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Catalogue reference: ADM 101/68/9
This record is about the Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Southworth from 2 December 1831... dating from 1831-1832 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 101/68/9
1831-1832
Medical and surgical journal of the convict ship Southworth from 2 December 1831 to 8 June 1832 by James Jonester, surgeon, during which time the said ship was employed in the embarkation and transport of female convicts from Cove of Cork to Sydney, New South Wales.
Folios 1-2: Mary [Schane?], aged 52, convict; case number 1; disease or hurt, menorrhagia. Put on sick list, 4 February 1832, at Cove of Cork. Discharged 20 February 1832 quite well.
Folios 2-3: Margaret Spur, aged 43, convict; case number 2; disease or hurt, rheumatism. Put on sick list, 9 February 1832, at sea. Discharged 28 March 1832.
Folios 3-4: Anne Byrne, aged 22; case number 3; disease or hurt, erysipelas. Put on sick list, 25 March 1832, at sea. Discharged 1 April 1832 cured.
Folios 4-5: Rachael McGill, aged 60; case number 4; disease or hurt, malaria. Put on sick list, 31 March 1832, at sea. Discharged 16 April 1832 well.
Folios 5-7: Ellenor Toohey, aged 22; case number 5; disease or hurt, enteritis. Put on sick list, 2 April 1832, at sea. Discharged 26 May 1832.
Folios 8-11: Elizabeth Murray, aged 28; case number 6; disease or hurt, diarrhoea and phthisis. Put on sick list, 3 April 1832, at sea. Died 8 June 1832.
Folio 11: a numerical abstract of the medical cases mentioned in the journal.
Folios 12-13: Surgeon's general remarks. Received on board the convict ship Southworth from the penitentiary at Cork on 14 January 1832, 134 female prisoners, varying in age from 13 to 70. Cannot clarify why nearly all the medical supplies were consumed when there were so few illnesses on board.
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