28.
REPORT ON THE CALCUTTA MEDICAL INSTITUTIONS.
Prevalence and
mortality of par-
ticular diseases
among Christians
and Natives
contrasted.
DISEASES. | Number of cases treated to a termina- tion. |
Number of deaths. |
Mortality per cent of cases treated to a termination. |
Number of cases mori- bund on admission. |
Mortality per cent., moribund cases being deducted. |
|
SPECIAL DISEASES.—(Contd.) | ||||||
4. Remittent Fever | Christians | 21 | 7 | 33.33 | 5 | 12.5 |
Natives | 56 | 27 | 48.21 | 14 | 30.95 | |
Total | 77 | 34 | 44.15 | 19 | 25.86 | |
5. Dysentery | Christians | 95 | 11 | 11.58 | 4 | 7.69 |
Natives | 138 | 47 | 34.06 | 8 | 30.00 | |
Total | 233 | 58 | 24.89 | 12 | 20.81 | |
6. Diarrhœa.* | Christians | 58 | 6 | 10.34 | 0 | 10.34 |
Natives | 67 | 5 | 7.47 | 2 | 4.61 | |
Total | 125 | 11 | 8.8 | 2 | 7.31 | |
7. Liver Abscess* | Christians | 2 | 1 | 50.00 | 0 | 50.00 |
Natives | 11 | 5 | 45.45 | 1 | 40.00 | |
Total | 13 | 6 | 46.15 | 1 | 41.66 | |
8. Bronchitis* | Christians | 66 | 13 | 19.62 | 0 | 19.62 |
Natives | 23 | 2 | 8.69 | 0 | 8.69 | |
Total | 89 | 15 | 16.85 | 0 | 16.85 | |
9. Pneumonia | Christians | 5 | 1 | 20.00 | 0 | 20.00 |
Natives | 28 | 12 | 42.86 | 4 | 33.33 | |
Total | 33 | 13 | 39.39 | 4 | 31.03 | |
10. Phthisis | Christians | 43 | 7 | 16.28 | 2 | 12.19 |
Natives | 65 | 32 | 49.23 | 3 | 46.77 | |
Total | 108 | 39 | 36.11 | 5 | 33.01 |
Mortality of cholera
The mortality of the cases of Cholera admitted was unprecedentedly high,
while the number of cases as compared with former years (previous to 1871)
was very small. The fatal type of Cholera during the year was the subject
of constant remark. The cases were not characterised by violence of symp-
toms, such as vomiting, purging, and cramps, but by the extreme degree of
prostration and collapse. ln the following table the death-rate, and the number
of admissions are contrasted with those of the six previous years:—
Comparison of
cholera admis-
sions and death-
rate with pre-
ceding years.
I
Statement of the admissions and death-rate from Cholera since 1866.
CHRISTIANS. | NATIVES | REMARKS. | |||||
Year. | Treated. | Died. | Deaths to treated per 1,000. |
Treated. | Died. | Deaths to treated per 1,000. |
|
1866 | 167 | 75 | 449.1 | 840 | 424 | 504.7 | |
1867 | 70 | 27 | 385.7 | 243 | 126 | 518.5 | |
1868 | 150 | 54 | 346.1 | 413 | 181 | 438.2 | |
1869 | 104 | 38 | 365.3 | 384 | 223 | 580.7 | |
1870 | 64 | 20 | 312.5 | 177 | 84 | 477.5 | Three years showing a great decrease in the No. of admissions. |
1871 | 28 | 9 | 321.4 | 95 | 41 | 431.5 | |
1872 | 26 | 18 | 692.3 | 107 | 65 | 607.4 |