✨ Health Statistics
MOUNT EDEN GAOL
ANNUAL RETURN OF DISEASES TREATED DURING 1868.
| DISEASES | Remaining Dec. 31, 1867. | Admitted in 1868. | Total treated in 1868. | Discharged in 1868. | Died in 1868. | Remaining Dec. 31, 1868. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fever (typhoid) | ... | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | ... |
| Quinsy | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Boil and Abscess | ... | 11 | 11 | 11 | ... | ... |
| Influenza | ... | 8 | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Dysentery and Diarrhoea | ... | 14 | 14 | 13 | 1 | ... |
| Rheumatism | ... | 16 | 16 | 16 | ... | ... |
| Pulmonary Consumption | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Delirium Tremens | ... | 13 | 13 | 12 | ... | 1 |
| Heart Disease | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 13 | 14 | 13 | ... | 1 |
| Colic | 1 | 16 | 17 | 17 | ... | ... |
| Haemorrhoids | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Dyspepsia | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Jaundice | ... | 3 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... |
| Cystitis | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Hematuria | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Strangury | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Stricture of Urethra | ... | 4 | 4 | 4 | ... | ... |
| Thrombosis | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Wounds and Contusions | ... | 8 | 8 | 8 | ... | ... |
| Burn by Explosion | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Curvature of Spine | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Debility | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Total | 3 | 130 | 133 | 127 | 2 | 4 |
The health of the prisoners has been, as usual, good during 1868, the proportion of sick to healthy being about 1 in 40. Only two cases of typhoid fever occurred, one of which (a debtor) died. On the 17th day of the disease, perforation of the Ilium occurred, giving rise to fatal peritoneal inflammation.
Some weeks afterwards a second debtor, sickened, and passed safely through the various stages of the disease. No local cause could be detected in either case.
A fatal case of acute Dysentery occurred in a Maori, who died on the tenth day from admission. The plan of treatment by full doses of Ipecacuanha was tried, but without effect.
In general, such cases yield readily to treatment.
In addition to the cases comprehended in the Return, there is a daily attendance at the prison dispensary of trivial cases, requiring perhaps only a dose of medicine or the dressing of a casual injury.
On the whole, it is satisfactory to find that very few of the prisoners feign illness, or endeavour to evade their work.
T. M. PHILSON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.
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Auckland Provincial Gazette 1869, No 17
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Annual Return of Diseases Treated in Mount Eden Gaol, 1868
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- T. M. Philson, M.D., Provincial Surgeon