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staff. The largest number of admissions was made in the week ending 11th March 1899,
when 113 plague patients were admitted ; and on any one day, on the 10th March 1899, on
which day 25 plague patients were admitted. The total number of deaths during the year
in this hospital was 1,508, of which 1,161 were due to plague.
The following table, taken from the Municipal Commissioner's report gives the
admissions from all causes with the deaths and recoveries for the year :-	

Admissions.	
Deaths.	
Recoveries.	

Percentage of Mortality.

Plague
1,470
1,161
309
78.97
Relapsing Fever
1,436
311
1,125
21.65
Cholera
4
2
2
50.00
Small-pox 
73
6
66
8.49
Chicken-pox
12

12
100.00
Measles
40
3
37
7.50
Whooping Cough
1

1
100.00
Observation and other Diseases
216
26
191
11.57
Total
3,252
1,509
1,743
46.37
This hospital may be taken as the model on which the other hospitals either did or
endeavoured to work. Dr. N. Chowksey was in charge of it throughout. Full details of
all the hospitals are given in the Municipal Commissioner's report, Part VI. Lt.-Col. J.
S. Wilkins, D. S. O., I. M. S., was in charge of all these hospitals from October 1898 to
May 1899.
A chart showing the total mortality week by week for the three plague years is given
overleaf.