I thought it was very interesting to find out what the health status was like back then compared to today. Cancer was present and diagnosed (it notes that the breast cancer case, the breast was removed), only one diabetic is diagnosed compared to today. Also more than half the patients were male.
Eighteenth Annual Report of Hotel Dieu Hospital. Statistics Cases in hospital, January 1, 1908, 10 Admitted during year, 294 Aggregate number of days, 4,242 Average per patient, 14 Cured, 232 Improved, 45 Unimproved, 4 Died, 8 Transferred, 5 Under treatment, Dec. 31, 1908, 8 Males, 183 Females, 78 Children, 33 Diagnosis Abscess of left parotid gland, 1 Abscess of left broad ligament, 1 Abscess of the neck, 2 Abscess of the knee, 1 Abscess in abdominal muscles, 1 Acute Arthritis of knee, 1 Appendicitis, 2 Appendicitis, catarrhal, 1 Appendicitis, abscess 1 Arthritis, 1 Arthritis of knee, 1 Arthritis, tubercular, of foot, 1 Asthma, 1 Bertholonite, 1 Bright's Disease, 1 Bronchitis 10 Bubos 1 Burnt Legs, 1 Burns, head, arms, and legs, 1 Carbuncle on neck, 1 Cancer of breast, 1 Cancer of Stomach, 1 Club foot, 1 Concussion of brain, 1 Crushed foot, 2 Crushed fingers, 3 Crushed hand, 2 Crushed legs, (on same person), 1 Cut finger, 1 Cut foot, 2 Cut hand, 1 Cut knee, 1 Cut leg, 1 Cut toe, 1 Cérrhosis of the liver, 1 Cyst, ovarian, 1 Debility, 2 Diabetes, 1 Epysipelas, 1 Fever, Typhoid, 19 Flat foot, 1 Fracture of carpus, 1 Fracture of right femur, 2 Fracture of humerus, compound, 1 Fracture of leg, 1 Fracture of leg, 1 Fracture of tibia & fibula, compound, 1 Fracture of tibia, 1 Frozen feet, 3 Furunculosis, 2 Grippe, 18 Gun shot, in abdomen, 1 Gun shot, fracture of sub-maxillary, 1 Hare lip, 1 Headache, 3 Heart Disease, 4 Hemorrhoids, 1 Hysteria, 1 Indigestion, 15 Injured back, 1 Injured eyes, by dynamite, 6 Injured eyes, by foreign body, 4 Intestinal obstruction, 1 Inversion, urine (complete) 1 Mastoiditis, 2 Measles, 1 Metritis, lacerated perineum, 1 Migraine, 5 Nevralgia, 9 Neurasthenia, 4 Neuritis, congestion of liver, 1 Obstruction of bowels, 1 Osteomyeltis, 1 Pleurisy, with effusion, 5 Pneumonia, 4 Pneumonia, double, 4 Purpura, 1 Rheumatism, 3 Sarcoma of paratid glands, 1 Sarcoma of testiculi, 1 Sarcoma of femur, 1 Sciatica, 2 Spleen, enlarged 2 Sprained ankle, 2 Sprained elbow, 1 Stenosis of nasal duct, 1 Stone in urethra, 1 Strangulated Hernia, 3 Stricture of oesophagus, 1 Tuberculosis, of carpal bone, 1 Tuberculosis, of hip joint, 1 Tuberculosis, of peritoneum, 1 Tuberculosis, pulmonary, 4 Tuberculosis, testicular, 2 Tubercular, glands, 1 Tumor, sebuccons on back, 1 Ulceration of stomach, 2 Ulceration of toe, 1 Ulcer of arm, 1 Ulcer of leg, 2 Uterine polypus, 1 Wounds, arm, 5 Wounds, finger, 7 Wounds, hand, 1 Wounds, foot, 1 Admitted for extraction of teeth, 10 Causes of death: Typhoid Fever, 4 Cancer of stomach, 1 Pleuro- Pneumonia, 3 Residence of Patients New Brunswick 214 Prov. of Quebec 74 Nova Scotia 4 Europe 2 County of Restigouche 192 County of Kent 1 County of Northumberland 1 County of Gloucester 19 County of Albert 1