Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1875 – No. 14

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✨ Obituary of Lunatic Asylum Patients



T A B L E No. 11.—OBITUARY.—RETURN OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1874.

No. Sex. Patients' Names. Age. Diseases. Date of Admission. Date of Death. Days Resident. Remarks and Post-mortem Appearance.
1 M. John Bresling ... 47 Phthisis September 22, 1865 February 24, 1874 3075 Congestion of brain and membranes; tubercular cavities in both lungs
2 M. Aleide Vilcoq ... 55 Exhaustion from suicida and refusal of food July 5, 1873 March 24, 1874 224 Opacity of arachnoid, congestion of brain and membranes, old cicatrix in fore part of neck from wound
3 M. Edward Aloq ... 46 Cerebral congestion February 25, 1874 April 4, 1874 40 Thickening and opacity of arachnoid; softening and congestion of brain
4 F. Native (Mary) ... ... Paralytic disease of brain March 6, 1874 May 1, 1874 56 Chronic disease of brain and membranes, tubercular cavity in lungs
5 M. Robert Carey ... 28 Phthisis May 3, 1871 May 26, 1874 1115 Extensive tubercular cavities in both lungs, opacity of arachnoid, and congestion of brain
6 M. Francis Campbell ... 40 Apoplexy March 3, 1873 May 30, 1874 449 Extensive effusion into ventricles, opacity of arachnoid, and congestion of brain
7 M. Henry Thos. Lewis ... 41 General Paralysis October 10, 1873 July 16, 1874 262 Opacity and thickening of arachnoid, hyperaemia of brain substance
8 M. John McVeigh ... 44 Laryngitis July 6, 1874 July 21, 1874 15 No post mortem permitted by relatives
9 M. John McGrath ... 30 Disease of brain July 25, 1874 July 31, 1874 6 Old injury of cranium, opacity of arachnoid, copious sero-sanguineous effusion
10 M. George McLennan, alias Kirk 16 Apoplexy epileptic May 20, 1872 August 8, 1874 810 Intense congestion of brain and membranes, copious effusion of sero-sanguineous fluid into ventricles, etc.
11 M. George Codd ... 36 Apoplexy May 15, 1874 August 12, 1874 89 Old injury to cranium, intense congestion of brain and membranes; copious effusion
12 F. Margaret Reynolds ... 46 Phthisis July 11, 1868 August 17, 1874 2227 Tubercular cavity in both lungs; opacity of arachnoid
13 M. Joseph F. Childs ... 32 General paralysis November 26, 1873 August 21, 1874 274 Great congestion of the membranes and substance of brain, opacity of arachnoid, copious effusion into ventricles
14 M. John Ferguson ... 30 Apoplexy May 23, 1874 September 7, 1874 107 Dura mater adherent to arachnoid, latter opaque and dense; great congestion of pia mater and brain, effusion of bloody serum
15 M. Henry Stock Lamb ... 53 Apoplexy November 1, 1873 October 23, 1874 356 A large quantity of dark blood effused beneath the dura mater; great congestion of the vessels of the brain
16 F. Mary Cook ... 52 Paralysis October 21, 1874 November 22, 1874 32 No post mortem held (by request of relatives)
17 M. Christian Troutvitter ... 54 Apoplexy September 27, 1862 December 11, 1874 4463 Intense congestion of scalp, membranes, and substance of brain, hypertrophy of heart
18 M. Maxwell S. Newell ... 36 Pulmonary disease—exhaustion December 9, 1874 December 28, 1874 19 Great emaciation, dura mater adherent, arachnoid opaque, congestion of pia mater and brain, purulant infiltration into both lungs


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🏥 Obituary of Lunatic Asylum Patients for 1874

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Lunatic Asylum, Deaths, Patient Statistics, Diseases, Post-mortem
18 names identified
  • John Bresling, Patient death from Phthisis
  • Aleide Vilcoq, Patient death from exhaustion
  • Edward Aloq, Patient death from cerebral congestion
  • Mary (Native), Patient death from paralytic disease
  • Robert Carey, Patient death from Phthisis
  • Francis Campbell, Patient death from apoplexy
  • Henry Thomas Lewis, Patient death from general paralysis
  • John McVeigh, Patient death from laryngitis
  • John McGrath, Patient death from brain disease
  • George McLennan, Patient death from epileptic apoplexy
  • George Codd, Patient death from apoplexy
  • Margaret Reynolds, Patient death from Phthisis
  • Joseph F. Childs, Patient death from general paralysis
  • John Ferguson, Patient death from apoplexy
  • Henry Stock Lamb, Patient death from apoplexy
  • Mary Cook, Patient death from paralysis
  • Christian Troutvitter, Patient death from apoplexy
  • Maxwell S. Newell, Patient death from pulmonary disease