Medical journal of the Hindostan , hired convict ship, for 9 September 1840 to 26...

ADM 101/34/7

1840-1841

Medical journal of the Hindostan, hired convict ship, for 9 September 1840 to 26 January 1841 by Andrew Henderson, Surgeon Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in transporting 200 boy convicts and nine adults, 31 soldiers of the 96th Regiment to Tasmania or Van Diemen's Land.

Folios 1-4: Copy of daily sick list.

Folios 5-7: case no 1, John Lacy, aged 21, Private 96th Regiment; taken ill at Sheerness; sick or hurt, phymosis et gonorrhoea; put on sick list 25 September 1840, discharged 19 October 1840 to duty.

Folio 7: case no 2, Richard Buckett, aged 21, Private 96th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pseudo syphilis; put on sick list 3 November 1840, discharged 10 November 1840 to duty.

Folios 7-8: case no 3, John Turner, aged 21, Private 96th Regiment; taken ill at Sheerness; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 5 October 1840, discharged 11 October 1840 to duty.

Folio 8: case no 4, Richard Fanning, aged 30, Private 96th Regiment; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, contusio; put on sick list 4 November 1840, discharged 12 November 1840 to duty.

Folios 8-9: case no 5, William McKay, aged 17, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, febricula catarrhus; put on sick list 14 October 1840, discharged 19 October 1840 off the list.

Folios 9-10: case no 6, Thomas Ditchfield, aged 22, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatismus; put on sick list 25 October 1840, discharged 29 October 1840 off the list.

Folio 10: case no 7, George Snow, aged 16, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 29 October 1840, discharged 5 November 1840 off the list.

Folios 10-11: case no 8, William Stuart, aged 17, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatismus; put on sick list 6 November 1840, discharged 16 November 1840 off the list.

Folios 11-12: case no 9, James McLaren, aged 16, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list 3 November 1840, discharged 20 November 1840 off the list.

Folios 12-14: case no 10, Joseph Shoebridge, aged 35, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 16 November 1840, discharged 28 November 1840 off the list.

Folios 14-15: case no 11, John Hogg, aged 28, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, erysipelas; put on sick list 10 December 1840, discharged 1 January 1841 off the list.

Folios 15-16: case no 12, George Thomson, aged 16, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, furunculus; put on sick list 30 November 1840, discharged 6 January 1841 off the list.

Folios 17-18: case no 13, Matthew Bryan, aged 18, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, anthrax, a poor wretch whose multiple crimes and punishments were the result of intemperance in drinking… he gave a great deal of trouble in the ship by his irregular conduct but his worn out and haggard appearance got him off from corporal punishment; put on sick list 10 December 1840, discharged 6 January 1841 off the list.

Folios 18-20: case no 14, Benjamin Bradnock, aged 63, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatismus; put on sick list 8 December 1840, landed 22 January 1841 after examination at Hobart Town.

Folios 21-24: case no 15, John Johnson, aged 15, Convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, erysipelas; put on sick list 29 December 1840, landed 25 January 1841, the surgeon's note that he landed with 59 others at Hobart Town Van Diemen’s Land, the rest of the convicts landed at Point Peure, Port Arthur on 26 January 1841.

Folios 25-26: Blank.

Folio 27: Nosological retrurn of cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 28-30: Surgeon's general remarks. The Hindostan carried 200 boys and 10 adults convicts from Sheerness to Hobart Town. Hindostan was fitted out at Deptford and embarked the Guard over convicts there on the 19 September 1840. Consisting of 30 rank and file and one Lieutenant (Barclay) of 96th Regiment all of them appeared in tolerably good health. The ship sailed from the Downs on 8 October 1840 and anchored in D'Entrecasteaux Channel on 17 January 1841, but did not reach Sulivan Cove, Hobart Town until 19 January 1841. Included in the remarks are tables showing the comparative results of the weighing of the prisoners at three different periods.

Folio 31: Tables showing the temperature of air and water. Also includes details of ship’s position and weather conditions.

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Shipping

Army

Australia and Pacific

Disease

Navy

Medicine

Armed Forces (General Administration)