Item 42 - John Sutton, 67, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Purulent meningitis over the surface of the right hemisphere of the brain following injury
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Injury (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: '[No history] obtainable. He had been drinking. Usually drunk gin. He was not deaf before the accident. He was riding in a [?] & was thrown out. He could not remember the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, ears, spleen, kidneys, liver, lungs, larynx, heart, pericardium (‘inquest case’)

Type of incident: Accident