Folios 1-2: case no 1, John Durward, aged 35, prisoner, taken ill in the Channel;...

ADM 101/12/7/1

1844

Folios 1-2: case no 1, John Durward, aged 35, prisoner, taken ill in the Channel; sick or hurt, diarrhoea, severe attack of diarrhoea with griping pains and slight tenesmus, with pain on pressure in the right hypochondriac region...stated that he suffered from a similar affection when in Millbank Prison; put on sick list 18 March 1844, discharged 7 April 1844 cured.

Folios 2-3: case no 2, William Furniss, aged 22, prisoner, taken ill in the Channel; sick or hurt, diarrhoea, was attacked last night with griping and purging also slight vomiting, tenderness pain in the epigastrium to the umbilical region, straining. Stated that he had diarrhoea twice at Millbank Prison; put on sick list 18 March 1844, discharged 5 April 1844 cured.

Folio 3: case no 3, George Brown, aged 40, prisoner, taken ill in the Channel; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 18 March 1844, discharged 1 April 1844 cured.

Folio 4: case no 4, William Wilson, aged 25, prisoner, taken ill in the Channel; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 20 March 1844, discharged 28 March 1844 cured.

Folio 4: case no 5, James Henderson, aged 25, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 21 March 1844, discharged 29 March 1844 cured.

Folios 4-5: case no 6, Edward Rayner, aged 55, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 22 March 1844, discharged 1 April 1844 cured.

Folio 5: case no 7, John Martin (1), aged 24, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 22 March 1844, discharged 27 March 1844 cured.

Folio 5: case no 8, Daniel Forster, aged 30, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 23 March 1844, discharged 1 April 1844 cured.

Folio 5: case no 9, James Patefield, aged 25, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 24 March 1844, discharged 30 March 1844 cured.

Folios 6-8: case no 10, Samuel Ingham, aged 21, Private 58th Regiment, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phthisis pulmonalis, subject to cough and expectoration for the last six months (was told by the [?] Medical Officer at Chatham that the voyage would be beneficial), he now had a sense of constriction across the chest, short quick respiration, pulse quick and small 93, tongue clean and very florid, the cough troublesome through the night, he cannot rest in a horizontal position from a sense of weight on the chest, expectoration profuse and streaked with pus, bowels irregular, was very emaciated and of a sallow complexion; put on sick list 29 March 1844, died 19 May 1844 at 10 pm.

Folios 8-9: case no 11, Joseph Bridgwater, aged 45, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, phlegmon et apostenia, had phlegmon tomor on the anterior spine of right tibia about its center with extensive inflammation, the absorbent vessels much inflamed and as hard as a chord under the finger. Inguinal glands of that side similarly affected and enlarged; put on sick list 7 April 1844, discharged 24 April 1844 cured.

Folios 9-10: case no 12, John Williams (1), aged 21, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia, severe pain under the right breast, cannot draw a deep inspiration, had cough attended with pain, tongue coated, skin hot and dry, thirst, pulse full hard and quick, severe headache, bowels torpid; put on sick list 29 April 1844, discharged 12 May 1844 cured.

Folio 10: case no 13, John Williams (2), aged 21, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia, of a spare habit of body, had great pain in the chest immediately under the sternum, dyspnoea, slight cough which catches at every attempted, tongue furred, pulse full and hard, skin hot and dry, severe headache also across the orbits, watery eyes; put on sick list 1 May 1844, discharged 13 May 1844 cured.

Folio 11: case no 14, Samuel Paxon, aged 26, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 3 May 1844, discharged 11 May 1844 cured.

Folio 11: case no 15, George Brown, aged 45, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, tussis (chronic), stated that for four years he was subject to cough, has had various remedies that has [rest?ed] him to health, but in cold weather always suffered. He had no pain in the chest, but a sense of tightness, always very little expectoration trouble more at night; put on sick list 3 May 1844, discharged 14 May 1844 cured.

Folio 12: case no 16, Isaac Johnson, aged 18, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio, bowels constipated for the last three days, pain about the umbilicus; put on sick list 3 May 1844, discharged 8 May 1844 cured.

Folios 12-13: case no 17, John Sutcliffe, aged 31, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio with irritable stomach; put on sick list 3 May 1844, discharged 8 May 1844 cured.

Folio 13: case no 18, William Biggs, aged 27, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatismus (chronic), suffered fro the last two years from the disease, pain in the knee, shoulders and thights; put on sick list 3 May 1844, discharged 12 May 1844 cured.

Folios 13-14: case no 19, Sergeant George Sellors, aged 30, 58th Regiment, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, vulnus finger amputatio, while in the act of loading a pistol with ball cartridge, it accidentally went off and passed the ball and ram rod through the index finger of the right hand, shattering the bone close up to the metacarpal junction; put on sick list 3 May 1844, discharged 15 May 1844 cured.

Folio 14: case no 20, James Raynolds, aged 21, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 4 May 1844, discharged 16 May 1844 cured.

Folio 15: case no 21, James Carlaud, aged 39, Sergeant. 58th Regiment, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 5 May 1844, discharged 15 May 1844 cured.

Folios 15-16: case no 22, James Cope, aged 19, Private 58th Regiment, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia, had severe attacked of catarrh with pain in the chest and headache, dyspnoea, slight cough; put on sick list 12 May 1844, discharged 22 May 1844 cured.

Folio 16: case no 23, John Williams, aged 20, Private 58th Regiment, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 17 May 1844, discharged 25 May 1844 cured.

Folios 16-17: case no 24, Corpl. William Samson, aged 26, 58th Regiment, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, seroenteritis, had constipated belly for the last three days, acute pain just above the umbilicus, had vomited twice, pulse small quick and short, skin hot and dry, great thirst, tongue coated, headache and countenance flushed; put on sick list 18 May 1844, discharged 27 May 1844.

Folio 17: case no 25, John Martin (1), aged 24, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 18 May 1844, discharged 22 May 1844 cured.

Folio 17: case no 26, William Morgan, aged 41, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 19 May 1844, discharged 24 May 1844 cured.

Folio 17: case no 27, James Henderson, aged 25, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 20 May 1844, discharged 25 May 1844 cured.

Folio 18: case no 28, John Hunt, aged 29, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 21 May 1844, discharged 26 May 1844 cured.

Folio 18: case no 29, Thomas Jacques, aged 25, prisoner, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list 22 May 1844, discharged 28 May 1844 cured.

Folio 18: case no 30, John Cutler, aged 20, Private 58th Regt, taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, seroenteritis, acute pain in the abdomen almost unable to stand upright; put on sick list 21 May 1844, discharged 29 May 1844 cured.

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