Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 15

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✨ Hospital Death Records



RETURN OF PERSONS WHO DIED IN PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL—continued.

No. Sex Patients' Names. Age Diseases. Date of Admission Date of Decease Morbid Appearances and Remarks.
41 F Mary Anne Foster 42 Heart disease 1866 July 16 1866 July 17 Admitted in a dying state from heart disease. After death great hypertrophy was found, and serous effusion into the pericardium.
42 M Joseph Procter 37 Pleurisy June 26 „ 13 Admitted with cough and dyspnoea, and died suddenly of haemoptysis. Extensive inflammation of the left lung and pleura were found.
43 F Mary Kenny 58 General debility Feb. 15 „ 19 Admitted originally for ascites, for which she was tapped 11 times, and from which she completely recovered. She was attacked with pleuro pneumonia on the left side, and died. The liver was found in the “hob-nail” condition.
44 F Margaret McMillan 74 General debility July 17 „ 22 Admitted in a dying state.
45 M William S. Keen 39 Hepatitis „ 11 „ 26 Had had repeated attacks of delirium tremens, and became permanently jaundiced. After death the liver was found indurated, of a bright yellow colour, and weighing 6 lbs.
46 M James Byrne 63 General debility „ 9 „ 29 Died of senile decay.
47 M William Pinder 26 Heart disease „ 27 „ 31 Admitted with great dyspnoea. Great hypertrophy of the heart was found—weight, 1 1/4 lbs.; the liver weighed 5 lbs.
48 M James Anderson 31 Phthisis pulmonatis May 24 Aug. 9 Had long suffered from cough, purulent expectoration, and dyspnoea—death was sudden. A double aneurism of the aorta was found, and purulent infiltration in the lower lobes of the lungs.
49 M Joseph Wilson 30 Pleurisy July 12 „ 9 This was a case of empyema of the right side, marked by dyspnoea and bulging of the chest. Paracentesis was performed, and two gallons of purulent fluid drawn off. The patient was relieved, but died a fortnight after. Evidence of chronic pleurisy with enlargement of the liver was found after death; kidneys enlarged.
50 M Charles Whitaker 40 Aneurism of Aorta „ 30 „ 13 Had long suffered from cough, purulent expectoration, and dyspnoea—death was sudden. A double aneurism of the aorta was found, and purulent infiltration in the lower lobes of the lungs.
51 M Henry Wakefield 40 Aneurism of Aorta May 20 „ 14 This was a very similar case to the preceding. An aneurism of the arch of the aorta was found, containing 1 lb. 8oz. of fibrin. Both lungs were hepatized and congested.
52 F Agnes Chatfield 46 Cancer uteri Mar. 29 „ 15 The patient had suffered for twelve months from cancer of the womb. It had enlarged so as to fill the pelvis, and was cancerous in parts. The left kidney was atrophied.


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🏥 Annual Medical Report for 1866 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
14 March 1867
Medical Report, Hospital Patients, Deaths, Diseases, Morbid Appearances
12 names identified
  • Mary Anne Foster, Died in hospital from heart disease
  • Joseph Procter, Died in hospital from pleurisy
  • Mary Kenny, Died in hospital from general debility
  • Margaret McMillan, Died in hospital from general debility
  • William S. Keen, Died in hospital from hepatitis
  • James Byrne, Died in hospital from general debility
  • William Pinder, Died in hospital from heart disease
  • James Anderson, Died in hospital from phthisis pulmonatis
  • Joseph Wilson, Died in hospital from pleurisy
  • Charles Whitaker, Died in hospital from aneurism of aorta
  • Henry Wakefield, Died in hospital from aneurism of aorta
  • Agnes Chatfield, Died in hospital from cancer uteri