Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's convict ship Mermaid for 16 December...

ADM 101/252/1B

1850-1851

Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's convict ship Mermaid for 16 December 1850 to 21 May 1851 by Alexander Kilroy, Surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage from England to Western Australia.

[Note: ADM 101/252, 1A-1G are produced as a single document: order as ADM 101/252].

Folio 1: Front Cover of sick book.

Folios 2-4: Copy of daily sick book.

Folio 5: Susan Maher, aged 4, child of pensioner guard; case number 1; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 25 December 1850 at Spithead. Discharged 27 December 1850 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 5: Dennis Maher, aged 4, child of pensioner guard; case number 2; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 25 December 1850 at Spithead. Discharged 27 December 1850 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 6: Thomas Smith, aged 19, convict; case number 3; disease or hurt, pleuritis. Put on sick list, 1 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 13 January 1851.

Folio 6: Arthur Eggar, aged 35, corporal of pensioners; case number 4; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 2 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 10 February 1851.

Folio 7: Mary Fahey, aged 7, child of guard; case number 5; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 6 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 6 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 7: Anne Fahey, aged 5, child of guard; case number 6; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 6 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 6 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 7: Kate Fahey, aged 3, child of guard; case number 7; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 6 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 6 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 7: George Javan, aged 21, convict; case number 8; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 7 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 1 February 1851.

Folio 8: James Rooney, aged 5, child of guard; case number 9; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 7 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 7 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 8: Anne Rooney, aged 3, child of guard; case number 10; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 7 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 7 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 8: James McIntyre, aged 10, child of guard; case number 11; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 10 January 1851 at sea. Discharged 17 January 1851.

Folio 8: Margaret Keoghan, aged 20, child of guard; case number 12; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 11 January 1851 at sea. Discharged 26 January 1851.

Folio 9: Edmund Wilder, aged 28, convict; case number 13; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 12 January 1851 at sea. Discharged 17 January 1851.

Folio 9: Jane Keoghan, aged 6, child of guard; case number 14; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 21 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 28 January 1851.

Folio 10: George Digby, aged 24, convict; case number 15; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 9 February 1851.

Folio 10: Walter Thompson, aged 18, convict; case number 16; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 22 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 4 February 1851.

Folio 11: James Harris, aged 30, convict; case number 17; disease or hurt, nephritis. Put on sick list, 25 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 12 February 1851.

Folio 12: Patrick Burns, aged 35, pensioner; case number 18; disease or hurt, erysipelas. Put on sick list, 2 February 1851 at sea. Discharged 22 February 1851.

Folio 13: Arthur Eggar, aged 35, corporal of pensioner guard; case number 19; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 16 February 1851. Discharged 16 May 1851 to hospital at Perth, Western Australia.

Folio 14: Fred Stone, aged 36, pensioner of the guard; case number 20; disease or hurt, hepatitis. Put on sick list, 27 February 1851 at sea. Discharged 16 May 1851 to hospital at Perth, Western Australia.

Folio 15: John McCormick, aged 2, child of pensioner; case number 20; disease or hurt, tabes with diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 3 March 1851 at sea. Died 5 April 1851.

Folio 15: Anne Miller, aged 28, wife of pensioner guard; case number 21; disease or hurt, phlegmosia doleus. Put on sick list, 15 March 1851 at sea. Discharged 9 April 1851.

Folio 16: Samuel Heathfield, aged 53, convict; case number 22; disease or hurt, atrophia. Put on sick list, 22 March 1851 at sea. Died 15 April 1851.

Folio 16: Mary Connor, aged 32, wife of pensioner; case number 23; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 23 March 1851 at sea. Discharged 15 April 1851.

Folio 17: Blank.

Folio 18: A nosological synopsis of the sock book kept during the period of the journal.

Folios 19-21: Surgeon's general remarks.

Public Record(s)

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Topics

Shipping

Australia and Pacific

Disease

Navy

Armed Forces (General Administration)