Catalogue description Folio 1: case no 1, Christopher McKeown, aged 40, private; taken ill at Deptford; sick...

Folio 1: case no 1, Christopher McKeown, aged 40, private; taken ill at Deptford; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 19 August 1835, he was exchanged for private Josiah Bosworth on 21 August 1835.

Folio 2: case no 5, Robert Watson, aged 29, convict; taken ill off Sheerness; sick or hurt, ulcers; put on sick list 22 August 1835, landed 16 December 1835 at Hobart Town.

Folio 2: case no 6, George Crumb, aged 30, convict; taken ill off Sheerness; sick or hurt, ulcers, he was an African black and can speak very little English, on inspecting him found that he had a very badly ulcerated leg and considering him unfit for voyage, I [George Birnie, surgeon] represented his case to Mr Capper who ordered him to be delivered to a prison from the Fortitude hulk at Chatham; put on sick list 26 August 1835, sent 26 August 1835 to Fortitude hulk at Chatham.

Folio 2: case no 8, James Mapps, aged 60, convict; taken ill off Sheerness; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 24 August 1835, discharged 31 August 1835 cured.

Folio 3: case no 11, John Wagstaff, aged 27, convict; taken ill off Sheerness; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 25 August 1835, discharged 4 September 1835 cured.

Folio 3: case no 12, Henry Belfield, aged 13, convict; taken ill off Sheerness; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 26 August 1835, discharged 31 August 1835 cured.

Folio 4: case no 14, Sydney Smith, aged 18, convict; taken ill off Sheerness; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 27 August 1835, discharged 6 September 1835 cured.

Folios 4-5: case no 15, Thomas Jones, aged 20, convict; taken ill off Sheerness; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list 27 August 1835, discharged 12 September 1835 cured.

Folio 5: case no 17, David Canningham, aged 18, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list 31 August 1835, discharged 7 September 1835 cured.

Folio 6: case no 20, William Jones, aged 26, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 6 September 1835, discharged 20 September 1835 cured.

Folio 6: case no 25, James Taylor, aged 20, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 12 September 1835, discharged 15 September 1835 cured.

Folios 7-12: case no 26, David Phillips, aged 40, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 13 September 1835, sent 11 December 1835 to hospital at Hobart Town.

Folios 12-13: case no 30, Bernard Hand, aged 17, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, febris; put on sick list 15 September 1835, discharged 13 October 1835 cured.

Folios 14-15: case no 31, Edward Atkinson, aged 22, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 16 September 1835, discharged 13 October 1835 cured.

Folios 15-16: case no 36, George Woodgate, aged 17, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list 25 September 1835, discharged 1 November 1835 cured.

Folio 16: case no 53, Henry Belfield, aged 13, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, dysuria calculosa, complains of difficulty of making water; put on sick list 9 October 1835, discharged 26 October 1835 cured.

Folios 17-18: case no 54, Samuel Holmes, aged 14, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list 10 October 1835, sent 11 December 1835 to hospital at Hobart Town.

Folio 19: case no 56, James Mapps, aged 60, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 13 October 1835, died 24 October 1835 at 8.30 pm.

Folio 20: case no 68, James Harvey, aged 28, private; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 6 November 1835, discharged 20 November 1835 to duty.

Folio 20: case no 72, James Mantle, aged 25, private; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 14 November 1835, discharged 1 December 1835 to duty.

Folio 21: case no 75, William Cooper, aged 21, private; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 17 November 1835, discharged 1 December 1835 to duty.

Folios 21-22: case no 76, Henry Rawlings, aged 21, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, enteritis; put on sick list 20 November 1835, died 29 November 1835 at 3.30 am.

Folio 22: case no 77, Edward Dodds, aged 38, convict; taken ill at sea; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 21 November 1835, discharged 29 November 1835.

Folio 23: numerical abstract of cases mentioned in the journal, nosologically arranged.

Folios 24-27: copy of the daily sick list for the convict ship Layton for 17 August to16 December 1835, [names and details follow]:

• Folio 25: Christopher McKeown, aged 40, soldier; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 19 August 1835, exchanged at Sheerness on 21 August 1835 for another soldier.
• Folio 25: Henry Currie, aged 49, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 22 August 1835, discharged 26 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: William Gamblin, aged 22, convict; sick or hurt, ophthalmia; put on sick list 22 August 1835, discharged 30 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: Richard Guy, aged 30, sergeant; sick or hurt, catarrhus; put on sick list 22 August 1835, discharged 4 September 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: Robert Watson, aged [29], convict; sick or hurt, ulcers; put on sick list 22 August 1835, discharged 16 December 1835 landed at Hobart Town.
• Folio 25: George Crumb, aged [30], convict; sick or hurt, ulcer; put on sick list 20 August 1835, sent 26 August 1835 to Fortitude hulk at Chatham.
• Folio 25: Thomas Bostock, aged 24, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 24 August 1835, discharged 30 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: James Mapps, aged 60, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 24 August 1835, discharged 31 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: Frederick Ash, aged [?], convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 24 August 1835, discharged 29 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: James Wood, aged [?], convict; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 24 August 1835, discharged 30 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: George Storey, aged [?], convict; sick or hurt, necrosis; put on sick list 24 August 1835, discharged 16 December 1835 landed at Hobart Town.
• Folio 25: John Wagstaff, aged 27, convict; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 25 August 1835, discharged 4 September 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: Henry Belfield, aged 13, convict; sick or hurt, fever; put on sick list 26 August 1835, discharged 31 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: Joseph Yardley, aged 27, convict; sick or hurt, diarrhoea; put on sick list 27 August 1835, discharged 31 August 1835 cured.
• Folio 25: Sydney Smith, aged 18, convict; sick or hurt, pneumonia; put on sick list 27 August 1835, discharged 6 September 1835 cured.