Catalogue description Folio 1: Printed instructions on completing the journal, nosological tables and general...

Folio 1: Printed instructions on completing the journal, nosological tables and general remarks. Folio 2: George Matthews, aged 21, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, ulcer. Put on sick list, 1 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 1 January 1878. Received from HMS Himalaya, 1 January 1878.

Folio 2: Herbert Raistrick, aged 20, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, scabies. Put on sick list, 1 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 1 January 1878. Received from HMS Himalaya, 1 January 1878.

Folio 2: Henry Bailey, aged 26, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, contusion. Put on sick list, 3 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 3 January 1878. Fell into the chain locker.

Folio 2: Thomas Caesar, aged 34, Painter; disease or hurt, bubo sympathetic. Put on sick list, 2 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 4 January 1878.

Folio 2: Henry Eacott, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 4 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 4 January 1878.

Folio 3: Alfred Garside, aged 22, Private Marine; disease or hurt, syphilis secondary. Put on sick list, 4 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 4 January 1878.

Folio 3: William Murray, aged 24, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 3 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 3 January 1878.

Folio 3: Thomas Theobald, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, scabies. Put on sick list, 5 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 5 January 1878.

Folio 3: James Marker, aged 23, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, bronchitis. Put on sick list, 5 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 5 January 1878.

Folio 3: Walter Martin, aged 24, Private Marine; disease or hurt, syphilis primary. Put on sick list, 5 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 5 January 1878.

Folio 3: Alfred Chandler, aged 22, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, syphilis secondary. Put on sick list, 5 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 5 January 1878.

Folio 3: John Marley, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, contusion. Put on sick list, 2 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 5 January 1878. He fell on 27 December while on HMS Himalaya and struck his right arm.

Folio 3: William Lamb, aged 20, Blacksmith; disease or hurt, scabies. Put on sick list, 6 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 7 January 1878.

Folios 3 – 4: Thomas Pearson, aged 18, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, phthisis pulmonary. Put on sick list, 5 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 7 January 1878.

Folio 4: William Hockaday, aged 25, Stoker; disease or hurt, stricture. Put on sick list, 9 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 11 January 1878.

Folio 4: Alfred Foulds, aged 26, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, morbus cordis functional. Put on sick list, 7 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 11 January 1878.

Folio 4: John Hone, aged 19, Private Marine; disease or hurt, fever simple continued. Put on sick list, 13 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 15 January 1878.

Folio 4: John Gomm, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, scabies. Put on sick list, 17 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 17 January 1878.

Folio 4: Jon McDonough, aged 17, Boy; disease or hurt, scabies. Put on sick list, 19 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 19 January 1878.

Folio 4: James Smith, aged 38, Sergeant Royal Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, scabies. Put on sick list, 22 January 1878, at Malta. Sent to hospital, 22 January 1878.

Folios 4 – 5: Thomas O’Keefe, aged 19, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, gonorrhoea. Put on sick list, 7 February 1878, at Besika Bay. Sent to hospital, 25 February 1878.

Folio 5: John Taylor, aged 24, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, fever typhoid. Put on sick list, 13 February 1878, in Besika Bay. Sent to hospital, 25 February 1878. With a clinical chart of temperature.

Folios 5 – 6: Arthur Flight, aged 19, Stoker; disease or hurt, fever typhoid. Put on sick list, 18 February 1878, at Besika Bay. Sent to hospital, 25 February 1878. With a clinical chart of temperature etc at folio 5.

Folio 6: Thomas Christanzan, aged 17, Boy; disease or hurt, fever typhoid. Put on sick list, 23 February 1878, at sea. Sent to hospital, 25 February 1878.

Folios 6 – 7: Thomas McKenna, aged 18, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, fever typhoid. Put on sick list, 21 March 1878, at Besika Bay. Sent to Malta Hospital, 2 April 1878, by HMS Sultan, and invalided there, 8 May 1878. With a clinical chart of temperature.

Folios 7 – 8: Thomas Mann, aged 19, Stoker; disease or hurt, fever typhoid. Put on sick list, 5 April 1878, at Besika Bay. Sent to Malta Hospital by HMS Wye, 21 April 1878. With a clinical chart of temperature etc at folio 7.

Folio 8: John Bowler, aged 17, Boy; disease or hurt, fever simple continued. Put on sick list, 23 February 1878, on passage from Besika Bay to Malta. Sent to hospital, 5 March 1878.

Folio 8: William Cushney, aged 21, Able Seaman; disease or hurt, phlegmon. Put on sick list, 21 February 1878. Sent to hospital, 1 March 1878.

Folio 9: Charles Garrett, aged 17, Boy; disease or hurt, syphilis secondary. Put on sick list, 5 February 1878. Sent to hospital, 5 March 1878.

Folio 9: Daniel O’Brien, aged 18, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, opthalmia. Had been on sick list for 42 days since joining on 1 January 1878. Invalided, 21 March 1878.

Folio 9: Mr John Pratt, aged 52, Boatswain; disease or hurt, deafness. Put on sick list, 31 March 1878, at Besika Bay. Invalided, 21 March 1878.

Folios 9 – 10: Joseph McDowell, aged 25, Gunner Royal Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, wound of leg. Put on sick list, 6 March 1878, at sea. Sent to Malta Hospital, 23 March 1878, and invalided, 29 May 1878. His left leg was trapped between the slide of a pivot gun and a hammock rack.

Folios 10 – 11: Arthur Soan, aged 20, Ordinary Seaman; disease or hurt, concussion of brain. Put on sick list, 16 April 1878. Sent to Malt Hospital, 25 June 1878, and invalided in August. Struck on the back of the head by a bag of coal, he was unconscious for three hours.

Folio 11: William Hobbs, aged 21, Stoker; disease or hurt, wound of foot. Put on sick list, 12 May 1878, at Xeros. Discharged, 7 July 1878. Given a pension certificate. The sole of the left foot injured by treading on a nail.

Folio 11: William Todd, aged 24, Gunner Royal Marine Artillery; disease or hurt, phthisis. Put on sick list, 2 June 1878, at Xeros. Invalided, 24 June 1878.

Folios 11 – 12: Frederick William Long, aged 30, Leading Seaman; disease or hurt, compound fracture of leg. Put on sick list, 19 June 1878, at Port Baklav. Sent to Malta Hospital by HMS Wye, 25 June 1878, and invalided there, 10 October 1878. His left leg was caught between the slide and boiler of the steam pinnace by the recoil of a gun during drill.