Deaths in British army hospitals
1812
to 1814
Medical
Services
Surgery
Treatment
of Wounds
Medical Hygeine
Evacuation of the
Wounded
Amputation
Instruments and Chart
Causes of death in
British Army hospitals 1812-1814
Lists of British
officers wounded and killed in the Peninsula
|
1812 |
1813 |
1814 |
Total |
|
|
|
|
|
Dysentery |
2340 |
1629 |
748 |
4717 |
Fever |
2235 |
1802 |
409 |
4446 |
Wounds |
905 |
1095 |
699 |
2699 |
Typhus |
999 |
971 |
307 |
2277 |
Gangrene |
35 |
446 |
122 |
603 |
Pneumonia |
58 |
133 |
96 |
287 |
Tuberculosis |
49 |
158 |
72 |
279 |
Diarrhoea |
79 |
106 |
34 |
219 |
Fractures |
- |
6 |
64 |
70 |
Apoplexia |
19 |
21 |
16 |
56 |
Tetanus |
4 |
23 |
24 |
51 |
Hepatitis |
5 |
23 |
8 |
36 |
Syphillis |
19 |
11 |
5 |
35 |
Rheumatism |
5 |
13 |
15 |
33 |
Epilepsy |
3 |
6 |
2 |
11 |
Cholera |
4 |
- |
- |
4 |
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|
|
|
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Source:
'A History of the Peninsula War, Vol. VIII by
John Hall.
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