112 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR
limbs, sanatorium and physico-therapeutic treatments, ete.) and
general relief (complete disability, with and without medical treat-
ment, partial disability, requiring a combination of relief and suit-
able employment, etc.). At a meeting on January 13, 1916, the de-
partment heard a report on the results of an examination of 85,000
sick and wounded soldiers who had passed through the hospitals of
Moscow province.
The sick constituted 26.5 per cent of all cases investigated, while
the percentage of the wounded and shell-shocked was 73.5. Of the
sick, 18 per cent were suffering from rheumatism, 6.5 per cent from
frozen limbs, 8.45 per cent from tuberculosis, and 3 per cent from
heart disease.
Of the total number of wounded and shell-shocked (62,500), the
distribution was as follows: suffering from the injuries of the skull,
2.3 per cent; face, 1.5 per cent; jaw, 0.1 per cent; eyes, 0.4 per
cent; chest, 3 per cent; abdomen, 0.4 per cent; arms, 51 per cent;
legs, 85.7 per cent; shell-shocked, 2.2 per cent.
Of the skull injuries, 55.7 per cent were serious cases. Of injuries
to the eye in 255 cases one eye had been lost and in 14, both eyes.
Of injuries to the arms, 80.5 per cent were serious cases; in the case
of injuries to the legs the ratio of serious cases was 47 per cent.
Amputations of the upper extremities were 95 in number, and of the
lower, 231. Of the total number of the shell-shocked, 55 per cent
were serious cases.’
These summarized data relating to the sick and wounded requir-
ing further care demonstrated the vast importance of the work ac-
complished for the proper organization of relief. However, there
was still need of a more detailed analysis in order to enable the Un-
ion to draw proper conclusions. This work was accomplished by the
statistical bureau of the Moscow zemstvo. Additional questions were
printed on the registration cards and 132 hospitals in the province
of Moscow furnished replies under the new program in regard to
4,000 patients discharged from these hospitals in December, 1915,
and January, 1916.
The distribution of these patients, at the moment of arrival at the
hospital, according to the nature of their wounds and diseases was as
shown in the following table: :
17 Igvestia (Bulletin), No. 83, pp. 40-42.
