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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![5:erra Lkone Command.] ABSTRACT No. I. OP APPENDIX. Shovvinn- the Number of Admissions into Hospital and Deaths among the Troops serving in the Sierra Lkone Command, from 1819 to 1836 inclusive. (Extracted from the Medical Quarterly Returns.) No. I. WHITE TROOPS. 31 C/a^ses of Disease.' Diseases of the J Lungs. ■ j Diseases of (he I Liver. Years Strengtli Spcci/ic DiseaSfs, reb. Intermittens Remittens . ,, Cont. Com. Diseases of the Slomach < aud Bowels. diseases of the Dropsies. hettmatic Affections. Pneumonia . Ha^moiitysis . Phthisis Pulmonaiis Catarrhus Aciitiis , , Chvoiiicus Asthma et Dyspnaia, Hepatitis Acuta Chronica Icterus 1819 35 1820 Enteritis . Dysenteria Acutii ,, Chronica Dyspepsia CoUca Diarrhoea. Obstipatio^ . Cholera Morbus , Venereal ffi-ctions. I 'Scesses and J ■ Ulcers. t V^ouiuls and Injuiies. Punished. liseases of the Eyes. )iseases of the Skin. Syphilis Primitiva , , Consecutiva UlcnsPenis nonSypl Bubo Simjilex , GoiiorrlKEa . Hernia Humoralis Strictura UrethiEE Phlef^m. et Ahscessus Ulcus. . . . All other Diseases. Apoplexia Paralysis Mania Epilepsia Anasarca Hydrothorax . Ascites . Rheum. Acutus . ., Chronicus .Subluxatio Vulnus Contusio . \inbustio. Fractura . Punitus . Morbi Oculorum Morbi Cutis . . C) nunche Tonsillaris Splenitis . Erysipelas . Epistaxis Heemorrhois . Aneurisma . . Amputatio . Dracunctilus . Morbi Varii , , Total. 1821 1S22 10 1823 1824 18r?3 571 IS 1 2 2 2 1 4 7 1583 13 25' 1826 471 1827 1828 232 1829 114 1830 1831 1832 10 1834 1836 From 1819 to 1836 A^iiregatB StreuKth 1,843 Atlmittfd. !)J8 1601 51 15 1 7 15 61 4 0 137 4 3 53 .■il7 9 25 250 263 ^929 Died. { 739 I 6 L 2 f 6 I 1 >255 L •■ > 2 > 9 The above is exclusive oT Officers, and includes tbe White Troops at Sierra Leone, the Gambia, and Isles de Loss, but not those employed at Cape Coast Castle. Under Mcrbi \ aiii, are iucli dcd, Tetanus, 1; Hydrocele, 1; Hydarlhrus, 2; Vermes, 2; Scrophula, 2; Scorbutus, 2; Contractura, 4; Hernia, 1! Fistula, 1; Prolapsus Ani, 1; Ischuria, 4; Unknown, 3: Total, 24.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365313_0039.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
