110 THE ZEMSTVOS DURING THE WAR 
the first eleven months of the War, a complete and detailed calcula- 
tion of the actual cost of maintenance per patient was made in nine 
provinces, by one of the departments of the Central Committee. 
This calculation was made on the basis of more than 40,000 beds. 
The results will be found in the following table: 
Daily Cost of Maintenance of Hospital Beds. 
Province 
Ekaterinoslav 
Kharkov 
Nizhni-Novgorod 
Novgorod 
Petrograd 
Tula 
Vologda 
Orel 
Terek Territory 
Total 
Cost of main- Cost of 
tenance of maintenance 
Number of beds unoccupied bed of occupied bed 
(copecks) 
118.1 
100.8 
85.3 
108.4 
91.0 
79.7 
97.0 
75.0 
125.1 
5,016 
8,486 
3,307 
2,350 
4,397 
3,082 
1,470 
6,591 
5,427 
40.126 
97.9 
For the first year of the War, the averages do not differ mate- 
rially from the tentative estimate. Later, the Government was fre- 
quently asked by the zemstvos, through the Central Committee, for 
an increase in the original estimate. 
Description of Casualties. 
A detailed description, from the purely medical standpoint, of the 
entire mass of sick and wounded soldiers would naturally be of pro- 
found interest. Unfortunately, no such work has been done. For this 
reason even the partial and somewhat casual descriptions of injuries 
and diseases observed in the Russian army during the War are of 
(65 per cent); food for the patient, 81.86 copecks (19.42 per cent); laun- 
dry, 4.8 copecks (2.49 per cent); medicines and dressing materials, 22.03 
copecks (13.43 per cent); and all other expenses, 4.07 copecks (2.48 per 
cent), making the total cost 1 ruble 64 copecks.