Volume 1
Statistical reports on the health of the Navy for the years 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836.
- British Admiralty Office
- Date:
- [1840-1841]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Statistical reports on the health of the Navy for the years 1830, 1831, 1832, 1833, 1834, 1835 and 1836. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![Table No. 1, for Seven Years, from 1830 to 1836, Showing the Total Number of Cases; the Number of all Diseases and Injuries, in Classes; the Number of Cases sent to Hospital, Invalided and Dead ; with the Ratio of each per 1,000 of mean Strength. CLASS AND ORDER OF DISEASE. Total Number of Cases in Seven Years. Annual Ratio per 1,000 of mean Strength. Total sent to Hospital in Seven Years. Annua] Ratio per 1,000 of mean Strength. Total Invalided on the Station in Seven Years. Annual Ratio per 1,000 of mean Strength. Total died on the Station in Seven Years. Annual Ratio per 1,000 of mean Strength. Febrile Diseases : 1. Fevers, continued, remittent and intermittent 1,984 115- 13 •8 13 •8 23 1-3 2. Inflammation, with fever, including acute inflammation of the lungs, of the liver, of the bowels, and the brain - 6,064 351-5 62 3-6 108 6-3 31 1-8 3. Eruptive fevers, including erysipelas, small¬ pox and scarlet fever - 140 8-1 1 1 4. Hemorrhages, with fever, including con¬ sumption of the lungs and expectoration of blood - - - - - 194 11-2 14 •8 27 16 17 1- 5. Fluxes, with fever, including dysentery and acute catarrh - 2,906 168-4 4 •2 37 2-1 17 1- Nervous Diseases: 1. Soporose diseases, including apoplexy, palsy, and some varieties of head-ache 279 16-2 4 •2 21 1-2 13 •8 2. Defect of vital power, including dyspepsia and chronic general debility - 374 21-7 3 •2 27 1-6 1 3. Spasmodic diseases, including diarrhoea,cho¬ lera, colic and epilepsy ... 2,264 131-2 4 •2 52 3- 1 4. Mental diseases ; derangement of mind, from whatever cause, including the delirium of drunkards - - - - - 42 2-4 3 •2 15 •9 3 •2 Cachectic Diseases : I. Emaciation of the body, including intestinal worms, and certain obscure consumptive diseases of the alimentary system - 24 1-4 1 5 •3 2. Swellings; dropsies - 36 2-1 1 9 *5 3 *2 3. Cutaneous diseases, including syphilis, scro¬ fula and jaundice - - - - 763 442 27 1-6 28 1-6 2 •i Local Diseases : 1. Diseases of the senses, including non-inflam- matory affections of the eye and ear IS 1- 1 11 •6 2, Depraved appetites - 1 _ . — _ _ ~ -- 3. Ditto - - motions - _ _ - , . . _ . - _ 4. Increased discharges, including gonorrhoea 336 19-5 2 •1 5 •3 _ 5. Obstructions, including constipation of the bowels and dysury - 495 28-7 5 •3 10 ■6 6. Tumours, including aneurism, varicose veins and bubo ----- 1,408 81-6 ] 1 •6 16 1- 3 •2 7. Protrusions, including dislocation and rup¬ ture ------ 221 12-8 1 14 •8 1 8. Solutions or destruction of parts, including wounds, ulcers, and the majority of acci¬ dental injuries ----- 5,066 293-6 31 1-8 67 3-9 21 1-2 Years Mean Strength employed. Number of Sick. Ratio Sick per 1,000 of mean Strength. Sent to Hospital. Ratio sent to Hospital per 1,000 of mean Strength. Invalided on the Station. Ratio per 1,000 of mean Strength. Died on the Station. Ratio per 1,000 of mean Strength. V “ 1830 - - - 2,933 3,611 1231-2 12 4-1 76 25-9 28 9-5 1831 - - * 2,521 3,312 1313-7 49 19-4 89 35*3 23 91 1832 - - 2,579 3,038 1177-9 22 8-5 61 23-6 16 6-2 1833 - - - 2,217 2,848 1284-6 34 15-3 45 20-3 18 8-1 1834 - - 2,231 3,403 1525-3 14 6-3 53 23-8 21 9-5 1835 - - - 2,622 3,577 1364-2 35 13-3 73 27-9 14 5-3 1836 - “ - “ 2,151 2,826 1313-7 22 10-2 69 32 1 16 7-4 Total for seven years - 17,254 22,615 • _ 188 _ m 466 136 „- a Invalided in home Died in home hos pitals - 19 hospitals - 19 Total - - - 17,254 22,615 - 188 - 485 - -i 155 — Average - 2,465 3,231 1310 7 27 11-0 69 28-0 22 8-9 22,615 _ _ 188 _ — 485 . 155 Deduct for wounds, accidents and slight hurts 4,123 - 27 - 27 - 21 — Remain on the list, &c. from disease 18,492 - 161 - 458 - 134 — Average sick sent to hospital, 8cc. from disease 2,642 1071-8 23 93 65 26 3 19 7-7 1310-7 being the average ratio sick per 1,000 of mean strength, it may be assumed that every man was on the sick list once in about 9| months. 159- E This](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b30454700_0001_0061.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
