.
Removal of tumours
...
...
377
3
„
of cysts
...
...
70
0
Evacuation of abscesses
...
. . . 3,611
14
Removal of foreign bodies
...
...
528
0
„
of lymphatic glands
... 1,975
0
For sinuses
...
...
...
281
0
„ chronic ulcer ...
...
...
34
2
Skin-grafting
...
...
...
62
0
Boils opened
...
... ...
995
0
Whitlow and carbuncle incised
...
542
1
Nails removed
... ...
...
3 : 3
0
Removal of fragments of bone or sequestra
115
0
Operations on fractured bones ...
...
844
0
D2
20
REPORT ON THE
Number. Deaths.
Reduction of dislocations
...
. . . 127
0
Amputation of finger
...
...
99
0
Removal of nasal polypus
...
. . .
90
0
„
of tonsils
...
. . .
64
0
Extraction of teeth
...
... 8,445
0
Stopping of teeth
...
177
0
Other dental operations
...
...
770
0
For trichiasis
...
...
...
199
0
„ pterygium
...
...
...
64
0
„
f i s t u l a l a c r y m a l i s a n d l a c r y m a l o b s t r u c -
tion
...
...
...
63
0
Extraction of foreign bodies from the eye
212
0
For fistula in ano
...
...
55
0
„ hæmorrhoids ...
...
...
49
0
„ stricture of urethra by gradual dilatation 306
1
„ stricture of urethra by forcible dilata-
tion
...
...
...
88
0
„phimosis
...
...
...
447
0
„
paraphimosis ...
...
...
120
0
„ hydrocele tapping
...
... 1,,459
0
„ with injection
...
498
0
Repair of perinæum
...
...
130
0
Scraping of uterine cavity
...
...
203
1
Puncture of membranes...
...
7 1 0
Removal of retained and adherent placenta
136
0
Total
... 23,339
22
41. Medical College Hospital Proper— including Chuni Lall Seal’s out-door
dispensary and Dental Dispensary—There was a fall of 900 operations in 1900,
the figures having been 6,885 against 7,785 in 1899. The number of deaths
after operation was 83, or 1.20 per cent., against 65 and.82, respectively,
i
in 1899. The increased mortality is attributed to the hopeless condition of many
of the cases at the time of operation. The more important operations are de-
tailed below :—
Number.
Number.
Trephining or removing portions
of the skull
...
...
8
Excision
of the vermiform
appendix
...
...
3
Tracheotomy
...
...
5
Removal of scrotal tumour
... 54
Nephro-lithotomy ...
... 3
Amputations of
—
Lithotomy
...
...
2
Litholapaxy
••.
...
13
Arm
...
...
5
Cholecystotomy
...
...
4
Elbow
...
. . .
1
Operations
for strangulated
hernia...
14
Forearm
... ...
Shoulder-joint
...
...
8
1
Operations for radical cure of
hernia
... ... 34
Leg
...
...s
Thigh
... ...
12
8
Enterorrhaphy
...
...
1
Knee-joint
...
...
3
•••
Laparotomy... 12
i
Operations for intest i nal obstruc–
tion
...
... 12
Total
... 203
Last year I remarked upon the diminution in the number of litholapaxy
operations in this hospital. This year I am glad to find that the number has
increased by 11. Stone cases, however, are rare in Lower Bengal. The number
of cases in which abdominal section was performed was also greater than
in 1899. Scrotal tumour was removed in 54 cases against 58 in 1899. I
am glad to note that the number of more important operations has generally
increased.
42. The Presidency General Hospital—Had a smaller number of opera-
tions than in 1899, the figures having been 401 against 529 in the previous
year. The decrease is accounted for by the admission of fewer seamen, who
chiefly contribute to the operation list. There were 10 deaths, or 2.42 per
cent., against 7 and1.26, respectively, in 1899. Six out of the 10 deaths