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Catalogue reference: ADM 101/66/8B
This record is about the Medical and surgical journal of hired convict ship Scindian for 28 January to 3 July... dating from 1850 in the series Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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ADM 101/66/8B
1850
Medical and surgical journal of hired convict ship Scindian for 28 January to 3 July 1850 by John Gibson, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage from Deptford to Swan River, Western Australia with male convicts, pensioners and their families. [Note: ADM 101/66/8, 8A-8B are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/66/8].
Folios 1-2. Copy of the sick book.
Folio 3: Hannah Stevens, aged 37, pensioner's wife; case number 1; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 24 February 1850 off Beachey Head. Discharged 26 February 1850.
Folio 3: Harriet Burton, aged 43, pensioner's wife; case number 2; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 24 February 1850 at sea. Discharged 26 February 1850.
Folio 3: Henry Burton, aged 44, corporal; case number 3; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 26 February 1850 at sea. Discharged 28 February 1850.
Folio 3: John McKie, aged 29, seaman; case number 4; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 1 March 1850 at Spithead. Discharged 3 March1850.
Folio 4: William Harris, aged 17, pensioner; case number 5; disease or hurt, synochus. Put on sick list, 3 March 1850 at Spithead. Discharged 15 March1850 to duty.
Folio 4: William Harris, aged 17, son of pensioner; case number 5; disease or hurt, synochus. Put on sick list, 3 March 1850 at Spithead. Discharged 15 March1850 to duty.
Folio 4: Peter Murphy, aged 7 months, child; case number 6; disease or hurt, phlogosis. Put on sick list, 3 March 1850 at Spithead. Died 6 March1850.
Folio 4: Catharine Barrett, aged 2, child; case number 7; disease or hurt, pertussis. Put on sick list, 5 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 20 March 1850.
Folio 4: Mary Ford, aged 45, pensioner's sister; case number 8; disease or hurt, obstipatio. Put on sick list, 6 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 19 March 1850.
Folio 5: James Hunt, aged 42, pensioner; case number 9; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 8 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 11 March 1850 to duty.
Folio 5: Esan Wetherall, aged 34, pensioner; case number 10; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 12 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 14 March 1850.
Folio 5: James Osborn, aged 24, convict; case number 11; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 12 March 1850 at sea. Discharged [?].
Folio 5: James Swan, aged 52, convict; case number 12; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 15 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 18 March 1850.
Folio 5: Mary Jane Anncar, aged 2, pensioner's child; case number 13; disease or hurt, hydrocephalus. Put on sick list, 22 March 1850. Died 19 April 1850.
Folios 5-6: John Maclean, aged 40, seaman; case number 14; disease or hurt, paralysis. Put on sick list, 23 March 1850. He remained on ship as the Master was ‘desirous of bringing him back to England via India'.
Folio 6: Jane Manning, aged 3; case number 15; disease or hurt, enteritis. Put on sick list, 24 March 1850. Discharged 31 March 1850 cured.
Folio 6: Samuel Brakes, aged 38, convict; case number 16; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 26 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 8 April 1850.
Folio 6: Charles Pye, aged 26, convict; case number 17; disease or hurt, haematernesis. Put on sick list, 29 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 22 April 1850.
Folio 6: Robert Holder, aged 28, convict; case number 18; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 31 March 1850 at sea. Discharged 22 April 1850 cured.
Folio 7: John Watkins, aged 33, pensioner; case number 19; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 2 April 1850 at sea. Discharged 11 April 1850.
Folio 7: John Bastion, aged 21, seaman (of colour); case number 20; disease or hurt, opthalmia. Put on sick list, 8 April 1850 at sea. Discharged 14 April 1850 to duty.
Folio 7: Mary Anne Barrett, aged 9 months; case number 21; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 10 April 1850 at sea. Discharged 21 April 1850 cured.
Folio 7: James Rourke, aged 1; case number 22; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 10 April 1850 at sea. Died 6 May 1850.
Folio 8: Francis Sutton, aged 2, pensioner's daughter; case number 23; disease or hurt, diarrhoea et convulsio. Put on sick list, 12 April 1850 at sea. Died 13 April 1850.
Folio 8: Joseph Newman, aged 2, sapper's child; case number 24; disease or hurt, diarrhoea and eruptions. Put on sick list, 14 April 1850 at sea. Discharged 29 April 1850.
Folio 8: Sarah O'Connor, aged 3; case number 25; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 14 April 1850 at sea. Discharged 28 April 1850.
Folio 8: Robert Magner, aged 30, cuddy steward; case number 26; disease or hurt, febris intermittens (quotidiana). Put on sick list, 19 April 1850 at sea. Discharged 26 April 1850.
Folio 8: John Larcombe, aged 25, convict; case number 27; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 27 April 1850 at sea. Discharged 3 May 1850.
Folio 8: William Watts, aged 50, sergeant; case number 28; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 1 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 5 May 1850 to duty.
Folio 8: Catharine Bagg, aged 31; case number 29; disease or hurt, partus (still born male child). Put on sick list, 4 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 16 May 1850.
Folio 9: Charles Cattell, aged 19, seaman; case number 30; disease or hurt, phlogosis. Put on sick list, 9 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 14 May 1850 to duty.
Folio 9: Frederick Ward, aged 32, prisoner; case number 31; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 14 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 19 May 1850.
Folio 9: John Hay, aged 26, sapper; case number 32; disease or hurt, catarrhus. Put on sick list, 15 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 27 May 1850 to duty.
Folio 9: Joseph Newman, aged 2, sapper's son; case number 33; disease or hurt, phthisis. Put on sick list, 16 May 1850 at sea. Died [?].
Folio 9: James Manning, aged 30, clerk of works; case number 34; disease or hurt, febris. Put on sick list, 22 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 30 May 1850 cured.
Folio 9: Charles Watkins, aged 3 months, pensioner's son; case number 35; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 22 May 1850 at sea. Died 9 June 1850.
Folio 9: Catherine Foot, aged 42, pensioner's wife; case number 36; disease or hurt, partus (delivered of a male child). Put on sick list, 24 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 26 June 1850.
Folio 10: John Horan, aged 30, seaman; case number 37; disease or hurt, phthisis. Put on sick list, 26 May 1850 at sea. Died [?].
Folio 10: William Henderson, aged 60, seaman; case number 38; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 27 May 1850 at sea. Died 18 June 1850.
Folio 10: Francis Best, aged 30, convict; case number 39; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 27 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 4 June 1850.
Folio 10: Samuel Jackson, aged 25, convict; case number 40; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 29 May 1850 at sea. Discharged 3 June 1850.
Folio 10: Thomas Welsby, aged 28, convict; case number 41; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 1 June 1850 at sea. Discharged 10 June 1850.
Folio 10: Samuel Wyllie, aged 30, convict; case number 42; disease or hurt, phlogosis. Put on sick list, 6 June 1850 at Fremantle. Discharged 25 June 1850 to duty.
Folio 11: A nosological synopsis of the sick book kept during the period of the journal.
Folios 12-14: Surgeon's general remarks including general orders for the guidance of the prisoners (folio 14).
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