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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | Medical Journal of the Anna Maria, hired female convict ship, by W. McCrea, Surgeon Superintendent, During which Time the Said Ship was Employed in a Voyage to Van Diemen's Land and New South Wales |
| Date | 22 Sep 1851 - 4 Feb 1852 |
| Document Type | Shipping Papers |
| Reference | ADM 101/3/2 |
| Library / Archive | The National Archives |
| Collection Name | Admiralty and Predecessors: Office of the Director General of the Medical Department of the Navy and Predecessors: Medical Journals |
| Description | Manuscript journal of W. McCrea, Surgeon on board the convict ship "Anna Maria". The journal lists cases tended to by the surgeon, including numerous deaths, and his general remarks on the voyage. The use of a straightjacket is mentioned. Tables listing those vaccinated and taken ill are included. |
| Series Description | A selection of journals returned to the bodies responsible for superintending naval medical services by the surgeons of HM ships, some hospitals, naval brigades and shore parties. There are also journals from convict ships and emigrant ships, for which naval surgeons were provided. The journals contain an account of the treatment of medical and surgical cases, and usually a copy of the daily sick list, statistical abstracts of the incidence of diseases, and general comments on the health and activities of the ship's company. |
| Biographical Note / History | Fleet Temporary Memorandum 215 of 1990 terminated the requirement for ships' medical officers to compile journals. |
| Theme(s) | Ships and Shipping Lines; Journey Conditions |
| Country (from) | Great Britain |
| Country (to) | Australia |
| Places | London, England |
| Ports | Hobart, Tasmania, Australia; Gravesend, England |
| Nationality | English; European |
| Ships | Anna Maria |
| Keywords | death, disease, female emigration, child migration, surgeon, workhouse, fever, diarrhoea, vomiting, malnutrition, dysentery, exhaustion, tuberculosis, vaccination, transportation, emigration |
| Language | English |
| Copyright | Crown Copyright documents © are reproduced by permission of The National Archives London, UK |
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