ERRATA IN REPORT FOR 1860.

Page 28, from 26th to 58th Regiments, dele 2nd Battalion.

69, last line in table, for 1159 read 1859.

,, 152, Appendix No. III, transpose Depot Brigade, R.A., and Depôt

Battalions.

I HAVE the honour to submit the Statistical Report on the Health of the Army for 1861.

In consequence of the Annual Returns from Bengal not having been received, it has been necessary to prepare the Report on the Health of the Troops in that Presidency from the Quarterly Returns.

In addition to the usual details respecting the Health of the Army at Home and Abroad, some information has been given in the present Report on the subject of the health of soldiers on board ship, while proceeding to or returning from foreign service.

I have the honour to be,

Sir,

Your most obedient humble servant,

T. GRAHAM BALFOUR,
Deputy Inspector-General.

6, Whitehall Yard,

May 1863.

STATISTICAL REPORT FOR 1861.

L-ON THE HEALTH OF THE TROOPS SERVING IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM, IN 1861.

Section I.

Sickness and Mortality

THE weekly sick returns of the troops serving throughout the United United Kingdom in 1861, show the average strength of non-commissioned officers Kingdom. and men from the 29th of December, 1860, to the 27th December, 1861, inclusive, to have been 88,955, the admissions into hospital among them to have been 91,220, the deaths from all causes, both in and out of hospital, 822, and the average number constantly sick, 4,852. Of the deaths, 138 occurred when the men were absent from their corps. These numbers give the following proportions per 1000 of mean strength, and the results for 1860 have been added to the Table for the purpose of comparison

Thus it appears that, in 1861, there has been a slight reduction in all these particulars.

The following Table shows the number of admissions and deaths occasioned by each of the principal classes of diseases, and their relative proportion

in 1860:

This Table shows the reduction in the admissions to have been chiefly in the classes of miasmatic and venereal diseases, and to a slight extent also in those of the respiratory system; but the leading facts of the great prevalence of venereal and high mortality by tubercular diseases, remain unchanged; the former having caused more than one-third of all the admissions, and the latter above one-third of the total deaths.

Adopting the same principle as in last Report, we have classified the stations into the following groups :

1. Seaport Towns comprising Devonport and Plymouth, Portsmouth, Dover, Bristol, Liverpool, Yarmouth, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

2. Dockyards and Arsenals-Chatham and Sheerness, Woolwich, Pembroke Dock.

3. Camps -Aldershot, Shorncliffe, Colchester, the Curragh.

4. Large Manufacturing Towns

Preston, Glasgow, Paisley.

Manchester, Sheffield, Birmingham,

5. London and Windsor-The troops consisting only of the Household Cavalry and Foot Guards.

6. Dublin.

7. Stations occupied by Depôt Battalions not included in any of the preceding groups-Maidstone, Canterbury, Parkhurst, Walmer, Win