✨ Provincial Hospital Annual Return
ANNUAL RETURN OF DISEASES, &c., TREATED IN THE PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL, AUCKLAND, 1865.
| | Remaining, 31st Dec. 1864. | Admitted 1865. | Total. | Treated 1865. | Discharged 1865. | Dead 1865. | Remaining, 31st Dec. 1865. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fevers | 3 | 68 | 71 | 52 | 19 | .. | .. | During the year 695 patients were treated in the Provincial Hospital of whom 88 were females. Out of the whole number only 5 weremaories. |
| Abscesses and Ulcers | 3 | 60 | 63 | 55 | 2 | 6 | .. |
| Erysipelas | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. |
| Diseases of the Eyes | .. | 19 | 19 | 15 | 4 | .. | .. |
| Brain & Nerves | 4 | 14 | 28 | 19 | 5 | 4 | .. |
| Delirium Tremens | .. | 10 | 10 | 8 | 2 | .. | .. |
| Quinsy | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Pneumonia and Pleurisy | .. | 26 | 26 | 15 | 7 | 4 | |
| Bronchitis and Asthma | 4 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 5 | .. | |
| Pulmonary Consumption | 7 | 38 | 45 | 16 | 17 | 12 | |
| Heart Diseases | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | |
| Liver do. | .. | 8 | 8 | 7 | 1 | .. | |
| Kidney do. | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Dysentery and Diarrhoea | .. | 35 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 1 | |
| Dyspepsia | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | |
| Haemorrhoidal | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Uterine | .. | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | |
| Scrofula | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Scurvy | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | |
| Cancerous and Malignant | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | |
| Venereal | 5 | 48 | 49 | 45 | .. | 4 | |
| Rheumatism | .. | 74 | 74 | 67 | 7 | .. | |
| Dropsy | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | |
| Diseases of the Bones, &c. | 1 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 2 | .. | |
| Tumors | .. | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | |
| Fractures | .. | 35 | 35 | 30 | 4 | 1 | |
| Dislocations | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | |
| Wounds, Contusions, Ruptures, &c. | 3 | 44 | 47 | 42 | 5 | 1 | |
| Burns and Scalds | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | |
| Poisoning | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |
| Cutaneous | .. | 19 | 19 | 18 | .. | 1 | |
| General Debility | 9 | 37 | 46 | 28 | 15 | 3 | |
| Total | 73 | 622 | 695 | 499 | 94 | 42 | 102 |
Patients are admitted into Hospital by application personally, or by their friends, at the Superintendent’s Office in Princes’ Street. Accidents and cases of emergency admissible without application at the office, nurses also may be admitted on presenting themselves at the Hospital.
In all cases when there are funds, a charge of 1s. 6d. per diem is made. The friends of patients are permitted to visit them on Tuesdays and Fridays between the hours of 1 and 4 p.m.
The Hospital staff consists of:
- The Provincial Surgeon, non-resident; the house surgeon, resident; four male nurses, do.; matron, do.; cook, do.
The wards are visited at 9 o’clock a.m. daily and at 5 p.m.
The number of beds is 78.
Printed under the authority of the Provincial Government of the Province of Auckland, by W. C. WELSON, Wyndham-street, Auckland, Printer for the time being to the Provincial Government.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1866, No 20
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🏥 Annual Return of Diseases Treated in the Provincial Hospital, Auckland, 1865
🏥 Health & Social WelfareHospital, Diseases, Statistics, Auckland, Patient Care
- W. C. Welson, Printer for the Provincial Government