Folio 1: Copy of an instruction dated 1 November 1836 from W Burnett, Physician General...

ADM 101/56/1A/1

1838

Folio 1: Copy of an instruction dated 1 November 1836 from W Burnett, Physician General of the Admiralty, requiring Surgeon Superintendents of convict ships to render a regular sick book and nosological synopsis with their journals, with a certificate from the Medical Storekeeper at Deptford as to the condition and number of their surgical instruments, to entitle them to received their pay.

Folios 1-5: Sick list of the Nautilus female convict ship, from Woolwich to Van Diemen's Land, April to September 1838. J D Stewart Surgeon Superintendent. [The list makes reference how long the convicts spent in prison]:

Folio 2: List of total number of passengers and from where they came. In total, 137 women, 8 children. From: London Penitentiary, 41; Edinburgh, 30; Glasgow, 20; York, 8; Worcester, 6; Aberdeen, 5; Newgate, 4; Leicestershire, 6; Nottingham and County, 4; Perth, 3; Hereford, 2; Wales, 2; Ayr, 1; Dunbarton,1; Hull, 1; Dundee, 1; York, 1; Inverness,1. Sent back from Woolwich, 4. Folio 2: Catherine Sulivan, aged 44, received from, penitentiary; disease or hurt, epilepsy. Put on sick list, 10 April 1838. Discharged, 19 April 1838 to hospital. Folio 2: Amelia Knight, aged 6, convict's child, received from Nottingham; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 12 April 1838. Discharged, 7 May 1838. Folio 2: Esther Hancox, aged 19, servant, received from Worcester; disease or hurt, scrofula. Put on sick list, 13 April 1838. Discharged, 19 April 1838 to hospital. Folio 2: Mary Hampton, aged 48, inn keeper, received from Worcester; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 16 April 1838. Discharged, 7 May 1838. Folio 2: Agnes Hutton, aged 24, prostitute, received from Glasgow; disease or hurt, cachexia. Put on sick list, 16 April 1838. Discharged, 19 April 1838 to hospital. Folio 2: Rosina Griffin, aged 23, prostitute, received from Edinburgh; disease or hurt, [imra?] capitis. Put on sick list, 16 April 1838. Discharged, 19 April 1838 to hospital. Folio 2: Sarah Hampton, aged 26, servant, received from Worcester; disease or hurt, cachexia. Put on sick list, 17 April 1838. Discharged, 22 April 1838. Folio 2: Maria Jones, aged 22, prostitute, received from Leicester; disease or hurt, node. Put on sick list, 18 April 1838. Discharged, 23 May 1838. Folio 2: Mary Smith, aged 18, prostitute, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, warts of genitals. Put on sick list, 19 April 1838. Discharged, 9 May 1838. Folio 2: Mary Nully, aged 18, prostitute, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 29 April 1838. Folio 2: Eliza Woodman, aged 19, prostitute, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 9 May 1838. Folio 2: A.F. Bennett, aged 26, prostitute, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, condylomata. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 9 May 1838. Folio 2: Jane Brown, aged 28, prostitute, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 27 April 1838. Folio 2: Janet [?], aged 23, servant, received from Edinburgh; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 24 April 1838. Folio 2: [?] Nevis, aged 36, coiner, received from Edinburgh; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 26 April 1838. Folio 2: Harriet Kemp, aged 42, married, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, febricula. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 26 April 1838. Folio 2: Nelly Ross, aged 40, servant, received from Inverness; disease or hurt, bilious attack. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 22 April 1838. Folio 2: Janet Thomson, aged 23, farm servant, received from Edinburgh; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 22 April 1838. Folio 2: M.A. [McCarn?], aged 23, prostitute, received from Edinburgh; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 21 April 1838. Discharged, 23 April 1838. Folio 2: Flora Campbell, aged 46, prostitute, received from Glasgow; disease or hurt, febrile catarrh. Put on sick list, 21 April 1838. Discharged, 23 April 1838. Folio 2: Catherine Weir, aged 48, prostitute, received from Dunbarton; disease or hurt, febrile catarrh. Put on sick list, 21 April 1838. Discharged, 23 April 1838. Folio 2: Ann Wilson, aged 29, prostitute, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, febrile catarrh. Put on sick list, 21 April 1838. Discharged, 24 April 1838. Folio 2: Margaret Howard, aged 42, tramper, received from York; disease or hurt, febrile catarrh. Put on sick list, 21 April 1838. Discharged, 26 April 1838. Folio 2: Tom Riley, aged 2 ½, prostitute's child, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, febrile catarrh. Put on sick list, 21 April 1838. Discharged, 22 April 1838. Folio 2: Margaret Hodson, aged 35, tramper, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 April 1838. Discharged, 24 April 1838. Folio 2: Catherine Cook, aged 19, prostitute, received from Edinburgh; disease or hurt, ephemera. Put on sick list, 22 April 1838. Discharged, 25 April 1838.

Folio 3: Agnes Hutton, aged 20, prostitute, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, cachexia. Put on sick list, 20 April 1838. Discharged, 20 April 1838. Folio 3: Janet Fulton, aged 17, factory, received from Glasgow; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 April 1838. Discharged, 25 April 1838. Folio 3: Margaret [Dustin?], aged 42, married, received from Edinburgh; disease or hurt, procidentia uteri. Put on sick list, 22 April 1838. Discharged, 22 April 1838 [...?]. Folio 3: Martha Dodds, aged 23, servant, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, [?] April 1838. Discharged, 4 May 1838. Folio 3: Sarah Douglas, aged 25, prostitute, received from York; disease or hurt, cynanche. Put on sick list, 22 April 1838. Discharged, 1 May 1838. Folio 3: Margaret [Agnew?], aged 17, factory, received from Glasgow; disease or hurt, amenorrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 April 1838. Discharged, 15 July 1838 [not cured?]. Folio 3: Elizabeth Roberts, aged 42, farm servant, received from Wales; disease or hurt, ephemera. Put on sick list, 23 April 1838. Discharged, 25 April 1838. Folio 3: Maria Smith, aged 22, [prostitute?], received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, apoplexy. Put on sick list, 23 April 1838. Discharged, 24 April 1838. Folio 3: Robina Murry, aged 36, servant, received from Penitentiary; disease or hurt, ephemera. Put on sick list, 24 April 1838. Discharged, 25 April 1838.

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