Table, shewing the Prevalence of Sickness and Mortality in the old Squadron, in March.
Transcriber’s Keys:
A Proportion of those taken ill in the Course of the Month.
B Proportion of Deaths, in relation to the Numbers of the Sick.
| DISEASES. | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| ONE IN | ||
| Fevers | 28 | 12½ |
| Fluxes | 71 | 0 |
| Scurvy | 46 | 0 |
| Ulcers | 226 | 0 |
| Other Complaints | 76 | 44 |
| General Proportion, | 11 | 194 |
The proportion of deaths to the whole number was one in thirteen hundred and sixty-one. About one ninth of all the sick were sent to the hospital.
Table, shewing the Prevalence of Sickness and Mortality in the new Squadron, in March.
Transcriber’s Keys:
A Proportion of those taken ill in the Course of the Month.
B Proportion of Deaths, in relation to the Numbers of the Sick.
| DISEASES. | A | B |
|---|---|---|
| ONE IN | ||
| Fevers | 44 | 0 |
| Fluxes | 49 | 0 |
| Scurvy | 123 | 0 |
| Ulcers | 183 | 0 |
| Other Complaints | 38 | 138 |
| General Proportion | 12 | 403 |
The proportion of deaths to the whole number was one in four thousand and eighty-seven. About one in eleven of all the sick were sent to the hospital.
The main body of the fleet remained at Barbadoes till the 12th of January, when they went to cruise to windward of Martinico, in order to intercept a French squadron expected from North America. This cruise lasted four weeks; and intelligence being received of the enemy’s having taken a different route, the whole fleet bore away for St. Lucia, where it came to an anchor on the 8th of February.
In the course of the three months above mentioned, we see the two squadrons approaching to each other, in point of health, till they became pretty equal and similar; and the new squadron became even somewhat more healthy than the old.