Folio 1: Printed instructions for assistant and acting assistant surgeons on completing...

ADM 101/285/1

1879

Folio 1: Printed instructions for assistant and acting assistant surgeons on completing the journal.

Folios 2-3: case no 1, Colston Deverell, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman, no 21; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatism, gonorrhoea and debility; put on sick list 22 December 1878, invalided 7 August 1879, discharged 26 August 1879 to HMS Opal for passage to England.

Folios 3-4: case no 2, Christopher Staples, aged 33, Gunner's Mate (c), no 46; taken ill at Tom Bay; sick or hurt, gunshot wound on the left hand accidentally; put on sick list 23 January 1879, discharged 18 March 1879 to duty, hurt certificate granted.

Folio 5: case no 3, Mr. Alfred Payne, aged 35, Boatswain, no 8; taken ill at Port Rosario, Magellan; sick or hurt, fracture metacarpal bone; put on sick list 14 March 1879, recovered 28 March 1879, hurt certificate granted.

Folio 5: case no 4, Thomas Guest, aged 29, Skilled Shipwright, no 91; taken ill at Magellan Strait; sick or hurt, phthisis; put on sick list 23 April 1879, sent 17 May 1879 to Naval Sick Quarter at Valparaiso.

Folio 6: case no 5, William Parry, aged 36, Quarter Master, no 85; taken ill at Magellan Strait; sick or hurt, bronchitis chronic & debility; put on sick list 5 May 1879, sent 17 May 1879 to Naval Sick Quarter at Valparaiso, readmitted 18 June 1879 with fresh cold accompanied by bodily weakness, invalided 7 July 1879, discharged 11 July 1879 to the 'Valparaiso' for passage to England.

Folios 6-8: case no 6, Albert Webster, aged 28, Sick Berth Steward, no 2; taken ill at Ton Bay (West Coast of Patagonia); sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 6 May 1879, died 12 May 1879 at 3.20 pm.

Folio 8: case no 7, Frederick Adams, aged 19, Able Seaman, no 15; taken ill at Coquimbo; sick or hurt, syphilis primary; put on sick list 23 June 1879, sent 15 July 1879 to Naval Sick Quarter at Valparaiso.

Folio 9: case no 8, William Maker, aged 27, Stoker, no 58; taken ill at Coquimbo; sick or hurt, syphilis primary; put on sick list 30 June 1879, sent 15 July 1879 to Naval Sick Quarter at Valparaiso, returned 30 September 1879 to the ship with an appearance of secondary syphilis.

Folio 9: case no 9, Thomas Rimell, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman, no 17; taken ill at Coquimbo; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea & bubo; put on sick list 2 July 1879, sent 15 July 1879 to Naval Sick Quarter at Valparaiso, returned 20 August 1879 to the ship afterwards discharged to duty.

Folio 10: case no 10, Charles Limington, aged 18, Ordinary Seaman, no 8; taken ill at Coquimbo; sick or hurt, syphilis primary & secondary; put on sick list 11 July 1879, sent 15 July 1879 to Naval Sick Quarter at Valparaiso, readmitted 6 October 1879 under treatment and after about a few weeks returned to duty.

Folio 11: case no 11, John Bond, aged 22, Leading Seaman, no 47; taken ill off the Chilean Coast; sick or hurt, syphilis primary; put on sick list 28 July 1879, sent 4 August 1879 to Naval Sick Quarter at Valparaiso, returned 20 August 1879, discharged 31 August 1879 to duty.

Folio 11: case no 12, Henry Ecclestone, aged 29, Ship's Corporal, no 61; taken ill in Magellan Strait; sick or hurt, debilite and ague; put on sick list 25 January 1879, invalided 7 August 1879 at Valparaiso, discharged 26 August 1879 to HMS Opal for passage to England.

Folios 12-12A: case no 13, Thomas Picton (a Fuegian), aged 16, Ward Room Cook's Assistant, no 106; taken ill at Valparaiso; sick or hurt, pneumonia, a native of the West Coast of Patagonia, was taken on board in Trinidad Channel on 12 April 1879 with a view to be trained as interpreter, he belonged to the tribe known as 'Channel Fuegian', who lead a wandering life, up to the time of his last fatal illness he picked up so little of the English language as to be unable to hold communication with any one on board and at time had much difficulty in ascertaining the precise state of his health'; put on sick list 19 August 1879, died 21 August 1879

Folios 13-14: case no 14, Walter Milton, aged 23, Able Seaman, no 22; taken ill at Valparaiso; sick or hurt, variola; put on sick list 2 September 1879, discharged 6 October 1879 to duty (this man exhibited good vaccination & revaccination marks).

Folio 14: case no 15, Henry Fennel, aged 26, Able Seaman, no 32; taken ill at Talcahuano; sick or hurt, variola; put on sick list 5 September 1879, discharged 4 October 1879 to duty.

Folio 15: case no 16, Frank Shute, aged 24, Leading Seaman, no 28; taken ill at Talcahuano; sick or hurt, variola; put on sick list 8 September 1879, discharged 30 September 1879 to duty.

Folio 16: Table 1: showing ship's movements during 2 January to 14 January 1879, between Sandy Point, Strait of Magellan and Tom Bay and from the above date till 9 May 1879 the ship was occupied in surveying the Trinidad Channel on the West Coast of Patagonia.

Folio 16: Table 2: A list of men who during the period of this journal, have received wounds or hurts which may disqualify them for the public service, or subsequently in any way interfere with their earning a livelihood. (Names and details follow). no on ship's book list 46, Christopher Staples, aged 33, Chief Gunner's Mate; hurts on 23 January 1879, gunshot wound of left hand; pension certificate granted on 9 March 1879. no on ship's book list 8, Alfred Payne, aged 35, Boatswain; hurts on 14 March 1879, simple fracture of metacarpal bome; pension certificate granted on 30 March 1879.

Folio 17: Table 3: showing number of cases of diseases [nosological arranged], between 1 January and 31 December 1879, average numerical strength of ship's company 120.75.

Folio 18: Blank table 4.

Folio 19: Table 5: showing number of cases of disease between 1 January and 31 December 1879, [nosological arranged] between period of age 15-25, 25-35, 35-45, and above 45; including average number of daily victualled.

Folio 19: Blank table 6.

Folios 20-30: Surgeon's general remarks. Notes on Patagonia including climate, plants (folio 20); inhabitants, food, physical characters, and clothing (folios 21-22); hunting appliances, spears, axes, huts (folios 22-23); weapons, mode of burial, cannibalism as stated by Admiral Fitzroy, treachery, different tribes of Fuegian (folios 23-24); remarks on nosological table regarding small pox and general diseases (folios 24-27); notes on soilcap motion simulating glacial action observation on West Coast of Patagonia on 1879-80 (folios 27-30).

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