The weekly Butte record., 1858-11-13
Report of the Hospital Phvs;c;.r

To the Honorable Board Of Supervisors Of Butte
County;
The undersigned, appointed by vonr Houor,br.
Board, physician to the Comfy Hospital begs Leave
to submit his first quarterly Report c0mmenc;n
from The 10Th day OF August last, for the informa
tion of the Board. Since the Hospital was placed
in my charge. as resident physician. we have nassed
through the sickliest season of the year and ~,
present more than all former years has been motel
for the general prevalence OF febre epidemic ofa
mild form, confined principally to the town of Oro'
vile and its immediate vicinity. The excellent io
cation of the Hospital has this year been tested !,
is situated conveniently to the county seat. AMI
upon the bluff above the malaria arising from ths
decomposition of vegetable and animal matter b,
town and along the banks of the river. The Joc,
ton has been proved ihis year to be decidediv
healthy; for. not withstanding the many cases
which have been treated during the quarter only
eight deaths have occurred and these were he
yond the reach Of remedies before their arrival a.
the hospital; while at the Sacramento Hospital ont
of one half of the number of cases. in the month on
October. sir deaths occurred, appears by the TO-
port of the attending physician. This speaks not
only well for the general health Of Butte conntv
but il is evidence also of the fact that deases in tb;
part of California readily yield as general rule 10
medilal and treatment in comfortable quarters.
The following statement shows the general cond;
ton of the Hospitals
Number of person remaining under treatment nj
beginning of the quarter .....-..... 90
Number admitted during the quarter ter....lO0
Total numer under treatment during the quar-.
ter. Observation-Disclosures. ....... l3q
Number discharged as cured ......... lOt
Number discharged as relieved. ........ ..... G.
Number deceased. Observation-Disclosures. X
Number at present remaining in Hospital 2l
Total ............... l39
The following are the deaths:
From Consumption. ; Typhoid Fever. {; VI
ceration of the Bowels. | : Dropsy, 2; Acute Dys.
entary Tertsry Syphilis, Chronic Diarrhsea
l. Total 8.
The first case, Robert Curry had labored under
consumption for several years the second John
Hassett. was brought to the Hospital in a dying
state and survived but "a hours !; the third. Peter
Johnson, contracted his disease in crossing the
plains last season, from insufficient and unwhoe-
some food, which disease (uceration Of the bowels)
had become incurable when he reached the HospS
tal-he died three days after the fourth, Gerhard
Tavier, died of Dropsy resulting from diseased lungs
under which he had suffered long time previous 10
his admission to the Hospital the 5th l.. + Ander-
son, had dropsy of the chest, of some five weeks
standing, and died five days after he to the
| Hospital the 9th Michael Merigan, had suffered
| from acute dysentery two days previous To being
placed under my charge, and nothing could arrest
the progress of the in1amatiOn-he died three days
afterwards the 7th. John B. Rng. had been the
victim of nal practice previous to his arrival at the
Hospital, and died five days after his arrival the
Sth WIN. S. Browne had been laboring several
weeks under his disease without medical advice
and when he came under my charge he was beyond
recovery-he fingered but six days. Thus while
these few cases of mortality were or appeared To be
ncurabe from the time of their reaching the hospi-
/ tai yet the sufferers greatly relieved in their
/ dying moments by the care and attention. which
the hospitality of our county provided them.
The various diseases which have come under my
treatment during the quarter tend to show the
great amount of labor and constant medical atten-
dance requisite to relieve the patients under their
physical sufferings and to restore them to health
These follows: Tertiary Syphilis, 8 Chron-
ic Goitrites, Genshel wound, Staphylema
Scrofulous Hptlalmia, g. Bilious fever so Amaoro-
sis, l Strlctue of Urethra and Orchits, Iuci>-
ed foot, | Neuralgia. and Opthalma purulenta,
Acute rheumatism, 4 Carteal Saralysis l GOner-
reoea Opthalma, Chronic rheumatism y Gen
eral Dropsy, 2; Ascites Hydrotherax, l g; Com
POM Fracture, l : Gastric Hepatic Derangement
l Diaphragmatic inflammation, Purulent Opthal-
mia 2; PhtheSis Pulmonales, 2; Epilepsy, Dys-
entary Acute, /; Neuralgia. 4 : Erysipeas, 2 Bill
| lions RhesmatiSm, 6. Total, l39.
! 1t would perhaps be interesting to kl1w the place
of nativity of the various persons in the Hospital
during the quarter, as it may convey useful infOr
nation to the statcan Of the character of the pres
cnt population of the county, as well other mat
ters: From Missouri New jersey Pennsyt
yania 5; Ireland % Germany II: Wales ?:
France Il Scotland 2; New York Is Canada y
| Ten.iessee 5 Maine 6 !; Portugal Massachusetts
! 10 Illinois 5 Ohio 10; England % China ?;
! Iowa 2; Wisconsin 3 Sweden 2; Denmark 2 Con-
necticut 2 ltaly2 Total l39
| 1t affords me great pleasure in speaking of the
uniform good order that has existed throughout all
departments of the Hospital during the quarter and
| cannot speak in terms of too much commentator
gratitude they have all exhibited and and expressed
for the generous provisions made for them by the
county. Respectfully submitted
JAMES O'BRlEN, MD.