Reply to Sir John Hall's 'Observations' on the report of the Sanitary Commission, despatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / by John Sutherland.

  • Sutherland, John, 1808-1891.
Date:
1857
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Credit: Reply to Sir John Hall's 'Observations' on the report of the Sanitary Commission, despatched to the seat of war in the East, 1855-56 / by John Sutherland. 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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    tals on cases treated (the mean of admissions and discharges including deaths). Sick Deaths ! Hospitals at Scutari and KululL Months Died (JIl X aiS per embarked 1000 1854. at on sick Mean Deaths Period of Balaklava. sage. em- Sick per lOOC Sanitary Im- barked nnnii I'l _ provments. tion,* treated. September 3,987 311 78 October .. 1,721 76 44 2,016 128 November 1,902 103 54 3,119 118 December 3,339 314 94 3,457 144 1855 Jauuary . 2,144 172 80 4 440 3] 6 Februaiy . 2,178 41 19 4,178 427 5i wlr^i pnnor 3 weeks ending March 17th 1,067 5 4-6 3,779 315 March 17th April 7th 860 4 4-6 3,306 144 April 7th „ 28th 793 8 10- 2,803 107 „ 28th May 19th 471 2,018 52 May 19th June 9th 615 1 1-6 1,504 48 June 9th „ 30th 890 8 9- 1,442 22 „ 30th It will be seen at a glance that this table gives results directly opposed to Sir John Hall's assump- tion, to bear out which it is necessary that a falling off in the mortality on board the transports, should have been attended by a falling off in the mortality in the Hospitals, Let us see how far this was the case. 1. The mortality was highest among the sick embarked in December ] 854 ; but the mortality was highest in Hospital in February 1855. 2. The mortality on sick embarked fell from 94 per 1000 in December, to 80 per 1000 in January; but the mortality on cases treated in Hospital, rose from 144 per 1000 in December, to 316 per 1000 in January. 3. The mortality on sick embarked fell from 80 per 1000 in January, to 19 per 1000 in February, and at the same time the mean sick population fell • Mean of weekly numbers remaining.