Wellington Provincial Gazette – 1874 – No. 12A

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✨ Asylum Report and Patient List



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Increased means of cooking is also required; the present could be assisted by means of gas, if laid on.

Bells are also required communicating with front corridors and violent wards.

The Asylum has connection by telegraph wire with the Constabulary Barracks and Police Office.

The present ward and dormitory locks should be removed and their place supplied with locks made without springs, so as to move without sound; the keys for the male and female side of the house to be different, and each attendant’s key to be able to unlock all the doors on his or her side of the house; and a simple railway key to serve for each attendant to turn on or off water, gas, or to check the window sashes, and open flaps of closets, so that each attendant will have two keys only.

It would be an advantage to have a small cottage at the gate of entrance occupied by a married couple, the husband acting as assistant during the day, or as night watchman at night; and the high fence alluded to should be so connected with this cottage that no one could enter the enclosed premises of the Asylum without being observed.

As there is plenty of ground for pasturage, which will improve by cultivation every year, cows and horses might be added with a good dray or vehicle to enable attendants to take convalescents out on excursions, as also to do the principal cartage required.

I have, &c.,
CHARLES FRANCO,
Medical Officer Mount View Asylum.

His Honor the Superintendent,
Wellington.

CLASSIFICATION, APRIL 1st, 1874.

No. NAMES AGE CONDITION DATE OF ADMITTANCE REMARKS
MALES—
1 Alexander McIntyre 51 Dementia January 1, 1854 Incurable
2 William Blake... 41 ... January 31, 1858 Incurable; hereditary
3 John Curtis ... 37 Idiocy April 5, 1864 Incurable
4 Thomas Goffe ... 47 Dementia November 1, 1864 Incurable; relapse
5 Martin Higgins 52 ... January 12, 1866 Incurable
6 J. E. F. Briscoe 38 ... November 28, 1868 Doubtful
7 John McKenzie 43 ... February 15, 1869 Incurable; paralytic
8 A. W. Wilson ... 29 ... October 25, 1870 Incurable
9 Alfred Webb ... 26 ... October 27, 1870 Incurable
10 James Hornby ... 52 ... October 9, 1872 Doubtful; relapse
11 Max Kochs ... 41 ... January 4, 1873 Doubtful
12 Joseph Serjeant ... 34 ... May 29, 1873 Incurable; paralytic
13 John Ellis ... 56 ... May 29, 1873 Doubtful
14 William Farquharson... 70 ... July 3, 1873 Blind
15 James Conners ... 46 ... October 2, 1873 Doubtful
16 George Gilbraith ... 11 Idiocy October 4, 1873 Incurable
17 Henry Mover ... 43 Dementia October 24, 1873 Incurable; general paresis
18 Edward Edwards ... 38 ... January 9, 1874 Doubtful
19 Henry Preston ... 40 Mania January 22, 1874 Curable
20 Frank Renall ... 18 ... March 4, 1874 Curable
21 Benjamin Hunt ... 85 Dementia March 26, 1874 Doubtful
22 John Goode ... 72 Mania March 30, 1874 ...
FEMALES—
1 Helen Lenihan ... 63 Dementia April 18, 1856 Incurable
2 Rebecca Parnell ... 46 Mania January 17, 1857 Incurable
3 Mary Lee ... 56 Dementia March 19, 1858 Incurable
4 Mary Smith ... 40 ... January 10, 1860 Incurable; hereditary
5 Anne McDermott ... 46 Mania December 17, 1861 Incurable
6 Margaret Twine ... 48 Dementia February 6, 1862 Incurable
7 Mary Noble ... 54 ... March 15, 1865 Incurable
8 Jane Mason ... 39 ... February 2, 1866 Incurable
9 Mary Robertson ... 42 ... April 22, 1866 Incurable; hereditary
10 Jane Moore ... 30 ... June 21, 1872 Incurable
11 Kate Hickley ... 32 ... June 21, 1872 Doubtful
12 Mary Ann Walshe ... 29 ... October 28, 1872 Doubtful
13 Margaret Jones ... 50 Melancholia October 29, 1872 Doubtful; relapse
14 Mary Luxford ... 36 ... May 22, 1873 Doubtful
15 Elizabeth Moore ... 35 ... May 24, 1873 Incurable; relapse
16 Letitia Atkinson ... 37 ... May 29, 1873 Incurable
17 Eliza Skebington ... 23 Melancholia June 9, 1873 Doubtful
18 Mary Ann Cook ... 7 Dementia July 15, 1873 Epileptic
19 Mary Gilbraith ... 18 Idiocy October 4, 1873 Incurable
20 Elizabeth Forester 19 Mania December 26, 1873 Hereditary
21 Elizabeth Bampton... 57 Dementia January 9, 1874 Paralytic
22 Anna Wright ... 63 Mania January 29, 1874 Doubtful


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🏥 Annual Report of Mount View Asylum (continued from previous page)

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 April 1874
Asylum report, Patient conditions, Health, Facilities, Recommendations
  • Charles Franco, Medical Officer Mount View Asylum

  • CHARLES FRANCO, Medical Officer Mount View Asylum

🏥 Classification of Patients at Mount View Asylum

🏥 Health & Social Welfare
1 April 1874
Asylum patients, Classification, Conditions, Admittance dates
44 names identified
  • Alexander McIntyre, Patient, Dementia
  • William Blake, Patient, Incurable
  • John Curtis, Patient, Idiocy
  • Thomas Goffe, Patient, Dementia
  • Martin Higgins, Patient, Incurable
  • J. E. F. Briscoe, Patient, Doubtful
  • John McKenzie, Patient, Incurable
  • A. W. Wilson, Patient, Incurable
  • Alfred Webb, Patient, Incurable
  • James Hornby, Patient, Doubtful
  • Max Kochs, Patient, Doubtful
  • Joseph Serjeant, Patient, Incurable
  • John Ellis, Patient, Doubtful
  • William Farquharson, Patient, Blind
  • James Conners, Patient, Doubtful
  • George Gilbraith, Patient, Idiocy
  • Henry Mover, Patient, Dementia
  • Edward Edwards, Patient, Doubtful
  • Henry Preston, Patient, Mania
  • Frank Renall, Patient, Curable
  • Benjamin Hunt, Patient, Dementia
  • John Goode, Patient, Mania
  • Helen Lenihan, Patient, Dementia
  • Rebecca Parnell, Patient, Mania
  • Mary Lee, Patient, Dementia
  • Mary Smith, Patient, Incurable
  • Anne McDermott, Patient, Mania
  • Margaret Twine, Patient, Dementia
  • Mary Noble, Patient, Incurable
  • Jane Mason, Patient, Incurable
  • Mary Robertson, Patient, Incurable
  • Jane Moore, Patient, Incurable
  • Kate Hickley, Patient, Doubtful
  • Mary Ann Walshe, Patient, Doubtful
  • Margaret Jones, Patient, Melancholia
  • Mary Luxford, Patient, Doubtful
  • Elizabeth Moore, Patient, Incurable
  • Letitia Atkinson, Patient, Incurable
  • Eliza Skebington, Patient, Melancholia
  • Mary Ann Cook, Patient, Dementia
  • Mary Gilbraith, Patient, Idiocy
  • Elizabeth Forester, Patient, Mania
  • Elizabeth Bampton, Patient, Dementia
  • Anna Wright, Patient, Mania