Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 14

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✨ Hospital Death Records



NOMINAL LIST OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED DURING 1874—Continued.

No. Sex. Patients' Names. Ages. Diseases. Date of Admission. Date of Death. No. of days in Hospital. Remarks and Post Mortem Appearances.
12 M James Slater 67 Paralysis 1873. Sept. 14 1874. March 7 175 Admitted from the Old Men's Refuge. Much serous effusion was found under arachnoid.
13 M James Hood 50 Paraplegia 1874. Jan. 19 Mar. 18 53 Suffering from paraplegia, caused by an old injury to loins. Had dysentery, and gradually sank. Liver nutmeg.
14 M Robert Sanderson 41 Dysentery March 6 Mar. 14 8 Admitted in a low state. Peritonitis set in, and gradual sinking. Lymph and pus found in abdomen, traced to a perforating ulcer of colon. Liver large and nutmeg.
15 M John McBride 58 Chronic phthisis Feb. 21 Mar. 19 26 Admitted for phthisis senile, and gradually sank. Both lungs universally adherent; right full of tubercles in all stages. A vomica in lower lobe posteriorly. Heart small. Liver nutmeg.
16 M Lorimer Baird 20 Typhoid fever Mar. 23 Mar. 26 3 Had been 10 days ill, before admission, of typhoid fever, with constant delirium and sleeplessness. The typhoid symptoms were fully pronounced, and stimulants were administered freely, but without effect. There was no diarrhoea and no spots, but the belly was much swollen and painful on pressure. On examination, the lower end of the ilium was found thickly studded with ulcers, and perforations had occurred at one point. Spleen weighed 3lbs. There was no peritonitis.
17 M Thomas Bradshaw 72 General debility 1863. Feb. 13 Mar. 28 11y. 43d. Admitted for general debility. Latterly symptoms of heart disease manifested themselves, with urgent dyspnoea, relieved only by hypodermic injections of morphia. The fatal result was preceded by dropsy.
18 M Robert Whitworth 35 Pneumonia 1874. Feb. 13 Mar. 28 43 Admitted with extensive pneumonia on left side. Violent dysentery supervened, and death by exhaustion ensued. Left pleura full of purulent matter, lung condensed, pericardium lined with false membrane. Right lung emphysematous, pushing the liver three inches below the ribs.
19 M James Stewart 25 Acute phthisis Feb. 23 Mar. 29 34 Admitted in a weak state of acute phthisis. Right lung converted into a tubercular abscess of vast size.
20 M Francis Campion 36 Burn April 5 April 5 10 hours Admitted with extensive burns on the head and face and trunk and limbs, caused by his whare taking fire at Kumeu. Was only partially sensible upon admission, and in a state of collapse. Pulse nearly imperceptible. Became profoundly comatose, and died ten hours after admission. An inquest was held. Verdict: Accidental death.


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🏥 Nominal List of Patients Who Died at Auckland Provincial Hospital in 1874 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Hospital, Deaths, Patients, Diseases, Auckland
9 names identified
  • James Slater, Died from Paralysis
  • James Hood, Died from Paraplegia
  • Robert Sanderson, Died from Dysentery
  • John McBride, Died from Chronic phthisis
  • Lorimer Baird, Died from Typhoid fever
  • Thomas Bradshaw, Died from General debility
  • Robert Whitworth, Died from Pneumonia
  • James Stewart, Died from Acute phthisis
  • Francis Campion, Died from Burn