✨ Hospital Deaths
RETURN OF DEATHS IN THE PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL—continued.
| No. | Sex | Patients' Names. | Age | Disease. | Date of Admission. | Date of Death. | No. of Days in Hospital. | Remarks and Post-mortem Appearances. |
| --- | --- | ----------------- | --- | -------- | ----------------- | ------------- | -------------------------- |
| 10 | M | David Fergus | 28 | Aneurism of aorta | 1868 Feb. 17 | 1868 Feb. 18 | 1 | Survived only 20 hours. An aneurism of the arch of the aorta was found after death; the sudden bursting of which filled the pericardium and arrested the action of the heart. |
| 11 | M | Henry Hay | 37 | Diabetes mellitus | 1867 Mar. 2 | „ 25 | 360 | Urine amounting to 1½ quarts per diem; highly saccharine. After some time became phthisical and died much emaciated. Both lungs, especially the right, were found filled with tubercles and vomicae. The kidneys were large and hyperaemic. |
| 12 | M | William Smith | 51 | Haemoptysis | 1868 Feb. 27 | Mar. 13 | 16 | Death took place suddenly by suffocation. The lungs were emphysematous, and presented the vesicular variety of pulmonary apoplexy. |
| 13 | M | Samuel Birnie | 45 | Fever (typhoid) | „ 27 | „ 15 | 18 | Admitted with typhoid fever; rose-colored spots, delirium and diarrhoea. In a few days abdomen began to swell, and breathing became quick and laborious. Died on the 20th day. Numerous ulcers were found in ilium, one of which had perforated and allowed the fecal contents to escape. |
| 14 | F | Anne Wiley | 49 | Hemiplegia | May 21 | „ 24 | 305 | Paralysis of right side of long standing. During her illness the left eye became disorganised. General venous congestion with softening and suppuration of left corpus striatum were found. Two small tumours were discovered in the Pons Varolii. |
| 15 | M | John Brown | 53 | Phthisis pulmonalis | Feb. 25 | „ 25 | 30 | A week before death symptoms of cerebral effusion set in, and in addition to a large cavern in the upper lobe of left lung, and numerous dark-colored gritty tubercles in right; four ounces of serum were found in the lateral ventricles of the brain, the substance of which was greatly softened. |
| 16 | M | John Baird | 38 | Phthisis pulmonalis | 1867 June 17 | April 13 | 303 | This was a protracted case, and latterly was complicated with diarrhoea. No examination was made. |
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 17
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Annual Return of Deaths in Provincial Hospital, 1868
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🏥 Health & Social WelfareDeaths, Hospital statistics, Medical conditions, Patient records, Post-mortem findings
7 names identified
- David Fergus, Died of aneurism of aorta
- Henry Hay, Died of diabetes mellitus
- William Smith, Died of haemoptysis
- Samuel Birnie, Died of typhoid fever
- Anne Wiley, Died of hemiplegia
- John Brown, Died of phthisis pulmonalis
- John Baird, Died of phthisis pulmonalis