Folio 1: Note pasted inside cover, 'This journal reflects much credit on this young...

Folio 1: Note pasted inside cover, 'This journal reflects much credit on this young officer. The remarks are very good and interesting and show much professional knowledge and habit of observation', signed [A E M], 16 6 76.

Folio 2: David McDonald, aged 18, Drummer, Royal Marine Light Infantry; disease or hurt, bubo. Put on sick list, 20 May 1869, at sea. Discharged, 12 June 1869.

Folios 2-3: David Heron, aged 17, Boy 1st Class; disease or hurt, febricula. Put on sick list, 20 May 1869, at Port au Prince. Discharged, 2 June 1869.

Folio 3: Henry Crumpton, aged 29, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, haemorrhoids. Put on sick list, 27 May 1869, Port au Prince. Discharged, 13 June 1869. Complained of prolapsus ani which was found to co-exist with or be caused by haemorrhoids.

Folios 3-4: George Wilkinson, aged 25, Captain of Main Top; disease or hurt, remittent fever. Put on sick list, 22 June 1869, on passage form Port Royal to Havana. Died, 1 July 1869, Havana Harbour. He had contracted the disease while on leave at Kingston between 15 and 18 June 1869.

Folio 4: Charles Walsh, aged 17, 1st Class Boy; disease or hurt, ulcer. Put on sick list, 28 June 1869, at Havana. Discharged, 29 July 1869.

Folios 4-5: James Mullins, aged 17, 1st Class Boy; disease or hurt, oedema of feet. Put on sick list, 16 July 1869, at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Discharged, 24 August 1869.

Folio 5: James May, aged 23, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, contusion, subsequent erysipelas. Put on sick list, 19 July 1869, at Manzanilla, Cuba. Discharged, 7 August 1869. Struck on the leg by a piece of coal while coaling at Montego Bay.

Folio 5: Thomas Newberry, aged 18, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, dislocation of right clavicle. Put on sick list, 5 August 1869, at Montego Bay, Jamaica. Discharged, 26 September 1869. Crushed between the copper punt and the bridge ladder.

Folio 6: James West, aged 28, Captain of the Fore top; disease or hurt, primary syphilis. Put on sick list, 14 August 1869, lying off [Turks'] Island. Sent to hospital at Port Royal, [September? 1869?]. The surgeon was superseded on 9 September and the case removed from his treatment.

Folio 6: George Steer, aged 26, Ship's Corporal, HMS Defence; disease or hurt, yellow fever. Put on sick list, 7 September 1869, on the passage from Port Royal to Port au Prince. Died, 12 September 1869. First seen by Dr Adam Robertson who was taking passage in HMS Britomart to join HMS Vestal as Acting Surgeon. He was transferred to HMS Vestal, the Britomart being wet.

Folio 7: Robert Newcome, aged 20, Caulker's Mate; disease or hurt, yellow fever. Put on sick list of HMS Britomart, 8 September 1869, on passage from Port Royal to Port au Prince. Sent on shore for treatment, 11 September 1869. He came back on board on 2 October 1869 when the ship was about to sail for Halifax but suffered a relapse, although the symptoms were not of yellow fever, and was sent to hospital, 1 November 1869, returning to duty, 7 December 1869.

Folios 7-8: Daniel Drayson, aged 19, Boy, HMS Defence; disease or hurt, yellow fever. Put on sick list, 19 September 1869, on board HMS Britomart. Died, 24 September 1869. He had been serving on board HMS Britomart. The surgeon advised the Commander of the Britomart, Lieutenant Alington, to send him ashore on 20 September but the Lieutenant declined to do so until they had returned from St Marks, which they did on 24 September, when he was sent ashore but died later.

Folio 8: Anthony Evans, aged 17, Boy; disease or hurt, yellow fever. Put on sick list, 25 September 1869, at Port au Prince. Died, 30 September 1869. The surgeon was directed to go back on board the Vestal and resume medical charge on 25 September, on doing which he found this case and had him sent ashore.

Folios 8-9: James Robertson, aged 29, 2nd Captain of the Forecastle; disease or hurt, yellow fever, consecutive [fever] and debility. Put on sick list, 26 September 1869, at Port au Prince. Died, 11 October 1869. An autopsy examination was made on 12 October 1869 and its findings are noted.

Folios 9-10: Samuel Jewell, aged 20, Ward Room officer's Servant; disease or hurt, yellow fever. Put on sick list, 26 September [1869]. Died, 2 October 1869. Taken ill on the day they left Port au Prince, he was sent on shore as soon as they returned on 1 October but was already 'beyond hope'.

Folio 10: William Bennett, aged 22, Royal Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, yellow fever, apoplectic [grade]. Put on sick list, 1 October 1869, at Port au Prince. Discharged, [18] October 1869.

Folio 11: Frederick Gale, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 19 November 1869, Halifax. Discharged, 26 December 1869. He was sent to sick quarters at Halifax which was then under the surgeon's charge.

Folios 11-12: John Joseph, aged 45, Stoker; disease or hurt, [rupture of spleen and ...]. Put on sick list, 14 January 1870, on passage from Bermuda to Barbados. Died, 6 February 1870. He was from the West Coast of Africa. He appeared generally to improve while on the sick list and his death was quite sudden and unexpected. The bulk of the case is a description of the findings of a post mortem examination and speculation as to the cause of his death.

Folio 12: Table I, A list of men who have received wounds or hurts which may disqualify them for Public Service or interfere with their earning a living. George Base, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman, transverse fracture of the right tibia.

Folio 13: Table II, for the period 19 May 1869 to 31 December 1869. Mean numerical strength of the ship's company 169.

Folio 14: Table III, for the period 1 January 1870 to the 10 March 1870. Mean numerical strength of the ship's company 165.