Item 223 - Thomas Wakeman, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1871
Date of death: 29 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'In June last he found his ‘breath get very short’. He continued his work as a coalbacker for three weeks afterwards, when he was obliged to give up, and had not been able to do any since. Had had no previous attack like the present. Had occasional swelling of the feet from ‘rheumatism’ and was a very free drinker’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a