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ADM 101/53/2
1830
Medical journal of the Mellish, convict ship from 4 May to 27 September 1830 by John Love, surgeon and superintendent, during which time the ship was employed on a voyage to Van Dieman's Land.
Folios 1-10: case no 1, Ann Thomas, aged 26, prisoner; taken ill at Woolwich; sick or hurt, phthisis; put on sick list 20 May 1830, died 29 July 1830, [post mortem reported on folios 9-10].
Folios 10-14: case no 2, Ann Saunders or Fraser, aged 37, prisoner; taken ill at Spithead; sick or hurt, constitutional infirmity; put on sick list 5 June 1830, died 11 September 1830 at 2 am.
Folios 14-16: case no 3, Mary Ann Wilson, aged 18, free girl; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list 23 June 1830, discharged 12 July 1830 cured.
Folios 16-18: case no 4, Mary Hobbs, aged 17, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, rheumatismus; put on sick list 23 June 1830, discharged 23 July 1830 cured.
Folios 18-20: case no 5, Mary Reordan, aged 18, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, obstipation; put on sick list 18 June 1830, sent 24 September 1830 to hospital.
Folio 21: case no 6, Sarah Ashridge, aged 24; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 23 August 1830, discharged 10 September 1830 cured.
Folios 22-23: case no 7, Jean Anderson, aged 21, prisoner; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, caries, has been affected with pain and discharge from the left ear for the last three years, which she can assign no obvious cause, there is generally fixed and deep seated pain with fetid discharge; put on sick list 8 September 1830, died 11 September 1830 at 2 am.
Folio 23: numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged.
Folios 24-26: Surgeon's general remarks, agreeable to the 35th article of surgeon's instruction. The number of women and children embarked on board the Mellish female convict ship for passage to the Van Dieman's Land as follows:- 7th May 1830 from Perth, 1; 10th May from, penitentiary, 1; 10th May from, Dumfries, 2 12th May from, Aberdeen, 3 with 3 children; 12th May from, Ayer [Ayr], Stone-Haven [Stonehaven], Greenorand, Paisley, 5; 17th May from, Dumberton, 1; 17th May from, Edinburgh, 27 with 2 children; 17th May from, Glasgow, 12 with 2 children 17th and 18th May from, Newgate, 65 with 9 children; 21st May from, Inverness, 1 Between 11th and 20th from different parts of England, 14 with 45 children and free women. Total women 132 with 61 children. Of those who died Ann Thomas [case no 1] had been suffering from pectoral affection while in the Newgate, Ann Saunders (or Fraser) case no 2 although only 37 years of age was impaired and broken down in constitution, there was no particular disease but a constant vomiting especially when there was the last motion appeared the most distressing. Jean Anderson (case no 7) who died of caries of the bones of the head and ear was of a healthy appearance and nothing was known of her complaint. Of the last two cases no examination took place owing to the stormy state of the weather.
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