Medical and surgical journal of the Larkins convict ship for 17 May to 27 October...

Medical and surgical journal of the Larkins convict ship for 17 May to 27 October 1831 by William Evans, surgeon, during which time the ship was employed in transporting convicts from England to Van Dieman's Land.

Folios 1-2: Aaron Davies, aged 21; sick or hurt, opthalmia; put on sick list 15 June 1831, discharged 30 June 1831 cured.

Folios 3-4: James Cannon, aged 24; sick or hurt, febris intermittent; put on sick list 16 June 1831, discharged 3 July 1831 cured.

Folios 4-6: Thomas Johnson, aged 28; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list 28 June 1831, discharged 15 July 1831 cured.

Folio 6: George Gutteridge, private 4th Regiment; sick or hurt, cynanche tonsillaris ; put on sick list 3 July 1831, discharged 14 July 1831 cured.

Folios 7-8: Bernard Quinn, aged 21, private 4th Regiment; sick or hurt, rheumatismus; put on sick list 12 July 1831, discharged 4 August 1831 cured.

Folios 8-9: Edward Hossop, aged 22, private 4th Regiment; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 16 July 1831, discharged 28 July 1831 cured.

Folios 9-10: Benjamin Moore, aged 22, private 4th Regiment; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 20 July 1831, discharged 5 August 1831 to duty.

Folios 10-12: Joseph Eades, aged 33, convict; sick or hurt, hepatitis; put on sick list 26 July 1831, discharged 15 August 1831 cured.

Folios 12-13: Thomas Cunningham, aged 17, convict; sick or hurt, [struma?]; put on sick list, 28 July 1831; discharged 9 September 1831 cured.

Folios 14-15: Benjamin Kidsly, aged 36, private 4th Regiment; sick or hurt, concussion as a result of falling down the after hatchway; put on sick list, 8 August 1831; discharged 20 August 1831 cured.

Folios 15-17: Alexander Rennie, aged 21, convict; sick or hurt, paralysis; put on sick list, 9 August 1831; discharged 2 September 1831 cured.

Folios 17-18: Owen Davis, aged 23, convict; sick or hurt, dysenteria; put on sick list, 18 August 1831; discharged 10 September 1831 cured.

Folio 19: John Carter, aged 20, private, 4th Regiment; sick or hurt, fractura; put on sick list, 1 September 1831; discharged 5 October 1831 cured.

Folio 19; Aaron Davies, aged 21, convict; sick or hurt, scorbutus; put on sick list, 15 September 1831; landed as a convalescent at Hobart Town.

Folio 20: Joseph Eades, aged 33, convict; sick or hurt, dysenterica scorbutica; put on sick list, 21 September 1831; By 29 September 1831 had made an astonishing improvement.

Folio 21: Samuel Fiddler, aged 45, convict; sick or hurt, dysenterica scorbutica; put on sick list, 16 September 1831; 13 October 1831 conveyed to the General Hospital in Hobart Town.

Folio 21: Richard Hancocks, aged 20, convict; sick or hurt, dysenterica scorbutica; put on sick list, 20 September 1831.

Folio 22: Robert Gibson, aged 21, convict; sick or hurt, dysenterica scorbutica; put on sick list, 26 September 1831.

Folios 22-24: Surgeon's general remarks about the nature and treatment of the 53 scorbutic cases on board.

• (Folio 23) Thomas Rogers; John Riley; George Banks; Daniel Seaton; James King; James Groves; Samuel Bennett; Charles Mouncey; Charles Cresswell; Aaron Davies; Samuel Fiddler; William Aungier; Thomas Hodgkins; James Lennon; James Holt; David Morgan; John Bell; Thomas Chaplin; Jeremiah Sullivan; Joseph Eades; John Lewin; William Nunn; Richard Hancocks; Thomas Jones; James Cannon; Robert Gibson; Robert Rogers;
• (folio 24) John Farrell; Benjamin Cutts; Thomas Lancaster; Robert Hutton; Duncan McGilviay; James Golding; Edward Abbott; Francis Ansell; Thomas Earnshaw; George Hopwood; William Rowley; George Ansell; Cornelius Cain; Thomas Peregrine; William Simpson; Thomas Mawdesly; James Sykes; John Walker; William Gambier; Thomas Harmston; Thomas Watts; Frederick Smith; James Goodson; William Riding; William Sanders.

Folios 25-27: An abstract of the voyage providing details of the winds, weather, latitude and longtitude, barometer, thermometer, state of health on board at different periods during the passage and distance travelled per day (in miles). Saturday 18 June sailed from the Downs for Hobart Town, Van Dieman's Land, worked down the Channel against Westerly and South Westerly Winds, and took our final departure from Ushant on 28 June 1831.

Folio 27: A numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.

Folios 28-31: Surgeon's general remarks. Surgeon joined the Larkins male convict ship at Deptford on 17 May 1831. On 26 May, the guard embarked consisting of Captain Williams, Lieutenant Espinasse, Ensign Fortescue and Assistant Surgeon Parry, fourty nine rank and file, six women and four children belonfing to the 4th Regiment of Foot. On 1st June the ship was towed down to Woolwich by the Queen of the Netherlands and Columbine Steam vessels and lashed alongside the Monmouthshire Hulk; reported her arrival to Commodore Warren and went out and inspected the convicts in the Justitia Hulk, preparatory to their embarkation. On 2 June at 2pm received 100 convicts from the Justitia. 3 June at 4am cast off from the Sheer hulk and were towed down to Gravesend by the Columbine steam vessel. At 8pm came to an anchor at the Lower Hope. 4 June 1831 at 6am weighed and worked down the River and anchored at 7pm off Sheerness dockyard. 6 June, at 9am inspected the convicts individually on board the Retribution hulk preparatory to their embarkation. At 11 received 50 on board from the said hulk. At noon received 30 convict boys from the Euryalus Hulk, Chatham. 7 june, received on board 100 convicts from the Cumberland Hulk, Chatham. A total of 280 convicts. We were visited this day by Sir William Burnett, the naval medical commissioner who inspected the prison. [A list of the Surgeon's personal rules and regulations to be followed on board the ship can be found on folio 29]. Received Duncan McKellar from the Retribution hulk in exchange of George Henry Jones. (Folio 30) 15 June, Charles Love attempted to escape

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