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Folio 40: James Young, aged 19, ordinary seaman; date of attack, 3 January 1866....

Catalogue reference: ADM 101/135/6

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ADM 101/135/6
Date
1865-1866
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Folio 40: James Young, aged 19, ordinary seaman; date of attack, 3 January 1866. Folio 40: George Peale, aged 19, ordinary seaman; date of attack, 3 January 1866; died 10 January 1866. Folio 40: George Bowman, aged 21, ordinary seaman; date of attack, 5 January 1866. Folio 40: Herbert Epps, aged 20, captain's servant; date of attack, 11 January 1866; died 17 January 1866.

Folio 41: 'Commodore's weekly return of sick and wounded, number victualled and percentage of complement on sick list'.

Folio 41A: 'Diagram representing the average frequency of the pulse in cases of yellow fever, West Coast of Africa Epidemic of 1865 and 1866', chart shows average of pulse measurements at 8am and 5pm between the 1st and 10th days of illness.

Folio 41: 'Tables showing the frequency of the pulse in cases of yellow fever, West Coast of Africa Epidemic of 1865 and 1866', for cases numbered 1 to 40.

Folios 42-43: Table I, All cases between October and 31 December 1865. Mean numerical strength of the Ship's Company 526. Note, '92 cases of venereal disease causing loss of 813 days service (or 37.69 per cent of total number of cases and 39.56 per cent of loss of service in days) average age of patients 22 years 6 months'.

Folios 43-44: Table II, All cases between 1 January 1866 and 31 December 1866. Mean numerical strength of the Ship's Company [not recorded]. Note, '251 cases of venereal disease of whom 2 were invalided and 56 went to hospital - the days sickness in the ship amounting to 2617 at a cost to Government of £228.19.9 lost in unearned wages, this is in money alone, food and other allowances are not included'.

Folio 44: 'Diagram representing the range of temperature of the body in case 31 [David Boswell] Epidemic of yellow fever, West Coast of Africa 1865 and 1866'.

Folio 45: 'Diagram representing the range of temperature of the body in case 38 [George Peale] Epidemic of yellow fever, West Coast of Africa 1865 and 1866'.

Folio 46: 'Diagram representing the average range of temperature of the body observed in cases of yellow fever, West Coast of Africa, Epidemic of 1865 and 1866'.

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