Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1865 – No. 13

Page 113

✨ Hospital Records and Government Tenders



RETURN OF FATAL CASES IN THE PROVINCIAL LUNATIC ASYLUM, 1864.

No. Names. Age. Admitted. Died. Disease. Time in Hospital. Post-mortem Appearance.
1 Mary Burrell 45 1861
Aug. 6 1864
Feb. 3 Dysentery Days.
546 Not examined, the case presenting nothing peculiar
2 Pollixfen Pearce 22 1864
Mar. 30 1864
Apr. 24 Fever 29 The brain weighed 3½ lbs.; intestines ulcerated
3 Haimona (Native Man) 49 1859
Oct. 27 1864
May 28 Hydrocephalus 1,673 Great amount of serous effusion, softening of brain.
4 Wahu Tuma, Native woman 53 1860
Mar. 23 1864
June 8 Apoplexy 35 No examination.
5 James Dillon 35 1864
June 8 1864
July 13 Hydrocephalus 35 Great thickness of skull, with malformation. Copious sub-arachnoid effusion.
6 Thomas Jones 42 1860
Nov. 13 1864
Sept. 14 Hydrocephalus 1,400 Much water on brain, which was softened.

TENDERS INVITED.

Superintendent's Office,
Auckland, May 30th, 1865.

TENDERS will be received at this office until noon of Friday, the 16th day of June next, for furnishing the Provincial Government with the undermentioned supplies, in such quantities as may be required, during the six months commencing the 1st July, 1865, upon the conditions hereinafter specified.

Separate tenders to be sent in for each service. Information may be obtained at this Office.

FIREWOOD—TEA TREE.

Of the usual lengths.

Lengths, cut and split to suit office fireplaces.

COALS.

Tenders to state the price per ton at which firewood and coals will be delivered at the Gaol, the Hospital, the Lunatic Asylum, Stockade, (Mount Eden,) and the several public offices.

CONVICT RATIONS.

Best
Ordinary } delivered at Mount Eden Gaol.
Solitary }

HARD LABOUR RATIONS.

Best
Ordinary } delivered at the Auckland or Mount Eden Gaols, as may be required.
Solitary }

LOCK-UP RATIONS.

Delivered at the Auckland Lock-up.

The rations must be delivered at the abovementioned establishments by half-past six o’clock each morning, or the Gaoler will purchase at the expense of the Contractor.

N.B.—The Tenders for the Convict, Hard Labour, and Lock-up Rations will be considered together, and the contract will be given to the same person.

PRISON SUPPLIES.

Straw, at per ton of 2,240 lbs.
Oil, at per gallon.
Cotton wick, at per lb.
Delivered at the Auckland or Mount Eden Gaols as may be required.

POLICE.

Oil, at per Gallon.
Cotton wick, at per lb.

RATIONS FOR DESTITUTE PERSONS.

Consisting of Bread 1½lb., Meat (free from bone), ½ pound, at per ration.



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🏥 Return of Fatal Cases in the Provincial Lunatic Asylum, 1864 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Lunatic Asylum, Fatal Cases, Diseases, Post-mortem, Provincial Hospital
6 names identified
  • Mary Burrell, Patient, died of dysentery
  • Pollixfen Pearce, Patient, died of fever
  • Haimona (Native Man), Patient, died of hydrocephalus
  • Wahu Tuma (Native woman), Patient, died of apoplexy
  • James Dillon, Patient, died of hydrocephalus
  • Thomas Jones, Patient, died of hydrocephalus

🏘️ Tenders Invited for Provincial Government Supplies

🏘️ Provincial & Local Government
30 May 1865
Tenders, Supplies, Firewood, Coals, Rations, Prison Supplies, Police, Destitute Persons
  • Superintendent's Office, Auckland