Folio 15: Numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal. Folio 15: Nosological...

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1838

Folio 15: Numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal.

Folio 15: Nosological return of the sick and wounded of the Westmoreland between 6 April 1838 and 31 August 1838.

Folios 16-44: Blank.

Folios 45-57: Copy of sick list of the Westmoreland from 7 April until 30 August 1838, (names and details follow):

Folio 46: John Hudson, aged 44, private 80th regt.; sick or hurt, contused knee, by falling down the main hatchway; put on sick list, 11 April 1838, discharged 26 April 1838 to duty. Folio 46: William Bloomingstock, aged 20, ship’s crew; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 20 April 1838, discharged 10 May 1838 to duty. Folio 46: William Barnin, aged 28, convict; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea, never made it known to the medical officers of Kilmainham jail, that he was afflicted with the disease; put on sick list, 8 May 1838, discharged 12 June 1838 cured. Folio 46: Francis Perry, aged 31, convict; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea and bubo, similar to the foregoing case with exception of the sympathetic bubo; put on sick list, 8 May 1838, discharged 20 June 1838 cured.

Folio 47: James Ivors, aged 18, convict; sick or hurt, ulcerated leg, has been a very troublesome fellow to the officers of Kilmainham jail; put on sick list, 15 May 1838, discharged 12 June 1838 cured. Folio 47: James Momford, aged 48, convict; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list, 15 May 1838, discharged 30 May 1838 cured. Folio 47: James Maguire, aged 18, convict; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea and bubo; put on sick list, 17 May 1838, discharged 1 July 1838 cured. Folio 47: Patrick Foley, aged 50, convict; sick or hurt, disease stomach, one of the worst patients in the ship, he is thin, yellow and debilitated looking, has resided long in the East Indies; put on sick list, 18 May 1838, died 4 July 1838, the body could not be examined as it blew a gale, the smell very offensive he was obliged to be buried immediately. Folio 47: Edward McManus, aged 68, convict; sick or hurt, debility and obstipatio; put on sick list, 18 May 1838, discharged 20 June 1838 cured.

Folio 48: Christopher Jones, aged 44, convict; sick or hurt, ulcerated legs; put on sick list, 18 May 1838, discharged 22 June 1838 cured. Folio 48: Henry McFall, aged 36, convict; sick or hurt, ulcers; put on sick list, 19 May 1838, discharged 26 June 1838 cured. Folio 48: John Stanley, aged 38, convict; sick or hurt, tinea capitis; put on sick list, 20 May 1838, landed 26 August 1838 at Sydney. Folio 48: James Donnelly, aged 12, convict; sick or hurt, tinea capitis; put on sick list, 20 May 1838, landed 26 August 1838 at Sydney. Folio 48: Owen Gainor, aged 16, convict; sick or hurt, tinea capitis; put on sick list, 20 May 1838, landed 26 August 1838 at Sydney. Folio 48: Francis Haydon, aged 14, convict; sick or hurt, tinea capitis; put on sick list, 20 May 1838, landed 26 August 1838 at Sydney. Folio 48: James Wilson, aged 10, convict; sick or hurt, tinea capitis; put on sick list, 20 May 1838, landed 26 August 1838 at Sydney. Folio 48: Patrick Connelly, aged 31, convict; sick or hurt, ulcerated legs; put on sick list, 20 May 1838, discharged 27 June 1838 cured. Folio 48: James Houndsfield, aged 24, private 51st Regiment; sick or hurt, bubo, swelling has arisen, from unknown cause, he declares he has no gonorrhoea previous to embarkation neither has he any sores on the leg of that side nor has he had any fall or injuring of any kind; put on sick list, 22 May 1838, discharged 10 June 1838 to duty. Folio 48: Thomas Foster, aged 46, convict; sick or hurt, debility; put on sick list, 24 May 1838, discharged 12 June 1838 cured. Folio 48: Patrick Byrne, aged 19, convict; sick or hurt, scrophula; put on sick list, 25 May 1838, disembarked 23 August 1838 at Sydney.

Folio 49: James Fitzgerrald, aged 56, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea and debility; put on sick list, 28 May 1838, discharged 20 June 1838 cured. Folio 49: Joseph Reynolds, aged 44, convict; sick or hurt, debility; put on sick list, 30 May 1838, discharged 26 June 1838 cured. Folio 49: George Warwick, aged 56, convict; sick or hurt, debility and scurvy, cripple from his birth his lower extremities are withered and twisted which has been the chief cause of bringing on the debility; put on sick list, 1 June 1838, sent 23 August 1838 to hospital at Sydney. Folio 49: James Kelly, aged 38, convict; sick or hurt, scrophula, similar in every respect to Byrne’s; put on sick list, 1 June 1838, disembarked 26 August 1838 at Sydney. Folio 49: Owen Gainor, aged 16, convict; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 2 June 1838, discharged 20 June 1838 cured. Folio 49: James Hayles, aged 38, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea, a military deserter and an Englishman has been complaining ever since he came on board, his limbs are often swelled and the joints occasionally very painful; put on sick list, 3 June 1838, discharged 15 June 1838 cured.

Folio 50: Arthur Gore, aged 17, convict; sick or hurt, scrophula; put on sick list, 4 June 1838, sent 23 August 1838 to hospital at Sydney. Folio 50: Michael Collegan, aged 39, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 4 June 1838, discharged 20 June 1838 cured. Folio 50: James Murray, aged 38, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 5 June 1838, discharged 12 June 1838 cured. Folio 50: Michael O’Keefe, aged 47, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 6 June 1838, discharged 17 June 1838 cured. Folio 50: Bernard Flynn, aged 36, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 6 June 1838, discharged 17 June 1838 cured. Folio 50: Thomas Corcoran, aged 41, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 6 June 1838, discharged 18 June 1838 cured. Folio 50: Henry Hart, aged 16, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 7 June 1838, discharged 21 June 1838 cured. Folio 50: James McDermott, aged 32, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 7 June 1838, discharged 21 June 1838 cured. Folio 50: John Donaghu, aged 31, convict; sick or hurt, pleuritis; put on sick list, 8 June 1838, discharged 28 June 1838 cured.

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