| Description | 'An abstract of the number of sick treated in general and regimental hospitals in the peninsula, each month in the year from 21 Dec 1811 to 20 December [1812], which likewise shows the number of fatal cases, with the disease of which they died'.
The figures for January show that:
8,263 men were treated in the general hospital
7,337 in the regimental hospital
15,600 men were treated in total of whom 653 died.
The highest number of admissions are found for the month of August:
20,439 men were treated in the general hospital
12,477 in the regimental hospital
32,916 men were treated in total of whom 759 died.
The number of men who died exceeded this figure in the months of October (1,179) and December (1,049).
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21 December 1812-20 December 1813:
The figures for January show that:
11,797 men were treated in the general hospital
9,934 in the regimental hospital
21,731 men were treated in total of whom 1,852 died.
In February:
8,980 men were treated in the general hospital
12,362 in the regimental hospital
21,342 men were treated in total of whom 1,299 died.
The total number of patients treated and the number of deaths steadily decreases until June when 11,572 men were treated in total and 125 men died. However, from this point, the figures increase and by December 18,529 men were treated in total and 487 men had died.
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January-June 1814 'when the army was finally broken up at Bordeaux':
The figures for January show that:
8,900 men were treated in the general hospital
8,079 in the regimental hospital
16,979 men were treated in total of whom 642 died.
In June:
6,892 men were treated in the general hospital
3,310 in the regimental hospital
10,202 men were treated in total of whom 223 died.
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Table showing number of admissions, discharges and deaths in the General and Regimental Hospitals in the Peninsula between the 21 December 1811 and 20 June 1814. The opposite page contains notes in McGrigor's handwriting summarising the information given in the table: 339,870 men were admitted during this period; 324,672 were discharged, of whom 95,042 were transferred to other hospitals or sent to England, and 18,513 men died during this period.
Table showing number of patients admitted, the proportion of wounded men and the number of deaths in the regimental hospitals from 21 December 1811-20 December 1812. The large increase in the number of those admitted from 21 March-20 April from 4,503 the previous month to 7,050 is explained as being the result of the attacks on Badajoz; likewise for the period 21 July-20 August when 11,708 men were admitted during the battle of Salamanca. Also notes number of men transferred to general hospital (28,370). Similar figures are also provided for the periods 21 December 1812-20 December 1813 and 21 December 1813-20 June 1814. Any large increases are noted by McGrigor; for example, for the period ending 20 July 1813, 7,054 men were admitted to regimental hospitals following the battle of Vitoria. Similarly, the 5,279 men admitted between 21 February and 20 March 1814 was partly due to the battle of Orthez.
The final page offers a general abstract of the preceding figures for the regimental hospitals during the period 1811-1814:
21 December 1811-20 December 1812:
Admitted: 79,101
Transferred: 28,370
Cured: 49,535
Died: 776
21 December 1812-20 December 1813:
Admitted: 72,523
Transferred: 16,049
Cured: 43,205
Died: 2,371
21 December 1813-20 June 1814:
Admitted: 24,443
Transferred: 8,152
Cured: 18,213
Died: 694
The remainder of the volume is blank apart from a sheet of calculations inserted midway through the book. On the reverse is a note by McGrigor referring to copies of the return. |