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Catalogue reference: ADM 101

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ADM 101

A selection of journals returned to the bodies responsible for superintending naval medical services by the surgeons of HM ships, some hospitals, naval brigades and shore parties. There are also journals from convict ships and emigrant ships, for...

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ADM 101

Title
Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and predecessors: Medical Journals
Date

1785-1963

Description

A selection of journals returned to the bodies responsible for superintending naval medical services by the surgeons of HM ships, some hospitals, naval brigades and shore parties. There are also journals from convict ships and emigrant ships, for which naval surgeons were provided. The journals contain an account of the treatment of medical and surgical cases, and usually a copy of the daily sick list, statistical abstracts of the incidence of diseases, and general comments on the health and activities of the ship's company.

Selected records within this series are available to download as digital microfilm.

Note

Catalogue descriptions for this series were enhanced as part of a project financed by the Wellcome Trust Research Resources in Medical History Programme, 2008-2010.

Related material

Journals from convict ships are continued in MT 32

Some of the 20th Century journals that were not selected for preservation in the National Archives are now held by the Admiralty Library, Naval Historical Branch, 24 Store, PP 20, Main Road, HM Naval Base, Portsmouth PO1 3LU. However, almost all 20th Century journals remain closed to public access, in compliance with data protection legislation.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Legal status

Public Record(s)

Language

English

Physical description

804 bundles and volumes

Access conditions

Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated

Subjects
Topics
Navy
Armed Forces (General Administration)
Unpublished finding aids
Index to ADM 101/128-293 at The National Archives, Kew.
Administrative / biographical background

Fleet Temporary Memorandum 215 of 1990 terminated the requirement for ships' medical officers to compile journals.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1810/

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