It appears, from comparing the Tables of this month with those of the preceding, that there had been a great increase of fevers and fluxes, particularly of the latter. The fevers prevailed chiefly in the ships lately from England, especially the Fame and Conqueror. In the Duke there were a great number ill of fevers; but this ship not having arrived from England till after the first of the month, is not included in the calculation. The fluxes were most prevalent in the ships we found on the station, particularly the Canada, Resolution, and Nymph frigate. The scurvy had increased very little, but prevailed most in the ships we found here. The only ships of the new squadron that had this disease to a considerable degree, were the Conqueror and Nonsuch. The former had indeed a good many ill of it; but the return having been made in an imperfect manner, this ship is not included in the calculation. But the ships that were by far the most healthy were those that had been the longest from England, the Ajax, Russel, Montague, Royal Oak, and Prudent. There had been formerly a great mortality in all these ships; and it would appear that this uncommon degree of health was owing, in some measure at least, to this circumstance, that the most weakly had been swept off by the different distempers to which they were exposed; so that only the more hardy and robust had survived. Under the head of “Other Complaints,” a much smaller number were put on the list, and still fewer died, in this than the preceding month. This difference is owing to the number that died of wounds last month. There died on board, in the course of this month, thirteen of fevers, seven of fluxes, and seven of other complaints, of whom five died of small pox, one of asthma, and one of wounds he received at St. Christopher’s. In order to show more fully and minutely what are the complaints incident to fleets in this climate, I shall set down a list of the numbers taken ill of the different diseases and accidents during this month, extracted from the returns of twenty-eight ships of the line, and two frigates. Fevers 806 Fluxes 463 Scurvy 130 Ulcers 129 Small pox 49 Pectoral complaints 40 Venereal complaints 32 Colds 30 Rheumatism 18 Angina 10 Gravel 3 Dropsy 1 Ophthalmia 1 Leprosy 1 Fistula in ano 3 Hernia humoralis 1 Abscess 1 Fractures 3 Various slight accidents, as bruises, cuts, scalds, &c. 163 ---- Total 1884