John Sharman Burditt
Military Records
PROCEEDINGS OF A REGIMENTAL BOARD
Medical Report on the case of
John Burditt
Who is recommended for Discharge
| Questions |
Answers |
| 1. State the name of the disability, &c | Chronic Bronchitis |
2. 1stly.-- State whether the disability existed prior to enlistment,
and the grounds upon which such opinion is formed.
2ndly.--Whether the invalid, if discharged, can be repassed into the service |
No
No |
| 3. In Ophthalmic, or other disorders of the eyes, state how the disease
was contracted, and whether the same was or was not prevalent at the time in
the Regiment, or at the Station | None |
| 4. If the disability is the result of wounds, or other injuries,
received in action, or in the discharge of some act of military duty,
describe distinctly the wounds, &c., and by what weapon, &c., inflicted |
None |
| 5. If the injury occurred in, but not by, the service,
state how it occurred | In not by the service |
| 6. And, whatever may have caused the disability, &c., describe the
present state thereof, and the probable effect in future on the invalid's
capability of contributing towards earning a livelihood, adding how far it
is considered to have been caused, or aggravated by, the use of intoxicating
liquors, or indulgence in other habits or vices | Is predisposed to
inflammatory attacks of the chest. Will not be able to contribute towards
earning a livelihood. Not caused nor aggravated by vice. |
| Signature A Scott Fogs
Place Woolwich
Date Feby 14.
68. |
Opinion of the Inspecting Medical Officer
I hereby declare that I have carefully read the whole of the Medical Records
of the case of No. Pte John Burditt M
Train Regiment, and have made a most minute personal examination of the
man himself, in which I have verified the answers of
A S Fogs (Surgeon) to the above questions,
and I am of the opinion that the disability of No. Pte
John Burditt M Train Regiment, permanently incapacitates him for
the active duties of a soldier, and that he cannot re-enlist if discharged.
Signature of Principal Medical Officer
Place Woolwich
Date 21 Feby 1868
I am of the opinion that for the medical reasons above assigned, and after
personal inspection, the man in question is no longer fit to perform the duties
of a soldier.
Signature of the Inspecting General
E Warde M General Commanding
The Discharge of the above-named man is approved by The Field Marshal
Commanding-in-Chief.
Horse Guards 17th March 1868