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Letters regarding the introduction of a contagion fever into the Garrison at Ascension...
Catalogue reference: ADM 101/87/4
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This record is about the Letters regarding the introduction of a contagion fever into the Garrison at Ascension... dating from 1823 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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Date (When the record was created)
- 1823
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Letters regarding the introduction of a contagion fever into the Garrison at Ascension from HM Sloop Bann.
Folios 1-4: Letter by John Campbell, Major Commandant, 27 May 1823, Garrison at Ascension.
Folios 5-6: Letter by John Campbell, Major Commandant, 30 May 1823, Garrison at Ascension.
Folios 7-8: Summaries of letters dated 29 April, 7 May, 22 May, 26 May 1823, sent by John Campbell, Major Commandant, 29 April 1823, Garrison at Ascension.
Folios 9-10: Letter by John Thompson, assistant surgeon, of the Garrison at Ascension, 5 August 1823, Island of Ascension.
Folios 11-12: a numerical return of the sick and wounded of HMS Bann employed on the coast of Africa, 22 March-2 June 1823 together with general remarks about some of the medical cases by Alex Stewart, surgeon, HM Sloop Bann, 2 June 1823, Island of Ascension.
Folios 13-18: Despatch (copy) by Alex Stewart, surgeon, HM Sloop Bann, concerning the 'malignant and fatal fever' which has raged on board HMS Bann, 2 June 1823.
Folio 19: a numerical return of the sick and wounded of HMS Driver between 1 May-17 June 1823 together with general remarks about some of the medical cases by Andrew Sinclair, assistant surgeon, HMS Driver, 20 June 1823, Cape Coast Roads.
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