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

Source: 'A History of the Peninsula War, Vol. VIII by John Hall.

 

 

 
 
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