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
Licence: Public Domain Mark
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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![Showing- the Ages of the Troojis composing- the Service Companies of Corps stalioiiefl at the Cape of Good Hopk, and the Deaths at each Age, from 1st January 1830 to 31st Marcii 1837. YEARS. CORPS. Under 13 Years. IS to 25 to 33. .33 10 40. 40 10 50. Total of all Ages. Slrcni^Ili Diei' Strrngri Dlea iStrcngth Died 1830 [No returns from thv otlier Corps availa bio in this year.] 11 347 J 186 2 21 3 1 j 508 5 1831 1 7'2u(l Begt. . . . 7:th ,, . . . 93iK 342 330 172 1 4 1 181 148 324 7 2 ■ 4 20 54 25 1 3 8 4 557 547 5-5 8 8 10 Total for 1831 . 13 844 10 653 13 99 3 15 1629 26 1833 J 72ml Regl. . . . 75tli ,, , . . 6 289 300 162 3 4 3 2116 201 314 8 3 1 24 43 24 1 i G 2 1 1 528 562 502 13 9 4 Total for 183-2 . 10 757 ID 721 12 91 2 13 2 1592 26 l-'rom 1st Jan. | laSi to 31st { March I83'l. | 72n(l Regt. . . . 75tli ,, . . . 98th ,, . . . 5 197 167 12 1 287 308 485 11 4 10 21 54 11 2 6 12 1 513 546 512 12 6 10 Total . . . 10 370 1 1030 86 2 19 1571 28 From 1st April [ 1634to3Ut { March 1835. t 72iid Hogt. . . . 98th ,, . . . 4 11)3 150 25 1 380 288 479 14» I 24 71 11 2 12 18 621 519 16 10 Total . . . 0 27S 3 1147 23 106 2 30 1567 28 From 1st Aiiril | I835to3lsl { March 1836, ( 72n.l Rcgt. . . . 75th ,, . . . 98tU . , . 3 1 4 i 150 25 1 2 392 272 430 10 6 9 63 8 2t 1 1 14 22 2 i 486 514 489 13 10 11 Total . . . 8 1 236 3 1114 25 93 4 38 1 1489 34 From lat April f 1836 to3lbt < March 1837. | 72n(l Regt. . . . 98tli ,, . , . 1 5 57 183 20 i 375 214 437 8 j 10 8 31 75 4 3 2 13 23 2 i 477 495 468 8 13 12 Total . . . 6 2G0 1 1020 26 up 38 1 1440 33 General Resulls fi om Ist January 1830 to 31st March 1837. PERIOD. Under IS Years. IS to 25. 25 to 33. 33 to 40. 40 to 50. Total of all Ages. Slrenath Died Slrcngih Died Strcnalh Died Sirengll Strength Died Slrengtli Died 1stJannaryto31stDeceniber 1830 . ,, 1831. ,, 1832 . ,, ie33lo3Ut March 1834 . Ist April 1834 1835 . ,, 1835 ,, 1836 . ,, 1836 1337 . 11 18 10 10 6 8 6 'i 347 344 757 376 278 236 260 1 10 10 1 3 3 1 186 653 721 1030 1147 1114 1026 13 12 23 25 20 21 99 91 86 106 93 110 1 3 2 2 2 4 5 3 15 13 19 30 33 38 I 2 i 1 568 1629 1392 1571 1567 1489 1440 26 26 28 28 34 33 Total for 7^ Years . . . 69 1 3098 29 5927 120 606 19 156 5 9S56 180 Deduct a twenty-ninth part of tlicl deaths to ascertain the mortality ; of 7 years exactly . . . . j 1 4 1 6 Total for 7 years .... 69 1 3093 28 5927 122 606 18 156 9356 174 Of the above there died at Chatham, or on their passage home, the following numbers of each class :— PERIOD. 25 to 33 Years. 33 to 40. 40 to 50. Total of 611 Ages. 1st January to 31st December 1832 . ,, 1833 to 31st March 1834 . 1st April 1834 ,, 1835 . 1835 ,, 1836 . ,, 1836 ,, 1837 . 'i 4 1 1 I 1 1 1 6 2 1 Total .... 7 3 1 11 * 72nd Heglmcnt, 1 of 2n(I Class, and 10 of 3rd Class, omitted in 1834, haying been killed ia action, f 72nd Regiment, 1 of 3rd Class omitted iu 1835 for same reason.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21365313_0088.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
