There is a very important remark suggested by comparing the two preceding tables with that which follows. It appears that in the month of September a much greater number was taken ill of scurvy, and also that there died of this disease a greater proportion than in the two preceding months. All the mischief from it in that month happened in the first week of it, during which as many died as in the whole month of August; for the fleet came to an anchor on the 7th of September at New York, where the worst cases were immediately sent to the hospital, and those that remained on board were supplied with every necessary refreshment. Had the fleet remained longer at sea, the mortality would probably have increased in the same progression; and this circumstance ought to be well considered in undertaking cruises. TABLE, shewing the proportional Prevalence of Sickness and Mortality in September. +-----------------------------------------+ | 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. | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ | | A | B | | DISEASES. | | | | | ONE IN | ONE IN | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ | Fevers | 49 | 31 | | Fluxes | 46 | 68 | | Scurvy | 15½ | 39 | | Ulcers | 68 | 0 | | Other Complaints | 62 | 226 | +-----------------------|--------+--------+ | General Proportion, | 7 | 58 | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ The proportion of deaths, in relation to the whole numbers on board, was one in three hundred and ninety-eight. About one third of all the sick were sent to the hospital. As the proportion of ulcers was uncommonly great, I thought it worth while to make a calculation of it. The Barfleur had the greatest number; and this ship, for causes I cannot assign, was more afflicted with bad ulcers than any other in the fleet, for several months together.