Medical and surgical journal of HM male hired convict ship Elizabeth from 3 September...

Medical and surgical journal of HM male hired convict ship Elizabeth from 3 September 1831 to 20 February 1832 by William Martin, surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in fitting out and afterwards receiving on board and transporting 220 male convicts from England to Hobart Town in Van Diemen's Land.

Folios 1-2: John Skillen, aged 29, Sergeant, 4th Regiment of Foot; case number 1; disease or hurt, febris intermittens. Put on sick list, 1 October 1831 at Sheerness. Discharged 13 October 1831 to duty.

Folios 2-3: Thomas Trainer, aged 27, convict; case number 2; disease or hurt, febris synocha. Put on sick list, 19 October 1831 in the English Channel. Discharged 28 November 1831 cured.

Folio 4: David Kidley, aged 31, convict; case number 3; disease or hurt, apoplexia. Put on sick list, 19 October 1831 in the English Channel. Discharged 28 November 1831 cured.

Folio 5: William Stevenson, aged 25, convict; case number 4; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 1 November 1831 in the English Channel. Discharged 2 December 1831 cured.

Folio 6: William Day, aged 24, convict; case number 5; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 6 November 1831 in the Bay of Biscay. Discharged 28 November 1831 cured.

Folio 7: a numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 8-9: Surgeon's general remarks. The Guard consisting of 2 officers and 39 non-commissioned officers and privates with four women and the same number of children was embarked at Deptford on the 13th and 19th September [1832]. On the 21st and 23rd [September 1832] at Woolwich, we received on board 100 male convicts and 120 more at Sheerness from the hulks there and at Chatham, thus completing the number for which we were fitted, viz 220 inclusive of 20 boys. On the 7th October [1832] we left Sheerness and passed through the Downs on the following day, but in consequence of the strong westerly breezes, which obliged us to put into the MotherBank for four days we did not get clear of the Channel till the beginning of November [1832].

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Australia and Pacific

Children

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