Death Disease And Life At War

Author : A. Newman
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ISBN 13 : 9781332243518
Total Pages : 46 pages
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Download or read book Comparison of the Mortality From Disease in Armies written by A. Newman and published by . This book was released on 2015-08-05 with total page 46 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Comparison of the Mortality From Disease in Armies: With That of Men of Military Ages in Civil Life Showing the Groups of Diseases Chiefly Concerned in Causing the Excess of Mortality in Armies In estimating the total mortality therefore, of men of military ages in civil life, the incompleteness of mortality returns must be considered. It is not probable, however, that if the whole number of deaths had been reported, it would have raised the mortality of men of military ages above 10 per 1000. This would be assuming that but little over three-fifths of the actual number of deaths was reported, which is certainly a very ample allowance for the presumed incompleteness of the census returns. This corresponds also with the estimated mortality from disease of men of military ages in Europe. Now when wc inquire respecting the annual mortality of armies from disease, we find that instead of being less than 10 per 1000 of mean strength, as we might expect, if no new causes of disease were brought into action, it has, invariably, in all military campaigns, been many times greater. At Walcheren in 1809, the British Army lost 332 per 1000 by disease. In Burmah the mortality from disease reached 450 per 1000. In the British Crimean Army, the mortality from disease was 232 per 1000; and in the French Crimean Army nearly or quite 300 per 1000 of mean strength. In our own armies, in the Mexican war, tho annual mortality from disease was 103.8, and in the last war, during the first year, 48.7, .and during the second year 65.2. These figures, strikingly small as they are, when compared with the mortality of any large array in any previous military campaign, are evidently greatly in excess of the ordinary mortality of men of military ages in civil life. What were the causes which contributed most to make the mortality from disease in our armies, composed of the most Vigorous and robust of our citizens, almost five times as great during the first year of the war, and over six and a half times as great during the second year, as that of men of the same ages in civil life? The fact that our volunteer army was composed largely of rncn of decided intelligence and morality, and of respectable social standing, makes the result of a comparison of the mortality statistics of the armies of the United States, and of the male citizens of the United States, of military ages, exceedingly trustworthy and reliable. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.