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The opening of the New Asylum for Lunatics has been a great relief. If the Hospital had been as it was in former years, burdened with lunacy cases it would have been impossible to have treated the severe cases of fever admitted during the past year.
Latterly I have experienced great anxiety and trouble, in finding steady and sober men to act as wardsmen—the duties of the situation are onerous, constant, and often disgusting; and until good wages are given efficient men will not apply for the position. Owing to the high rate of wages, the increased price of provisions, and also to the fact, that for the two previous years I have been using up all old stock of Furniture, and Instruments, in the expectation of a liberal grant for the expected new Hospital, I am afraid my estimates for the coming year will be in excess of former ones.
I am sorry to have still to report that gas and a constant supply of water have not yet been allowed to the Hospital, although the mains are laid down within a few feet of its walls. Kerosine lamps are foul and troublesome, taking up a great deal of valuable time during the day for cleaning and trimming; and the scarcity of water during the past four months (though not by any means a dry season) has not allowed a sufficient supply for necessary and sanitary bath purposes.
An accompanying table shows the number of patients admitted into the Hospital during the year, and also the number treated as out patients at the Hospital surgery.
Trusting that another year will bring forth a Hospital fitted with the latest and most approved appliances.
I have, &c.,
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.
His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.
RETURN OF PATIENTS admitted to HOSPITAL during the Year ending 31st March, 1874.
| Admitted. | Discharged. | Died. | In Hospital 3rd March. |
|---|---|---|---|
| M. | F. | M. | F. |
| ----------- | ------------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| 131 | 26 | 112 | 31 |
The number of out patients during the past year receiving advice and medicine, 566.
ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, M.D.,
Provincial Surgeon.
Appendix, D.
ANNUAL REPORT OF MOUNT VIEW ASYLUM.
Wellington, April 1, 1874.
SIR,—
I have the honor of forwarding the first Annual Report of Mount View Asylum, with tables of Admission, Discharges, and Deaths, and other particulars pertaining to its improvement.
The present rate of discharges does not contrast favourably with the previous eleven years of the Karori Asylum, during which period sixty-two were admitted and thirty-five discharged. This is in consequence of many admissions being too recent to admit of recovery, also from the overcrowded state of the old Asylum many cases had accumulated in the Gaol, which would not be conducive to their recovery, and further, several are cases of relapse, others hereditary; there are, also, three idiots, two of whom are mutes; one patient, an old man, is totally blind; there are four
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Wellington Provincial Gazette 1874, No 12A
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Annual Report on the Provincial Hospital
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🏥 Health & Social Welfare6 April 1874
Hospital report, Fever epidemic, Drainage, Sewerage, Building repairs
- ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, M.D., Provincial Surgeon
🏥 Return of Patients Admitted to Hospital
🏥 Health & Social WelfarePatient statistics, Hospital admissions, Discharges, Deaths
- ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, M.D., Provincial Surgeon
🏥 Annual Report of Mount View Asylum
🏥 Health & Social Welfare1 April 1874
Asylum report, Admissions, Discharges, Deaths, Patient conditions
- ALEXANDER JOHNSTON, M.D., Provincial Surgeon