✨ Provincial Hospital Report
AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL GOVERNMENT GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
Vol. IX.] AUCKLAND, THURSDAY, MARCH 14, 1861. [No. 8.
Superintendent’s Office,
Auckland, 8th March, 1861.
THE following Report and Returns, furnished by the Provincial Surgeon, are published for general information.
J. WILLIAMSON,
Superintendent.
Provincial Hospital,
February 19th, 1861.
SIR,—I beg to forward the “Annual Medical Report” of the Hospital and other institutions under my charge, and remain
Your obedient servant,
T. M. PHILSON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.
To His Honor
the Superintendent.
ANNUAL MEDICAL REPORT OF THE PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL, LUNATIC ASYLUM, AND PRISONS, FOR 1860.
It will be seen from the table annexed, that the average mortality in the Provincial Hospital for the year above mentioned, has been 9 per cent., a proportion considerably less than the mortality for 1859, but raised to its present amount by the fact that many of our fatal cases were admitted within a few days (in some instances only one day) of their termination. Practitioners in town and country, who are in the habit of attending poor patients until their cases have become desperate, and then shovelling them into hospital, would do well to discontinue a practice hurtful to the sick and injurious to the reputation of a public institution.
The cases of Fever which have been admitted during the year are not numerous; but the type of all of them was typhoid, demanding the administration of stimulants, which were freely given in all; notwithstanding, only ten recovered, while five died, all of whom were in a hopeless state when admitted. The 1st is the case of C. B., a woman of intemperate habits, admitted in a state of utter exhaustion on Feb. 2nd, and dying on the 5th.—2nd. W. M., a young man, a farm servant, had been ill for a fortnight before admission on the 9th April. He had not been seen by any medical man, and had, in fact, been utterly neglected. He was delirious on admission, and soon became unconscious. He sunk in the space of 8 days.—3rd. C. P., a young woman attended by a practitioner in town for three weeks, and sent to hospital in a hopeless state on May 22nd; sank in 9 days thereafter.—4th. T. D., a male, similar to last case, admitted, June 22nd; died, July 1st.—5th and
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1861, No 8
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🏥 Annual Medical Report of the Provincial Hospital, Lunatic Asylum, and Prisons for 1860
🏥 Health & Social Welfare19 February 1861
Hospital, Asylum, Prisons, Medical Report, Mortality, Fever, Auckland
- C B, Patient admitted with fever
- W M, Patient admitted with fever
- C P, Patient admitted with fever
- T D, Patient admitted with fever
- T. M. Philson, M.D., Provincial Surgeon