Catalogue description Folio 19: Richard King, aged 23, Prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea, with severe...

Folio 19: Richard King, aged 23, Prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea, with severe tenesmus. Put on sick list, 7 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 11 August 1835. Folio 19: Edward Evans, aged 19, Prisoner; disease or hurt, cynanche tonsili. Put on sick list, 10 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 19 August 1835. Folio 19: William Griffiths, aged 30, Prisoner; disease or hurt, colica, attended with some pain and swelling of the abdomen and brought on by a costive and neglected state of the bowels. Put on sick list, 16 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 2 September 1835. Folio 19: James Palmer, aged 35, Prisoner; disease or hurt, an eruption on the lower part of his face, of a scarlet colour and forming matter. Put on sick list, 17 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 21 September 1835.

Folios 19-20: Thomas Broughton, aged 25, Prisoner; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 21 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 21 September 1835. His left leg and knee were hard and swollen, due in some measure to a contusion received some days earlier.

Folio 20: James Lovelock, aged 41, Prisoner; disease or hurt, scald of all the inner side of the right leg from the knee to the ankle, succeeded by diarrhoea and then pain in the chest. Put on sick list, 21 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 25 September 1835.

Folio 21: John Backhouse, aged 26, Prisoner; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 27 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 6 September 1835.Perhaps arising from a change to a colder temperature and costive bowels not being attended to. Folio 21: Thomas Williams, aged 24, Prisoner; disease or hurt, colica, from neglected and costive bowels. Put on sick list, 23 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 21 September 1835. Folio 21: J Willoughby, aged 23, Prisoner; disease or hurt, large phlogosis on the outer side of the knee. Put on sick list, 7 August 1835, at sea. Discharged, 24 August 1835. This was the second such complaint he had suffered recently and many more tumors were appearing among the people, 'plainly intimating that fresh provisions would be highly useful'. Folio 21: William Parker, aged 19; Benjamin Pearton, aged 18; William Thorpe, aged 19; William Renno, aged 18; disease or hurt, vaccination, 8 September 1835, at sea. Discharged, 16 September 1835. 'All four were vaccinated from the capillary tubes and the [directions] literally observed - Parker and Pearten were sometime since vaccinated from glass plates; none have taken. The matter received from the NVE [National Vaccination Establishment], Fitzroy Square, London'. Folio 21: Joseph Ellis, aged 40, Prisoner; disease or hurt, quotidiana, attended with obstinate costiveness. Put on sick list, 13 September 1835, at sea. Discharged, 25 September 1835.

Folio 22: George Thomas, aged 28, Prisoner; disease or hurt, phlogosis of the legs, which have very extensive eschares. Put on sick list, 17 September 1835, at sea. Discharged, 28 September 1835. Folio 22: James Parkington, aged 29, Prisoner; disease or hurt, scorbutus. Put on sick list, 21 September 1835, at sea. Discharged, 29 September 1835. Came into the list with large claret coloured blotches on the thighs, the points of which were elevated but without discharge. Two days later his mouth was sore and his lips considerably swelled, the gums tumid and spongy but not bleeding. He was cured and returned to duty but his complaint returned after arrival in Port Jackson and he was sent to the Colonial Hospital. Signed O Pineo Surgeon Superintendent.

Folios 22-23: Summary of cases amongst the military and the crew. Amongst the soldiers as many as 50 received assistance, as well as 3 officers, the wife of an officer and 3 children, but there were no serious complaints. Two of the soldier's children died of water on the brain a few days before arriving in Sydney, the surgeon states 'they were the [first] amongst many' and that their complaint was due to the soldiers giving their children spirits. About 25 seamen received medical assistance but there were no wounds or hurts.

Folios 24-26: Blank.

Folio 27: Abstract of the preceding journal, being a summary of all the cases contained therein, nosologically arranged.

Folios 28-30: Surgeon's general remarks. Starts with statement dated Portsmouth, 1 June 1835, 'Embarked this day on board the England Convict Ship, 230 male prisoners. Some of them had bodily infirmity such as contracted limbs, others distorted limbs - and three men were upwards of 60 years of age - But as these were cases which the instructions did not permit me to refuse, they were all received'. Most of the convicts were young and appeared healthy and except for a few cases all were landed in good health at Sydney. There were no epidemic diseases and with attention to food and clothing, most retained their health during the 16 week voyage. The vaccine matter did not succeed in a single case, although great care and attention was observed in following the directions with both the capillary tubes and the plates of glass. A number of healthy boys had the vaccine twice and none succeeded. There were about 40 spontaneous cases of ptyalism directly after leaving England, which had no connection with the mercurial salivation. It may best be ascribed to change of diet, use of tobacco and strong excitement on leaving their native land. There were three mild cases of scurvy amongst the young. It took the form of discoloured legs with some hardness and spongy, bleeding gums. They were given port wine every day and lime juice with sugar and water. 'For the prevention of scurvy in these ships, much appears to depend on the cleanliness and free ventilation of air in the prisons which ought to be kept as dry as possible'. Frequent use of chlorate of lime and vinegar in the prisons and down the water closets daily keeps the air pure and free of unpleasant smells. The prisoners should be kept on deck as much as possible and kept employed. They should be given their full allowance of provisions and the provisions should be thoroughly cooked. Washing and bathing in the warm latitudes also contribute to the preservation of health and add much to the comfort of the prisoners. Signed O Pineo Surgeon Superintendent. Addressed to Sir William Burnett KCH MD, Physician of the Navy, Somerset House. Dated Port Jackson N S Wales 20 October 1835.