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Folios 1-1A: Copy of the sick book - continued: Folio 1A: Elizabeth Skinner, aged...

Catalogue reference: ADM 101/70/7A/2

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1840

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Folios 1-1A: Copy of the sick book - continued:

Folio 1A: Elizabeth Skinner, aged 44, prisoner; sick or hurt, Diarrhoea, put on sick list 3 July 1840; discharged 15 July 1840. Folio 1A: Susan Hutchens, aged 20, prisoner; sick or hurt, Leocorrhea, put on sick list 4 July 1840; discharged 10 July 1840. Folio 1A: Margaret Lawson, aged 10, child of prisoner; sick or hurt, Marasmas, put on sick list 5 July 1840; died 13 July 1840. Folio 1A: Frances Tomlin, aged 20, prisoner; sick or hurt, Catarrhal, put on sick list 6 July 1840; discharged 9 July 1840. Folio 1A: Mary McGinnis, aged 40, prisoner; sick or hurt, Catarrhal, put on sick list 6 July 1840; discharged 9 July 1840. Folio 1A: Ellen Reedy, aged 25, prisoner; sick or hurt, Obstipatio, put on sick list 7 July 1840; discharged 10 July 1840. Folio 1A: Harriet Wren, aged 44, prisoner; sick or hurt, Partus, put on sick list 9 July 1840; discharged 26 July 1840. Folio 1A: Anna Evans, aged 36, prisoner; sick or hurt, Catarrhal, put on sick list 10 July 1840; discharged 11 July 1840. Folio 1A: Mary Smith, aged 28, prisoner; sick or hurt, Catarrhal, put on sick list 10 July 1840; discharged 13 July 1840. Folio 1A: Jane Beard, aged 32, prisoner; sick or hurt, Catarrhal, put on sick list 10 July 1840; discharged 13 July 1840. Folio 1A: Selina Brown, aged 22, prisoner; sick or hurt, Vertigo, put on sick list 10 July 1840; discharged 13 July 1840. Folio 1A: Anne Shelly, aged 22, prisoner; sick or hurt, Pneumonia, put on sick list 14 July 1840; discharged 18 July 1840.

Folios 2-3: Phoebe Dullan, aged 24, convict; case number 1; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 17 April 1840. Discharged 24 April 1840.

Folios 3-6: Elizabeth Weldon, aged 19, convict; case number 2; disease or hurt, strenuous opthalmia. Put on sick list, 16 April 1840. Discharged 5 June 1840.

Folios 6-9: Elizabeth Martin, aged 36, convict; case number 3; disease or hurt, debilitas. Put on sick list, 24 April 1840 at sea. Discharged 21 May 1840 died.

Folios 9-10: Martha Poulten, aged 22, convict; case number 4; disease or hurt, amenorrhoea. Put on sick list, 1 May 1840 at sea. Discharged 12 May 1840 cured.

Folios 10-11: Eliza Griffiths, aged 21, convict; case number 5; disease or hurt, amenorrhoea. Put on sick list, 8 May 1840 at sea. Discharged 15 June 1840.

Folios 11-12: Sarah Satchwell, aged 22, convict; case number 6; disease or hurt, catarrhus. Put on sick list, 19 May 1840 at sea. Discharged 25 May 1840 cured.

Folios 12-13: James Compton, aged 7, free boy; case number 7; disease or hurt, concussion cerebri. Put on sick list, 26 May 1840 at sea. Discharged 3 June 1840 cured.

Folios 13-14: Jane Russel, aged 24, convict; case number 8; disease or hurt, epilepsia. Put on sick list, 1 June 1840 at sea. Discharged 9 June 1840.

Folios 15-17: Sarah Wills, aged 29, convict; case number 9; disease or hurt, menorragia. Put on sick list, 24 June 1840 at sea. Discharged 15 July 1840 to Sydney hospital.

Folio 17: Susan Martin, aged 26, convict; case number 10; disease or hurt, hepatitis. Put on sick list, 23 June 1840 at sea. Discharged 28 June 1840 cured.

Folio 18: Mary King, aged 33, convict; case number 11; disease or hurt, phlogosis. Put on sick list, 30 June 1840 at sea. Discharged 18 July 1840 cured.

Folios 19-23: Blank.

Folio 24: A nosological synopsis of the sick book.

Folios 25-27: Surgeon’s general remarks. Of the 213 prisoners with whom I left England. 186 were received from the Millbank penitentiary, the remainder from Newgate and county gaols. 12 children of prisoners were embarked with their mothers one of whom aged 5 months died at Woolwich previous to sailing from the effects of the inclement weather and another died of maramus at sea 18 July, this was aged 10 months, six free women with 13 children were also embarked, a total of 243 persons on sailing from Woolwich.

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