Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1869 – No. 17

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✨ Hospital Deaths Register



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
48 M Thomas Wilson 52 Epilepsy July 17 Sept. 1 1142 Had long been an hospital inmate, and was reduced by epileptic fits to a state of idiocy. Much serum was found in and upon the brain.
49 M Christopher Wilson 35 Pneumonia Aug. 11 ... 26 Admitted in a dying state from double pneumonia, and sank after a few days. The left lung was found in a state of purulent infiltration. Both were adherent throughout.
50 M James Carley 42 Ascites July 15 ... 52 Admitted for abdominal dropsy, with jaundice. The distension being intolerable, several gallons of fluid were removed by tapping. The relief was but temporary. After death the liver was found in a state of cirrhosis and shrunken. A section of it presented a marbled appearance.
51 M Te Rangi (native) ... Phthisis pulmonalis July 25 ... 48 This case presented the peculiar delirium observed in the last stage of pulmonary phthisis.
52 M John Steele 38 Hypertrophy of heart Sept. 2 ... 8 Admitted in a dying state from hypertrophy of the heart and congestion of the lungs. The weight of the heart was 2 lb. 2 ozs. The mitral valve was ossified. Aortic valves natural. Liver enlarged and congested. The gall bladder contained 15 concretions, each the size of a grain of maize. Much fluid in right pleura. Right lung carnified and impermeable to air. The prominent symptoms during life were palpitation, intermission of pulse, and dyspnoea.
53 M John d’Olive 34 Phthisis laryngea ... ... 15 Admitted suffering from urgent dyspnoea, the result of ulceration of the larynx, and extreme debility. The interior of the larynx was blocked up with organized lymph, several ulcers were found on the aryteno-epiglottidean folds. Both lungs were emphysematous, but perfectly free from tubercles.
54 M William Dunn 47 Ascites ... ... 17 Sent to hospital from Hamilton. He was tapped once, but the fluid re-accumulated. The liver presented the hobnail character, and was greatly shrunken. The kidneys were hyperaemic.


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🏥 Annual Return of Deaths in Provincial Hospital, 1868 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Deaths, Hospital statistics, Medical conditions, Patient records, Post-mortem findings
7 names identified
  • Thomas Wilson, Died of epilepsy
  • Christopher Wilson, Died of pneumonia
  • James Carley, Died of ascites
  • Te Rangi, Died of phthisis pulmonalis
  • John Steele, Died of hypertrophy of heart
  • John d'Olive, Died of phthisis laryngea
  • William Dunn, Died of ascites