Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 13

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✨ Hospital Fatal Cases



RETURN OF FATAL CASES, &c.--Continued.

No. Names Age Admitted Died Diseases Days Ill in Hospital Post-mortem Appearances
20 Mary Cross 27 April 27, 1864 April 29, 1864 Disease of brain 2 Ventricles of brain filled with serum. Vermiform hydatid in cerebellum. For a long time was subject to vomiting.
21 William Watkin 33 April 27 May 4 Fever ... Typhus. Very ill when admitted.
22 William Robinson 59 April 29 May 9 Dysentery 19 Enlargement of liver.
23 William Condon 17 May 4 May 14 Fever 10 Typhus.
24 Robert Done 26 May 10, 1863 May 14, 1864 Fever 4 Ill a week before admission.
25 Timothy Rarity 67 Oct. 14, 1864 May 15, 1864 Phthisis 213 A case of senile consumption.
26 Robert Steadman 31 May 13 May 26 Dysentery 13 Great enlargement of liver, which was white. Heart fatty. Cause intemperance.
27 John Caffery 50 April 19 May 26 Cancer of testis 37 The disease extended to the inguinal glands, and even into the pelvis, causing hemorrhage into the abdomen.
28 Jas. Benallack 30 Feb. 26 June 5 Scrofula 130 The head of the right thigh-bone was completely destroyed. Disease of long standing.
29 Lavinia Spencer 17 April 5 June 5 Fever 61 Large abscesses formed in the hips and thighs, which exhausted the strength of the patient.
30 John Clark 43 May 5 June 7 Chronic pleurisy and pneumonia 33 Abscess pointed below right rib, much fetid pus discharged, found to proceed from an enormous cavern in right lung.
31 Daniel Hayes 74 June 3 June 8 General debility 5 For many years an almost constant inmate of the hospital.
32 Robert Mackie 40 May 30 June 20 Hypertrophy of heart 21 Carried off suddenly by hemoptysis. Aorta aneurismal. Lungs engorged. Heart enlarged.
33 Samuel Douglas 25 June 11 June 25 Typhus 14 Sank through exhaustion.
34 John Doran 64 June 14 July 1 General debility 17 An incorrigible sot.
35 Anne Hartshorne 26 May 26 July 1 Phthisis 36 Enormous cavern in lower lobe of left lung.
36 George Goldspink 25 July 2 July 4 Fracture of spine 2 Fell twenty feet into a ship's hold, and "broke his neck." Paralysis of everything below fracture. Was comatose before death.
37 Jas. M'Carten 57 July 4 July 6 Delirium tremens 2 Was exhausted on admission.
38 Geo. W. Hall 50 June 9 July 7 Dysentery 28 Nutmeg appearance of the liver. General anemia.
39 George Ainsworth 40 June 20 July 13 Disease of the brain 11 Subject to epileptic convulsions.
40 John Elliott 20 July 18 July 22 Contusions 4 Crushed between logs. Neck of the bladder ruptured, and urine extravasated.
41 Augustus Williams 25 July 21 July 24 Typhus 3 This case much resembled yellow fever. Urine nearly suppressed—very dark. Coma and insensibility.
42 Jeremiah (Maori) 50 July 20 July 28 Phthisis 8 No examination.
43 John Shepherd 51 Mar. 1 July 31 Disease of liver 142 Atrophy of liver—weight, 2 lbs. Heart fatty. Aortic valves diseased. Six quarts of serum in abdomen.
44 Thomas Dwyer 60 July 9 Aug. 4 Phthisis 26 Cavity in apex of left lung. Aorta greatly dilated.
45 Samuel Reeves 66 July 30 Aug. 9 Fever 10 General dropsical effusions.


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🏥 Return of Fatal Cases in the Provincial Hospital in 1864 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Hospital, Fatal Cases, Diseases, Provincial Hospital
26 names identified
  • Mary Cross, Died of disease of brain
  • William Watkin, Died of fever
  • William Robinson, Died of dysentery
  • William Condon, Died of fever
  • Robert Done, Died of fever
  • Timothy Rarity, Died of phthisis
  • Robert Steadman, Died of dysentery
  • John Caffery, Died of cancer of testis
  • Jas. Benallack, Died of scrofula
  • Lavinia Spencer, Died of fever
  • John Clark, Died of chronic pleurisy and pneumonia
  • Daniel Hayes, Died of general debility
  • Robert Mackie, Died of hypertrophy of heart
  • Samuel Douglas, Died of typhus
  • John Doran, Died of general debility
  • Anne Hartshorne, Died of phthisis
  • George Goldspink, Died of fracture of spine
  • Jas. M'Carten, Died of delirium tremens
  • Geo. W. Hall, Died of dysentery
  • George Ainsworth, Died of disease of the brain
  • John Elliott, Died of contusions
  • Augustus Williams, Died of typhus
  • Maori Jeremiah, Died of phthisis
  • John Shepherd, Died of disease of liver
  • Thomas Dwyer, Died of phthisis
  • Samuel Reeves, Died of fever