~ BLACKWELL'^S ISLAND HOSPITALS; ' - . NEW YORK CITY, N. Y. ffHE REPORT OF THB RESIDENT PHYSICIAN OF BLACK WELL'S ISLAND FOR THE YEAR 1858. NEW YORK: 1859. lEx ICtbrtB SEYMOUR DURST When you leave, please leave this book Because it has been said "Sver'thing comes t' bim who waits Except a loaned book." Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Gift of Seymour B. Durst Old York Library REPORT OF THE lesiaxnt ||j)skian of SlathtotH's fslatifo TO THE GOVERNORS OF THE ALMS HOUSE, ON THE SEVERAL HOSPITALS UNDER HIS CHARGE, FOK TUK YEAR * S.jS. NEW YORK. 1859. BLACKW ELL'S ISLAND HOSPITALS. Kesident Physician's Office, Blackwell's Island, January 1, 1859. To the Governors of the Alms House: Gentlemen, — I have the pleasure to submit here- with the Medical and Statistical Reports of the various de- partments under mj charge, during the year 1858, in- cluding the Island Hospital, Small Pox Hospital, Alms House, Work House, and Penitentiary, and I gladly avail myself of the opportunity to congratulate your Honorable Board on the continued healthfulness of the institutions on Blackwell's Island. ISLAND HOSPITAL. The year 1858 will long be a memorable one in the an- nals of this hospital. In the early part of February fur- ther action was taken on the proposition mentioned in my last report, and a series of resolutions were adopted which, although not so complete as could be desired, practically severed this medical institution from the adjacent punitive establishments, and formally declared a plan by which the 4 suffering poor of New York could obtain professional re- lief without undergoing the preliminary torture of a va- grancy commitment. Such action deserves the acknowl- edgments of all who feel an interest in the sick poor, especially when considered as the precursor of more effect- ual measures for extending the efficiency and removing the restrictions of the Island Hospital of Blackwell's Island. But the ink with which your resolutions were written was scarcely dry when an accident entirely destroyed the building. I need not recount the particulars of the fire of February 13, 1858, that in less than four hours reduced to a pile of smoking ruins the edifice which on the previous night had been the home of nearly six hundred persons. The investigations ordered by your Honorable Board, and the general publicity given to the event at the time, render minute details unnecessary. But I should not dis- charge my duty if I omitted to tender my thanks for the promptitude evinced in finding temporary accommodations for the patients, and the kindness displayed by yourselves and the heads of departments and officers on the Island. Your sympathy and assistance to myself and family at the time of the fire and subsequently thereto is thoroughly ap- preciated, and will be gratefully remembered. During the year 1858 the total number of admissions to the Island Hospital was 4,141 5 The admissions during 1857 were 2,810 1856 " 1,733 " 1855 " 2,158 " 1854 " 3,744 " 1853 " 3,136 The increase of admissions in 1858 as compared with 1857 was 1,331, or 47 T \ per cent. As compared with the average of the preceding five years, the increase is 1,425, or 52 T 4 „ per cent. The total number of patients under treatment in 1858 was 4,676, against 3,158 treated in 1857, or 2,083 treated in 1856, — an increase of 1, 418on the one, and 2,593 on the other year. The annexed tables are constructed on the same model as those submitted last year. The first or large table gives a succinct account of the sickness treated in the Island Hospital, each line being a complete history of the malady to which it is devoted, so far as the number, sex, age, education and nativity of patients, and the result and duration of treatment, are concerned. It is, in short, an epitomised record of the year's medical business. The " Comparative Statement ; ' is worthy your consider- ation. I have hitherto availed myself of my annual report to give prominence to the statistics of Venereal disease, and the figures now presented bear a mournful aspect, show- ing but a slight diminution of the ratio reported in 1857. 6 Of the total number of patients under treatment, 63 T 7 o per cent, received medical assistance for Venereal affections. In 1857 the proportion was 65 T Vper cent., and in 1856 it was 73 T \ per cent. I explained last year that the large increase of patients laboring under other diseases made " the decrease of Venereal affections apparent and not real," and in the present instance, notwithstanding the slightly reduced proportions, it would be contrary to the fact to infer that Syphilis is decreasing. It is steadily ad- vancing, and will continue to advance until effective meas- ures are taken to check it in its earliest stages. I have presented my views on this matter so recently that it is needless to repeat them here. To the series of tables marked from A to Aa inclusive, I request your earnest attention. They were projected with a view to ascertain precisely who and what constituted the largest share of the recipients of the public charities of New York, and have been carefully continued during the space of five years in the confidence that a time would come when reliable statistics could be effectually used in the discussion of the questions arising from pauperism and vagrancy; questions which have agitated the public mind from the earliest ages, and are, even now, enveloped in a darkness which prevents us knowing airy thing more than the existence of a large amount of poverty which common humanity forces us to relieve. There would be animpor- \ 7 priety in theorizing now upon the causes of this destitu- tion ; it is sufficient to draw }^our attention to some few of the facts evolved. The particulars of Table A have been given already ; but Table B must not be passed without notice. In 1857 there were 306 prisoners fr^m the Penitentiary treated in the Hospital ; in 1858 but 56 of that class have received medical assistance, and of that reduced number 28 were remaining in the Hospital at the close of 1857, and 28 were admitted prior to the resolution severing the Hos pital from the Penitentiary. This is one happy result of your action ; another shows it in a still more gratifying light In 1857 there were 250 patients from the Alms House on Blackwell's Island or the Office of the Depart- ment in New York. In 1858 this class of inmates had in- creased to 493. The proportion of patients who did not reach the Hospital through a penal sentence or vagrancy commitment was, in 1857 7 T !) - per cent. 1858 10-V " " Increased ratio in 1858 2 A " " Table C gives a monthly recapitulation of Admissions, Deaths, and Discharges, and requires no special notice. Table D shows the- number of days treatment devoted to 8 each class of inmates, and confirms the facts mentioned as to the decrease of the criminal class. Passing to table E 7 we find the nativities of those admitted during 1858 to be Natives 24 A per cent. Foreigners 75 A " 100 The relative proportions in the last five years were 1854. 1855. 1856. 1857. 1858. Natives, Formers, 23vVp. ct. 76 - 3 - " 29 T Vp. ct. 70 T V " 29A P. ct. 70 T V " 28 T \ p. ct. 71 T V " 24 A p. ct. 100 100 100 100 100 . The mean of five years is Natives 27 A per cent. Foreigners 72 A M 100 The proportion of natives admitted in 1858 is therefore 2A per cent, below the average. The proportion of natives of the several States is : New York 69 A P er cent » 9 New Jersey . , Massachusetts Connecticut . . Pennsylvania Maine , 4 lA per cent. South Carolina 1 Ohio Delaware Xew Hampshire 2sorth Carolina Vermont Maryland Rhode Island Georgia Missouri Indiana Virginia Illinois Louisiana Michigan The ratio of foreigners is : 100 Ireland . England 10 Scotland 3 T % per cent. Canada j u Wales J Total from British Dominions 91 T 8 F per cent. Germany 6 T \ per cent. France T % " Other European Nations. .. . T 6 ff " Total from Continental Europe 7 r 7 5 per cent. Other countries, at sea and unascertained . T \ " 100 In immediate connection with the subject of nativities, is the length of time foreign born patients have resided in the United States. The following results are exhibited bj Table F : Eesided under five years 19 tV per cent " from 5 years to 10 years 31 T \ " 10 " 15 M .... 23 T 5 o " 15 " 20 " .... 14 T 8 T " u 20 " and upwards 10 T V Length of residence unascertained. ... T \ 100 11 A comparison of the results of five years' observations is as follows : LENGTH OF RESIDENCE. 1854 1855 1856 1857 1858 Under 5 years 21 T \ 24 T \ 88* 17A 19- " From 5 yrs. to 10 yrs. 24A 28^ 33 ft 32 A 31- 8 u iQ ii 15 u 19 T \ 20A 19ft 23 23- 5 " 15 11 20 " 13A ISA 14ft loA 14- 8 20 yrs. and upwards ll- 3 - AX 1 9 To lift 10- i"o Unascertained §A 1 To To 8 1 l 100 100 100 100 100 Table G shows the rges of patients admitted during '58. 16 years and under 3 A per cent. 17 " to 20 years 24 A " 21 " "25 u 26A w 26 u h 30 <• 19A <; 31 " "40 " 12A " 41 H "50 " 7A " • 51 " and upwards 6 A " Unascertained A " 100 This table shows but very little decrease in juvenile de- pravity. In my report for 1857 I stated as the mean re- salt of four years' inquiries that 74A P er cent, of the patients admitted to this hospital were under thirty years of age, and the experience of the year just closed verifies 12 that remark, the number received nnder thirty years of age forming 74 T V per cent, of the aggregate. While the rising generation, those who have not yet reached the meridian of life, are the victims of dissipation and disease to such an extent, can it be any matter of surprise that your Alms Houses are crowded with the prematurely aged and de- crepid ? Table H shows the degree of education of each patient admitted. Can read and write well 5 T 3 o per cent. " " " imperfectly 25 T V l ! " only 36 T V Uneducated 32 T \ " Unascertained J f u 100 The importance of the subject of Education T and the evident connection between ignorance and juvenile de- pravity, will warrant the introduction of the following summary of my observations during the last five years : EDUCATION. 1851 1355 1856 18-Y7 1858 Read and write well HA 13 T 5 o ISA 7_3_ ' 1 5fV Do. do. imperfectly o0 7 \ 31 To 2o T % 36 T V Uneducated 33 27 Unascertained 1 1t 2 o- 7 r. 1 T 1 100 100 100 100 100 13 Table K gives the civil condition of each patient. Single 59 T V per cent. Married 19 T » ¥ " Widowed 20 T * ¥ Unascertained T V " 100 Table L is a continuation of the same subject, giving the age of each patient in connection with the civil condition. Thus the ratio of those who are married is: 16 years and under 2 T \ per cent. 17 " H to 20 years 21 " 21 " "25 " 18 T % « 26 41 11 30 u 15 T v M 31 l< "40 M 25 T \ u 41 " " 50 " 8 T \ " 51 11 and upwards 9 T % 11 100 The ratio of widowed patients is: 16 years and under / ¥ per cent. 17 " to 20 years 18 x s ¥ " 21 " " 25 " 13 T v u 26 M 11 30 u 22 " 31 " "40 " 14 T V 11 14 41 years to 50 years 18 T %- per cent. 51 u and upwards 12 T 8 o " 100 The facts of juvenile depravity and ignorance already exhibited are fitting preludes to the statements of intem- perance developed by Table M, which shows the habits of patients admitted during 1858 in the following proportions : Temperate Moderate Drinkers . Intemperate Habitual Drunkards Unascertained 100 Eighty-five of every one hundred persons confess the use of intoxicating drinks in a greater or less degree ! Sixty- one in every one hundred admit they are intemperate drinkers, or habitual drunkards ! Table N gives the social habits of patients in conjunc- tion with their ages. In other words, it is a further expo- sition of juvenile depravity. Of the 628 Temperate per- sons, there were 15 T V per cent. 23 T V " 39 A « 21-°- " 1 16 years and under 13fV per cent. 17 years to 20 years 23 T 6 o per cent. 21 " " 25 " 18 T 2 o " 26 11 " 30 11 16 T 9 „ 31 11 " 40 " 14 41 11 " 50 " 8 T V 41 51 " and upwards 5 T S „ 1 100 Of 972 Moderate Drinkers, there were 16 years and under 3 percent. 17 " to 20 years 34 T v " 21 14 "25 " 26W 11 26 11 "30 " 16 T % " 31 « " 40 " 8/ ¥ " 41 11 "50 " 7 i . 51 " and upwards '. . 3 T 2 „ *' 100 Of 1,629 Intemperate Drinkers, there were 16 years and under 1 T ^ per cent. 17 " to 20 years 19 T % 91 11 " 9^ u 97j> " 26 " "30 " 26^ M 31 " "40 " *..... 12 T V u 41 " "50 " 7 T V 11 51 " and upwards 5 T 9 - " 100 16 Of 898 Habitual Drunkards, there were 16 years and under 1 T \ per cent. 17 " to 20 years 23 T 4 ¥ 21 " "25 " 30 T 6 o " 26 « "30 " 12 T v u 31 " "40 " U T % " 41 f "50 " 6 T \ M 51 " and up wards lOyV " 100 I will take the same facts from another point of view, and exhibit the social habits of patients under thirty years of age. They amounted in number to 3,070, and the propor- tions are as follows : Temperate Moderate Drinkers . Intemperate , Habitual drunkards 100 14 T v per cent. 25A " 39 T V « 19 T \ " Table O shows the social habits and education of each patient in conjunction. It will be necessary to analyze the columns separately. Commencing with those who can read and write well, it appears there were 17 Temperate 50 r V per cent. Moderate Drinkers 19 T 2 F " Intemperate 17 T 8 o " Habitual Drunkards 12^ " 100 Of those who can read and write imperfectly, there were Temperate 16 T % per cent. Moderate Drinkers 21 T \ " Intemperate 37 T %- " Habitual Drunkards 23 T 6 „ " 100 Of those who can read only, there were Temperate 3 per cent. Moderate Drinkers 31 T 6 o " Intemperate 43 T s s " Habitual Drunkards 21 T % " 100 Of those entirely uneducated, there were Temperate 22 per cent. Moderate Drinkers 16 to " Intemperate 40 T V " Habitual Drunkards 21 T \ " 100 2 18 In the next table (P) is exhibited the parental examples to which patients were exposed, and which unquestiona- bly influenced their subsequent career. From the volun- tary admissions of the children, we learn that of their parents there were Temperate 25 per cent. Moderate Drinkers 36 T \ " Intemperate 21 T 6 o " Habitual Drunkards 9 " Of unascertained habits 8 T V " 100 Table Q continues the subject, and shows the effect of parental influences as follows. Of the children of temper- ate parents, there were Temperate Moderate Drinkers . Intemperate Habitual Drunkards 100 Of the children of Moderate Drinkers, there were Temperate 9 T V per cent. Moderate Drinkers 29 " 30 T 8 o per cent. 27 T \ " 16 T V " 19 Intemperate 41 T \ per cent. Habitual Drunkards 19 T 4 ¥ " 100 Of the children of Intemperate parents, there were Temperate 7 T 6 o per cent. Moderate Drinkers 19 T 5 o " Intemperate ^ to " Habitual Drunkards 25 T 7 ¥ " 100 Of the children of Habitual Drunkards, there were Temperate 13 T 4 o P er cent. Moderate Drinkers 8 T 6 o " Intemperate 52 " Habitual Drunkards 26 " 100 Of the children of parents whose habits were unascer- tained, there were Temperate 13 per cent. Moderate Drinkers 20 T \ " Intemperate 32 T \ " Habitual Drunkards 32 T V " Unascertained Habits 1 T 2 „ " 100 20 Table K gives the profession of Keligion, as stated by the patients admitted during 1858. The per centages are Protestants 32 T \ per cent. Eoman Catholics 62 T \ :l Jews T % " Non-Professors 4 Unascertained , To 100 Table T. The occupations of patients are as follows : Kequiring mental ability T % per cent. " mechanical or trade knowledge. 30 T 7 o " u physical strength merely 68 T % " Unascertained , . T V w 100 Of the inmates, there Worked until committed 23 per cent. Have been idle for 3 months 16 T V 11 from 6 1 year . 1 " to 2 years 2 " " 4 " 7 " " 10 " 14-'- 9A 10rV 7 4-5- Q 9 21 Have been idle over ten years ....... T 9 o per cent. " " an unascertained time T V " 100 Table U. The number of times each patient has been an inmate of the Island Hospital. 1st time of Admission 52 T V per cent 2nd " " 16 T \ " 3rd « " 7 T 9 o 44 4th " " 6 T V 44 5th " " 4 T \ « 6th " « 4 T V 44 7th " u 2 T % 44 8th " M 1 5 " 1 u 1 9th 44 " 10th « " T V " 11th " « T V " 12th 44 44 r \ " Over 12 times 2 T 9 ¥ " Unascertained T \ " 100 Table V shows the duration of treatment in the case of each patient discharged during 1858. 5 days and under 10 T 5 „ per cent. 6 " to 10 days _7_ u 1 o 22 11 days to 20 days 10 T V per cent. 21 " "30 " 11 T V " 1 month to 2 months 18 T 3 „ " 2 " " 3 " U T % " 3 u " 4 " 12 T V " 4 " " and upwards 11 T 4 T " Helpers and improper subjects 1 T \ " 100 Table "W gives the result of Treatment as follows : Cured 75 T \ per cent. Believed 19 T \ 11 Not Relieved T V a Died 2 T V u Transferred ) > l- 2 - " Helpers and improper subjects ) 10 100 Calculating the result upon the whole number under treatment, the proportions are Cured 69 T \ per cent. Relieved 18 T V " Not Relieved T V " Died.... 2 T V " Transferred Helpers and improper subjects . Remaining in Hospital 100 3_ U I 23 The ratio of mortality (2 T 4 o per cent.) given in this table does not present a fair statement, as several deaths are not fairly chargeable to the institution. From the total number of deaths as reported . . 113 must be deducted Coroners' Cases 6 Pneumonia, died 12 hours after admission . . 1 Erysipelas, " 15 " " " 1 Hypertrophy of Heart, died 60 hours after ad- mission 1 Valvular Disease of Heart, died 48 hours after admission 1 Pneumonia, " 14 " " 1 Ascites, " 6- ' M " 1 Phthisis Pulmonalis, " 70 " " 1 Phthisis Pulmonalis, " 42 " " 1 14 Number of deaths legitimately accruing in Hospi- tal practice — 99 Net ratio of mortality on patients under treat- ment 2 T V per cent. More than one third of the cases which resulted fatally were Consumption, and the general class of diseases thus terminating may be perceived by table X, which gives the time each patient who died was under treatment, as fol- lows : 24 5 days and under 33 T v per cent. 6 " to 10 days 8 T 8 T « 11 " " 20 " 15 T V " 21 " "30 " ll T 5 o " Under treatment less than 1 month . 69 T V " 1 month to 2 months 14 r 2 „ " 2 u " 3 » 5 T \ " 3 " "4 " 4 T V " 4 " and upward 7 100 The ratio of mortality for the last six years is as fol- lows : 1853 3 T 5 o per cent. 1854 S T \ 11 1855 2 T \ 11 1856 l T % « 1857 2 T V " 1858 * 2 T V " Mean ratio for six years 2 T \ " Ratio in 1858 2 T \ 11 Reduction in 1858 T 4 ¥ " Table Y is a continuation of the mortality statistics, and shows at w r hat hour in the day or night death occurred. It will be observed that the preponderance is in the early 25 hours of the morning. I have noted these facts during the last four years with the following results : YEARS. FORENOON. AFTERNOON TOTAL. 1855 41 25 66 1856 23 15 38 1857 41 S3 74 1858 79 34 113 184 107 291 The proportions are : Died from 1 A. M. to 12 M 63 T \ per cent. " 12 M. to midnight 36 T V " 100 Table Z is a condensed statement of the net current ex- penses of the hospital during 1858. Of course the large outlay rendered necessary by the fire does not appear. My endeavor has been so to arrange the accounts as to introduce in this statement nothing which belongs to the expenditure for replacing destroyed furniture, etc. : but to allow a reasonable per centage for depreciation of wearing apparel, bedding and utensils, as calculated from the ex- perience of former years. Table Aa shows the amount of bills rendered during the year to the Commissioners of Emigration for the Medi- 26 cal attendance and Board of patients chargeable to the Emigration fund. I am unable to present any Meteorological tables, the Observatory and records having been destroyed. SMALL POX HOSPITAL. The tables marked from A to E inclusive give the record of the year's medical business in this institution. The aggregate number of patients treated was 243, an in- crease of 35 (16 T 8 o per cent.) on the number treated in 1857. The ratio of mortality is slightly in advance of last year, but still less than the average of five preceding years. In 1858 it amounted to 13 T 5 o per cent., and in the five years from 1853 to 1857 it averaged 17 T V per cent. This gratifying result must be partly attributed to the superior accommodations provided in the Hospital build- ing. It is matter of regret that its advantages are not more widely understood, and I have little doubt that if such were the case there would be a large decrease in the number of persons who die of Small Pox in the city of New York. ALMS HOUSE. The tables A, B and C give the history of the Medical business and a statement of the mortality during the year. The total number of deaths was 393, or 4 per cent, upon 27 the number treated. Table B gives a summary of the mortality, and shows that 41 patients who died here were transferred direct from Bellevue Hospital. This is about 10^ per cent., being a decrease upon the number transfer- red in 1857, but yet much too large for the best interests of the Alms House. The over-crowded condition of the Alms House largely contributes to the sickness prevalent in this department. WORK HOUSE. The table shows the amount of sickness and mortality in this department, the latter being only 1 T \ per cent. It must be remembered that all serious cases of disease are transferred to the Island Hospital. PENITENTIARY. The sickness and mortality in the Penitentiary is shown in the table. The description of prisoners sentenced to that institution is such that only a small amount of mor- tality must be expected, yet still the very low ratio (0 T V per cent.) is a circumstance very gratifying to all connected with the department. AGGREGATE STATEMENT. The last table in the series is an aggregate statement of the year's proceedings, and I beg to call your attention to 28 the fact that nearly twenty-three thousand cases of disease have been treated in the medical department under my charge during the last year. It must be a pleasurable thought to you that so much sickness and misery finds its relief through your agency. The gentlemen on my medical staff during the last year, Doctors Greenlee, O'Neil, Cooper, Van Wagner, Cox, Ware, Neff, Gallagher, Smith, Hodgman, Peugnet, Fox, Brisbane, Merchant, and Malone, have performed their duties in a manner satisfactory to me and creditable to themselves, and I gladly avail myself of this opportunity to tender them my acknowledgments. By virtue of a resolution of your Honorable Board authorizing me to nominate a Senior Assistant or Deputy Resident Physician, I have appointed Dr. C. W. Packard to that position, the duties thereof commencing this day. From his medical skill, and the experience he has acquired in the Hospitals under my charge and also in the Lunatic Asylum, I hope to find him a valuable assistant in the task of carrying out your wishes. The Apothecary, Mr. John Atkinson, continues to per- form his duties in the satisfactory manner I have men- tioned in former years, and merits a renewal of my com- mendations. The varied duties devolving upon the Steward of the 29 Hospital have been performed by Mr. B. B. Sibell, with his accustomed assiduity and integrity. I am happy to repeat my former remarks as to his peculiar fitness for the position he occupies. The Clerk of the Hospital, Mr. S. G. Butler, has given me every satisfaction by his manner of performing his duties. I cannot forbear expressing my sincere acknowledg- ments to all my officers, medical and non-medical, for the energy displayed on the morning the Hospital was burned. To their promptitude I attribute the saving of the lives endangered on that occasion. For your many kindnesses to myself during the year, and for the interest evinced in the institutions under my charge, be pleased to accept my cordial acknowledgments. I am, Gentlemen, Yours respectfully, WM. W. SANGEE, Resident Physician, BlachweWs Island. 30 Island Hospital, Blackwell's Island, January 1, 1859. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT Of the Diseases treated in t/ie Island Hospital, BlackwelPs Island, during the years 1857 and 1858, showing the Increase or Decrease in the latter year. DISEASES. Treated in 1857. Treated in 1858. Increase in 1858. Decrease in 1858. 3 36 2 15 9 7 43 4 7 2 19 12 4 74 2 3 5 5 1 6 9 58 1 "121 338 9 6 13 4 3 4 33 41 2 3 1 2 4 3 1 5 6 32 1 3 26 1 48 115 3 Brain, Inflammation of 73 233 6 6 8 Buboes Burns Carbuncle Caries 5 31 DISEASES. Cervix Uteri, Hypertrophy of " Inflammation oi " " Induration of. . " ** Induration and Ulceration of " " Ulceration of. Cholera Infantum Cholera Morbus Chorea Colic Cond} 7 lomata Conjunctivitis Constipation Convulsions Corneitis Coroners' cases Coup de Soliel Croup Cystitis Debauch Debility Delirium Tremens Diarrhoea Dysentery Eczema Endocarditis Enteritis . . Erysipelas Epididymitis Epilepsy Fever, Chagres Intermittent Puerperal " Remittent Typhoid Typhus Fistula in Ano Treated in 1857. 39 36 34 27 166 2 2 1 44 29 13 2 58 22 22 89 26 5 1 17 1 16 1 71 Treated in 1858. 53 64 27 30 218 4 1 1 73 34 15 1 4 6 1 976 15 305 116 30 8 1 2 25 22 85 2 6 3 Increase ,in 1858 14 28 3 52 4 5 29 5 2 1 1 4 1 918 283 27 4 3 1 1 14 2 32 DISEASES. Fistula-Recto-Vaginal Fracture Frost Bite Furuncles .... Gastritis Gonorrhoea . . . Granular Lids Cornea Hemiplegia Hemorrhage . . . " Uterine and Vascular " from Syphilitic Ulcera- tion Hemoptysis Heart, Fatty degeneration of. " Hypertrophy of. " Valvular Disease of. . Hepatitis Hernia Herpes Hemorrhoids Hysteria Icterus Impetigo Injuries r Iritis Kidneys, Fatty degeneration of Leucorrhcea Liver, Cirrhosis of " Fatty degeneration of. . Marasmus Meningitis Menorrhagia Necrosis Nephritis Neuralgia (Edema Treated in 1857. 6 13 10 4 8 162 6 7 1 26 2 62 2 5 3 115 49 12 1 9 6 7 1 12 Treated in 1858. 6 18 14 28 9 221 7 1 2 1 4 14 2 34 9 83 1 5 6 138 58 2 36 2 2 6 15 9 3 11 12 Increase in 1358. 5 4 24 1 59 1 1 h i 8 7 21 3 23 9 2 24 1 33 DISEASES. Treated in 1857. Opthalmia Orchitis Otorrhoea Otitis Paralysis Paronychia Parturition Pericarditis Periostitis Peritonitis Fhagadcenic Chancre Phthisis Pulmonalis. Phymosis, Congenital Pleurodynia Pleuritis Pneumonia Pleuro .... Typhoid... Porrigo Favosa Prolapsus Uteri , Psoriasis Purpura Ptyalism Rheumatism , Roseola Rubeola Rupia Scabies Scarlatina Scrofula Senectus Spermatorrhoea Stricture of Urethra.. Synovitis Syphilis, Primary " Secondary. . . 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B.S 8J5W *! — U co o cm CO OS — CO CM o CM r-i CM CO »o CO O CO 1.188 215 CO t— 2.849 21.148 Daily E: each (Averag Expense l Patient, e No. 392) OS o co r-^ GO tO CM H CM iO CO O |> r— 1 O cc co 00 to CO CM 00 OQ r- O CO iO 00 r-i CO o Oi OS OS © 00 Til £> 5 to S * £ III !< CO kit; c a c «| ■E : 5 Hi t- CO 00 CO 00 -T O fr- CM cb ©4 CO CO cm CO CO co o r-i i-H 1— to "tH CO O CO co CO CO CO CO CI o O CM OS CO CO 00 co CO co i Expenses week g 1858. iO 1-H CO fr- © co »C CM 1- OS r-i l-l CO CC CM fr« C5 CM CO CO frJ rl 0» CO — 1- CO CO OS © CO CO GO 00 CO fr- CO os co tC CC 30 OS CM ||| < fO CO r-> OS CO CM H •o CM O CO i* oo fr- GO CM co i— " CM CO CM O CO lO CM CM GO CO o I * 2 I X = -a co CO fr- r-H 00 1-H O CM lO CO' r-i 1- CM 00 CO 1- T}H o o os o CO CO r-H CO CM co o 1- years. 6 years to 10 years. 1 1 years to 20 years. n S3 03 03 03 >. o CO 00 33 ~ 33 cc ^ >. o - od i x ^» — c BQ DC — < EH 97 5 • 5 3 2 2 2 46 49 9 7 3 2 1 1 1 243 Natives — New York .... 3 22 4 26 1 24 3 3 2 1 2 12 1 1 4 2 Massachusetts. . 1 1 1 1 New Hampshire 1 Carolina. North " South Delaware 1 1 1 Ohio 1 Rhode Island 1 Vermont. . ..... 1 1 i 27 23 6 2 1 1 Foreigners — 1 1 14 12 2 2 1 1 1 3 8 1 2 1 Germany 5 1 England West Indies 1 Scotland : • 1 1 Total 5 2-1 4 64 102 31 9 4 64 c. Small Pox Hospital, B. L, January 1, 1859. STATEMENT OF THE DISEASED CAUSING THE DEATH OF PATIENTS DURING 1858. Confluent Small Pox 28 Distinct Small Pox 5 Delirium Tremens 2 Abscess , 1 Cholera Infantum 1 Coroner's Case 1 Pneumonia 1 Scrofula 1 Total 40 Ratio of Mortality from Small Pox in 1858, 13^ per cent. Ratio of Mortality in 1857 " ' 1856 1855 1854 1853 12 • per cent. 18ft " ISA " 23 fV " Mean ratio of Mortality for five years (1853-1858) 17fV per cent. Ratio of Mortality in 1858 13ft Decrease in ratio 1858 4 65 D. Small Pox Hospital, B. I., January 1, 1859. STATEMENT OF THE AGES OF PATIENTS WHO DIED DURING 1858. 1 year and under 2 1 " to 5 years 6 6 " " 10 " 11 " " 20 " 7 21 " " 30 " 16 31 " " 40 " 7 60 " and upwards 2 Total ' 40 E. Small Pox Hospital, B. I., January 1, 1859. STATEMENT OF THE TIME THAT PATIENTS WHO DIED IN 1858 WERE UNDER TREATMENT. From 12 hours to 3 days 8 3 days to 6 " 11 7 " " 14 " 13 " 14 " " 21 " 4 " 21 " " 28 " 3 1 month to 2 months 1 Total 40 5 66 Island Hospital Office, B. I., January 1, 1859. STATEMENT OF THE DISEASES TREATED, WITH THE MORTALITY, IN THE ALMS HOUSE, BLACKWELL's ISLAND, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1858. DISEASES. Abscess Adenitis Albuminuria Amaurosis Amenorrhea a Anaemia Anasarca Apoplexy Aptlise Ascites Asthma Balanitis Brain, Congestion of " Inflammation of Bronchitis, Chronic . Burns Cancer Carbuncle Caries Cholera Infantum. . . 172 44 5 15 38 9 11 4 22 20 14 37 2 7 834 35 4 2 1 115 11 Cholera Morbus Chorea Conjunctivitis Convulsions Coroner's Cases Croup , Cystitis Debauch , Debility Delirium Tremens.. , Diarrhoea Dysentery , Dysmenorrhea .... Dyspepsia Eczema Emphysema Enteritis , Epilepsy Erysipelas Fever, Intermittent 231 7 441 25 10 7 63 324 41 1785 196 2 4 195 12 16 42 48 392 3 15 18 2 40 1 67 DISEASES. Fever, Remittent . . " Typhoid Fistula Fracture Furuncles Gastritis Gr angular Lids and Vascular Cornea . Heart, Hypertrophy of Heart, Valvular dis- ease of Hematemesis Hemiplegia Hemorrhoids Hernia Herpes Hepatitis Hydrocephalus Hysteria Injuries Iritis Liver, Cirrhosis of. . Marasmus Meningitis Menorrhagia Necrosis Nephritis Neuralgia Odontalgia Opthalmia Orchitis Otitis Paralysis 4 4 5 1 6 18 25 11 37 4 11 115 61 50 6 13 3 113 111 4 192 9 32 4 7 27 3 232 8 19 118 DISEASES. 2 o II 12 I Paronychia I Parotitis Pericarditis ■ Pertussis j Phthisis Pulmonalis. ' Pleuritis ; Pleurodynia ; Pneumonia " Typhoid. Porrigo Favosa . . . . ' Prolapsus Uteri .... 1 Psoriasis Purpura 1 Rheumatism Rubeola I Rupia Scabies Sciatica 2 39 6 10 Scorbutus Scrofula Senectus Spermatorrhoea Spine, Pott's dis'se of Stomatitis Stricture of Urethra. Synovitis Syphilis, Secondary. " Tertiary... Tetanus Tonsillitis Ulcers Urine, Incontinence of Varicella Total number of Deaths Ratio of mortality on cases treated, 4 per cent. 393 68 B. Island Hospital Office, B. I., January 1, 1859. SUMMARY OF THE MORTALITY AT THE ALMS HOUSE, BLACK- WELL'S ISLAND, DURING THE YEAR 1858. Sex. Nativity. Age. Total number of deaths Males. . . Females Whence Received. Length of Residence in Alms House. Natives . . . Foreigners Under 1 year 1 year to 5 years 6 11 21 31 41 51 61 71 81 91 10 " 20 " .. " 30 " .. " 40 " .. " 50 » .. 60 44 .. 44 70 » .. 44 80 " .. 44 90 " .. and upwards. New York City. Bellevue Hospital , Institution on Blackwell's Island. Under 3 days. 3 days to 6 6 " " 10 10 " " 20 20 " 14 30 1 month to 2 2 " 14 3 3 " " ! 4 " " 5 5 44 44 6 6 " 44 7 7 " 44 8 8 " " 9 9 " 44 10 10 " 44 11 11 " 44 12 day 1 year and upwards. 209 184 164 229 351 41 1 16 4 6 2 21 47 30 27 26 17 19 7 6 9 16 6 109 393 593 30 : 593 393 393 [To Face Paob CS.J TABLE C Statement of the Mortality at the Alms House, Blackwell's Island, during 1858. Island Hospital Office, B. I., January 1, 1859. DISEASES. Albuminuria Apoplexy Ascites Brain, Congestion of. " Inflammation of Cancer Cholera Infantum Convulsions Coroner's Cases Cystitis Debility Delirium Tremens Diarrhoea Dysentery Enteritis Erysipelas Fever, Typhoid , Heart, Hypertrophy of. ... . " Valvular Disease of. Hydrocephalus Liver, Cirrhosis of Marasmus Meningitis Paralysis Phthisis Pulmonalis Pneumonia Typhoid Purpura Rubeola Senectus Syphilis, Tertiary Tetanus Ulcers Totals . 209 184 2 106 50 2 5 1 37 2 1 1 393 161 229 221 1 i 2116 72 51 12 28 23 2410 4 2 414 3 2122 43 51 6341 1312 351 218 611 WHERE FROM a S O jn 2^ pq TIME IN ALMS HOUSE. ) 27 26 1 1 I 9 16 6 109 69 Island Hospital Office, B. I. January 1, 1859. STATEMENT OF THE DISEASES TREATED, WITH THE MORTALITY, IN THE PENITENTIARY, BLACKWELL's ISLAND, DURING THE YEAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1858. DISEASES. Abortion Abscess Adenitis Amaurosis Amenorrhcea Apoplexy Balanitis Brain, Congestion of Bronchitis, Chronic. Buboes Burns Cancer Carbuncle Cholera Morbus.... Conjunctivitis Debauch Delirium Tremens.. Diarrhoea Dysentery Eczema Enteritis 3 41 9 4 8 1 13 2 39 13 3 4 2 41 60 5 2 104 13 7 1 DISEASES. Epilepsy Erysipelas Fever Intermittent. Typhoid Fractures Frost Bite Gastritis Gonorrhoea Granular Lids and Vascular Cornea. Heart, Valvular Di- sease of Hemiplegia Hemorrhoids Hepatitis Herpes Icterus Impetigo Injuries Iritis Meningitis 1 4 65 1 17 3 11 103 1 1 2 37 1 5 6 1 176 5 1 70 DISEASES. Menorrhagia Nephritis Neuralgia Op thai mi a Orchitis Otorrhea a Paronychia Paraplegia Phagadoanio Chancre Phthisis Pulmonalis. Pleuritis Pleurodynia, Pneumonia 2 1 5 12 32 3 28 2 1 U 15 t 25 DISEASES. Pyrosis Rheumatism Scabies Scrofula Stricture of Urethra Synovitis Syphilis, Primary.. " Secondary " Tertiary » Syphilitic Vegetat'ns Tonsillitis Ulcers Urine, Tncontin'ce of 3 40 13 7 22 9 279 202 8 18 6 174 2 Number of Deaths Patio of Mortality on cases treated T 4 ^ per cent. 71 Island Hospital Office. B. I., January 1, 1859. STATEMENT OF THE DISEASES TREATED, WITH THE MORTALITY, IN THE WORK HOUSE, BLACKWELL's ISLAND, DURING THE FAR ENDING DECEMBER 31, 1858. DISEASES. Abortion Abscess Adenitis Albuminuria Amenorrhcea Apoplexy Arachnitis , Balanitis Brain, Congestion of Bronchitis, -Chronic. Burns Cholera Infantum.. 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