Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association Volume 15 (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1918 Excerpt: ...investigation into mortality from disease among troops in the East Indies (including for the most part British India) death rati varying from 40 to 9S per 1,000 of mean strength over the period 1840-1848 were found. t British soldiers in India today live in barracks which surpass in comfort and sanitation any that can be found in other countries. Every regiment, battery, and depot has its regimental institute, a aort of soldiers' club, library, reading and recreation room, a temperance association, and a theatre. The use of alcoholic beverages is discouraged and every encouragement is given to useful employment for the men. the appointment of a Commission to investigate the entire question of the armies in British India. The mutiny of almost the whole of the Bengal native army and the contingents in northern India in 1857, which had filled the minds of the British population with thoughts of vengeance and repression against the native army, had only served to fix her attention upon sanitary and other administrative reform on behalf of the soldiers. Her analysis of the statistics of army mortality in India convinced her that there was murder committed not by the Sepoys alone. To her mind, it was murder to doom British soldiers to death by neglect of the most elementary sanitary precautions. Anticipating the appointment of the Commission, she began collecting, tabulating, and interpreting data she derived from circulars of inquiry which she had drafted and sent to all the stations in India. The inquiry form lacked little in requisite completeness and precision of detail. In the meantime, Miss Nightingale and Dr. Farr searched the sickness and mortality records of the India Office. The report of the Indian Sanitary Commission when issued in 1863 comprised in a...