Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1867 – No. 15

Page 89

✨ Hospital Deaths Report



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
28 M Edward Nobbs 24 Dysentery 1866 May 14 1866 May 17 Admitted in a dying state from dysentery. The greater part of the large intestine was found in a gangrenous state.
29 M John Dorsey 48 Rheumatism 1860 July 10 1866 June 2 Admitted originally for rheumatism. His death was caused by ulceration of the rectum, giving rise to fecal infiltration of the ischio rectal fossa, and setting up fatal inflammation.
30 M Denis Burke 56 Fracture of skull 1866 June 9 „ 9 Admitted, having fallen into a ship's hold on his head. The skull was found extensively fractured, and the substance of the brain lacerated. A coroner's inquest was held.
31 M Thomas Powell 58 General debility 1865 Feb. 17 „ 11 Admitted primarily for general debility, the result of intemperate habits. Latterly he became epileptic, and died comatose. Much serous effusion was found in end upon the brain.
32 M Samuel Hay 52 Meningitis 1866 May 8 „ 14 Admitted with low fever, apathy, and prostration; died comatose. Cranium thicker than natural, arachnoid opaque, much sub-arachnoid effusion. Brain firm, weighed 52 ounces; liver large, 303 calculi in gall-bladder.
33 M Robert Edney 66 Chronic dysentery „ 23 „ 15 ...
34 M William Squires 66 Erysipelas June 15 „ 19 Admitted with erysipelas affecting the fore part of the chest, and rapidly running on to gangrene. The liver was found enlarged, heart fatty, aortic valves ossified.
35 M William Stapleford 33 Febris typhoid May 10 „ 25 Typhoid fever, with numerous diffused abscesses in various parts of the body; colliquative sweats and diarrhoea. Ulceration and perforation of the rectum were found after death. The liver weighed 7 1/2 lbs.
36 M Thomas Nolan 71 Heart disease „ 19 „ 25 A case of general dropsy dependent on disease of the heart, which weighed 2 1/2 lbs. Aortic valves shortened.
37 F Anne Parlane 34 Phthisis pulmonalis „ 7 July 27 ...
38 M John Gibbs 45 Cancer of stomach Feb. 20 „ 4 Admitted with dyspeptic symptoms, became weaker and weaker, and generally dropsical. After death a large cancerous mass was found involving the lesser curvature of the stomach.
39 F Sarah Mead 60 Erysipelas July 3 1865 „ 8 Admitted with heart disease and erysipelas; died from exhaustion.
40 M Samuel Vesty 65 General Debility April 19 „ 13 Had long suffered from chronic bronchitis and disease of the urinary organs. The kidneys were found disorganised, and the lungs choked with pus.


Next Page →



Online Sources for this page:

VUW Te Waharoa — PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1867, No 15




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

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

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
14 March 1867
Medical Report, Hospital Patients, Deaths, Diseases, Morbid Appearances
13 names identified
  • Edward Nobbs, Died from dysentery
  • John Dorsey, Died from ulceration of the rectum
  • Denis Burke, Died from fracture of skull
  • Thomas Powell, Died from general debility
  • Samuel Hay, Died from meningitis
  • Robert Edney, Died from chronic dysentery
  • William Squires, Died from erysipelas
  • William Stapleford, Died from febris typhoid
  • Thomas Nolan, Died from heart disease
  • Anne Parlane, Died from phthisis pulmonalis
  • John Gibbs, Died from cancer of stomach
  • Sarah Mead, Died from erysipelas
  • Samuel Vesty, Died from general debility