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Folio 6: James McDermott, aged 32; [convict?]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick...

Catalogue reference: ADM 101/74/3/2

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1838

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Folio 6: James McDermott, aged 32; [convict?]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 6 June 1838, discharged 21 June 1838 cured.

Folio 6: John Donaghue, aged 31; [convict?]; sick or hurt, pleuritis; put on sick list, 8 June 1838, discharged 20 June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Patrick Bryen, aged 18; [convict?]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 8 June 1838, discharged 19 June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Patrick Murray, aged 39; [convict?]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 8 June 1838, discharged 21 June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: James Smith, aged 45; [convict?]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 8 June 1838, discharged 24 June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Michael Carroll, aged 31; [convict?]; sick or hurt, ulcers and bubo; put on sick list, 10 June 1838, discharged 26 June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Charles Wilkinson, aged 41; [convict?]; sick or hurt, inflammation of the eyes; put on sick list, 10 June 1838, discharged [20?] June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: William Buckley, aged 43; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 11 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: The weather became extremely cold and the majority of the prisoners are nearly barefooted. When the men are all on deck they are so compacted together that there is no room for exercise.

Folio 7: James Foster, aged 17; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: John Dugan, aged 19; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: John Stanley, aged 36; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Joseph Bass, aged 40; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Patrick Brien, aged 18; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Bernard Flynn, aged 39; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Patrick Murray, aged 39; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 27June 1838 cured.

Folio 7: Daniel Cronin, aged 68; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris, this old man has become totally debilitated and this feverish affection has set severe upon him; put on sick list, 12 June 1838, discharged 20 July 1838 cured.

Folio 8: Michael Cavanagh, aged 56; [convict?]; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list, 17 June 1838, died 5 July 1838.

Folio 8: George Warwick, aged 56; [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold with sore throat; put on sick list, 18 June 1838, discharged 4 July 1838.

Folio 8: Alexander Donnelly, aged 10; [convict?]; sick or hurt, eruption of a peculiar appearance of scorbutic kind, dry scaly nature there is scarcely abrasion or redness of the skin but very itchy; put on sick list, 20 June 1838, discharged 10 July 1838 cured.

Folio 8: Phillip Watkins, aged 38; ship’s crew; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 22 June 1838, discharged 4 July 1838 cured.

Folio 9: Mrs. Jones, aged 24; guard’s wife; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 23 June 1838, discharged 12 July 1838 cured.

Folio 9: James Cavanagh, aged 67; [convict?]; sick or hurt, hernia and dysentery; put on sick list, 28 June 1838, died 15 July 1838.

Folio 9: William Smith, aged 41; [convict?]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 28 June 1838, discharged 12 July 1838 cured.

Folio 9: James Lynas, aged 25; guard 81th regt.; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 29 June 1838, discharged 16 July 1838 to duty.

Folio 10: Mrs. Harrison, aged 28; guard’s wife; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 31 June 1838, discharged 10 July 1838 cured.

Folio 10: Mrs. Leech, aged 36; wife of [private?] of 51st regt.; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list, 30 June 1838, discharged 12 July 1838 cured.

Folio 10: Charles O’Neil, aged 67, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 1 July 1838, discharged 24 August 1838 cured.

Folio 10: John Momford, aged 46, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 2 July 1838, discharged 8 July 1838 cured.

Folio 10: John Cairns (Scotchman), aged 34, convict; sick or hurt, boils, this man is a military deserter from 38th Regiment since on board has become amazingly fat which along with the salt provisions has produced a plentiful supply of boils all over the body; put on sick list, 4 July 1838, discharged 10 July 1838 cured.

Folio 10: Harrison’s child, aged 3, guard’s child; sick or hurt, prolapsus ani, she has suffered a good deal of the disease before embarked on board, slight attack of diarrhoea; put on sick list, 5 July 1838, discharged 15 July 1838 cured.

Folio 10: Benjamin O’Brien, aged 24, [ship’s crew?]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea, has engaged to work his way out in the ship and having been accustomed to a better mode of life, had a slight attack of feverish cold and sore throat but did not leave off duty until his bowels became affected; put on sick list, 6 July 1838, discharged 20 July 1838 to duty.

Folio 11: George Crofton, aged 10, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 7 July 1838, discharged 15 July 1838 cured.

Folio 11: John Keating, aged 26, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 7 July 1838, discharged 16 July 1838 cured.

Folio 11: William Rose, aged 35, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 8 July 1838, discharged 18 July 1838 cured.

Folio 11: Michael Doyle, aged 30, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 8 July 1838, discharged 18 July 1838 cured.

Folio 11: James Donovan, aged 19, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 9 July 1838, discharged 18 July 1838 cured.

Folio 11: William Flagherty, aged 17, [convict?]; sick or hurt, feverish cold and cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 10 July 1838, discharged 18 July 1838 cured.

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