Folios 1-2: copy of the daily sick list, [names and details follow] - continued:...

ADM 101/73/4B/2

1836

Folios 1-2: copy of the daily sick list, [names and details follow] - continued:

• Folio 2: Sergeant McFarlane, aged 32, soldier; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 14 July 1836, discharged 3 August 1836.
• Folio 2: John Docherty, aged 25, convict; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list 17 July 1836, discharged 29 July 1836.
• Folio 2: John Howard, aged 26, soldier; sick or hurt, scald over the neck and left shoulder; put on sick list 20 July 1836, discharged 2 August 1836.
• Folio 2: John Hyland, aged 28, convict; sick or hurt, icterus; put on sick list 28 July 1836, discharged 10 August 1836.
• Folio 2: James Whelan, aged 30, convict; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 28 July 1836, discharged 7 August 1836.
• Folio 2: Patrick Ryan, aged 26, convict; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 1 August 1836, discharged 10 August 1836.
• Folio 2: William Walsh, aged 25, convict; sick or hurt, hemoptysis; put on sick list 1 August 1836, discharged 10 August 1836.
• Folio 2: Thomas Nugent, aged 35, soldier; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 6 August 1836, discharged 13 August 1836.
• Folio 2: William Johnstone, aged 25, soldier; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 6 August 1836, discharged 14 August 1836.
• Folio 2: Henry Kemp, aged 24, soldier; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 8 August 1836, discharged 14 August 1836.
• Folio 2: W McCarthy, aged 60, convict; sick or hurt, colica; put on sick list 9 August 1836, discharged 13 August 1836.
• Folio 2: James Wakefield, aged 26, soldier; sick or hurt, hemoptysis from a fall; put on sick list 13 August 1836, discharged 20 August 1836.
• Folio 2: Mathew Williamson, aged 27, convict; sick or hurt, vertigo; put on sick list 14 August 1836, discharged 22 August 1836.
• Folio 2: Daniel Shea, aged 36, convict; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 19 August 1836, discharged 31 August 1836.
• Folio 2: Patrick Daniel, aged 24, convict; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list 20 August 1836, discharged 26 August 1836.
• Folio 2: John Lay, aged 30, sailor; sick or hurt, cholera morbia; put on sick list 25 August 1836, discharged 30 August 1836.
• Folio 2: Martin McMahony, aged 25, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 28 August 1836, discharged 30 August 1836.
• Folio 2: William Ryan, aged 65, convict; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list 28 August 1836, discharged 1 September 1836.
• Folio 2: Mrs Dunine, aged 34, soldier's wife; sick or hurt, parturition; put on sick list 28 August 1836, discharged 1 September 1836.
• Folio 2: Michael Meara, aged 24, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 29 August 1836, discharged 1 September 1836.
• Folio 2: John Commons, aged 39, convict; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list 29 August 1836, discharged 1 September 1836.
• Folio 2: Mrs Major Cotton, aged 35, guard; sick or hurt, abortion; put on sick list 1 September 1836, discharged 7 September 1836.
• Folio 2: M Honan, aged 27, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 1 September 1836, discharged 9 September 1836.
• Folio 2: William Ryan, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, debilitas; put on sick list 5 September 1836, sent 8 September 1836 to hospital.
• Folio 2: William Walsh, aged 25, convict; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list 6 September 1836, discharged 10 September 1836.
• Folio 2: Charles Byrne, aged 60, convict; sick or hurt, debilitas; put on sick list 6 September 1836, sent 8 September 1836 to hospital.
• Signed: G Roberts, surgeon and superintendent.

Folios 3-4: case no 1, William Johnston, aged 36, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dyspepsia; put on sick list 20 May 1836, discharged 31 July 1836.

Folios 5-6: case no 2, John Honan, aged 27, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, icterus; put on sick list 2 June 1836, discharged 28 June 1836.

Folios 6-7: case no 3, John Lawler, aged 33, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phthisis incipient; put on sick list 10 June 1836, discharged 12 August 1836.

Folios 8-9: case no 4, John Hassen, aged 44, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phthisis; put on sick list 27 June 1836, died 31 July 1836 at 8 am.

Folio 9: numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged.

Folios 10-11: Surgeon's general remarks. The number of convicts embarked were 224 from Dublin and the Cove of Cork. When they came on board, their general health was apparently good, although they appeared in a low state from deficient nourishment, even though the weather was fine they still suffered much from seasickness which induced great debility and they were unable to use their cocoa this is because all of the prisoners were Irish and unaccustomed to it [cocoa].

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