Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the sanitary state of the army in India : with précis of evidence / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty.

  • Great Britain. Commissioners Appointed to Inquire into the Sanitary State of the Army in India.
Date:
1863
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Credit: Report of the Commissioners appointed to inquire into the sanitary state of the army in India : with précis of evidence / presented to both Houses of Parliament by command of Her Majesty. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    — DIAGRAMS — showing the LOSS of STRENGTH in the ARMY at HOME, and in the EUROPEAN ARMY IN INDIA by DEATH,by DEATH and INVALIDING AND BY DEATH, INVALIDING and ALL CAUSES. I. Representing the Army at Home- of the- Mortality were- the same as it is in th e- M/dx- populations of'England at cnrresjiorult-ng Ages. Years of Service Healthy Array Jfote. The, dark parts of the, Diagrams represent the- Areas of the Graveyards fitted by the. two Armies iru the- same time-, under the- as sum/= ed conditions. If. Hep res e-nting the Rurcrpean Army in/ India . Years of Service/ C; W 10,000 —— 0,000 8,000 7.000 6.000 5.000 4.000 3.000 2.000 7,000 O 5 5^ \ 1 > i \ 1 N § | § \ \ N \ \ s - 1 1 \ \ \ N 'N 4r , TVS T 0 a ri 9 \ \ Y Hs i . \ \ 1 o l J i & r s. ■vl N - - i re te, t V) is j i Sixthly Army in Indlco. The Force 166,910 represented by the Red Aren in Diagrcun I. is assumed to be maentauveef by IQ000 Annual Recruits, which H there were no loss by Death or by hvaliding would sustain a force of 200,000 men represented by the whole of' the square The loss of Strength shewn in Flagrant I. is equal to 33,000 or 17 per- Cent; in Diagram-11, to 88,815 or 41 per Cent, if no other loss were sustained than by Death , and Invaliding. The Dark Area represents the loss of Strength by Death. The Dark and Yellow Areas repr-esent the loss of Strength by Death caul Invaliding. The Dark. Yellow, and/ Blue Areas mDiagram IT. refireserit the loss of Strength by All Causes. It will be borne/ in mind that many of the Invalided die soon after-' leaving the Army . 10,000 Annual- Recruits at Diagram- 1 would sustain, a, force A' 166,9JR. In Diagram H. 10,000 Annual Rlcraiis would sustain a force of Iff 185 if there were no loss from any other Cause than Death and- Irwallding . Eodi of the 200 small parallelograms represents 1000 men, Day £ Son, Zi thSstc the- Queen