Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 14

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✨ Hospital Death Records



AUCKLAND PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL.

NOMINAL LIST OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED DURING 1874.

No. Sex. Patients' Names. Ages. Diseases. Date of Admission. Date of Death. No. of days in Hospital. Remarks and Post Mortem Appearances.
1 M James Murphy 52 Inflammation of left knee 1873. Nov. 25 1874. Jan. 4 41 1. Admitted with an inflammation of left knee. Extensive suppuration ensued, with tense sores on nates. Finally sank exhausted. Knee joint totally disorganized.
2 M John Curtain 44 Tumor in abdomen Nov. 10 Jan. 8 60 2. Admitted with a tumor in abdomen, filling right hypochondriac and iliac region. Tumor found to be of a cancerous nature, weighing 4lbs., attached to mesentery. A large cyst was found at the umbilicus filled with a milky fluid. Great intestines obstructed by tumor. Liver, waxy, nutmeg. Right kidney very large; left atrophied.
3 M Edward Boyd 48 Aneurism of aorta 1874. Feb. 4 Feb. 8 5 3. Admitted in a semi-comatose state, and with general oedema. An aneurism of the ascending aorta, as large as the fist, was found, with enlarged heart; much ascites.
4 M William Rayner 51 Haematemesis Feb. 8 Feb. 9 28 hours 4. Admitted in a state of collapse from haematemesis. Stomach found full of blood, also small intestines. Liver in a state of cirrhosis. Survived only 28 hours.
5 M William Murray 19 Typhoid fever Jan. 31 Feb. 14 16 5. Had head and chest complications. After death Peyer's gland was found enlarged. Brain very vascular.
6 M John Kent 60 Phthisis senile Jan. 26 Feb. 15 21 6. Admitted for senile phthisis. Right lung full of tubercles.
7 M Richard Jones 57 Liver disease and dysentery Feb. 5 Feb. 17 12 7. Admitted with diseased liver and dysentery. Abscess of liver; burst through diaphragm into right lung. Also a perforating ulcer was found in ascending colon.
8 M Sam (a Melanesian) 20 Jaundice Feb. 21 Feb. 23 3 8. Admitted in a state of insensibility, with yellow skin and eyes. Died comatose. Liver shrunken, of a deep gamboge yellow. Gall bladder empty. Patches of pulmonary apoplexy in right lung. Pia mater deeply injected. This was a case of acute yellow atrophy of liver.
9 M William Lee 35 Phthisis pulmonalis 1873. Dec. 10 1874. Feb. 26 88 9. An ordinary case of phthisis.
10 M Michael Kirvan 46 Chronic dysentery Feb. 21 March 3 11 10. Admitted for chronic dysentery, and gradually sank. Extensive ulceration of colon and rectum was discovered. Liver nutmeg.
11 M Jonathan Blott 55 Paralysis March 4 March 6 8 11. Admitted with paralysis, complicated with double pneumonia. Survived only 30 hours, and died by apnoea. Brain found deeply injected. Upper lobes of lungs in a state of grey softening, from pneumonia. Liver waxy.


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🏥 Nominal List of Patients Who Died at Auckland Provincial Hospital in 1874

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Hospital, Deaths, Patients, Diseases, Auckland
11 names identified
  • James Murphy, Died from inflammation of left knee
  • John Curtain, Died from tumor in abdomen
  • Edward Boyd, Died from aneurism of aorta
  • William Rayner, Died from haematemesis
  • William Murray, Died from typhoid fever
  • John Kent, Died from phthisis senile
  • Richard Jones, Died from liver disease and dysentery
  • Sam, Died from jaundice
  • William Lee, Died from phthisis pulmonalis
  • Michael Kirvan, Died from chronic dysentery
  • Jonathan Blott, Died from paralysis