Nelson Provincial Gazette – 1855 – No. 3

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✨ Medical patient statistics



RETURN OF PATIENTS treated in NELSON HOSPITAL, GAOL, and at their own Houses, for the Year ended 31st December, 1854.

NAME. Age. Sex. Residence. Country. Disease. Duration Disease. Admitted. Discharged. Died. Remarks.
M'Kenzie 40 M Gaol English Lunacy 2 1/2 years 1852, March . . Removed to the Hospital; may be considered well.
Oxley 35 M Nelson do. Dropsy 1 1/4 year 1853, April . 1854, Dec. 31 Died from constitutional decay.
Fitzroy 50 M Hospital Irish Burn 10 weeks Nov. 13 1854, Jan. 13 . Discharged cured.
James Craik 30 M do. Scotch Ulceration of Stomach 6 weeks " 30 . Jan. 9 Discharged cured.
Mrs. Goldsworthy 27 F do. English Milk Fever 7 months Dec. 23 July 10 . Discharged cured.
Poti, Maori constable 27 M do. Native Typhus Fever 14 days " 29 . Jan. 11 Discharged cured.
Halliday, constable 27 M do. English Bronchitis 5 weeks Feb. 8 March 15 . Discharged cured.
Mrs. Oxley 32 F do. do. Miscarriage 3 weeks Feb. 8 " 15 . Discharged cured.
Mrs. Goldsworthy's child 3 M Hospital do. Cachexia 1 month " 10 . March 11 Discharged cured.
Samuel Crawford 47 M Gaol do. Lunacy 4 months " 20 June 17 . Discharged; may be considered well.
Mrs. Allen 48 F Hospital do. Paralysis 10 months " 22 Dec. 20 . Relieved.
Julius Lebrecht 26 M do. German Disease of Stomach and Heart . March 8 . . Little hopes of being permanently well.
David Digby 30 M Gaol English Dysentery 16 days " 8 March 24 . Discharged cured.
Frederick Fink 21 M do. do. Wound 10 days " 9 " 26 . Discharged cured.
Hughes 50 M do. do. Liver Affection 12 days " 22 " 31 . Discharged cured.
Brett 33 M Hospital do. Scurvy and Dropsy 8 months April 8 Dec. 6 . Discharged cured. This Patient was removed from the Gaol.
(Maori woman, Lighthouse servant) 20 F do. Native Catarrh 3 months " 12 July 20 . Discharged cured.
(Maori female) 24 F do. do. Phthisis 6 weeks " 19 May 31 . Discharged cured.
James Jones 30 M do. English Fever 1 week May 6 " 13 . Discharged cured.
Mrs. Newport 44 F do. do. Dropsy 10 days " 26 . June 6 No hopes from the first.
Herua (Maori) 25 M Maori-house Native Syphilis 1 month June 1 June 30 . Discharged cured.
(his Wife) 25 F do. do. do. 1 month " 1 " 30 . Discharged cured.
James Man 25 M Hospital English Scald 5 weeks " 16 July 24 . Discharged cured.
Eripahati (Maori girl) 10 F Maori-house Native Consumption 1 month " 26 . June 27 .
Mrs. Robinson's daughter 11 F Nelson English Ulcer 3 weeks " 26 . . Nearly well.
Mrs. Robinson's daughter 11 F do. do. Burn 6 months " 26 Dec. 1 . Discharged cured.
John Nesbit 40 M Gaol do. Delirium Tremens 3 weeks " 10 . June 30 .
Mrs. Reardon 35 F Hospital do. Fever 1 week July 24 Aug. 20 . Discharged cured.
Henry (Maori) 21 M do. Native Consumption 1 week Aug. 9 . Aug. 15 .
Thomas Smith 22 M Gaol English Enteritis 3 weeks " 20 Sept. 10 . Discharged cured.
Frederick Ashmore 25 M do. do. Catarrh 2 weeks " 20 Oct. 1 . Discharged cured.
Henry Franks 24 M Hospital German Fracture 6 weeks " 21 Oct. 1 . Discharged cured.
(Maori female) 35 F Maori-house Native Ulcer 5 weeks Sept. 2 Nov. 10 . Discharged, relieved.
Samuel Johnson 25 M Gaol English do. 6 weeks " 30 " 15 . Discharged cured; removed to Hospital.
William Child 27 M do. do. Syphilis 6 weeks " 30 " 15 . Discharged cured; removed to Hospital.
Henry Oxley 8 M Nelson do. Fever 2 weeks Oct. 1 Oct. 15 . Discharged cured.
Mrs. Reardon's daughter 15 F Hospital do. Epileptic Fits . " 13 . . Relieved.
James Jones 30 M do. do. Delirium Tremens 5 weeks " 10 Nov. 15 . Discharged cured.
Stillbread 42 M Gaol do. Dysentery 2 weeks " 28 " 11 . Discharged cured.
Mark 28 M Hospital Swede Dysentery 14 days " 28 " 15 . Discharged cured.
Clarke 32 M Gaol English Fits 3 weeks Nov. 1 " 20 . Discharged cured.
Hay 30 M do. do. Dysentery 1 week " 8 " 15 . Discharged cured.
Appo 32 M do. Cingalese Syphilis 2 weeks " 8 " 22 . Discharged cured.
Peterson 40 M do. Austrian Dysentery 10 days " 15 " 25 . Discharged cured.
Henry Seater 27 M Hospital English Inflammation of Knee 1 month " 16 Dec. 18 . Discharged cured.
John Sloss 50 M Gaol Scotch Lunacy . " 27 . . A very bad case.
M'Caw 28 M do. do. Palpitation of the Heart . " 27 . . Much better.
Harriett Oxley 35 F Nelson English Disease of Heart . Dec. 12 . Dec. 12 Died by the Visitation of God.
Polmaze 40 M Gaol do. Lunacy . " 25 . . In a low state.
Ann Brown 27 F Hospital Irish Abscess of the Thigh . " 30 . . A severe case.
Mary Fuller 11 F do. English Scaldhead . " 30 . . A case of long standing.

I have not inserted in this Return the numerous cases of Measles I have had amongst the Natives, all of whom have recovered. At this date there are Seven Patients in the Hospital.

JOSEPH FOORD WILSON,
Medical Attendant.

Nelson, January 1, 1855.



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🏥 Return of patients treated in Nelson Hospital, Gaol, and private residences

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 January 1855
Medical statistics, Nelson Hospital, Gaol, Patients, Diseases, 1854
51 names identified
  • M'Kenzie, Patient treated for Lunacy
  • Oxley, Patient treated for Dropsy
  • Fitzroy, Patient treated for Burn
  • James Craik, Patient treated for Ulceration of Stomach
  • Mrs. Goldsworthy, Patient treated for Milk Fever
  • Poti, Patient treated for Typhus Fever
  • Halliday, Patient treated for Bronchitis
  • Mrs. Oxley, Patient treated for Miscarriage
  • Child of Mrs. Goldsworthy, Patient treated for Cachexia
  • Samuel Crawford, Patient treated for Lunacy
  • Mrs. Allen, Patient treated for Paralysis
  • Julius Lebrecht, Patient treated for Disease of Stomach and Heart
  • David Digby, Patient treated for Dysentery
  • Frederick Fink, Patient treated for Wound
  • Hughes, Patient treated for Liver Affection
  • Brett, Patient treated for Scurvy and Dropsy
  • Maori woman , Patient treated for Catarrh
  • Maori female , Patient treated for Phthisis
  • James Jones, Patient treated for Fever
  • Mrs. Newport, Patient treated for Dropsy
  • Herua, Patient treated for Syphilis
  • Wife of Herua , Patient treated for Syphilis
  • James Man, Patient treated for Scald
  • Eripahati, Patient treated for Consumption
  • Daughter of Mrs. Robinson, Patient treated for Ulcer
  • Daughter of Mrs. Robinson, Patient treated for Burn
  • John Nesbit, Patient treated for Delirium Tremens
  • Mrs. Reardon, Patient treated for Fever
  • Henry, Patient treated for Consumption
  • Thomas Smith, Patient treated for Enteritis
  • Frederick Ashmore, Patient treated for Catarrh
  • Henry Franks, Patient treated for Fracture
  • Maori female , Patient treated for Ulcer
  • Samuel Johnson, Patient treated for Ulcer
  • William Child, Patient treated for Syphilis
  • Henry Oxley, Patient treated for Fever
  • Daughter of Mrs. Reardon, Patient treated for Epileptic Fits
  • James Jones, Patient treated for Delirium Tremens
  • Stillbread, Patient treated for Dysentery
  • Mark, Patient treated for Dysentery
  • Clarke, Patient treated for Fits
  • Hay, Patient treated for Dysentery
  • Appo, Patient treated for Syphilis
  • Peterson, Patient treated for Dysentery
  • Henry Seater, Patient treated for Inflammation of Knee
  • John Sloss, Patient treated for Lunacy
  • M'Caw, Patient treated for Palpitation of the Heart
  • Harriett Oxley, Patient treated for Disease of Heart
  • Polmaze, Patient treated for Lunacy
  • Ann Brown, Patient treated for Abscess of the Thigh
  • Mary Fuller, Patient treated for Scaldhead

  • Joseph Foord Wilson, Medical Attendant