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
84 M Richard Barrett 64 Wound of head Sept. 22 Sept. 3 12 48. On admission was suffering from contusion of nose, and from scalp wounds varying in size from half-an-inch to an inch and a-half. None penetrating below the pericranium. No unfavourable symptoms presented until October 31, when the deceased was seized with shivering, followed by slight fever, and a tendency to coma. No erysipelas followed. Rapidly got weaker and died. Upon examining the brain extensive sub-arachnoid effusion was present, pia-mater much thickened. Brain was very firm and weighed 45ozs. Lungs were congested and parts almost putrid. Heart flabby. Liver large and yellowish. Left kidney soft. Inquest held.
85 M James Daly 56 Heart disease Sept. 28 Sept. 5 9 85. Admitted for heart disease and dropsy. Shortly after admission was attacked with double pneumonia. Both lungs were found more or less hepatized. Putrid pus in the thorax. The walls of the heart very thick. Chamber much contracted. Left kidney had a cyst upon the external surface. Liver nutmeg.
86 M James Coppell 51 Pleuro pneumonia Nov. 4 Sept. 6 32 hours 86. Admitted with pleurisy and pneumonia of right side. Died 32 hours after admission. The lower and middle lobe of right lung hepatized, a quantity of lymph adherent, and a large quantity of fluid present. The left lung congested at apex. Heart and liver healthy.
87 M Hugh McKcown 34 Bright's disease of kidneys Sept. 30 Sept. 16 47 87. A case of albuminuria of considerable standing; attacked with pleurisy and died. There was acute pleurisy of left side, very thick layer of lymph covering left lung. The right side of thorax filled with muddy serum. Lung condensed from pressure. Kidneys an enormous size and granular, weighed 15ozs each. Liver large and waxy. Heart normal.
88 M David Gordon 29 Abdominal Aneurism Oct. 22 Sept. 16 25 88. Admitted with an abdominal aneurism of six years standing. Gradually got weaker and life more irksome, nothing gave relief but hypodermic injections of morphia. On examining the tumour it was found filled with layers of fibrin, shutting off the current below the tumour. No pulsation could be detected in the femoral. Liver nutmeg.
89 M Joseph Edwards 29 Typhoid fever Nov. 19 Sept. 20 28 hours 89. Admitted in a dying state from typhoid fever. Only lived 28 hours. Numerous ulcers were found in the ileum.


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

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Hospital Deaths, Patient Records, Auckland Provincial Hospital, 1875
6 names identified
  • Richard Barrett, Died from wound of head
  • James Daly, Died from heart disease
  • James Coppell, Died from pleuro pneumonia
  • Hugh McKcown, Died from Bright's disease of kidneys
  • David Gordon, Died from abdominal aneurism
  • Joseph Edwards, Died from typhoid fever