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This record is about the Medical and surgical journal of the Mellish convict ship for 7 October 1828 to 28... dating from 1828-1829 in the series Admiralty and predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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ADM 101/53/1
1828-1829
Medical and surgical journal of the Mellish convict ship for 7 October 1828 to 28 April 1829 by Joseph Cook, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the said ship was employed in a voyage to New South Wales.
Folios 1-2: Ralph Richardson, aged 13, convict; case number 1; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 6 November 1828 at Sheerness. Discharged 11 November 1828 to the hospital convict hulk at Sheerness.
Folio 3: William Bowen, aged 30, convict; case number 2; disease or hurt, intermittent fever. Put on sick list, 10 November 1823 at Sheerness. Discharged 30 November 1828 cured.
Folios 4-5: W Langton, aged 30, corporal of 63rd Regiment; case number 3; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 10 November 1828 at Sheerness. Discharged 1 December 1828 to duty.
Folios 5-9: William Phibbs, aged 24, convict; case number 4; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 22 November 1828 at Mother Bank. Discharged 20 December 1828 cured.
Folios 9-10: George Dent, aged 28, seaman; case number 5; disease or hurt, pneumonia. Put on sick list, 28 November 1828 at Mother Bank. Discharged 6 December 1828 to duty.
Folios 10-11: John McLennon, aged 18, convict; case number 6; disease or hurt, concussion cerebri as a result of falling down the main-hatchway. Put on sick list, 5 December 1828 at sea. Discharged 20 December 1828 cured.
Folios 12-13: James Powel, aged 19, convict; case number 7; disease or hurt, cynanche tonsil. Put on sick list, 6 January 1829 at sea. Discharged 20 January 1829 cured.
Folios 13-15: George Watkins, aged 18, convict; case number 8; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 18 February 1829 at sea. Discharged 7 March 1829 cured.
Folios 16-17: James Whiteside, aged 18, convict; case number 9; disease or hurt, catarrh. Put on sick list, 28 February 1829 at sea. Discharged 14 March 1829 cured.
Folios 18-19: Michael McKew, aged 31, convict; case number 10; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 4 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 25 April 1829 cured.
Folios 20-21: William Jones, aged 24, convict; case number 11; disease or hurt, hepatitis. Put on sick list, 5 April 1829 at sea. Discharged 25 April 1829 cured.
Folio 22: A numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.
Folios 23-25: Surgeon's general remarks. The Guard and the convicts were embarked on the River Thames, the former consisting of 30 men and the latter 170 in the latter end of October and the first week of November [1828]. On the 2 January [1829] proceeded on the voyage from Falmouth and on the 10th anchored at Teneriffe. General remarks about weather conditions, the health of the convicts and the voyage are also recorded.
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