Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's hired convict ship Elizabeth and Henry...

ADM 101/24/7

1846-1847

Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's hired convict ship Elizabeth and Henry for 9 September 1846 to 8 January 1847 by H Morris, Surgeon and Superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in the transportation of prisoners to Van Dieman's Land.

Folio 1: Copy of the sick list (names and details follow): Folio 1: Charlotte Ellis, aged 20, convict; disease or hurt, ulcers. Put on sick list, 20 September 1846. Discharged 10 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Elizabeth Blackenbury, aged 27, convict; disease or hurt, eruptions. Put on sick list, 25 September 1846. Discharged 19 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Louisa Bableith, aged 23, convict; disease or hurt, ulcers. Put on sick list, 26 September 1846. Discharged 5 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Isabella Burt, aged 6 weeks, child of convict; disease or hurt, tabes. Put on sick list, 27 September 1846. Died 2 October 1846. Folio 1: Sarah Dufton, aged 20, convict; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 11 October 1846. Discharged 20 October 1846 cured. Folio 1: Ann Jackson, aged 41, convict; disease or hurt, ulcers. Put on sick list, 19 October 1846. Discharged 16 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Jane Wilson, aged 3, child of convict; disease or hurt, opthalmia. Put on sick list, 21 October 1846. Discharged 4 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Henry Cornwall, aged 1, child of convict; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 October 1846. Discharged 7 January 1847 cured. Folio 1: Mary A Cranston, aged 16, convict; disease or hurt, sore throat. Put on sick list, 23 October 1846. Discharged 30 October 1846 cured. Folio 1: Elizabeth Brown, aged 2, child of convict; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 25 October 1846. Discharged 8 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Jacobina Wighton, aged 33, convict; disease or hurt, debility. Put on sick list, 30 October 1846. Discharged 20 December 1846 cured. Folio 1: Catherine Dunn, aged 8, child of convict; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 1 November 1846. Discharged 8 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Eliza Russell, aged 28, convict; disease or hurt, sore throat. Put on sick list, 8 November 1846. Discharged 20 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Emma Lewis, aged 23, convict; disease or hurt, chron hepatitis. Put on sick list, 12 November 1846. Discharged 22 December 1846 cured. Folio 1: Jane Johnstone, aged 18, convict; disease or hurt, incp phthysis. Put on sick list, 17 November 1846. Discharged 29 December 1846 relieved. Folio 1: Ann Rugg, aged 36, convict; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 25 November 1846. Discharged 30 November 1846 cured. Folio 1: Eliza Russell, aged 28, convict; disease or hurt, sore throat. Put on sick list, 26 November 1846. Discharged 10 December 1846 cured. Folio 1: Mathew Bradley, aged 4, child of convict; disease or hurt, opthalmia. Put on sick list, 29 November 1846. Discharged 12 December 1846 cured. Folio 1: Mary Lane, aged 30, convict; disease or hurt, parturition. Put on sick list, 1 December 1846. Discharged 1 January 1847 recovered. Folio 1: Charlotte Jones, aged 19, convict; disease or hurt, sore throat. Put on sick list, 4 December 1846. Discharged 20 December 1846 cured. Folio 1: Susanna King, aged 30, convict; disease or hurt, parturition. Put on sick list, 6 December 1846. Discharged 6 January 1847 recovered. Folio 1: Mary Ann Dunne, aged 5, child of convict; disease or hurt, opthalmia. Put on sick list, 8 December 1846. Discharged 27 December 1846 cured. Folio 1: Ann Mood, aged 45, convict; disease or hurt, dyspepsia. Put on sick list, 12 December 1846. Discharged 22 December 1846 relieved. Folio 1: M A Griffiths, aged 15, convict; disease or hurt, ulcer on cornea. Put on sick list, 13 December 1846. Discharged 2 January 1847 cured. Folio 1: Emma Kean, aged 24, convict; disease or hurt, sore throat. Put on sick list, 18 December 1846. Discharged 5 January 1847 cured. Folio 1: Unity Rafferty, aged 35, convict; disease or hurt, ptyalism. Put on sick list, 20 December 1846. Discharged 7 January 1847 relieved. Folio 1: M A Rafferty, aged 5, child convict; disease or hurt, opthalmia. Put on sick list, 26 December 1846. Discharged 7 January 1847 relieved. Folio 1: Two children were born during the voyage one of whom died within 24 hours of its birth and the other within a fortnight.

Folios 2-4: Charlotte Ellis, aged 20, convict; case number 1; disease or hurt, venereal ulcers. Put on sick list, 20 September 1846. Discharged 10 November 1846 cured.

Folios 4-5: Isabella Burt, aged 6 weeks, child of convict; case number 2; disease or hurt, marasmus. Put on sick list, 27 September 1846. Died 2 October 1846.

Folios 5-7: Henry Cornwall, aged 1; case number 3; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 October 1846. Discharged 7 January 1847 cured.

Folios 7-9: Mary Lane, aged 30; case number 4; disease or hurt, parturition (infant died). Put on sick list, 30 December 1846. Discharged 1 January 1847.

Folios 9-10: Susanna King, aged 30; case number 5; disease or hurt, parturition (infant died 24 hours after its birth). Put on sick list, 6 December 1846. Discharged 6 January 1847.

Folio 10: A nosological synopsis of the sick book kept during the period of the journal.

Folio 11: Surgeon's general remarks. 169 female prisoners and 25 of their children were the total number received on board this ship for a passage to Van Dieman's Land, but as one of the children died during the voyage, only 169 convicts and 24 children were delivered up to the authorities at Hobart Town, all these were in good health on being transferred to their respective asylums.

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