Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1857 – No. 1

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✨ Hospital Patient Statistics



RETURN of the Number of Patients treated in the Provincial Hospital at Auckland during the year ended 31st December, 1856.

Race In Hospital 31st December, 1855 Admitted in 1856 Discharged in 1856 Died in 1856 In Hospital 31st December, 1856 Total No. of Patients treated in Hospital during 1856
Male Female Total Male Female Total
European and others 23 6 29 108 18 121
Aboriginal Natives 1 0 1 11 5 16
Total 24 6 30 114 23 137

T. F. McGAURAN,
Provincial Surgeon.

RETURN of Names and Diseases of Patients who Died in the Provincial Hospital at Auckland during the year ended 31st December, 1856.

Names Date of Admission Date of Death Observations
Peter Clarke December 17, 1855 January 2, 1856 General Dropsy.
Frederick Duffield February 7, 1856 February 9, 1856 Consumption.
John Rolus February 6, 1856 February 10, 1856 Division of the Windpipe and Arteries of the neck—attempted suicide.
John Wahu January 22, 1856 April 13, 1856 General Dropsy—a Sandwich Islander.
John Boden April 23, 1856 April 23, 1856 Died from exhaustion on admission.
William Mackay April 4, 1856 May 18, 1856 Consumption.
Samuel Young April 16, 1856 May 26, 1856 General Dropsy.
William Robinson June 13, 1856 June 15, 1856 Consumption.
Catherine Chapman July 11, 1856 June 26, 1856 Died from exhaustion in consequence of extensive Burns.
William Washbourne May 12, 1856 August 2, 1856 General Dropsy.
William Farmer August 19, 1856 August 29, 1856 Typhus Fever.
Allan Eldrige August 8, 1856 September 5, 1856 Consumption.
George Harrison December 8, 1852 September 10, 1856 Organic Disease of the Brain—occasionally insane.
James Lawler September 5, 1856 September 21, 1856 Exhaustion from an immense chronic abscess.
John Broderick November 4, 1856 November 7, 1856 Apoplexy—effect of intemperance.
William Trusted December 4, 1856 December 10, 1856 Disease of Kidneys.

T. F. McGAURAN,
Provincial Surgeon.



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🏥 Annual Report of the Medical Department for 1856 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1857
Medical Department, Provincial Hospital, Annual Report, Patients, Medical Treatment, Diseases, Aboriginal Natives, Europeans, Health Statistics
  • T. F. McGauran, Provincial Surgeon

🏥 Return of Names and Diseases of Patients who Died in the Provincial Hospital at Auckland during the year ended 31st December, 1856

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Patients, Diseases, Deaths, Provincial Hospital, Auckland, Medical Treatment, Consumption, Dropsy, Typhus Fever
16 names identified
  • Peter Clarke, Patient who died from General Dropsy
  • Frederick Duffield, Patient who died from Consumption
  • John Rolus, Patient who died from division of the Windpipe and Arteries of the neck
  • John Wahu, Patient who died from General Dropsy
  • John Boden, Patient who died from exhaustion on admission
  • William Mackay, Patient who died from Consumption
  • Samuel Young, Patient who died from General Dropsy
  • William Robinson, Patient who died from Consumption
  • Catherine Chapman, Patient who died from exhaustion in consequence of extensive Burns
  • William Washbourne, Patient who died from General Dropsy
  • William Farmer, Patient who died from Typhus Fever
  • Allan Eldrige, Patient who died from Consumption
  • George Harrison, Patient who died from Organic Disease of the Brain
  • James Lawler, Patient who died from exhaustion from an immense chronic abscess
  • John Broderick, Patient who died from Apoplexy
  • William Trusted, Patient who died from Disease of Kidneys

  • T. F. McGauran, Provincial Surgeon