Folio 11: case no 20, Benjamin Cook, aged 35, Private Marine belonging to the 'Simoom';...

Folio 11: case no 20, Benjamin Cook, aged 35, Private Marine belonging to the 'Simoom'; taken ill at Cape Castle Coast; sick or hurt, fever and dysentery; put on sick list, 2 December1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folio 11: case no 21, William Rogers, aged 33, Captain of Hold; taken ill at Cape Castle Coast; sick or hurt, rupia ulcer, had broken down in health considerably since arrival on the Gold Coast and recently discharged after treatment for ulcers of the right leg, however these were again broken and in addition he presented an extensive eruption of pemphigus over the right thigh and hip; put on sick list, 2 December1873, brought for survey 19 December 1873 and invalided at Ascension.

Folio 12 and 16: case no 22, John Eastham, aged 21, Private Marine; taken ill at Cape Castle Coast; sick or hurt, febris remittent; put on sick list, 8 December1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folios 12-13 and 16: case no 23, John Simpson, aged 27, Private Marine; taken ill at Cape Castle Coast; sick or hurt, febris remittent and rheumatism; put on sick list, 8 December1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folios 13-14: case no 24, Charles Warth, aged 25, Private Marine belonging to the 'Simoom'; taken ill at Cape Castle Coast; sick or hurt, febris remittent; put on sick list, 9 December1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folio 14: case no 25, George Radkin, aged 21, Private Marine belonging to the 'Simoom'; taken ill at Cape Castle Coast; sick or hurt, febris remittent; put on sick list, 11 December1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folio 14: case no 26, Jasper Symonds, aged 20, Cooper’s Crew; taken ill at Cape Castle Coast; sick or hurt, periostitis, was under treatment from 22 October (at Madeira) till 30 November for the effect of a contusion of the inner side of the middle of the right tibia; put on sick list, 12 December 1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folios 14-15: case no 27, Frederick Brown, aged 17, Boy; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, palpitation (functional disease of heart), pain in the cardiacregion and shortness of breath said to be two or three years duration; put on sick list, 14 October 1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folio 15: case no 28, Mr Harry Minty, aged 25, Assistant Paymaster; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, chronic ulceration of the tongue; put on sick list, 17 December 1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension.

Folio 15: case no 29, George Peters, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, right inguinal hernia; put on sick list, 18 December 1873, sent 20 December 1873 to Hospital at Ascension, pension certificate was granted.

Folios 15-16: Supplementary notes on case no 13, case no 22 and case no 23.

Folio 17: Table 1: showing ship's movements during 12 October to 26 December 1873, between Plymouth and Cape Coast Castle.

Folio 17: Table 2: A list of men who during the period of this journal, have received wounds or hurts which may disqualify them from public service, or subsequently in any way interfere with their earning a livelihood. (Names and details follow). no on ship's book list 49, Charles Drake, aged 37, Gunner's Mate; hurts on 19 September 1873, stellate fracture of left patella received when running to free a rope during 'loosening' sails and tripped over the corner of a bag; pension certificate granted on 22 Sepetmber (?). no on ship’s book list 35, George Peters, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; hurts on 20 December 1873, right inguinal hernia caused by a blow while employed unlaceing hammock netting; pension certificate granted on 20 December 1873. no on ship's book list 15/15, Henry Champion, aged 17, Boy 1st Class; hurts on 27 October 1873, anchylosis of left index finger resulting from a wound while chopping wood; pension certificate granted on 20 December 1873.

Folio 18: Table 3: showing number of cases of diseases [nosologically arranged], between 1 July and 31 December 1873, average numerical strength of ship's company 227.

Folio 19; Blank table 4.

Folio 20: Table 5: showing number of cases of disease [nosologically arranged] between period of age 15-25, 25-35, 35-45, and above 45; including average number of daily victualled.

Folios 20-32: Surgeon's general remarks. Description of the ship, accommodation, ventilation [folios 20-21]; ship's economy, condition of the crew and the use of a distilling machine, benefits of hard work and constant occupation to the health of ship's company [folio 22]; brief account of the ship's movements between Madeira, St Vincent, Gold Coast, Cape Coast, Sierra Leone, account of Gold Coast expedition [folios 23-24]; remarks on simple continued fever which the Surgeon attributed to exposure to the wet and solar influences, notes on the cases of William Ellison, aged 18, Boy [folio 24]; mentions two cases of continues fever John Hockin, and John Wheatley [folio 25].

Folios 33-36: Alphabetical sick list.

Folios 37-38: Blank.