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Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department...
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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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- ADM 101
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Title (The name of the record)
- Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and predecessors: Medical Journals
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1785-1963
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
- 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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 804 bundles and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Subject to 30 year closure unless otherwise stated
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Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
- Index to ADM 101/128-293 at The National Archives, Kew.
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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Fleet Temporary Memorandum 215 of 1990 terminated the requirement for ships' medical officers to compile journals.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C1810/
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Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and predecessors: Medical Journals
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