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

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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$Slum iiig the Admissions into Hospital and Deaths among the Hottentot Taoors serving at Ihe CAM: of Good Hope, from 1822 to 1834 inclusive. 1836 1827 1828 1829 1830 , 1831 1832 1833 1834 - Fron a 1822 1 0 1834 . 1822 1823 Ac'LTeiratc Stren eih 4,136 471 233 247 ; 263 26 i 247 220 A.lmil e.l. Dicil. StrciigU 292 310 394 . 4sa 4 267 ^ Clam, ofUhca-a. Specific. Diseases' Died L- , Dicil Adm Died Ailm Adui. Die 1. Adm Died. Died. Adm. 'J Died Died. \dm. I )ied. tdm. I )ied . dm. D ed. DIKOW. By end. ;ia.ior 1 B 7 each c 0 1 1 19 '9 1 I 270} f 272 1 I'ovcrs. ,, Cont. Com. ,; Synochus . 'l !{ 37 60 i 23 'e '7 4 17 3 ErtptiveVtvcrs. Vavicellu . . . 3 I 1 1 9 9 Dist?asesof the_. Lungs. 1 Pueumonia . Htemoplysis . Phthisis Pidmonulis Catirrhus Acuf<is Chrouicus Dyspuccn Coiitiuua ( 3. 'i S 17 i S 34 1( 'i 3 i 36 22 'i 9 1 3 37 . 22 1 2 36 2 3 1 1 1 11 'c 2 I i e 7 is 2 1 1 7 20 2 5 2 10 1 3 3 97 ■ 10 14 227 85 - 443 l< 4 io 2 ■ 16 8 1 I 3 3 i\ Diseases of tha Liver. Hepatitis Acuta . ,, Chronica I 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 I 16 2 1 Enteritis . . . Dysenteria Ai-uta 1 1' 1 1 1 1 ] G 12 8 1 IG 1 28 3 9 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 4 101 29 f ^ 14 Diseosra of the ] Stomach ,, ChroQicn Dyspepsia , . Culicft . . . Diarrbtca. , . Obstiimlio , . 1 G 2 1 ] 4 1 2 1 2 3 2 1 3 2 1 3 2 1 40 19 > 371 < ■ 20 andBoweb. I 20 43 ] . 21 1 la . 15 3 i 4 1 2 1 8 3 1 5 1 3 158 IS 2 [ :: f Diseases of the J Brain, | Paralysis. . . . 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 I 2 I IS Dropsies. 1 3 3 Rheumat. Acutus . 17 11 20 12 10 . 1 2 1 4 1 9 12 13 4 136 Rheum at ic J Afitctions. 1 ,, Chronicus 9 3^ 31 . ! 12 2 3 11 1 8 1 1 2 1 3 4 142 8 . 289 Syphilis Primitiva . Conseciitiva UlcusPenisnouSyi.il 1 1 2 3 1 i 2 . 1 . 8 3 1 : 1 i ] 1 4 5 1 24 10 Veiiereiil Affections. Gouovrhffa . . . Honiia Humi.T.ilis . St.ictura Urethra) . Phymosis et Para-j PhloRmon et Ab-J 8 7 J 9 G 1 31 9 1 33 G 18 1 15 16 . 1 . 16 . . 15 . 14 . 17 4 2 7 ! i S s 1 14 ,; 11 1 G 10 8 11 •• 13 1 13 6 3 4 IIG 105 2 7 178 >. 268 [ Abscesses and UlciTs. Apostenia Lumbare . Subluxaiio . . 13 '2 1 30 50 . . 24 9 S ,4 11 9 ' 5 1 j ^ 1 14 1 3 1 I . 1 1 ! 2 1 2 2 32 1- 770 Wounds and J Injuries. ] I Vulnus Ineisum , ,, Sclopitorum. Contusio . . . . Fractura . . . . 14 26 1 2J 3 30 6 50 52 2 37 S2 1 i 49 . 54 . 1 . 2 . , 36 . 42 2 1 15 24 '2 1. 2S 2 It U s 24 22 2 2 17 3 11 2 16 1 13 1 10 12 323 8 376 9 20 !■ J Punished. Punitus . . . . 35 IS 34 23 27 . . 16 7 27 24 .. 12 2 ; 4 232 232 Diseases of the 1 Eyes. / Morht Oculorum. . 7 6 5 15 U . . JO 10 13 K .. C IS 7 117 Diseases of the ) Skin. 1 Morbi Cutis . . . Cynanche Tonsillarib Splenitis .... Nephritis. . . . Erysipelas • Epistaxis . . . Hydrocele . . . 1 2 5 5 'J 12 2 5 21 1 'i 1 3 . 6 . 1 8 1 1 2 2 3 S .. 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 ' E 3 3 J 1 32 67 3 1 1 9 5 2 4 1 32 All other Diseases. H.ydorl'hTus ... 'i t'- ■| 1 ''h ii . '4 'i r-'-I 4 1 '2 I ISO Ischuria et Dysuria. ■ ■ ■ MoTSUS Scrpealis . 2 ' 2 1 4 2 . i II 26 3 > 1 1 2 1 1 ■ I 1 1 1 1 1 '1 1 2 3 1 1 1 1 2 i Total. . . 258 4 281 3 460 1 422 11 495 6 357 6 131 179 2 IGS 3 203 2 14; 2 17 2 129 3402 3402 45 45 In 1822 and 1823, this Abstract refers only to the Head Quarters of the Cape corps sUtioned at Graham's Town, there being for that period no means of ascertaining the sick or casualties among the detach- ments. In 1824 and 1825 the sick and casualties among some prize negroes attached to the regiments at Cape Town, were included in the Quarterly Returns, but have been omitted in this Abstract, as formmgno part of the force of which the Statistical details are under consideration. 2G$

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