Health of the Navy

Table No. 5 (North America and West Indies)
Showing the Names of Ships; the Average Complements; the Number of Cases; the Total Number of Days' Sickness on Board, and the Average Number of Men Sick Daily, in each Ship.

Rate	Name of Ship	Where Commis- sioned	When Commis- sioned				Period
Second Rates	Nile P	Devonport	3 Jan 1860	78	2822	S 500	1 Jan to 23 Apr	815	270	276	3240	8·8	32·5	16
	Duncan	Portsmouth	7 Jan 1864	81	3727	S 800	1 Apr to 31 Dec	915	685	814	7986	21·8	31·8	52

Fourth Rates	Immortalité P	Portsmouth	17 Nov 1860	35	3059	S 600	1 Jan to 15 July	495	245	476	4696	12·8	52·2	11
	Liverpool	Devonport	30 Apr 1863	39	2656	S 600	Year	500	500	712	5783	15·8	31·6	27
	Phaeton	Sheerness	1 Nov 1861	39	2396	S 400	Year	470	470	721	5533	15·1	32·1	41
	Shannon	Portsmouth	17 Jan 1862	35	2667	S 600	Year	460	460	650	7014	19·2	41·7	64

Sixth Rates	Challenger	Sheerness	6 May 1861	22	1462	S 400	Year	290	290	300	3503	9·5	32·7	7
	Jason P	Devonport	20 Nov 1860	21	1711	S 400	1 Jan to 3 Dec	250	230	319	3652	10·0	43·4	18
	Pylades	Chatham	4 Dec 1862	21	1278	S 350	Year	265	265	456	5284	14·4	54·3	17

Sloops	Barracouta P	Sheerness	1 June 1860	6	1053	P 300	1 Jan to 23 Nov	180	165	271	2834	7·7	46·6	23
	Bulldog C	Portsmouth	14 Mar 1864	6	1124	P 500	1 Oct to 31 Dec	170	40	99	980	2·6	65·0	2
	Buzzard	Devonport	27 Jan 1863	6	980	P 300	Year	175	175	181	2494	6·8	38·8	22
	Cordelia C	Devonport	23 June 1864	11	579	S 150	1 Oct to 31 Dec	115	30	49	318	0·8	26·6	2
	Greyhound P	Devonport	9 Oct 1861	17	880	S 200	1 Jan to 23 Nov	170	155	305	2838	7·7	49·6	19
	Medea	Portsmouth	17 Sep 1861	6	835	P 350	Year	195	145	332	2443	6·6	45·5	37
	Peterel	Devonport	23 Feb 1862	11	669	S 150	Year	120	120	231	1913	5·2	43·3	19
	Rinaldo	Portsmouth	3 May 1861	17	951	S 200	Year	170	170	330	3770	10·3	60·5	16
	Rosario	Sheerness	23 June 1862	11	673	S 150	Year	120	120	286	1996	5·4	45·0	24
	Royalist	Devonport	5 Nov 1863	11	669	S 150	Year	125	125	230	2208	6·0	48·0	10
	Styx	Devonport	3 Mar 1862	6	1057	P 2800	Year	155	155	287	2316	6·3	40·6	21
	Vesuvius P	Woolwich	14 May 1862	6	970	P 280	1 Jan to 8 Nov	160	130	79	1719	4·6	35·3	9
	Virago	Sheerness	29 July 1861	6	1059	P 300	Year	150	150	434	5195	14·2	94·6	15

Gun Vessels	Cygnet	Portsmouth	23 May 1861	5	428	S 80	Year	70	70	132	1019	2·7	38·7	7
	Landrail P	Woolwich	5 Sep 1860	5	425	S 80	1 Jan to 15 Mar	70	10	10	119	0·3	30·0	-
	Lily	Sheerness	11 Nov 1862	4	702	S 200	Year	90	90	242	2659	7·2	80·0	15
	Nimble D	Devonport	18 Feb 1861	5	428	S 80	Four months	65	20	23	120	0·3	15·0	2
	Plover	Chatham	14 Aug 1861	5	423	S 80	Year	65	65	151	1729	4·7	72·3	16
	Steady D	Devonport	21 May 1861	5	431	S 80	Year	75	75	54	682	1·8	24·0	6

Receiving Ship	Aboukir	Jamaica	26 Aug 1862	86	3091	S 400	Year	315	315	2-0	1708	4·6	14·6	37

Floating Battery	Terror	Sheerness	13 May 1857	16	1971	S 400	Year	300	300	412	2257	6·1	20·3	106