Catalogue description Folio 24: case no. 55, Cornelius Elliott, aged 38, Quarter Master; sick or hurt, morbus...

Folio 24: case no. 55, Cornelius Elliott, aged 38, Quarter Master; sick or hurt, morbus cordis; put on sick list 27 September 1863 at Yokohama, invalided 14 November 1863, sent 19 November 1863 on board the Centaur for England.

Folio 24: case no. 56, John Sharkey, aged 40, Leading Stoker; sick or hurt, varix, was continually on sick list since May 1862 for, pleurodynia, diarrhoea and on two occasions with bronchitis; put on sick list 13 October 1863 at Yokohama, invalided 14 November 1863.

Folio 25: case no. 57, Thomas Hunt, aged 31, Boatswain’s Mate; sick or hurt, disease of the knee joint; put on sick list 16 October 1863 at Yokohama, invalided 14 November 1863, sent 19 November 1863 on board the Centaur for England.

Folio 25: case no. 58, William Parker, aged 34, Master; sick or hurt, syphilis & gout; put on sick list 17 October 1863 at Yokohama, invalided 24 November 1863, sent 2 December 1863 on board the Pearl for England.

Folios 25-26: case no. 59, Thomas Flynn, aged 22, Gunner Royal Marine Artillery; sick or hurt, gunshot wound of left hand, while on sentry on the Forecastle the trigger of his rifle was caught in the coil of rope causing it explosion; put on sick list 17 October 1863 at Yokohama, discharged 14 December 1863 to duty, pension certificate given.

Folio 26: case no. 60, William Pascoe, aged 26, Ship’s Corporal; sick or hurt, bronchitis; put on sick list 30 October 1863 at Yokohama, sent 1 December 1863 to Hong Kong Hospital.

Folio 26: case no. 61, Jeremiah Brown, aged 29, Private Marine; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list 9 November 1863 at Yokohama, invalided 14 November 1863, sent 19 November 1863 on board the Centaur for England.

Folios 26-27: case no. 62, George E. Burt, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; sick or hurt, pleura pneumonia; put on sick list 11 November 1863 at Yokohama, sent 1 December 1863 to Naval Hospital Melville.

Folio 27: case no. 63, Henry Bull, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; sick or hurt, fracture of the pelvis, consequence of falling from the mizzen rigging; put on sick list 31 July 1863 at Yokohama, discharged 30 August 1863 to duty.

Folio 27: case no. 64, Jeremiah Foley, aged 21, Ordinary Seaman; sick or hurt, febris intermittent; put on sick list 18 August 1863 at sea, discharged 2 September 1863 to duty.

Folios 27-28: case no. 65, Henry Quen, aged 25, Yeoman of Signal; sick or hurt, febris remittent; put on sick list 19 August 1863 at sea, discharged 29 September 1863 to duty.

Folios 28-29: case no. 66, Andrew Beggs, aged 23, Able Seaman; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list 16 March 1863 at sea, discharged 14 August 1863 to duty.

Folios 29-30: case no. 67, Henry Martin, aged 29, Leading Seaman; sick or hurt, syphilis; put on sick list 8 July 1863 at Yokohama, discharged 14 November 1863 to duty.

Folio 30: Table 1: A list of men who during the period of this journal, have received wounds or hurts which may disqualify them for the public service, or subsequently in any way interfere with their earning a livelihood. (Names and details follow). No. on ship’s book 7, Thomas Flynn, aged 22, Gunner Royal Marine Artillery; hurts on 17 October 1863, [see case no. 59]; pension certificate granted on 17 October 1863.

Folio 31: Table 2: numerical count (nosologically arranged) of all the cases that occurred between 1st January to 31 December 1863. Average numerical strength of the ship’s company- 523.9.

Folio 32: Blank table 3.

Folios 33-45: Surgeon’s general remarks. Great improvement in the sanitary conditions in Victoria. The Surgeon stated that malarious diseases were a result of an increase in the population and extension of the town. Also mentioned the death by drowning of Edward J. Richards (case no. 24), occurrence of small pox in HMS Beagle (folio 33), European settlement at Yokohama (folios 33-34); meteorological observations (folios 34-35); description of Yokohama, its inhabitants, medical science and environment (folios 35-36); passing note about a small pox outbreak in the Pearl from Nagasaki conveyed on board by a servant of Consul Wincheter (folio 36); failed negotiation by Colonel [Edward St. John] Neale the British Minister with Satzuma [Satsuma] and action on the Fort Kagoshima (folio 38); copy of complaining letter to the Admiral at Yokohama regarding the water supplied for the ship (folios 38-39); remarks on occurrence of diseases on board the Euryalus with respective cases mentioned in the journal including gunshot wounds during the action on the Fort Kagoshima (folios 39-45).

Folios 45-63: Alphabetical sick list.