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Deaths in British Army Hospitals: 1812-1815
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Look at this table!

1812-1814

Cause
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

Their source:  'A History of the Pininsula War, Vol. VIII by John Hall

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Abraham Schreier
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Honors World History
March 2005