Deaths in Calcutta,

and Madras in March, 1872.

Bombay, Calcutta.

Bombay.

Madras

430,000

810,502

395,410.

Population

o

.o

-

o

8'^

Diseases.

t?1

Cholera

4 370

60

Small-pox

Measles Fever Diarrhoea

27 11 14

Dysentery Injuries

342 29 70 17 190

05

.09 .20 .01 .59

Total

710

125

1-94

Other causes

4

Still-born

--

?oi

?23

603 37

94 4 190 68

69

162

11 86

7 021

?17 101 ?59

1088

2-75

1780

2-18

?01

?48 ?20

52

The Indian Medical Service.?Surgeon-Major C. M. M. D., lias been appointed Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals, and posted to the Agra Circls, and Surgeon-Major J. P Walker, M. D., to officiate in this grade, and posted to the Allahabad Circle. Officiating Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals J. N. Tresidder has been promoted to the permanent vacancy caused by the retirement of Deputy Inspector-General of Hospitals J. Rose.

Smith,

|tld?al |lmw, The Calcutta Medical College.?Surgeon H. C. Cutcliffe lias been appointed to officiate as Professor of Surgery for Surgeon-Major J. Fay re r, M. D., and Surgeon J. A. P. Colles, M. D., as Professior of Anatomy, until the return from furlough of Professor Partridge. Assistant Surgeon II. H. Stevens has been appointed Resident Surgeon in the College

Hospital. Deaths in Oude.?The death-rate for December, 1871, Was?per 1.000?cholera, 0 34 ; small-pox, 0 03; fevers, 1'52 ; bowel complaints, 0 06; injuries, 0 02 ; all other causes, O'Oo ; total, 2 OS.?There were 3G deaths from suicide (19 males and 17 females) ; 4 from wounds (3 males and 1 females) ; 174 from accident (94 males and 80 females) ; 5 from snake-bite and wild animals (2 males and 3 females).?Population, 11,223,746. Deaths

Syphilitic Corpuscles.?Dr. Lostorfer, of Vienna, has recently announced that he has discovered a corpuscle in the blood of syphilitic cases, and has been able, from an examination of the blood, to predicate the existence of the disease. These corpuscles are said to develope in two or three days, and, present '?

the appearance of small glancing bodies about ^th of the size of a normal human blood disc, spherical in shape, of a grevish appearance when viewed by reflected light." They iucreaso by bud formation. This so-called " discovery" is to a certain extent confirmed by Professors Strieker and Hebra, but others, more particularly Wedl, attribute the appearances noted to the accidental introduction into the blood of foreign material. The matter has been relegated to a committee, consisting of liokitansky and other eminent German savants.

registered during January, 1872.

Diseases.

N. TV". Provinces.

Punjab.

at

Indian Medical Service.?List of successful candidates the recent examination for forty appointments as Assistant

Surgeons.? Population

29,588,653

Cholera

126

1158 36140 4150

Small-pox

Fevers Bowel complaints

524

Injuries Other

3546

causes

Total

45644

...

17,481,189 12 1251 15146 1185 161

8154 25909

Total number of Marks

(3400 maximum). 2920 Crombie, A. 2030 W. It. Murphy, 2525 H. C. Joubert, 2365 Russell, E. G. ...

...

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Fasten, W. A. D. Brantbot, A. M. Hall, G. C.... Scully. J. Watson, GGopal Cliunder Eoy Iteid, A. S. McNally, C. J. Zorab, j. M. ..." Duke, J. Lang, J. A. T. Russick Lall Dutt Butler, W. J. Palmer, E. McConaghey, J. Wilson, J. ???

...

Percentage

...

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Su!cido Wounds Accidents

... ^

\

Snake-bite and wild ani- C Males rnals t Females ...

I

1'54

13 30 40 19

174 145 60

43

1-50

4 6

10 4 79 44 9

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1920

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1905

Total number of Marks

Mulvany,

(3400 maximum).

E. T. B.

Bookey, J. Yoving, J

Dapktary, G. It. Holmes, It. A. K. Lawrie, E.... Beavan, G. F. Little, C. Johnson, W. E. McGregor, A. ...

Bankabehari Gupta Dobie, S. L. Lloyd, C. Williams, A. H. Dobson, A. F. Ferris, J. E. C. Lawrenson, J. C. Lombard, D. E. T. Mayne, T.... Aylen, T. V. ...

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1885 1870")

1870) 1810

1795 1775

1730) 1730) 1690 1685

1665

1640 1615 1605 1600 7

1600) 1580 1505 1530

1520

Mat 1,

1872.]

MEDICAL NEWS.

Calcutta Milk.?Calcutta, or rather Chowringhee, was a few weeks back agitated upon the subject of milk. Cholera Death stared you in was believed to lurk in the cream jug. the face out of custard puddings. The agitation subsided, as Calcutta agitations always do, within the usual nine days. One or two energetic persons insisted on making the gowala bring his cow to the house, and are now happy in the belief that their milk is undiluted, forgetting to test the emptiness of the milkman's lotah before the lacteal streams descend therein. We are sorry to have to draw attention to a subject which but the following description of one of may seem worn out, the principal dairies in the place, as given by the Cattle Plague Commission, is so very disagreeable that it is a matter of public duty to make it known. The dairies consist of a number of huts rather irregularly placed among several pools of dirty greenish brown water called tanks, borne of these tanks covered with vegetation, which has to be skimmed when draw water to bathe. The water is actually any one goes to thick with filth. The population of the surrounding huts bathe, wash clothes, and clean grain in these tanks, from which all the water for domestic purposes and also for diluting A- dairy hut is a long unpartithe milk is regularly drawn. tioned house with walls of bamboo matting, sometimes daubed with cowdung and clay, and having a tiled roof. The general size is 10 yards long and 4 yards wide. The ridgepole is One man has ninety not more than 8 feet from the ground. Down the centre runs a single cows in four ot these sheds. On narrow drain about 9 inches wide and one foot deep. each side of this the floor is planked, and outside the planks flagged. On the planks the cattle stand in two rows with their hind feet close to the drain. There are no separate stalls. The cows are packed so close that they touch. The whole ventilation is one door at the side, and a small window at either end. Outside is a verandah in which strav is piled, and where cattle suffering from rinderpest are placed for segregation. The end windows, though meant for ventilation, a purdah hangs in the doorway are generally closed, and within which a smouldering dung fire constantly burns to keep flies off the cattle. The centre drain is open at each end, and falls into cesspools which vary in size from 6 to 20 feet in diameter and are generally 10 feet deep. Their contents are The solid manure is made up into never removed as a whole. cakes as required for fuel?and the putrid liquid stuff is surreptitiously turned into the Municipal drains?if any of these are conveniently near. Otherwise it is allowed to fester till a Municipal prosecution compels the owner to fill up the pool. This is done by throwing earth and litter on the top. follows and an artificial quagmire is produced. Vegetation So numerous are these that strangers to the neighbourhood Into one pool the Commisto avoid accident require a guide. sion threw a match and instantly the surface was covered with flame. The cows are fed on oil cake, which accounts for the oily taste of Calcutta milk. Is it to be wondered at that cattle kept under these insanitary conditions arc constantly ailing and frequently decimated by rinderpest ? Is it to be wondered

that cholera abounds in a town where bustees of this description are to be found even near the principal roads and streets ? Can anything excuse the apathy which year after year allows such nuisances to be and flourish ? Every European and native Justice ought to be compelled minutely to inspect the bustees under the conduct of the Health Officer. On the occasion of this inspection they should ho allowed no cheroots, no pan, no Eau de Cologne?and no one should be permitted At the close of the to hold a pocket handkerchief to his nose. ordeal, eacli Justice might be allowed half a seer of carefully diluted milk by way of refreshment at the expense of the ratepayers. The visitation to be monthly, till the bustees are cleansed and reformed. What harmonious and vigorous action we should see if this were only tried.? Indian Observer.

The Cholera.?The cholera appears to he subsiding somewhat in Jounpore and most of the adjoining districts. The daily deaths in Jounpore from the 10th to the 17th April (inclusive) run as follows: 206, 161, 247, 213,265,237,273, In the Allahabad district the account from the 10th to 142. the 181.h (inclusive) is?58, 91, 103, 101, 10, 91, 65, 88,31. The deaths in Azimgnrh and Benares from cholera have never been numerous, and are now fewer. It is only at Mirzapore that the latest report is the worst, and even there the disease is not very fatal, the last (and highest) daily mortality having been only 14. With a very few exceptions all the deaths have A hitherto been on the north or Jounpore side ot the Ganges. curious illustration of the difficulty experienced in inducing the people to co-operate in the precautions for their own preservation is given by a fact which was accidentally discovered within the last week. It appears that in spite of all the efforts to isolate the infected districts, it has been the practice to convey cholera corpses by ekha dak all the way from Jounpore to the Ganges Ilence probably the remarkable manner in which at Jhoosie. the disease clung to that road. The practice, as we have said, It is difficult to believe that was discovered by pure accident. the police were ignorant of the fact, but if so, they were scrupulous in not reporting it.? The Pioneer.

Medical Meteorology.?We observe that observations regarding the temperature of barracks are henceforth to be registered by medical officers under the orders of the Inspector General of Hospitals II. M.'s British Army. A simple form has been issued for noting the facts. The British Medical Service.?We observe with pleasuro that Inspector-General G. S. Beatson, m.d.cb,, has succeeded Dr. Muir, as head cf the British Medical Service in Bengal. Dr. Beatson's excellent qualities?social, professional, and departmental, are well-known, and we congratulate our brethren of the British Service on his return to Bengal.

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