40
CASE B.
Age 25. Hindu.
Patient's state on admission (a transfer from Observation Camp)-
Temperature
106
Pulse
110
Respiration
35
with glandular swelling in left groin. In the evening he was seized with epilepsy, and
subsequently became unconscious, in which state he died on the 2nd day after admission.
Symptoms.- Urine scanty, passed in small quantities, and high-coloured. A case
of the nephritic type.
Sion Hospital.
GOVERNMENT HOSPITAL No. 16.
Sion Hospital was built on the high ground situated east of the village of
Sion Koliwada. It contains three wards nominally of 10 beds each, but capable of
holding sixteen beds each if required to do so.
In addition it was provided with the usual out-door accommodation of a two-
section hospital, including temporary nurses' quarters, a sub-divisional office, two
rows of segregation huts for the relations of patients, and a barrack for accommo-
dating a detachment of infantry posted there for the purpose for providing men for
search and causeway guard work ; which incidentally proved useful as a hospital guard.
The Staff consisted of one Medical Officer, two hospital assistants, one clerk,
two nurses, six ward-orderlies, and a menial staff as detailed in the attached tabular
summary. The Sub-divisional Medical Officer of Sion, Bhoiwada, and Sewree also
did duty as Medical Officer of the Hospital in a most satisfactory manner. The
nurses worked zealously and conscientiously throughout. Of the two hospital
assistants, one remained for only a short time, when he was transferred, and the
other, Mr. Purbaram Tooljaram, who did good work eventually, caused much annoy-
ance when first appointed by refusing to reside in or near the hospital. Of the six
ward-orderlies, four remained throughout and worked well, and the other two were
transferred to Worli. Considerable difficulty was experienced in procuring menial
servants, and in retaining them when appointed, owing to the distance from Bombay
and their awe of the plague. The hospital was used for cases and suspects found in
Western Dharavi, Sion, Govari, Matunga, Vadalla, and Sewree and also for cases and
suspects detained by the Medical Inspection staff at the Sion-Coorla Causeway. It was
opened on the 27th of March and closed on the 17th of May 1897. There were 67
admissions, of whom 23 died (11 within 24 hours after admission) and 44 recovered.
Summary of Report on Sion Hospital.
Hospital opened
27-3-97
Recoveries
44
Hospital closed
17-5-97
Deaths
23
Admissions
67
Transferred convalescents
Staff.
Medical Officer
1
Cooks
2
Hospital Assistant
1
Dhobie
1
Clerk
1
Sweepers
6
Nurses
2
Bhisti
1
Ward-orderlies
4
Peon
1
Ramosees
2
Ayah
1