Auckland Provincial Gazette – 1876 – No. 7

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✨ Hospital Death Records



NOMINAL LIST OF PATIENTS WHO HAVE DIED DURING 1875.—Continued.

No. Sex Patients' Names Ages Diseases Date of Admission Date of Death No. of Days in Hospital Remarks and Post Mortem Appearances
57 F Margaret McCann 45 Phthisis pulmonalis 1875. Aug. 6 1875. July 8 2 An ordinary case of phthisis, had been under treatment previous to her last admission.
58 M Bernard O'Donnell 42 Phthisis pulmonalis June 16 July 9 74 Had been suffering from phthisis for several years.
59 M Robert Gillis 28 Phthisis pulmonalis Aug. 12 July 16 4 Admitted for phthisis, both lungs far gone.
60 M Thomas Follas 73 Bronchitis chronica Aug. 18 July 16 3 Admitted for chronic bronchitis and general debility.
61 M James Niccol 50 Pneumonia Aug. 12 July 20 1 Admitted for double pneumonia. Great dyspnoea. Urgent cough. Expectoration bloody. Countenance livid. Pulse very weak. The two upper lobes of left lung congested, lower lobe hepatized. The right lung in first stage of pneumonia. Liver large and nutmegged. Heart hypertrophied.
62 F Ann Sommers 18 Cerebral disease Aug. 20 July 21 18 hours Admitted partially insensible, pupils dilated. Died 18 hours after admission. On examining the brain, the surface was free from effusion, the base covered with lymph and pus. Upon making an incision into the lateral ventricle of the left hemisphere, an abscess was found which found vent through the meatus auditorius internus and externus into the ear, which at times was considerable, and at times none at all. The deceased had been previously a patient, when she so far recovered as to wish to return home, but came back to hospital in a few days greatly changed, and died as before mentioned.
63 M David Muir 82 General debility April 8 July 27 141 A case of old age.
64 M Colin McIntyre 65 Cancer of stomach Aug. 26 Sept. 2 7 Admitted in the last stage of emaciation, constant vomiting, pain over the stomach, the matter rejected being of a dark color, everything pointing to organic disease of the stomach. On examining the body there was found scirrhus of the pylorus and consequent stricture, the disease extending some distance down the duodenum, the whole mucous membrane of the stomach more or less destroyed, a large patch of florid color was found at the pyloric extremity. The stomach was full of blood-like coffee grounds. Liver hobnail.
65 M James McCallum 18 Scarlatina Sept. 15 Sept. 16 21 hours On admission the body and trunk were covered with the eruption of scarlatina. Delirium set in, and he died 21 hours after admission. It was a case of malignant scarlet fever.
66 M John Cassell 48 Heart disease Aug. 14 Sept. 16 33 Admitted for heart disease of old standing, great debility and dyspnoea. Heart weighed 28ozs. Valves greatly dilated and filled with fibrinous clots. Liver nutmeg, weight 4lbs. Lungs and kidneys healthy.


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🏥 Nominal List of Patients Who Died in Auckland Provincial Hospital in 1875 (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
Hospital Deaths, Patient Records, Auckland Provincial Hospital, 1875
10 names identified
  • Margaret McCann, Died from Phthisis pulmonalis
  • Bernard O'Donnell, Died from Phthisis pulmonalis
  • Robert Gillis, Died from Phthisis pulmonalis
  • Thomas Follas, Died from Bronchitis chronica
  • James Niccol, Died from Pneumonia
  • Ann Sommers, Died from Cerebral disease
  • David Muir, Died from General debility
  • Colin McIntyre, Died from Cancer of stomach
  • James McCallum, Died from Scarlatina
  • John Cassell, Died from Heart disease