Folio 1: Printed instructions on completing nosological tables, recording where a...

ADM 101/154/1

1877

Folio 1: Printed instructions on completing nosological tables, recording where a patient was taken ill, dividing the General Remarks into three sections relating to the ship and crew, her movements and places visited and a consideration of the diseases.

Folio 2: Index of cases reported in this journal.

Folio 2: case no 1, James P Morley, aged 25, Captain Coxswain, number on ship book 59; taken ill at Bahia; sick or hurt, double oblique inguinal hernia; put on sick list, 14 June 1878, invalided 26 July 1878, discharged 27 July 1878 to RM Tagus for passage to England.

Folios 2-3: case no 2, Thomas Roberts, aged 17, Boy, number on ship book 7; taken ill at Bahia; sick or hurt, morbus cordis, debility and palpitation; put on sick list, 18 June 1878, invalided 26 July 1878, discharged 27 July 1878 to RM Tagus for passage to England.

Folio 3: case no 3, Alfred Hill, aged 21, Able Seaman, number on ship book 9; frequently on the list from the time of leaving England in April; sick or hurt, phthisis incipiens, complained of palpitation and dyspneoa with great debility...the physical signes of his disease were not well marked, as the climate combined with confinement on board the ship effected his health, he was brought forwards for survey, invalided 26 July 1878, discharged 27 July 1878 to RM Tagus for passage to England.

Folios 3-4: case no 4, Michael Ahearn, aged 41, Stoker, number on ship book 78; taken ill at Plymouth; sick or hurt, eczema rubra, according to the patient the symptoms commenced about a year before and attributed to the effects of a burn on the dorsum pedis; put on sick list, 20 April 1878, invalided 25 June 1878.

Folios 4-5: case no 5, Mr W H Hyde, aged 40, Paymaster; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, debility and nervous, included in this entry are copies of correspondence between the Surgeon and surveying officers explaining the circumstances under which this patient was invalided; put on sick list, 1 October 1878, invalided and discharged 8 October 1878 to HMS Flora to await passaged to Englang in HMS Tyne.

Folios 5-6: case no 6, James Donovan, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 32; taken ill at Monte Video; sick or hurt, bubo sympathetic; put on sick list, 8 August 1878, sent 24 September 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 2 November 1878 to duty.

Folio 6: case no 8, William Godbold, aged 18 years and 6 months, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 4; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, debility; put on sick list, 12 September 1878, sent 24 September 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 27 October 1878 to duty.

Folio 6: case no 9, Thomas Jones, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 35; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris; put on sick list, 18 September 1878, sent 24 September 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 24 October 1878 to duty.

Folios 6-7: case no 10, Alfred Webb, aged 17 years and 6 months, Boy, number on ship book 11; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list, 27 September 1878, sent [29] September 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 17 October 1878 to duty.

Folio 7: case no 11, Francis Bamsey, aged 28, Stoker, number on ship book 72; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, contusion of the left elbow caused by his striking it against a bolt when hammering in confined posture; put on sick list, 1 October 1878, sent 7 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 30 October 1878 to duty.

Folio 7: case no 12, Robert James, aged 30, Ship's Steward, number on ship book 93; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, ulcer as a result of a sustained wound of the right shin caused by the fall of a steel yard upon it; put on sick list, 9 October 1878, sent 10 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 3 November 1878 to duty.

Folio 8: case no 13, Mr James Ellis, aged not stated, Boatswain; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, sprain (back), pain in the lumbar region; put on sick list, 15 October 1878, sent 24 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, invalided 25 November 1878, pension certificate dated 24 October 1878.

Folios 8-9: case no 14, Thomas Hewett, aged 33, Leading Stoker, number on ship book 92; taken ill at [Simon's Bay]; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 22 September 1878, sent 1 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 6 October 1878 to duty.

Folio 9: case no 15, John Barton, aged 21, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 12; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, wound of 3rd toe of the right foot caused by striking it against a bolt on upper deck; put on sick list, 7 September 1878, sent 1 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, discharged 14 October 1878 to duty.

Folio 9: case no 16, George Smith, aged 30, Captain Forecastle, number on ship book 104; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, wound of the left shin; put on sick list, 30 September 1878, sent 30 September 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 28 October 1878 to duty.

Folio 9: case no 17, Thomas Combes, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 18; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, wound of the left shin; put on sick list, 19 September 1878, sent 17 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 26 October 1878 to duty.

Folio 9: case no 18, Charles Green, aged 24, Able Seaman; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list, 6 October 1878, sent 6 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, invalided 25 November 1878.

Folio 10: case no 19, John McInally, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 29; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, syphilis primary; put on sick list, 18 October 1878, sent 18 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 30 November 1878 to duty.

Folio 10: case no 20, Robert Satterley, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 24; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea; put on sick list, 18 October 1878, sent [18] October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 14 December 1878 to duty.

Folio 10: case no 21, John Jones, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman, number on ship book 6; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, gonorrhoea; put on sick list, 7 October 1878, sent 7 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay.

Folio 10: case no 22, John Roberts, aged 17, Boy, number on ship book 31; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, ulcer on both shins; put on sick list, 21 October 1878, sent 30 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 20 November 1878 to duty.

Folio 10: case no 23, Edward Mullaney, aged 32, Stoker, number on ship book 68; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, syphilis primary; put on sick list, 24 October 1878, sent 25 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 13 November 1878 to duty.

Folio 10: case no 24, John Davey, aged 23, Stoker, number on ship book 79; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, syphilis primary; put on sick list, 24 October 1878, sent 25 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 25 November 1878 to duty.

Folio 11: case no 25, Mr George Palmer, aged 43, Gunner; taken ill at Simon's Bay; sick or hurt, hematemesis; put on sick list, 23 October 1878, sent 24 October 1878 to Hospital at Simon's Bay, returned 8 November 1878 to duty.

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