Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

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Identifikator:: 1794855874

URN:: urn:nbn:de:zbw-retromon-179223

Document type:: Monograph

Author:: Polner, Tichon I. http://d-nb.info/gnd/172311195

Title:: Russian local government during the war and the Union of Zemstvos

Place of publication:: New Haven

Publisher:: Yale Univ. Press

Year of publication:: 1930

Scope:: XXV, 317 S.

Digitisation:: 2022

Collection:: Economics Books

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Title:: Chapter VI. Relief of sick and wounded soldiers

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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.

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