Report upon the state of the hospitals of the British army in the Crimea and Scutari, together with an appendix.

  • Great Britain. War Office.
Date:
1855
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Credit: Report upon the state of the hospitals of the British army in the Crimea and Scutari, together with an appendix. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.

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    we have the evidence of Dr. Tice and of some of the soldiers whom we examined at Scutari; but the columns showing the daily admissions and discharges are alone sufficiently indicative of this practice. We applied for a continuation of this return to the end of January, but it has not been yet supplied. Numerical Eeturn showing the Number of Men daily admitted into and discharged FROM the General Hospital at Balaklava, from 27th September to .SOth November 1854. Date fcb S3 •d arged. Dat6 1 O of •a .a of 'a a Admission. g Adnii ,a 'S Admission. g a* a o If} ^• '3 S f3 p Sept. 27 . 295 4 291 Oct. 30 368 1 39 t 323 28 291 69 7 353 31 323 11 4 330 29 353 57 1 409 Nov. 1 3.30 3 333 30 409 24 4 2 427 2 333 3 14 322 Oct. 1 427 31 4 454 3 322 14 10 3 323 2 454 62 14 3 499 4 323 29 25 . 317 3 499 32 10 6 515 5 317 8 74 . 251 4 515 19 25 509 6 251 9 48 5 207 5 509 33 74 — 468 i 207 2 41 12 156 6 468 •— 48 420 8 156 3 61 3 95 7 420 20 41 12 387 9 95 16 3 3 105 8 387 15 61 3 338 10 105 10 1 1 113 9 338 1 3 5 331 11 113 9 5 117 10 331 5 i 5 330 12 117 10 127 11 330 5 4 321 13 127 13 4 5 133 12 321 27 348 14 133 4 2 1 134 13 348 11 4 5 3.50 15 134 43 1 2 174 14 350 8 2 4 352 16 174 15 13 1 175 15 352 6 1 3 354 17 1*75 168 11 2 330 16 354 25 13 8 358 18 330 23 62 5 286 17 358 23 11 4 366 19 286 4 1 289 18 366 5 62 1 308 20 289 6 2 293 19 308 7 7 308 21 293 9 11 291 20 308 9 6 3 308 22 291 19 21 o 286 21 308 26 11 323 23 286 21 42 2 263 22 323 5 21 3 304 24 263 19 1 281 23 304 5 42 2 265 25 281 3 •1 'J 2 279 24 265 14 279 26 279 16 1 294 25 279 45 3 4 317 ■27 294 2 2 294 26 317 56 373 28 294 22 7 2 307 27 373 5 6 372 29 307 13 1 319 28 372 2 7 367 30 319 16 89 2 294 29 367 1 368 We concur, however, with Dr. Anderson, in the opinion that the hospital at Balaklava is not large enough for the number of patients he has. It was over- crowded on the day of our visit, the three school-room wards containing thirty- three, twenty-seven, and twenty-five men respectively, while in each of the four dormitory wards there AA^ere twenty men, exclusive of the orderlies. Each of tw^o marquees contained fourteen patients. The supply of bedsteads and bedding was sufficient. With the exception of two or three men who had been admitted the night before our visit, every patient had a bedstead and a paillasse; and the supply of blankets and rugs appeared ample. Mr. Jemier informed us, that, besides 200 sets of boards and trestles in store, about 1,000 Avere lying in the harbour on board the Manilla. There were no sheets. The means of ablution consisted of a portable bath. When we visited the hospital Ave found it in use by a Fi'ench soldier, Avho had been picked up in Balaklava on the preceding night in a state of exhaustion. With respect to the supply of medical attendance at this hospital, Ave failed to ascertain Avhat number of surgeons and hospital attendants AA cre employed from the date of the opening of the hospital, September 27th, down to the time of our visiting it. At the latter date the number of surgeons on duty in the hospital was hve, exclusive of the Principal Medical Officer of Balaklava, who has also the supervision of the hospital, and aa^c think that that number was sufficient for the number of patients in hospital. The supply of orderlies B 4