Two Hundred Years of British Army Casualties and Statistics

Abstract

This paper covers the evolution of medical statistics on the Army from the early nineteenth Century to the present day. Although several policies during this period described the importance of medical statistics for the planning and management of military health services, there have been problems with collecting and analysing medical data at the beginning of the First World War, the Second World War, and the campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan. The paper considers the key features and analytical reports that have been shown necessary to report on the health of the Army and activities of the medical services in peace and war.