Statistical reports on the sickness, mortality, & invaliding among the troops in the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean, and British America / prepared from the records [by A.M. Tulloch, H. Marshall, and T.G. Balfour] of the Army Medical Department and War Office returns.
- Great Britain. Army Medical Services
- Date:
- 1839
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Statistical reports on the sickness, mortality, & invaliding among the troops in the United Kingdom, the Mediterranean, and British America / prepared from the records [by A.M. Tulloch, H. Marshall, and T.G. Balfour] of the Army Medical Department and War Office returns. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table XIV. Showing the Dis¬ eases or Causes of Disability of Invalids found unfit for further service. The following comparison of the ratio invalided for pulmonic affections in British America and the Mediterranean affords another convincing proof that the climate of the former, however severe, does not necesssarily exert an unfavourable influence in this respect on the constitution :— Aggregate Invalided of that llatio per thou- Force from Force for Pulmo- sand Invalided STATIONS. 1825 to 1836 nicAffections in Amnmllv fur Pul. inclusive. same period. monic Affections In British America 76,032 298 3 9 °T(T Gibraltar .... 40,055 155 3 0 °To jNJclltcl • • • • • 25,052 125 5 Ionian Islands . 43,550 119 9 8 TO It is thus manifest that in the mild climate of Malta one-fifth more are invalided for pul¬ monic affections than in British America—a sufficient reason, combined with what has previously been stated on the subject, to render extremely questionable the generally received opinions in regard to the influence of temperature in inducing or aggravating these diseases. As many of the other causes were merely the result of age and length of service, we shall not enter further into the consideration of this branch of the subject. Enough has been stated to show that, so far as can be estimated from the extent of invaliding, the climate of British America appears to exert no particularly unfavourable influence on the constitution of our troops. SECTION III. On the Number constantly Sick in Hospital among the Troops in British America. Mean Sick. In No. IV. of Appendix will be found a detailed statement of the sick, reported in the War Office Returns, on the muster-day of each month, from which the following Table of results has been compiled :— Table XV. Showing the Number constantly Sick in Hospital, of Troops in British America. i Years. BERMUDA. NOVA SCOTIA, &c. CANADA. Average constantly Sick. Ratio per 1000 of Mean Strength con¬ stantly Sick. Average constantly Sick. Ratio per 1000 of Mean Strength con¬ stantly Sick. Average constantly Sick. Ratio per 1000 of Mean Strength con¬ stantly Sick. 1817 9 21 144 44 181 41 1818 18 36 84 35 163 43 1819 26 63 71 34 151 42 1S20 20 60 67 34 135 42 1S21 13 37 83 41 160 51 1822 16 49 S7 42 127 41 1823 20 69 77 39 115 39 1S24 14 67 72 36 138 46 1825 20 75 95 43 109 39 1826 38 62 71 33 101 36 1S27 52 78 64 29 141 46 1S28 43 61 62 29 163 53 1829 42 58 68 30 153 50 1S30 35 46 76 31 150 47 1831 58 49 85 35 140 45 1832 55 48 67 29 127 46 1833 36 46 55 29 100 40 1834 41 57 65 33 101 41 1835 32 49 67 31 103 42 1836 32 49 63 30 111 45 General 1 Average ) 31 53 76 34 133 44 1825 1826 1827 1S28 1829 18301831 Oi CO CO 1833 1834 1835 1836 Total. Cachexies. 2 16 1 3 3 4 1 2 32 Dropsies. 2 4 1 • * 2 1 1 • • 3 14 Dysentery and Hepatic 4 11 • • 3 1 • . • • 3 • • 3 .. 1 26 Eye Diseases .... 9 6 6 13 2 5 4 9 1 7 2 11 75 Fractures, Dislocations, j Contractions, Wounds, V 20 42 17 27 5 15 2 7 7 14 7 11 174 and Ruptures . . . J Mental Diseases . • • 2 1 2 3 5 2 1 2 1 1 • • 20 Paralysis, Epilepsy, and) 3 13 2 4 3 10 2 2 5 6 6 11 67 Deafness . • . . J Pulmonic Diseases 44 35 11 22 15 27 4 13 16 20 40 51 298 Rheumatism&ChronicPains 40 13 5 36 10 7 • • 5 5 7 16 41 185 Ulcers, Varices, Scrofula,] 10 11 2 5 1 13 4 6 1 6 4 8 71 and Strictures . . . ) Venereal. 2 1 1 4 Worn-out. 30 45 38 28 19 • • 1 9 10 32 5 19 236 Total .... 164 182 S2 142 59 99 20 61 ^1 101 82 159 1202](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30449625_0176.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
