Age and length of service as affecting the sickness and mortality of the European army : and aggregate of the statistics of the army for the ten-year period, 1860-69 / by James L Bryden.
- James Bryden
- Date:
- 1874
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Age and length of service as affecting the sickness and mortality of the European army : and aggregate of the statistics of the army for the ten-year period, 1860-69 / by James L Bryden. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![Is it a matter of necessity that young regiments should suffer this great damage in the early years of residence ? This is a question of the gravest moment, and the laws determining disease in the young and unacclimatised demand our most earnest study. Deaths of the Army from the chief causes of Mortality in each year from 1865 to 1870, shown in relation to A ge. Distribution according to Age of the Army of the Bengal Presidency, 1865—70, Ybae. Total. Under 20. 20 to 24. 25 to 29. 30 to 34. 36 to 39. 40 and upwards. Toxal ABOTE 30. 1865 39,722 1,453 13,633 16,442 5,755 2,023 416 8,194 1866 37,287 1,250 10,019 15,839 6,899 2,864 416 10,179 1867 36,647 1,796 8,280 15,714 7,634 2,752 471 10,857 1868 33,609 1,642 9,033 12,812 7,127 2,470 525 10,122 ]869 35,956 2,331 10,188 11,992 8,290 2,731 424 11,445 1870 33,502 2,037 9,725 10,375 8,022 2,848 495 11,365 Aggregate of the six years 216,723 10,509 60,878 83,174 43,727 15,688 2,747 62,162 62,162](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28038344_0045.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
