+-----------------------------------------+ | 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 Sick. | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ | | A | B | | DISEASES. | | | | | ONE IN | ONE IN | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ | Fevers | 32 | 80 | | Fluxes | 94 | 99 | | Scurvy | 62 | 0 | | Ulcers | 64 | 0 | | Other Complaints | 57 | 71 | +----------------------+--------+--------+ | General Proportion, | 11½ | 124 | +----------------------+--------+--------+ The proportion of the deaths this month to the whole number of men belonging to this part of the fleet, was one in eleven hundred and two. There were fifty-six sent to the hospital, which was one in eighteen of all the sick. TABLE, shewing the Prevalence of Sickness and Mortality in the new Squadron, in December. +-----------------------------------------+ | Transcriber’s Keys | | | | A Proportion of those taken ill in the | | Course of the Month. | | | | B Proportion of Deaths, in relation to | | the Number of Sick. | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ | | A | B | | DISEASES. | | | | | ONE IN | ONE IN | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ | Fevers | 11 | 55 | | Fluxes | 86 | 0 | | Scurvy | 107 | 0 | | Ulcers | 191 | 0 | | Other Complaints | 56 | 54 | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ | General Proportion | 5 | 64 | +-----------------------+--------+--------+ The proportion of the deaths this month to the whole number of men belonging to this part of the fleet, was one in four hundred and forty. There were one hundred and eighty-nine sent to the hospital; but the proportion to the whole number of sick cannot be ascertained, as we do not know how many were on the list on the first of the month.