The Mortality Experiences of the Imperial Forces during the War in South Africa, 11 October 1899 to 31 May 1902

Abstract

The subject of War Mortality has not often been before the actuarial profession; there is a reference to the subject in Vol. iv of the Journal , and in Vol. vii there appear Mr. W. B. Hodge's papers on “The Mortality arising from Military Occupations”, which give statistics ending with the Crimean War. The next reference to the subject is in Vol. xxxiv of the Journal , where Messrs. Smee and Ackland's valuable paper is given; this was first published in pamphlet form some years before its appearance in the Journal . In the same volume Mr. McLaughlin contributed a paper on general naval and military statistics, dealing principally with the ten years 1886–95, and an abstract of the tables is given in the Transactions of the Second International Actuarial Congress . There is also the well-known paper by Mr. A. G. Mackenzie published in the Transactions of the Actuarial Society of Edinburgh in 1881; and, finally, last year Mr. A. T. Anderson read a paper before the Actuarial Society of New South Wales which dealt with the mortality during the war now under consideration.