Folio 7: A list of persons vaccinated. 6 May 1825 with matter forwarded from the...

Folio 7: A list of persons vaccinated. 6 May 1825 with matter forwarded from the Navy. John Barry, aged 15, failed. Catherine Barry, aged 7, failed. George Lewis, aged 6, failed. 14 May. Catherine Barry, aged 7, vaccinated in the right arm with the matter sent by the [Navy] Board and in the left with matter sent by Dr Johnstone of Barr Street. The [pock] was very fine in the left arm but none in the right. John Barry, aged 5, with Dr Johnstone's in both arms; fine in both. Ellen Barry, aged 2, with Dr Johnstone's in both arms; succeeded in the right but not in the left. Michael Sullivan, aged 5, with Dr Johnstone's, taken in both arms. Mary Sullivan, aged 2, with Dr Johnstone's, taken in both arms. George Lowes, aged 6, with Dr Johnstone's, this case was doubtful until the 9th day when he had a smart attack of fever in the night and a fine pustule in one arm the next morning. 23 May, taken from John Barry. John Healy, aged 15, succeeded in both arms. Judith Healy, aged 13, succeeded in both arms. Ellen Healy, aged 11, succeeded in both arms and very fine. Eliza Healy, aged 9, succeeded in both arms. Margaret Healy, aged 2, succeeded in both arms. Johanna Brien, aged 4, succeeded in both arms. Daniel Sheehan, aged 1, succeeded in both arms. Patrick Lynch, aged 32, succeeded in both arms. 1 June, taken from Ellen Healy. Eliza Keefe, aged 12, succeeded in both arms and very fine. Timothy Keefe, aged 9, succeeded in both arms and very fine. June 11th, taken from Eliza Keefe. Maurice Collins, aged 1, succeeded in both arms.

Folio 7: Midwifery. 3 June 1825, at 4am, Jeremiah Connor's wife delivered of a boy, 24 hours in labour. Recovered well, the child is healthy. 12 June 1825, at 10am, James Sheneck's wife delivered of a girl, 24 hours in labour, her first child. Recovered well and the child is a very fine one. 21 June, 3pm at La Chine, Patrick Lynch's wife delivered of a girl, 2 hours in labour, has had several children. Recovered well and the child is healthy.

Folios 8-21: Blank folios.

Folio 22: Abstract of the preceding journal, being a summary of all the cases contained therein. Continued fevers, 1; Fluxes, 7, of which 4 died on board; Ulcers, 2; Wounds and accidents, 1; Opthalmia, 3; Carditis, 1; Vaccinations, 17; Childbirth, 3.

Folios 22-23: Surgeon's general remarks. The emigrants began to embark on 1 May 1825 but the ship did not leave port until 11 May 1825, the journey was only 5 weeks but very boisterous, with a lot of rain and fog. Many of the children were very weakly on embarking, undernourished and having just recovered from sickness. The change of diet produced some severe bowel complaints, 4 were fatal. The Surgeon comments that it was difficult to get the parents to pay proper attention to them and some 'seemed almost glad to get quit of the trouble'. After passing the banks of Newfoundland there were cases of opthalmia, possibly caused by the fogs and damp. As much attention as possible was paid to cleanliness and ventilation but the emigrants 'were extremely indolent and dirty'. They arrived in Quebec in tolerable health on 15 June 1825 and went from there to Montreal by steamboat. There were more than 700 people on board. They spent 5 days in barracks in La Chine and on 23 June 1825 departed for Prescott in 'batteaux'. The journey was hard with head winds and rapids, with hot days and rainy nights, they arrived on 1 July 1825, having suffered only a few minor bowel complaints and one severe dysentery. The Surgeon regrets not being able to record the temperatures because his thermometer broke on the voyage but daytime temperature were between 86 and 98 degrees with cooler nights. The vaccine virus supplied by the Navy Board had been packed in paper and that supplied by Dr Johnstone of Barr Street was wrapped in tin foil, this may be one reason why it retained its power. The vaccine supplied to the other vessels also lost its power, which could have had serious consequences, some of the children having just recovered from small pox and it being possible the families carried the infection with them. There were three births on the voyage but from their 'extreme poverty and indolence' the families had no clothes for the babies. The Surgeon supplied them with 'calico, flannel and some old linen for that purpose'.