Folio 8: George Tucker, aged 29, Stoker; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick...

ADM 101/183/2

1870-1871

Folio 8: George Tucker, aged 29, Stoker; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 August 1871, at Hong Kong. Sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Hong Kong, 25 August 1871.

Folio 9: John Gillingham, aged 35, Boatswain’s Mate; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 24 August 1871, at Hong Kong. Sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Hong Kong, 25 August 1871.

Folio 9: George Birch, aged 20, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, bronchitis. Put on sick list, 14 October 1871, at Hong Kong. Sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Hong Kong, 16 October 1871.

Folio 9: James Farnden, aged 26, Quarter Master; disease or hurt, iritis (syphilis). Put on sick list, 18 October 1871, at Hong Kong. Sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Hong Kong, 20 October 1871.

Folio 9: William Back, aged 23, Stoker; disease or hurt, rheumatism arthritic. Put on sick list, 29 October 1871, at Hong Kong. Invalided, 30 October 1871, and discharged to the HMS Princess Charlotte to await passage to England, 7 November 1871.

Folio 9: Louis J Daniell, aged 18, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, hernia inguinal. Put on sick list, 30 October 1871, at Hong Kong. Invalided, 30 October 1871, and discharged to the HMS Princess Charlotte to await passage to England, 7 November 1871.

Folio 10: Lorenzo Debono, aged 22, Captain's Cook; disease or hurt, syphilis primary. Put on sick list, 5 November 1871, at Hong Kong. Sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Hong Kong, 7 November 1871.

Folio 10: Timothy Armes, aged 35, Private, Royal Marine Light Infantry; disease or hurt, syphilis primary. Put on sick list, 7 November 1871, at Hong Kong. Sent to the Royal Naval Hospital at Hong Kong, 7 November 1871.

Folio 10: William Lavers, aged 33, Quarter Master; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 8 April 1871, at sea. Discharged, 24 April 1871.

Folios 11- 12: Blank.

Folio 13: Table I, Showing the movements of the ship during the period of this journal.

Folio 13: Table II, men who have received wounds and hurts. L J Daniell, aged 18, Ordinary Seaman, certificate granted 6 November 1871. Inguinal hernia. Thomas Baker, aged 40, Stoker, no ticket granted. Inguinal hernia.

Folio 14: Table III, All cases for the period 25 October 1870 to 31 December 1870. Average numerical strength of the Ship's Company 74.

Folio 15: Table IV, All cases for the period 1 January 1871 to 31 December 1871. Average numerical strength of the Ship's Company 74.

Folio 16: 'List of men entered for HM Service in HMS Thistle', (names and details follow): Isaac James, aged 23, Captain's steward; William Barney, aged 34, captain's cook; George Hobbs, aged 27, ward room officers steward; Vincent Bupachaur, aged 23, musician; Sabro Angutz, aged 31, ward room officers cook; Antonio Caruane, aged 20, assistant sick berth attendant; Lorenzo Debono, aged 23, Captain’s cook; Salvo Borg, aged 27, captain's steward; Thomas Baker, aged 42, stoker, Ayan (chinaman), aged 26, cooper's crew; Assoo (chinaman), ward room cook; Son (chinaman), aged 25, stoker; Afook (chinaman), aged 23, stoker; Singatang (japans), aged 19, ward room officers servant; Am-man (chinaman), aged 27, stoker; Oh-mon (chinaman), aged 26, stoker; Al-lung (chinaman), aged 28, stoker; Acqui (chinaman), aged 20, captain's steward Folio 16: Table V, Showing the number of diseases broken down by age.

Folios 17-19: Surgeon's general remarks.

Folio 17: Remarks for 1870. Very briefly describes the ship, states that she travelled to Gibraltar and that there were 14 cases, none of them remarkable.

Folios 17-18: Remarks for 1871. Summarises the journey from Malta to China.

Folios 18-19: Have a translation of Chinese proclamation against missionaries that had been posted all over Canton in July 1871. The translation supplied by Mr [Baker] of the Consulate refers to barbarians attempting to seduce women to their sect and distribute a poisonous drug called 'fairy powder' which causes swelling of the stomach, and goes on to say that 'the converts and barbarian devils will be bound and carried to the ancestral temple where 200 dollars reward will be given for their capture and they will be cut into morsels by the painful and lingering process'. The other half of folio 19 summarises the disease in 1871.

Folios 20-25: Blank.

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