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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![This statement shows the proportion constantly ineffective from sickness to have been, on the average of the last 20 years, 53 per thousand for Bermuda, 44 for the Canadas, and 34 for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick; the latter, however, must be considerablv under the truth, as it has not been usual to include in the Returns the sick at St. Jolm’s, St. Andrew’s, Prince Edward’s Island, or Cape Breton, constituting about a tenth of the whole. Even after making the necessary addition on this account, however, we find the proportion is smaller than in the United Kingdom, where, among the Dragoon Guards and Dragoons, 40 per thousand are constantly sick, and still more among Infantry. From these data the following results are obtained:— Bermuda. Nova Scotia. Canadas. Days. Days. Days. Average sick-time annually to each soldier.19 131 ig Average duration of each attack . .14^ 1 ig| 45 Thus, in Nova Scotia, sickness, though less frequent, is of longer duration than in the other two Commands, principally from the absence of febrile affections, and the diseases being generally of a more lingering nature. SECTION IV. Showing the Influence of Age and Length of Residence on the Mortality of Troops serving in British America. In the Appendix, Nos. V., VI., and A II., will be found abstracts framed from the Returns forwarded annually to the War Office, showing the composition of each corps servino- in these Commands with regard to age, and the deaths which took place, from 1830 to 183b inclusive, at each of the following periods of life :—• General Results for Bermuda from 1st January, 1S31, to 31st March, 1837. PERIOD. Under 18 Years. l .18 to 25. 1 25 to 33. 33 to 40. 40 to 50. Total of all Ages. Strength Died Strength Died jStrength Died istrength Died Strergtl Died Strength Died 1st January to 31st December, 1831*. 1839 ,, 1833 to 31st March, 1834 . 1st April, 1834 ,, 1835 . ,, 1835 ,, 1836 . ,, 1836 ,, 1837. Total for G£ Years . . . Deduct a twenty-fifth part of the] deaths to ascertain the mortality > of 6 years exactly . . . . .J Total for 6 Years. ... 2 2 3 5 10 4 • « • • • • • • • • • • 235 478 207 252 300 201 5 5 6 2 5 6 155 307 119 182 140 127 5 13 7 r 7 6 104 209 68 54 57 55 2 6 9 1 4 2 22 29 19 9 • • • • • • o 4 • • • » • • 518 1025 416 502 507 477 12 26 26 10 16 14 26 • • 1763 29 1030 45 547 24 79 6 3445 104 1 • • 2 • • 1 « • m 0' • • 4 ’ 26 • • 1763 28 1030 i 43 547 23 79 6 3445 100 General Results for Nova Scotia and New Brunswick from 1st January, 1830, to 31st March, 1S37. PERIOD. Under 18 Years. IS to 25. 25 to 33. 33 to 40. 40 to 50. 1 1 Total of all Ages. Strength Died Strength Died Strength Died Strength Died Strength Died Strength Died 1st January to 31st December, 1830 . ,, ,, 1831 . ,, ,, 1832. ,, 1833 to 31st March, 1834 . 1st April, 1834 ,, 1835 . ,, 1835 ,, 1836 . ,, 1836 ,, 1837. Total for 7\ Years . . . Deduct a twenty-ninth part of the] deaths to ascertain the mortality ] of 7 years exactly . ... j Total for 7 years .... 5 12 23 21 24 20 11 • • • • • • • • • • 1 « • 903 1107 901 449 575 557 411 14 22 5 6 9 7 6 468 483 899 839 1204 1070 816 5 16 21 26 43 14 10 192 217 289 241 189 255 176 5 4 7 10 17 3 4 33 29 13 28 39 65 34 • • 1 • • *5 4 1601 1848 2125 1578 2031 1968 1448 24 43 33 42 74 29 20 116 1 4903 69 5779 135 1560 50 241 10 12,599 265 2 t • 5 • 0 9 • t • • • • 9 116 1 4903 67 5779 130 1560 48 i 241 10 i 12,599 256 exten^ofet Oiyetrf568 *** recdved from the Bermudas for 1830, consequently the calculations for that station only British America. Mean Sick. Influence of Age,](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30449625_0177.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
