PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL EEPORT FOE 1867.

Hawke's Bay Herald, Volume 12, Issue 912, 28 January 1868, Page 3

PROVINCIAL HOSPITAL EEPORT FOE 1867.

The following appeared in a Provincial Government Gazette, dated the 22nd January, 1868:— The number of patients admitted into the Ha^vke's Bay Provincial Hospital, during the year 1867, was 56— 44 of whom were males, 12 females. Of the former three were natives. The number of admissions in 1866 was 67 ; but of this number 29 were gunshot wounds — entirely exceptional cases. The- ordinary cases have increased last year . by. at least one-third. •51 patients have been discharged ; 9 have died. I subjoin a list of these : — Ko Peni, a native, with gunshot wound of the thigh and pelvis, who had nearly recovered from his wounds, but sank tinder uncontrollable dysentery. James Newton, 47, an old settler in Hawke's Bay, who had been afflicted with hydatids of the liver for some years, accompanied with general dropsy. Paraccntesis Abdominis was performed once on the patient, and 27 pints of water extracted, but he soon filled again, and, in spite of active treatment, he gradually succumbed to the disease. Abraham Bice, 35, pulmonary consumption. James Moody, 22, dysentery. John O'Connor, 19, pulmonary consumption Patrick Glacken, 27, ditto. George Brown, 40, ditto. Ellen Brown, 32, ditto, the wife of a military settler at the Wairoa. William Paton, 16, suspected tubercular disease of lungs and brain. .It is apparent that pulmonary consumption has been the cause of nearly all the deaths. The cases have presented no feature of interest or novelty, and call for no remark. There have been but few cases requiring comment among those admitted. One, showing* the apparent ease with which serious wounds amongst the natives heal without any untoward symptoms, may be mentioned. "Wiremu Maihi, admitted July 19th, had been ran into or came in collision with the shaft of a cart whilst on horseback, which resulted in a I very large lacerated wound of the lower part of the abdomen and scrotum, completely exposing both testes and spermatic cord, together with the abdominal muscles. About twenty sutures were introduced, and, his friends wishing him removed, ho was discharged on the 22nd. He has since j got perfectly well. The friendly native Honi, who has been under treatment for so many months, is now able to walk tolerably well. Several pieces of necrosed bone have come away from his thigh. . Sergeant Fletcher, military .settle]-, who. was wounded at Petane on the 12th October, 1866, in the knee, is still under treatment, and the probe reveals necrosis of the inner, condyle of the femur. His recovery will, I fear, be very tedious, although the knee has been got nearly straight, through forcible extension apparatus. There remained, on the 31st December, 1866, in hospital, 13. Admissions during the last year, 55 ; discharged, 51 ; died, 9 ; total treated, 68 ; remaining, Dec. 31, 1867,-8. t A detail of the diseases is contained in the accompanying table.

Retujrn of Patients treated in the Provincial Hospital during the year 1867. ■ ii I ! „ lii Disease. "as ■§ | g A |s ■ !lli_iM Paralysis 1 1 1 ... 2 1 Debility 1 1 1 Rheumatism 9 9 ... 9 ... Gunshot wounds ... 4 1 2 1 5 2 Venereal ... ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... Delirium Tremens.... ... 1 1 ... 1 ... Contusion ... 2 2 ... 2 ... Disease of Joints ... 1 ... 1 ... 1 ... Fracture 2 1 3 ... 3 ... Fevers 8 7 18 ... Pulmonary 1 10 5 5 11 1 Dropsy ... ... 1 2 ... 1 3 2 Dementia 13 3 ... 4 1 Ulcers and Abscess 7 7 ... 7 ... Dysentery ... 5 i 1 5 ... Hysteria 1 1 ... 1 ... Orchitis 1 1 ... 1 ... Wounds 2 2 ... 2 ... Dislocation 1 1 ... 1 ... Total 13 ~55 "El ~9~ "68~ T"