Medical journal of the female convict ship Garland Grove for 26 April to 18 October...

ADM 101/29/1

1841

Medical journal of the female convict ship Garland Grove for 26 April to 18 October 1841 by Robert Dobie, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the ship was employed in conveying prisoners to Hobart Town.

Folios 1-2: copy of the sick book [names and details follow]:

Folio 1: Charlotte Owen, aged 39; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list, 28 May 1841; discharged 30 May 1841. Folio 1: Harriet Veale, aged 26; sick or hurt, dysuria; put on sick list, 28 May 1841; discharged 1 June 1841. Folio 1: Mary Diggles, aged 24; sick or hurt, abscess; put on sick list, 28 May 1841; discharged 17 October 1841 to hospital. Folio 1: Mart [Margaret?] Horton, aged 19; sick or hurt, obstipatio; put on sick list, 28 May 1841; discharged 17 October 1841 to hospital. Folio 1: Alice Powell, aged 18; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 28 May 1841; discharged 30 May 1841. Folio 1: Catherine Cosgrove, aged 23; sick or hurt, bronchitis; put on sick list, 28 May 1841; discharged 3 June 1841. Folio 1: Catherine Anderson, aged 30; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 28 May 1841; discharged 1 June 1841. Folio 1: Catherine Rigby, aged 21; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 29 May 1841; discharged 1 June 1841. Folio 1: Ann Washington, aged 35; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 29 May 1841; discharged 2 June 1841. Folio 1: Catherine Saxilby, aged 18; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 29 May 1841; discharged 3 June 1841. Folio 1: Mary Brown, aged 28; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 29 May 1841; discharged 3 June 1841. Folio 1: Rose McNelly, aged 18; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 4 June 1841; discharged 8 June 1841. Folio 1: Ag [Agnes?] Watson, aged 24; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 4 June 1841; discharged 9 June 1841. Folio 1: Sara Clarke, aged 43; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 5 June 1841; discharged 6 June 1841. Folio 1: Mary A Hull, aged 42; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 5 June 1841; discharged 9 June 1841. Folio 1: Ann McDonald, aged 24; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 5 June 1841; discharged 9 June 1841. Folio 1: Mary Fairhurst, aged 26; sick or hurt, porigo furfur; put on sick list, 16 June 1841; discharged 28 June 1841. Folio 1: Mary Wood, aged 12; sick or hurt, psora; put on sick list, 16 June 1841; discharged 22 June 1841. Folio 1: Mary A Carins, aged 22; sick or hurt, cynanche; put on sick list, 1 July 1841; discharged 4 July 1841. Folio 1: Mary Clements, aged 20; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list, 9 July 1841; discharged 12 August 1841.

Folio 2: Maria Campbell, aged 27; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 11 July 1841; discharged 16 October 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Squires, aged 37; sick or hurt, menorrhagia; put on sick list, 17 July 1841; discharged 22 July 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Jackson, aged 26; sick or hurt, amenorrhoea; put on sick list, 6 August 1841; discharged 14 August 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Nutkins, aged 26; sick or hurt, hemorrhois; put on sick list, 7 August 1841; discharged 22 September 1841. Folio 2: Ellen Wallace, aged 24; sick or hurt, rheumatism; put on sick list, 7 August 1841; discharged 13 September 1841. Folio 2: Catherine Saxrby, aged 19; sick or hurt, partus filio; put on sick list, 22 August 1841; discharged 17 September 1841. Folio 2: Sus [Susan?] Edwards, aged 36; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 30 August 1841; discharged 2 September 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Squires, aged 37; sick or hurt, menorrhagia; put on sick list, 31 August 1841; discharged 20 September 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Nutkins, aged 25; sick or hurt, partus filio; put on sick list, 9 September 1841; discharged 29 September 1841. Folio 2: Rosa Wardle, aged 26; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 9 September 1841; discharged 30 September 1841. Folio 2: Mary Clements, aged 22; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 9 September 1841; discharged 12 September 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Shoulls, aged 30; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 16 September 1841; discharged 20 September 1841. Folio 2: Eleanor Reid, aged 25; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 16 September 1841; discharged 20 September 1841. Folio 2: Honora Hayes, aged 34; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 16 September 1841; discharged 20 September 1841. Folio 2: Dinah Jones, aged 21; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 16 September 1841; discharged 20 September 1841. Folio 2: Mary A Goodwin, aged 30; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list, 24 September 1841; discharged 8 October 1841. Folio 2: Dinah Jones, aged 21; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list, 24 September 1841; died 28 September 1841. Folio 2: Mary A Young, aged 18; sick or hurt, amenorrhoea; put on sick list, 30 September 1841; discharged 6 October 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Nutkins, aged 25; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 30 September 1841; discharged 7 October 1841. Folio 2: Elizabeth Elphinstone, aged 20; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 1 October 1841; discharged 7 October 1841. Folio 2: Mary A Smith, aged 27; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 1 October 1841; discharged 7 October 1841. Folio 2: Ruth Banks, aged 19; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 2 October 1841; discharged 7 October 1841. Folio 2: Ann Lines, aged 23; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 3 October 1841; discharged 10 October 1841. Folio 2: Ann Green, aged 25; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 3 October 1841; discharged 8 October 1841. Folio 2: Ag [Agnes?] McGregor, aged 19; sick or hurt, catarrh; put on sick list, 4 October 1841; discharged 8 October 1841. Folio 2: Christiana Thompson, aged 19; sick or hurt, cynanche; put on sick list, 6 October 1841; discharged 8 October 1841. Folio 2: Jane Willis, aged 29; sick or hurt, part filia; put on sick, list 11 October 1841; discharged 17 October 1841 to hospital.

Folios 3-6, 9, 11, 13: Mary Diggles, aged 24, convict; case number 1; sick or hurt, phlegmon; put on sick list, 28 March 1841 at Woolwich. Discharged into the Prison hospital at Hobart Town.

Folios 3-4: Catherine Anderson, aged 30, convict; case number 2; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 28 March 1841 at Woolwich. Discharged 1 June 1841.

Folios 6-8: Mary Clements, aged 20, convict; case number 3; sick or hurt, dysentery; put on sick list, 8 June 1841 at sea. Discharged 12 August 1841 cured.

Folio 9: Catherine Saxerby, aged 19, convict; case number 4; sick or hurt, partus filio; put on sick list, 22 August 1841 at sea. Discharged 12 August 1841 cured.

Folios 9-10: Dinah Jones, aged 21, convict; case number 5; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 10 September 1841 at sea. Discharged 20 September 1841 cured.

Folios 11-12: Dinah Jones, aged 21, convict; case number 6; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list, 25 September 1841 at sea. Died 28 September 1841.

Folios 12-13: Ann Lines, aged 23, convict; case number 7; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list, 3 October 1841 at sea. Discharged 10 October 1841.

Folios 14-24: Blank. Folio 25: A nosological synopsis of the sick book kept during the period of this journal, in conformity with the 30th article of the Surgeons instructions.

Folios 26-27: Surgeon's general remarks. The case of death from dysentery was a young Welch female (see Dinah Jones, case numbers 5 and 6 above) who was transported for life for child murder. She had been under solitary confinement in the penitentiary for some time and finding the constitution giving way under it they sent her and another under similar crimes out of the country.

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