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.

Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.

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    howing the Admissions into Hospital and Deaths among the Troops serving in the Island of St. Helena, from 181S to 1821 and 1836 to 1S37.—(Extracted from the Quarterly Medical Returns.) Classes Fevers. Diseases of the Lungs.-i( Diseases of the Liver. Diseases of the Stomachj and Bowels, •{ L r Diseases of the Biain. Dropsies. Rheumatic Affections, 'enereal Affections, I L .bscesses and Ulcers. \ t^ounds and Injuries Punished. Diseases of the Eyes. Diseases of the Skin. f Years . Strength Specific Diseases, Feb. Intermittens ,, Remittens ,, Cont. Com. ,, Icteiodes . ,, Synochus , Pneumonia . . Pleuritis .... Haemoptysis . Phthisis Pulmonahs Catarrlius Acutus ,, Chronicus Aslhma Period. Conv. Hepatitis Acuta . ,, Chronica Icterus . . . Peritonitis » . Gastritis . . . Enteritis . Haematemesis Dysenteiia Acuta Chronica Dyspepsia . . Colica .... Diarrhoea . . Obstipatio Cholera Morbus . Phrenitis .... Cephalalgia . Apoplexia . . Paralysis .... Mania .... Delirium Tremens . Epilepsia. . . Anasarca. . Ascites .... Rheum. Acutus . ,, Chronicus . Syphilis Primitiva . , , Consecutiva Ulcus Penis nonSyph Bubo Simplex . Gonorrhoea . . Hernia Humoralis . Strictura Urethras . Phymosis . . All other Diseases. Phlegmon et Abscess. Ulcus Fistula . . . . Luxatio . . . . Subluxatio . , Vulnus Incisum . Coutusio . . . . Ambustio. Fractura . . . . Punitus . . . . iVIorbi Oculorum. Morbi Cutis . . . Cynanche Tonsillaris Carditis . . . . Splenitis . . . . Nephritis. . . Cystitis . . , . Otitis . . . . Erysipelas Haemorrhois . Hydarthrus . Vermes . . , . Scrophula , Scorbutus Contractura , Eneuresis . . Dysuria . . . . Calculus Vesicae Varix . . . . Tumores . , , . Hernia . . , . Amputatio . , Necrosis . . . . Morbus Cordis . Periostitis . . , Palpitatio . , Observatio . Dracunculus . . . Physconia . Total 1818 1168 Adm. 17 2 85 Died 100 5 1 1 42 15 3 6 2 50 4 28 1 3 40 50 17 685 46 1819 1397 Adm. 17 4 58 1 27 2 51 20 13 ] 1 1 1 188 11 1 3 89 12 Died 1820 1331 Adm. Died 4 13 119 1 1 20 13 6 2 1 4 52 4 50 3 42 39 9 785 25 6 1 317 12 4 125 22 2 I 4 2 26 33 1 1 1 27 58 G 78 2 5 60 G8 4 5 1 1821 829 Adm. Died 1 13 1 8 72 7 2 13 2 82 13 2 4 104 51 9 1 2 8 1 1 15 1204 51 47 72 1 1 1 23 46 7 3 34 44 3 4 758 1836 601 Adm. Died. 18 14 3 4 7 5 163 14 4 1 6 22 2 1 45 9 24 45 4 14 25 20 4 4 1 5 4 9 519 1837 582 Adm. Died. 2 10 4 7 41 9 1 3 1 1 4 2 11 1 4 90 12 5 5 4 3 '30 7 1 12 30 2 2 9 15 10 1 6 12 409 Total for 6 Years. Aggregate Strength 5,908 Admitted. By each Disease. 39 313 3 41 24 12 7 25 271 18 2 102 63 6 2 4 12 1 705 46 18 19 412 338 27 1 1 2 5 2 7 23 5 6 110 95 23 36 7 1 85 31 3 1 116 307 7 8 24 81 232 15 24 178 209 42 27 1 1 2 1 4 4 16 2 2 24 23 2 5 1 1 3 5 2 1 3 2 1 1 2 1 I 4360 «y I'ach Class of Diseases. 421 > 359 171 >1584 > 41 11 05 >■ 187 430 334 178 209 42 > 138 4360 liy each L 3 r 1 < *.' 1 ^ 3 ( 1 r 1 150