Statistical reports on the sickness, mortality, & invaliding, among the troops in Western Africa, St. Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, and the Mauritius; : prepared from the records of the Army Medical Department and War-Office returns [by A.M. Tulloch, H. Marshall and T.G. Balfour]. / Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

  • Great Britain. Army Medical Services
Date:
1840
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Credit: Statistical reports on the sickness, mortality, & invaliding, among the troops in Western Africa, St. Helena, the Cape of Good Hope, and the Mauritius; : prepared from the records of the Army Medical Department and War-Office returns [by A.M. Tulloch, H. Marshall and T.G. Balfour]. / Presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    The proportion of both these classes has amounted to 19^ per thousand annually, being the same as in the Mediterranean and American Commands. The disabilities can only be stated for those who have been discharged as totally unfit, and are as follows:— Mauritius. Invaliding. Dysentery and Hepatic. Eye Diseases Fractures, Dislocations, Wounds, and Hernia Mental Diseases Pulmonic ,, . ■ Rheumatism and Chro- \ nic Pains. . . . ) Ulcers, Varices, and Strictures... Venereal Worn Out . Cachexies . . . Paralysis and Epilepsy Deafness Dropsy and Visceral Contractions . Total Discharged as unfit I for further Service . .) 1825 34 18-26 1 46 81 1827 2 3 2 16 31 LS28 I 3 10 27 i 61 1829 1830 14 1831 33 1832 1833 21 1834 12 1835 1 13 6 2 32 1836 Total. 28 9 44 9 53 31 21 3 105 3 20 2 8 4 340 Table IX. Showing the Dis- eases or Causes of Disability of those found unfit for Ac- tive Service. The proportion invalided for each of these diseases is nearly the same as in other Com- mands, and therefore does not seem to require any particidar notice, especially as we have no means of distinguishing those disabihties which may be attributable merely to age and length of service from others more immediately resulting from climate. In regard to the Black Pioneers we possess no information on the subject of invaliding. p SECTION III. On the Number constantly Sick in Hospital among the Troops in the Mauritius. The number reported sick on the muster-day of each month, as stated in the War Office Returns, will be found in No. IV. of Appendix, from which the following Table has been compiled to exhibit the results in a comprehensive form :— Mean Sick. Year. Strength. Average con- stantly Sick. Ratio per 1000 <.f Mean S reugth constantly Sick. 1818 1,776 80 45 1819 1,650 71 43 1820 1,395 85 61 1821 1,298 85 65 1822 1,346 91 67 1823 1,248 82 66 1824 1,190 90 76 1825 1,131 88 78 1826 1,338 96 72 1827 1,692 97 57 1828 1,639 119 73 1829 1,650 105 64 1830 1,606 111 70 1831 1,777 128 72 1832 1,861 1.50 80 1833 2,228 174 78 1834 2,201 175 80 1835 1,934 144 76 1836 1,555 98 63 General ] Average. ) 1,606 109 68 Table X. Showing the l\ uni- ber constantly Sick in Hospital of the White Troops serv- ing in the Mauritius. Thus, on the average of these 19 years, 68 men have been constantly sick in hospital out of every thousand serving in the Command, and, as has before been observed with recrard to 3 D 2 °