Mermaid Medical Journal

Medical and surgical journal of Her Majesty's convict ship Mermaid for 16 December 1850 to 21 May 1851 by Alexander Kilroy, Surgeon.

ADM 101/252/1B - from the National Archives (UK) website

Folio 1: Front Cover of sick book.

Folios 2-4: Copy of daily sick book.

Folio 5: Susan Maher, aged 4, child of pensioner guard; case number 1; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 25 December 1850 at Spithead. Discharged 27 December 1850 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 5: Dennis Maher, aged 4, child of pensioner guard; case number 2; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 25 December 1850 at Spithead. Discharged 27 December 1850 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 6: Thomas Smith, aged 19, convict; case number 3; disease or hurt, pleuritis. Put on sick list, 1 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 13 January 1851.

Folio 6: Arthur Eggar, aged 35, corporal of pensioners; case number 4; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 2 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 10 February 1851.

Folio 7: Mary Fahey, aged 7, child of guard; case number 5; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 6 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 6 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 7: Anne Fahey, aged 5, child of guard; case number 6; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 6 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 6 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 7: Kate Fahey, aged 3, child of guard; case number 7; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 6 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 6 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 7: George Javan, aged 21, convict; case number 8; disease or hurt, fever. Put on sick list, 7 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 1 February 1851.

Folio 8: James Rooney, aged 5, child of guard; case number 9; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 7 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 7 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 8: Anne Rooney, aged 3, child of guard; case number 10; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 7 January 1851 at Spithead. Discharged 7 January 1851 to Haslar Hospital.

Folio 8: James McIntyre, aged 10, child of guard; case number 11; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 10 January 1851 at sea. Discharged 17 January 1851.

Folio 8: Margaret Keoghan, aged 20, child of guard; case number 12; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 11 January 1851 at sea. Discharged 26 January 1851.

Folio 9: Edmund Wilder, aged 28, convict; case number 13; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 12 January 1851 at sea. Discharged 17 January 1851.

Folio 9: Jane Keoghan, aged 6, child of guard; case number 14; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 21 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 28 January 1851.

Folio 10: George Digby, aged 24, convict; case number 15; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 22 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 9 February 1851.

Folio 10: Walter Thompson, aged 18, convict; case number 16; disease or hurt, rubeola. Put on sick list, 22 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 4 February 1851.

Folio 11: James Harris, aged 30, convict; case number 17; disease or hurt, nephritis. Put on sick list, 25 January 1851 at Falmouth. Discharged 12 February 1851.

Folio 12: Patrick Burns, aged 35, pensioner; case number 18; disease or hurt, erysipelas. Put on sick list, 2 February 1851 at sea. Discharged 22 February 1851.

Folio 13: Arthur Eggar, aged 35, corporal of pensioner guard; case number 19; disease or hurt, diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 16 February 1851. Discharged 16 May 1851 to hospital at Perth, Western Australia.

Folio 14: Fred Stone, aged 36, pensioner of the guard; case number 20; disease or hurt, hepatitis. Put on sick list, 27 February 1851 at sea. Discharged 16 May 1851 to hospital at Perth, Western Australia.

Folio 15: John McCormick, aged 2, child of pensioner; case number 20; disease or hurt, tabes with diarrhoea. Put on sick list, 3 March 1851 at sea. Died 5 April 1851.

Folio 15: Anne Miller, aged 28, wife of pensioner guard; case number 21; disease or hurt, phlegmosia doleus. Put on sick list, 15 March 1851 at sea. Discharged 9 April 1851.

Folio 16: Samuel Heathfield, aged 53, convict; case number 22; disease or hurt, atrophia. Put on sick list, 22 March 1851 at sea. Died 15 April 1851.

Folio 16: Mary Connor, aged 32, wife of pensioner; case number 23; disease or hurt, dysentery. Put on sick list, 23 March 1851 at sea. Discharged 15 April 1851.

Folio 17: Blank.

Folio 18: A nosological synopsis of the sock book kept during the period of the journal.

Folios 19-21: Surgeon's general remarks.