Reports on civil dispensaries at the Presidency and in the provinces of Madras, during the year 1852.

  • Madras (India : Presidency). Medical Board.
Date:
1853
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Credit: Reports on civil dispensaries at the Presidency and in the provinces of Madras, during the year 1852. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    K> O o 3 ^ & ts) o ^ o s ^ O c OS ers KJ o X § n *> x5 n -& o ^ 3 a: 3 *< NJ a. o 3 o OJ r-+ n> No. 5 ]]. The following table will shew the working of those Dispensaries wherein the increase of sick treated has been greatest during the year, as compared with preceding year. Dispensaries. 1851 1852 Increase over 1851 Dispensaries. 1851 1852 Increase over 1851 1 Tinnevelly . 1219 4212 2993 7 Madura. .... .. 2595 3986 1391 2 Kurnool. .. 4308 6137 1829 8 Chittoor 3426 4792 1366 3 Mangalore . 2097 3713 1616 9 Vizagapatam. ... 2425 3780 1355 4 Tellicherry . | 588 2146 1558 10 Lying-in-Hospital 103 1237 1134 5 Masulipatam 3284 4749 1467 11 Triplicane 9516 10,648 1132 6 Chingleput.. 2387 3789 1402 12 Chicacole 1645 2642 997 12. In these twelve Dispensaries, the increase has been 18,240. At Tellicherry there is no regular Establishment; but as the Dispensary there was included in former returns, and as the applicants for relief have been so numerous, it has been deemed proper to exhibit the number of sick treated at this station, while it is well also to record that at Tranquebar, the returns for the last six months of the year shew no less than 1,664 as having received aid and advice. 13. In the abstract statement of sick at the close of the General Returns, the nature of the most prevalent forms of sickness both amongst “ In” and “ Out-patients” will be observed; the mortality amongst the former con- tinues high, no less than 446 deaths having occurred out of 5,944, the number treated; or 7*5 per cent. Bowel complaints, dropsies, diseases of the lun^s (frequently tubercular,) and cholera, have been the most fatal diseases; the high rate of mortality from the three former of these diseases, and also from affections of the liver, bears out the statement made by many of the Medical Officers in charge, that in many instances, the disease had advanced to a hope- less state prior to admission. 14. Amongst the Out-patients, 208 deaths have been recorded from 113,675, the total number treated ; or somewhat less than two in the thou- sand ; 82 of the deaths are under the head cholera, which from 281 the total treated, gives a ratio of 29 per cent; fevers, chest affections, diseases of the bowels, rheumatism and venereal affections form very considerable items, in the return ; while from “ all diseases” it may be observed that the daily num- ber under treatment has been 2,530, that is 408 in-patients, and 2,122 out- patients. 15. In the Vepery Dispensary a slight alteration is required, viz., the partitioning off a certain portion of the female ward for certain cases of diseases which the Board beg leave to recommend may be sanctioned; some small improvements in other Dispensaries at out-stations have been carried into effect