Lunatic Asylum Obituary Report




TABLE No. 1.

OBITUARY.—RETURN OF DEATHS DURING THE YEAR 1875.

No. Sex Patients' Names Age Diseases Date of Admission Date of Death Days Resident Remarks and Post-mortem Appearance
1 M Henry Williams ... 41 Melancholia September 22, 1874 May 17, 1875 237 Apoplectic effusion on the brain
2 M Michael Doody ... 50 Dementia March 1, 1875 May 24, 1875 85 Complete softening of the brain
3 M William Kendall ... 45 Melancholia June 18, 1874 May 29, 1875 345 Thickening of membranes; effusion ditto
4 M John Lewis ... 30 Mania March 24, 1875 June 22, 1875 90 Softening and effusion into ventricles
5 M John Townsend ... 36 Mania April 19, 1871 June 22, 1875 1396 Apoplectic effusion on the brain
6 F Mary Johnson ... 83 Infirmity June 1, 1872 July 1, 1875 1065 Exhaustion. No post-mortem
7 M Edward Cahill ... 35 Paralysis April 28, 1875 October 8, 1875 163 Thickening of membranes and effusion ditto
8 M Henry Pere ... 40 Mania August 30, 1875 November 6, 1875 69 Pneumonia of both lungs
9 M George Loveridge ... 41 Monomania November 11, 1873 November 13, 1875 628 Effusion into ventricles
10 F Eliza O'Kell ... 60 Mania January 11, 1875 November 28, 1875 321 Tuberculosis effusion into ventricles
11 M John Berry ... 33 Melancholia April 1, 1873 November 30, 1875 237 Thickening of membranes, softening
12 M John Hinnen ... 35 Mania July 21, 1875 December 2, 1875 134 Opacity of arachnoid, effusion
13 F Maria Pilkington ... 40 Mania August 30, 1875 December 12, 1875 104 Ulceration and extreme emaciation
14 M Hetiauaka Kanaka ... 35 Mania December 4, 1875 December 26, 1875 22 Extensive disease of brain and membranes
15 M Philip Callan ... 44 Mania October 25, 1854 December 27, 1875 7728 Disease of brain, hydatids, effusion


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VUW Te Waharoa PDF Auckland Provincial Gazette 1876, No 10





✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🏥 Ninth Annual Report of the State of the Auckland Provincial Lunatic Asylum, 1875 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
29 February 1876
Annual report, Lunatic asylum, Discharges, Age, Days resident, Statistics
15 names identified
  • Henry Williams, Deceased patient
  • Michael Doody, Deceased patient
  • William Kendall, Deceased patient
  • John Lewis, Deceased patient
  • John Townsend, Deceased patient
  • Mary Johnson, Deceased patient
  • Edward Cahill, Deceased patient
  • Henry Pere, Deceased patient
  • George Loveridge, Deceased patient
  • Eliza O'Kell, Deceased patient
  • John Berry, Deceased patient
  • John Hinnen, Deceased patient
  • Maria Pilkington, Deceased patient
  • Hetiauaka Kanaka, Deceased patient
  • Philip Callan, Deceased patient