Mr. Netten Radcliffe's memorandum on the reformatory school-ship "Cornwall".
- Radcliffe, J. Netten.
- Date:
- 1878
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Mr. Netten Radcliffe's memorandum on the reformatory school-ship "Cornwall". Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service. The original may be consulted at London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Library & Archives Service.
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![54 the inquiry as to the “Cornwall” is to be pursued further, it will he difficult to do this satisfactorily in the desultory manner which to the present has alone been possible for me, and it will require an amount of time which in the present state of the work of the office must complicate that work exceedingly, and in several important respects bring it to a standstill. I, therefore, stop the inquiry at this point until I receive further instructions. J. NETTEN RADCLIFFE. May 1878. Note I.—Form of Medical Register, School-Ship “ Cornwall.” Boys under treatment 187 No. Name. Disease. Date of Month. Result. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15] 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29)30 31 Note II. Return showing the Number of Boys who have Died or been Discharged on account of Disease in the Years noted, and the Average Number of Boys under detention in each Year, in the Reformatory School-Ships “ Cornwall,” * “ Akbar,”! and “ Clarence.” j Year. Number under Detention. Died. Discharged on account of Disease. “ Cornwall. “ Akbar.” “ Clarence.” “ Cornwall.” “ Akbar.” “ Clarence.” “ Cornwall.” “ Akbar.” “ Clarence.” 1859 9 152 — 4 1 _ 1860 86 150 — 1 3 — — — — 1861 168 160 — 2 2 — — — — 1862 197 155 — — 1 — — — — 1863 180 189 — 1 1 — 1 — — 1864 158 175 91 2 3 — 2 — — 1865 138 173 180 1 — — — 2 — 1866 185 188 192 5 2 3 5 3 1 1867 218 171 198 — 3 3 — — 2 1868 226 180 209 4 2 3 1 0 1 1869 254 171 189 4 4 6 — 2 4 1870 285 189 185 8 1 9 5 — 2 1871 290 164 220 1 4 — — — — 1872 261 170 207 1 5 1 — — — 1873 234 170 220 1 6 2 1 — — 1874 238 172 232 3 1 5 1 — 1 1875 238 179 215 3 3 7 1 — 4 1876 221 176 211 4 8 5 — — 2 1877 218 — 2 ■ c * “ Cornwall,” moored in the Thames, off Purfleet. ■f “ Akbar ” and “ Clarence,” anchored in the Mersey, off Birkenhead. Note III. Report on Seven Samples of Thames Mud, five taken by Mr. Radcliffe near the outfalls of the Main Sewers and two by myself near Westminster. Appearances.—All the samples were of brownish colour on the surface where exposed to the action of the air, and dark, or even black, in the interior. All of them consisted, in greater part, of silicious particles or sand, more or less fine, mixed with calcareous matter, clay, oxide or sulphide of iron, particles of wood, straw, and other vegetable fibre, cinders, coals, &c., &c. Microscopic Appearance.—Under the microscope all the samples showed, in addition to the above, a variety of fungoid growths, broken down organic tissue, hairs, vegetable fibres, diatomaceae, &c., &c. The general character of all was thus exactly alike, although slight differences could be perceived between them. Thus, No. I. contained a relatively large proportion of coarse sand, No. III. was](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24915385_0008.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
