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Folio 69: case no. 29, John Norman, aged 24, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Sulphur;...

Catalogue reference: ADM 101/108/1A/2

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1841-1842

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Folio 69: case no. 29, John Norman, aged 24, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Sulphur; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 28 July 1841, died 19 September 1841.

Folio 69: case no. 30, Joseph Clarke, aged 24, Marine belonged to HMS Blenheim; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 6 August 1841, died 27 August 1841.

Folio 69: case no. 31, William Double, aged 28, Marine belonged to HMS Blenheim; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 6 August 1841, died 3 September 1841.

Folio 69: case no. 32, William Ware, aged 38, Boatswain' s Mate belonged to HMS Herald; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 16 August 1841, died 25 September 1841.

Folio 69: case no. 33, James Strony, aged 26, Quarter Master belonged to HMS Alligator; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 2 September 1841, died 4 September 1841.

Folio 70: case no. 34, Barnabas Vincent, aged 25, Carpenter's Crew belonged to HMS Alligator; taken ill at Chusan; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 26 September 1841, died 7 October 1841.

Folio 70: case no. 35, Edward Davidson, aged 41, Gunner's Mate belonged to HMS Starling; taken ill in Macao Roads; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 29 October 1841, died 11 November 1841.

Folio 70: case no. 36, Patrick Shea, aged 23, Ordinary Seaman belonged to HMS Herald; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, synochus; put on sick list 28 July 1841, died 2 September 1841.

Folio 71: case no. 37, Miles Elliot, aged 42, Quarter Master belonged to HMS Herald; taken ill at Hong Kong; sick or hurt, febris synochus; put on sick list 5 December 1841, died 8 december 1841.

Folio 71: case no. 38, Abraham Funnel, aged 24, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Rattlesnake; taken ill at Hong Kong; sick or hurt, febris synochus, was sent on board HCS Hoogly in a last stage of hectic fever, having had a large opening in his left side from a lumbar abscess, which formed during the acute stage of fever; put on sick list 8 June 1841, died 9 June 1841.

Folios 72-74: case no. 39, James Howel, aged 30, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Blenheim; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, febris intermittent quotidien; put on sick list 6 August 1841, died 14 September 1841.

Folio 74: case no. 40, John Dumphey, aged 44, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Herald; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, febris intermittent quotidien; put on sick list 30 August 1841, died 25 October 1841.

Folio 75: case no. 41, John Ganaway, aged 34, Corporal Marine belonged to HMS [Sulphur]; taken ill [in Canton River]; sick or hurt, fracture of skull, was fell down the main hatchway; put on sick list 2 August 1841, died 5 August 1841.

Folios 76-78: case no. 42, Edward Wilson, aged 28, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Sulphur; taken ill in Macao Roads; sick or hurt, fracture of spine by the falling of a large spar which struck him about 2nd or 3rd dorsal vertebra; put on sick list 1 August 1841, invalided and discharged 3 November 1841 to England.

Folio 79: case no. 43, John Cornish, aged 36, Marine belonged to HMS [Modeste]; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 12 July 1841, invalided 29 July 1841, discharged 25 August 1841 to England.

Folio 79: case no. 44, Richard Williams, aged 57, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Sulphur; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 28 July 1841, invalided 29 July 1841, discharged 7 August 1841 to England.

Folio 79: case no. 45, Samuel Wheeler, aged 44, Ship's Cook belonged to HMS Sulphur; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 29 July 1841, invalided 29 July 1841, discharged 27 August 1841 to England.

Folio 79: case no. 46, James wilson, aged 42, Boatswain's Mate belonged to HMS Herald; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 11 July 1841, invalided 29 July 1841, discharged 25 August 1841 to England.

Folio 79: case no. 47, John Strony, aged 22, Able Seaman belonged to HMS [Alligator]; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list [not stated], invalided 3 November 1841, discharged 3 November 1841 to England.

Folio 80: case no. 48, James Rapson, aged 30, Sergeant Marine [Supernumerary] belonged to HMS Blenheim; taken ill at Hong Kong; sick or hurt, ulcus; put on sick list 11 May 1841, invalided 15 May 1841, discharged 15 May 1841 to England.

Folio 80: case no. 49, William Rosemary, aged 20, Boy 1st Class belonged to HMS Blenheim; taken ill at Hong Kong; sick or hurt, ulcus; put on sick list 11 May 1841, invalided 15 May 1841, discharged 15 May 1841 to England.

Folio 81: case no. 50, William Diamond, aged 34, Sailmaker belonged to HMS Herald; sick or hurt, ulcus; put on sick list 30 July 1841, invalided 19 November 1841.

Folio 81: case no. 51, Thomas Harvey, aged 20, Boy 1st Class belonged to HMS Herald; taken ill in the Typa [Taipan?]; sick or hurt, febris intermittent quotidien; put on sick list 30 September 1841, invalided 3 November 1841, discharged 3 November 1841 to England.

Folio 82: case no. 52, John shapler, aged 45, Commander's Cook belonged to HMS Royalist; taken ill at Singapore; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list 19 October 1841, invalided 10 February 1842, discharged 10 February 1842 to England.

Folio 82: case no. 53, William Scott, aged 30, Able Seaman; taken ill at Hong Kong; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list 13 May 1842, invalided 14 June 1842, discharged 15 June 1842 to England.

Folios 83-84: case no. 54, William Floyd, aged 36, Armourer; taken ill in Canton River; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 2 November 1841, invalided 10 February 1842, discharged 10 February 1842 to England.

Folios 84-86: case no. 55, Mr. John West, aged 40, Surgeon belonged to HMS Larne; sick or hurt, was in a fit of mental alienation after an attack of gout cut through the integuments of the neck...; put on sick list 15 November 1841, invalided 10 February 1842, discharged 10 February 1842 on board HMS Wellesley to England.

Folios 86-89: case no. 56, Robert Smith, aged 29, Able Seaman belonged to HMS Royalist; taken ill at Bogue Fort; sick or hurt, received a very severe contusion of the shoulder by the fall of a stone upon it, Dr Robinson suspected that there was a fracture of the acromion process…; put on sick list 13 December 1841, invalided 15 May 1842.

Folios 89-92: case no. 57, John Reid, aged 36, Quarter Master belonged to HMS Cornwallis; sick or hurt, phthisis; put on sick list 27 December 1841, invalided 10 February 1842, died 4 May 1842.

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