Folios 1-3: contains a copy of the daily sick book, [names and details follow] -...

ADM 101/15/7/3

1832-1833

Folios 1-3: contains a copy of the daily sick book, [names and details follow] - continued:

Folio 3: John Davis, aged 18; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list 20 January 1833, discharged 22 January 1833 cured. Folio 3: James Allen, aged 17; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 26 January 1833 cured. Folio 3: M Coleman, aged 25; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 30 January 1833 cured. Folio 3: George Clarke, aged 26; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 30 January 1833 cured. Folio 3: William Watson, aged 30; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 27 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Robert Gunn, aged 20; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 10 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Edward Dyke, aged 25; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, sent 2 March 1833 to hospital. Folio 3: John Richards, aged 22; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 18 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: William Murray, aged 23; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 24 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Jacob Moulds, aged 19; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 9 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Walter Terrett, aged 21; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 4 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Henry Harris, aged 17; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 23 January 1833, sent 23 February 1833 to hospital. Folio 3: George Corbett, aged 18; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 17 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: J Baverstock, aged 40; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, sent 23 February 1833 to hospital. Folio 3: Charles Hunt, aged 18; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 13 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: William Guest, aged 33; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 5 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Thomas Flemming, aged 29; sick or hurt, hepatitis; put on sick list 23 January 1833, discharged 16 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: George Underhill, aged 19; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 23 January 1833, sent 23 February 1833 to hospital. Folio 3: William Fogg, aged 20; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 31 January 1833, discharged 9 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: John Fletcher, aged 31; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 23 January 1833, sent 2 March 1833 to hospital. Folio 3: Raphael Gabey, aged 21; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 1 February 1833, discharged 6 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Alex Brebner, aged 20; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 1 February 1833, discharged 6 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: William Carr Holt, aged 25; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 4 February 1833, discharged 16 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: J Smith (2nd), aged 19; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list 5 February 1833, discharged 24 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: J Clarke, aged 24; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list 5 February 1833, discharged 7 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: J Smith (1st), aged 24; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 5 February 1833, discharged 25 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: James Law, aged 19; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 7 February 1833, sent 23 February 1833 to hospital. Folio 3: John Smith, aged 24; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 9 February 1833, discharged 13 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: William Widdowson, aged 20; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list 9 February 1833, discharged 17 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Charles Herdsfield, aged 16; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list 9 February 1833, sent 23 February 1833 to hospital. Folio 3: Edward Parkers, aged 20; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 12 February 1833, discharged 16 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Charles Chandler, aged 18; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 13 February 1833, discharged 18 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: George Handley, aged 21; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 13 February 1833, discharged 18 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: George Ha[?]lam, aged 34; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list 13 February 1833, discharged 19 February 1833 cured. Folio 3: Patrick Shields, aged 23; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 1 March 1833, sent 2 March 1833 to hospital. Signed: Joseph Steret, surgeon RN, surgeon and superintendent, convict ship, Camden.

Folios 4-6: case no 1, John Muirhead, aged 22, private 21st Regiment, taken ill at Deptford; sick or hurt, febris, diffused pain over the chest and in the back and extremities, pulse soft and little quick, tongue coated yellowish brown headache and thirst, reported to have been drinking very much on taking care of his comrades and friends; put on sick list 12 September 1832, died 16 September 1832, my opinion of his disease is that there was subacute inflammation of the brain ending in effusion or perhaps the state of that organ or of the stomach or both, which produced delirium tremous (the pathology of which medical writers are not unanimous about).

Folios 6-8: case no 2, Charles Cole [Coles], aged 23, prisoner, taken ill at Sheerness; sick or hurt, ophthalmia purulenta; put on sick list 18 September 1832, discharged 28 December 1832 cured, this man's eyes were closely watered during the remainder of the voyage, I found it necessary to use the solution of nitrate of silver many times and upon every threatening of inflammation, dropped a few under the lids with the best effects.

Folio 9: case no 3, James Woods, aged 16, boy prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list 2 November 1832, discharged 28 December 1832 cured.

Folio 9: case no 4, John Dowling, aged 16, boy prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list 15 November 1832, discharged 18 November 1832 cured.

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