Report on the Causes of Reduced Mortality in the French Army Serving in Algeria

R. S. Ellis, C. B. Ewart, Joshua Paynter and John Sutherland

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1867, 51 pp. Departmental Committee appointed December 1865 to "inquire into and report on the nature and results of the sanitary arrangements" of the French army in Algeria, and to state "to what extent they will … be applicable to Her Majesty s troops serving in India and other hot climates". Comprises Instructions to Committee, Report (pp. 5-35), and 20 Appendices. Bound in at end large folding maps of Algeria and "Environs de Boufarik". R. S. Ellis was employed in the Indian Civil Service. C. B. Ewart was Lieut-Colonel Royal Engineers. Joshua Paynter was Deputy Inspector General of Hospitals. [For details of John Sutherland, 1808-1891, promoter of sanitary science, see D.N.B.] Folio. Good condition. Rebound in blue cloth boards with gold titling.

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• Title: Report on the Causes of Reduced Mortality in the French Army Serving in Algeria