Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the army, the organization of military hospitals, and the treatment of the sick and wounded ; with evidence and appendix. Presented to both Houses of Parliament by Command of Her Majesty.

Great Britain. Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary Condition of the Army.

Date:: 1858

Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the regulations affecting the sanitary condition of the army, the organization of military hospitals, and the treatment of the sick and wounded ; with evidence and appendix. 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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$33 33 34 34 No. Page 106. Dr. Smith to J. Wood, Esq. Cholera behs.—10th February 185.5 107. Dr. Hall to Dr. Smith. Burial of bodies—Hth February 1855 108. Quartermaster-General Freeth to Dr. Smith. Cork mattress.— 12th February 1855 - - - 109. Dr. Smith to Deputy Secretary-at-War. Cliloride of jcinc.—12th February 1855 - - - - 483. Dr. llall to jMajor-General Airej. Huts for sicli, &c. —9th February 1855 - - - - 114 484. Dr. Hall to ]\Iajoi--General Airey. Letter from Dr. llume on defective tents, salt rations, &c. 1,465 sick in the 3d Division.—11th February 1855 - 114 485. Dr. Hall to Major-General Airey. Brandon hospital ship.— 11th February 1855 - - 115 486. Dr. Hall to Mr. Ilanbury. Diet of troops.—10th February 1855 - - - - 115 487. Dr. Hall to Quartermaster-General. Extra diet kitchen in general hospital, Balaklava.—12th Febru- ary 1855 - - - - - 115 488. Dr. Hall to Mayir General Airey. Best tents for sick. —13th February 1855 - _ - - iir, 937. Dr. Hume to Dr. Hall. Sick upon salt rations.—121h February 1855 - - - - - 205 941. Dr. Anderson to Dr. Hall. Hospital latrines.—19th February 1855 - - - - 206 489. Dr. Hall to Commissary-General Fildcr. Sick in 3d Division five days on salt rations.—13th February 1855 - - - - - 115 490. Dr. Hall to Field-Marshal Lord Kaglan. Eecora- mends committee on rations.—13th February 1855 115 491. Dr. Hall to Major Hall. Ventilation of general hospital, Balaklava.— - - 116 No. Page 492. Dr. Hall. Medical order. Personal cleanliness of troops.— 17th February 1855 - - - 116 493. Dr. Hall. Memorandum limiting number of sick in huts.—14th March 1855 - - - - 116 494. Dr. Hall to Quartermaster-Genei-al. Latrines of general hospital, Balaklava.—20th February 1855 - 116 495. Dr. Hall to Quartermaster-General. Kepairs of Bala- klava general hospital.—22d February 1855 - 116 496. Dr. Hall to Dr. Hume. Ventilation of tents, &c.— 21st February 1855 . . ~ .. us 110. Dr. Hall to Dr. Smith. Transport ships; defective shelters, &c.—12th February 1855 - - - 34 111. Dr. Smith to Colonel Mund}'. Preserved meat.—14th February 1855 - - - - - 35 112. Dr. Smith to Under-Secretary for War. Bad sanitary state of steamer Telegraph.—15th February 1855 35 113. Surgeon Gdell to Dr. Smith. Steamer Telegraph, — 18th February 1855 •• - - 35 114. Major-General Yorke to Director-General. Lemon- juice.—21st February 1855 - - - 35 117. Dr. Smith to Under-Secretary of State. Destruction of vermin.—22d February 1855 - - - 36 118. Dr. Hall to Dr. Smith. Lime-juice, transports, &c. —23d February 1855 - - - - 37 119. Dr. Smith to Colonel Mundy. Invalid transports.— 27th February 1855 - - - - - 37 120. Dr. Smith to Under-Secretary for War. Lime-juice. —27 th February 1855 - - - -37 121. 122. Dr. Smith to Under-Secretary for War. Sick- ness at Gallipoli.—28th February 1855 - - 37 835. Mr. Roberts. Weekly sanitary report. Want of transport equipage.—3d March 1855 - - 183 836. Mr. Eoberts to Dr. Hall. Transport. — 3d March 1855 - - - - - 183 VII. Letters written and received by tlie Director-General, the Principal INIedical Officer, and Medical Officers of Divisions, relating to the vState of the Hospitals in the Crimea, from 1st March 1855 to June 1856. No. I'age 127. H. Roberts, Esq., to Director-General, as to brewing beer from patent concentrated wort.—3d March 1855 128. Dr. Hall to Dr. A. Smith, transmitting an estimate of number of mules required for Medical Department.— 3d March 18.;5 - 129. Dr. Smith to Dr. Hall. (1.) As to different dietaries of army and navy in relation to health of former. (2.) Repeats request for information on the sanitary condition of the troops.—6th March 1855 130. H. Roberts, Esq., to the Director-General,_ requesting opinion on substitution of wine for spirit ration.— 6th March 1855 - - - - - 131. Dr. Smith to Colonel Mundy, urging that troops be svrpplied with vegetables.—7th March 1855 137. Dr. Smith to Dr. Hall, stating that quicklime and charcoal are to be forwarded, and inquiring what precautions have been taken to secure health of troops.—10th March 1S55 - - - 138. Dr. Hall to Dr. Smith, reporting improved sanitary state of the army, and impugning the tr15stworthiness of unofficial statements made with reference thereto.— 12th March 1855 - - 139. Major-General C. Yorke to the Director-General, stating that 5,000 gallons of lime-juice is to be sent from Malta for use of the troops.—12th March 1855 140. Dr. Smith to the Undersecretary for War, recom- mending that 200 tons of peat charcoal be sent for use as a deodorant—13th March 1855 141. 2. E. C. Mundy, Esq., to Dr. Smith, on the clothing of troops in hot weather.—13th March 1855 - 144. Dr. Smith to the Secretary, Board of Ordnance, re- questing that a supply of litters and chairs be sent forthwith to the Crimea.—17th March 1855 145. Dr. Smith to the Deputy Secretary-at-War, asking for copies of Dr. Wilmott's pamphlet on scorbutic camp dysentery, to be distributed among medical officers in Turkey.—17th March 1855 - - - 146. Dr. Smith to Dr. Hall, as to the use of woollen under- clothing in the hot season of warm climates, and of cholera belts in changeable and bad weather.—19th March 1855 . - - - - 150. Dr. Smith to Colonel Mundy, calling attention to letter dated 10th March 1855, from Deputy Inspector- General Humfrey, on the hospital at Smyrna.—23d March 1855 - . - - - 38 38 39 39 40 - 41 42 42 - 42 - 43 - 44 44 44 45 No. Page 151. Dr. Smith to the Quartermaster-General, as to provi- sion of marquees and tents.—23d March 1855 - 45 154. Dr. Smith to Colonel Mundy on the inefficiency of the hospital orderlies at Smyrna and elsewhere.—26th March 1855 - - - - -46 155. Dr. Smith to the Principal Medical Officer, stating that spermacetti candles with coloured lamps will be forwarded for use in distinguishing field hospitals.— 5th April 1855 - - - - - 46 156. Dr. Smith to the Principal Medical Officer, enclosing invoice of hospital stores sent per Stella.—5th April 1855 •■ - - - - - 46 157. Dr. Smith to the Principal Medical Officer, enclosing invoice of hospital stores sent per Raphael.—5th April 1855 - - - - - - 46 158. Dr. Smith to A. Gumming, Esq., forwarding 30 copies of pamphlet on scorbutic camp dysenterj'.—7th April 1855 - - - - ■• - 46 159. Dr. Smith to the Deputy Secretary-at-War, stating that wringing machines are about to be sent for the Kululie and Balaklava hospitals.—12th April 1855 - 47 160. Dr. Smith to Dr. Hall, urging that needful steps be taken to keep up full stock of medicines.—13th April 1855 47 161. Dr. Smith to Dr. Hall, forwarding invoice of quinine sent per Iron Age.—13th April 1855 - - 47 162. Dr. Smith to the Principal Medical Officer at Balaklava, forwarding copies of instructions on sanitary arrange- ments.—13th April 1855 - - - - 47 163. Dr. Smith to the Under-Secretary for War, recom- mending appointment of surgeons to the transports Great Tasmania and Saldanha.—13th April 1855 - - - - - - 47 104. Dr. Smith to the Principal Medical Officer at Kululie, forwarding copies of instructions on sanitary ar- rangements.—13th April 1855 - - - 47 165. Dr. Smith to the Principal Medical Officer in Scutari, forwarding copies of instructions on sanitary arrange- ments.—13th April 1855 - - - - 48 166. Dr. Smith to the Principal Medial Officer in the Crimea, inquiring whether medical staff is adequate to duties devolving on it.— 13th April 1855 - 48 167. Dr. Smith to the Under-Secretary for War, as to provision of clothing adapted to warm weather.— 14th April 1855 - - ' - - 48$