 The Transport Board was given full responsibility for the care of prisoners of war on 22 December 1799, and in 1805 the Transport Board had taken over the business of the Sick and Hurt Board.In 1806 the Sick and Hurt Board was wound up and its medical duties also transferred to the Transport Board, which now had a medical commissioner.When the Transport Board was itself abolished in 1817, the medical side of its work, together with the medical commissioner, was transferred to the Victualling Board.