

50 



Br. Burke's Reports. 



[Jan. 



Among the Men also there were other deaths, not within the scope 

 of the foregoing Statement ; in consequence of which an abstract is give 

 to include the whole of the casualties regimentally among all His 

 Majesty's Troops throughout the Bengal command, for the period 

 1830 to 1833. 



Regiments. 



o . 



.2 rt 



Strength ot Com- 

 mand, 1st January 

 each year. 



By disease mRe- 

 gimental Hospi- 

 tals. 



By accidents, 

 drowned, killed, 



&c. | 



1 



"ctf 



Q 



<v 

 oa 



< 



15 



16 



7 



4 



3 



9 



24 



18 



22 



5 



2 



o 



a* 



d 



0) 



o 



Proportion of 

 Deaths toStrength 

 per cent. 



-a 



09 



> 



d 



j2 



1 



<u 



11th Lt. Dragoons, .. 



16th Lancers, 



3d. Buffs, 



13th Lt. Infantry, 



14th Foot, 



16th Ditto, 



26th Ditto, 



31st Ditto, 



38th Ditto, 



44th Ditto, 



49th Ditto, 



4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 1-1 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 

 4 







2,626 

 2,488 

 3,138 

 3,217 

 1,350 

 3,047 

 3,447 

 3,925 

 3,927 

 3,510 

 2,909 



75 

 121 



185 

 87 

 58 

 199 

 53 

 100 

 146 

 135 

 110 



2 



12 



13 



6 



6 



7 



3 



18 



20 



9 



11 



92 

 149 



205 



97 



67 



215 



80 



136 



188 



149 



223 



3-50 

 5-83 

 6-53 

 3-01 

 4-96 

 7-05 

 2-32 

 3-72 

 4-78 

 4-24 

 7-66 



18 

 36 



4 

 13 





 20 

 10 



8 



4 

 11 



8 



133 



In the Column 'absent Deaths,' are included, 

 Deaths absent from Regiment in General and 

 Detachment Hospitals, and other Casualties, such 

 as died or drowned at sea, &c. 



Total, . . . . 



33,485 



1,369 



107 



125 



1,601 



4-78 





Shewing the strength and deaths, and the ratio of deaths to strength, 

 in His Majesty's Regiments, in the Bengal command. 





Total Average 



Total 



Total ratio of 





strength. 



Deaths. 



deaths to strength per cent 



Men, . . 



.... 33484 



1601 



478. 



It is to be observed that the strength of the troops in this statement 

 J s as given in the Regimental Returns on the 1st January of each 

 year, and which differs from the mean annual strength ; the latter 

 being 32041, the ratio of total deaths to it is 499. In the different 

 Stations of His Majesty's Regiments in the Presidency of Bengal, 

 there is so little difference in the periods and duration of the seasons, 

 as well as in their general temperature and climate, that it is upon 

 the innate features of each Station itself, and from the data afforded by 



