✨ Hospital Death Records
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 66 | M | Benjamin James | 24 | Fever (typhoid) | 1868 Nov. 18 | 1868 Nov. 26 | 9 | Admitted in advanced stage of fever of the typhoid type, marked by diarrhoea, tympanitic distension of abdomen, and rapid sinking. Peritoneum was found extensively inflamed, all the viscera were mutually adherent. Feculent effusion in the pelvis. The interior of the cecum was thickly studded with ulcers. |
| 67 | M | Richard Williams | 53 | Phthisis pulmonalis | Oct. 4 | Nov. 29 | 57 | Admitted in an advanced stage of pulmonary consumption. Indications of a cavity in the apex of right lung were verified on inspection after death. Both lungs indeed were tubercular. |
| 68 | M | Jeremiah Murphy | 43 | Albuminuria | Nov. 21 | Dec. 17 | 27 | Affected with general dropsy, the result of renal disease. He sank somewhat unexpectedly. Both kidneys were found twice the natural size and granular. Heart in a state of concentric hypertrophy. Mitral valve insufficient from interstitial deposit. Lungs congested, dark. Liver enlarged. |
| 69 | M | Thomas Donnelly | 25 | Phthisis | June 28 | ... 19 | 175 | This case was slow in its progress, and was complicated with diarrhoea. No examination was made. |
T. M. PHILSON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.
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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
- Benjamin James, Deceased from typhoid fever
- Richard Williams, Deceased from phthisis pulmonalis
- Jeremiah Murphy, Deceased from albuminuria
- Thomas Donnelly, Deceased from phthisis
- T. M. Philson, M.D., Provincial Surgeon