From the Confederate States Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Jan. 1864). Richmond: J. B. McCaw, Ed., p. 8

CONFEDERATE HOSPITAL REPORTS.

I. – Statistics of Winder Hospital, Richmond, Va., from its organization, April 1, 1862, to December 1, 1863. Surg. A. G. Lane, in charge.

Total Number admitted 39,997
    "         " transferred 7,830
    "         " returned to duty 20,720
    "         " furloughed 6,675
    "         " discharged 284
    "         " deserted 1,138
    "         " died 2,149

Ratio of mortality, 5.27 per cent. [error: 5.37 MDG]

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II. – Statistics of Chimborazo Hospital from Nov. 1, 1861, to Nov. 1, 1863. Surg. J. B. McCaw, in charge.

Total Number admitted 47,176
    "         " transferred 17,384
    "         " returned to duty 17,845
    "         " furloughed 4,378
    "         " discharged 635
    "         " deserted 846
    "         " died 3,031

Aggregate ratio of mortality, 6.62 per cent. [error: 6.42 MDG]

Total number of VULNUS SCLOPETICUM, 6,740 – Deaths, 377.
Ratio of mortality, 5.74 per cent.

Total number FEBRIS Typhoid, 3,474 – Deaths, 951.
Ratio of mortality, 27.56 per cent.

Total number PNEUMONIA, 2,739 – Deaths, 637.
Ratio of mortality, 20.39 per cent.

Total number ALL OTHER DISEASES, 34,223 – Deaths, 1,965.
ratio of mortality, 3.1 per cent.

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