Mortality of the British army : at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England ; illustrated by tables and diagrams.

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1858
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Credit: Mortality of the British army : at home and abroad, and during the Russian war, as compared with the mortality of the civil population in England ; illustrated by tables and diagrams. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    T.—J. Table showing the Number of Effectives (distinguishing Young Soldiers from Veterans) remaining (1) in the Army as it is; (2) in the Army in an Improved State—if the number of Annual Recruits were 10,000, and the Army served only at Home in a time of Peace. Years of Service. Ages. To 10,000 Annual Recruits. Excess of Strength in the Army in an Improved State. Army in its present Sanitary State. Army in an Improved State. Upon the above hypothesis. Effectives Young Soldiers .... 0—20 20—40 141,764 166,910 25,146 0—10 10—20 20—30 30—40 84,888 56,876 92,305 74,605 7,417 17,729 The Table is intended to show more particularly the large number of Veterans lost to the Army as it is at present constituted :—Thus in the Army as it is, the number of Young Soldiers at the Ages 20—30 is 84,888, and of Veterans of the Ages 30—40 56,876, while in an improved state the numbers would be respectively 92,305 and 74,605, showing an addition to the strength of the Army of 7,417 Young Soldiers and 17,729 Veterans. The number of Veterans actually in the Army, owing to Service in unhealthy stations abroad, is much less than in either of the above estimates; in 1851, of 120,733 men, 88,629 were of the Age 20—30, and only 32,104 were 30—40. Table G. Deaths and Annual Rate of Mortality per 1.000 Living, from all Causes, Zymotic Diseases, Chest and Tubercular Diseases, and all other Diseases, amongst the English Male Population Aged 15-45, (1848-54), and amongst the Infantry of the Line serving at Home (1837-46.) Causes of Death. Deaths. OfMalesagedl5 to 45, in England & Wales during the 7 Years 1848-54 Infantry of the Line Serving at Home during the 10 Years 1837-46. Annual Rate of Mortality per 1,000 living. Of Males aged 15 to 45, in England & Wales during the Years 1848-54 Of Infantry of the Line Serving at Home during the 10 Years 1837-46. All Causes Zymotic Diseases Chest and Tubercular Diseases All other Diseases (including 1 Violent Deaths) . . j 283,167 2,865 9-8 17-9 56,347 130.753 96,067 659 1,612 594 2-0 4-5 3-3 4-1 10-1 3-7 Males aged 15-45 living in England and Wales in the } middle of 1851 f Aggregate Strength of Infantry of the Line (serving | at Home) in 10 Years, 1837-46 J 4,130,331 160,103 Note.—The Deaths in England and Wales (1848-54) are taken from the 18th Annual Report of the Registrar- General, p. 150, and the Population (1851) from the Census Report, Occupations, vol. I., p. clix. The Deaths and Aggregate Strength of the Infantry of the Line (1837-46) are taken from Sir A. Tulloch's Report on the Health of the Army for 1853, pp. 9, 62. At p. 9, in addition to the 2.6S3 deaths from disease (p. 62), are returned the parti- culars of 127 deaths by violence: leaving, however, 55 deaths unaccounted for. 2,683 + 127 + 55, make the above 2,S65 deaths. Bronchitis and influenza have no place in the Army nomenclature. The chronic catarrh of the Army Returns is believed to be really phthisis, in the great majority of cases; acute catarrh comprehends probably both epidemic catarrh, or influenza and bronchitis. The 55 deaths from acute catarrh have been treated as influenza and referred to zymotic diseases. The deaths from tubercular and chest diseases comprise scrofula, 24 (including apostema lumbare, 10 ; hydrarthrus, 1); phthisis, 1,241; hsemoptysis, 36; chronic catarrh, 135; hydrocephalus, 2; asthma, 2; dyspnea, 7; pleurisy, 10; pneumonia, 155. The zymotic diseases are, as far as the nomenclature allows, the same as those enumerated in the Registrar General's 16th Annual Report, pp. 83-5 of the Appendix.