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Agnes Maclachlan, 66, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1900
Date of death: 8 Jul 1900
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Recurrent scirrhus mamma
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Medical Notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: N/a
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Rule, 51, [Wife of] Hairdresser

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Hairdresser
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1922
Date of death: 3 Sep 1922
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma mammae (operated). Pulmonary thrombosis. Myocarditis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Operation (Breast); Thrombosis (Lung); Myocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Colquhoun, Gideon Robert Ernest
Medical examination performed by: Pidcock, Bertram Henzell
Post mortem examination performed by: Schuster, Norah Henriette
Medical notes: She was admitted with history of a lump in the left breast for eight months. The diagnosis was carcinoma and she had a radical operation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tongue, fauces, thyroid, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Williams, 37, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 May 1905
Date of death: 21 Jun 1905
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma mammae. Operation
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Breast); Operation
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a tumour of the breast, clinically malignant, of 3 months’ standing. In the absence of any contraindications, the breast was amputated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Parsons, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1891
Date of death: 11 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of breast
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination'

Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Pullen, 60, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 May 1872
Date of death: 1 Jun 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of breast (amputation)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Amputation (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Bradley, 50, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1872
Date of death: 31 Mar 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of breast. Amputation of breast. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Browning, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1871
Date of death: 13 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of breast. Amputation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Sepsis (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient had suffered pain in right breast nine months, and had observed a tumour in the breast six months. It has gradually and painfully increased. Her father died of cancer of tongue. A paternal aunt of cancer of breast’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Stacey, 60, Needlewoman

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1891
Date of death: 5 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus mammae
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For about four years the patient had had a tumour of the left breast.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, brain, middle ears, lungs, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, vermiform appendix, intestines, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, uterus and ovary
Type of incident: n/a

Anna Carey, 22, Kitchenmaid

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1864
Date of death: 20 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of breast. Enteritis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Enteritis (Intestines); Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with the history that she was confined a month ago, she suckled her child for a ten days. Ten days after her confinement, from the nipple having been sore, she gave up suckling & the breasts became enlarged & painful. They afterwards burst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Anderson, 55, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1855
Date of death: 14 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Large tumour of the mamma and chest
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mammary Glands); Tumour (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Two years before she had noticed a small tumour in the right breast. By the month of June before her admission it had grown rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Birch, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1848
Date of death: 6 Jun 1848
Disease (transcribed): Operation for scirrhus of breast. Erysipelas. Pus in elbow joint. Flabby heart. Fluid blood. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Operation (Breast); Erysipelas (Skin); Suppuration (Elbow); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Copestake, Thomas Goodall
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Admitted with a tumour occupying the right breast, she stated that it began five months ago as a small lump and not very painful, but gradually increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and upper extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Dumont, 59, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1881
Date of death: 1 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cancer in liver. Recurrent ulceration on left breast. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Ulcer (Breast); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The left breast was amputated at St George’s Hospital in November 1880 for scirrhus disease. She was sent to Wimbledon where a cancerous ulcer of the rectum was detected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Hawkins, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1845
Date of death: 26 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in breast. Erysipelas over the breast and chest. Puerpural mania
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Erysipelas (Breast, chest); Postpartum depression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in consequence of abscesses in the right breast and was delivered of a fully developed child on the following day. After her delivery she lost a considerable quantity of blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Porter, 48, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873
Date of death: 19 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of breast. Erysipelas. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Breast); Erysipelas (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman had a cystic tumour of the breast removed by Mr Tatum about five years ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Ayres, 39, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1915
Date of death: 18 Oct 1915
Disease (transcribed): Secondary growths in the liver. Jaundice. (Carcinoma mammae)
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Liver); Jaundice (Skin); Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: She had a tumour in the right breast for three or four months rapidly increasing in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, uterus and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Exton, 37, [Wife of] Foreman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Foreman
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1906
Date of death: 21 Aug 1906
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma mammae – Multiple metastases
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Breast); Neoplasm metastasis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'Admitted for a rapidly growing cancer of the L. [Left] Breast of six or seven months duration with severe pain for several months. Wasting last few months. Lumps in L. [Left] axilla and R. [Right] Breast noticed for 2 or 3 weeks. The patient was wasted and cachectic. The L. [Left] Breast was converted into a large prominent mass of growth which stood out freely from the thoracic wall. The skin was involved with many masses of growth and the mass was firmly adherent to the Pectorals'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Henderson, 42, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 May 1897
Date of death: 21 Jun 1897
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the breast. Bronchiectasis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Bronchiectasis (Lung) ()
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for very extensive carcinoma of the breast. She said a small swelling came two years before admission in the right breast which gradually increased in size. During the last few months the growth had spread rapidly and became very painful with much swelling in the right arm'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Morton, 50, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1888
Date of death: 15 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of mammae
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman who has never been pregnant. Health was good till 2 years ago when a tumour [was] found on the left breast […] this ulcerated & has rapidly got worse. She has never had advice for her tumour’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, mesenteric glands, uterus, ovaries, sternum, shoulder

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Wilkes, 63, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1879
Date of death: 17 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of breast and pleura. Cirrhosis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Cancer (Pleura); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This woman was admitted to the surgical wards for a tumour of the left breast, the cough was very troublesome and on the 24th December she was transferred to the medical ward.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Breasts, pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Augustus Habble, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1842
Date of death: 13 Feb 1842
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Multilocular kidneys. Abscess. False passages of urethra
Disease (standardised): Stricture (Urethra); Disease (Kidneys); Abscess (Kidneys); False passage (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Pus was discharged in small quantities by the natural passage before death’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Barbara Purchase, 35, [Wife of] Gas labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Gas labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1887
Date of death: 12 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Recurrent scirrhus of right mamma. 2ndary deposits in skin, right humerus, scapula, most ribs, bodies of dorsal vertebrae and kidney
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Deposit (Skin, arm, shoulder, ribs, spine, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman with 2 children. Six years ago she began to have pain in the right mamma & a tumor formed which was removed at the Cancer Hospital in summer of ‘86. A few weeks ago, her right hand became swollen. A Pole. Cannot speak English well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right upper limb, sternum, ribs, pleurae, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, uterus

Type of incident: n/a

Beatrice Eley, 39, [Wife of] Wine merchant

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Wine merchant
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1908
Date of death: 6 Jul 1908
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma mammae
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Inquest case. PM done elsewhere
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Darvill, 40, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1841
Date of death: 6 Sep 1841
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous affection of breast and spine. Effusion into the pleurae. Fibrous tumours of uterus
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Breast, spine); Effusion (Pleura); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, right breast, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Ward, 53, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1898
Date of death: 4 May 1898
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of uterine veins. Pulmonary embolism and apoplexies. Mitral stenosis. Carcinoma mammae
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Uterus); Embolism (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Heart); Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a hard mammillated mass just above the right nipple.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Mahoney, 56, Agent

Occupation or role: Agent
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1887
Date of death: 20 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fungating cancer of left mammae & glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

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