Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1922
Date of death: 25 Aug 1922
Disease (transcribed): Exophthalmic goitre. Persistent thymus. Hyperplasia
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland); Persistent (Thymus gland); Hyperplasia (Lymphoid tissue)
Admitted under the care of: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Medical examination performed by: Tross, W.L.[?]
Post mortem examination performed by: Schuster, Norah Henriette
Medical notes: She had always had an enlarged thyroid. Since the birth of a child in February 1922, it had become larger and caused dysphagia. The patient had got thinner and weaker recently.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tongue, fauces, thyroid, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, thymus, aorta, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, bladder, suprarenals, pancreas, uterus and lymphatic glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Blacksmith mate
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1929
Date of death: 3 Mar 1929
Disease (transcribed): Grave’s disease
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Marnham, Ralph
Medical notes: Three years ago the patient’s throat started to enlarge. Twelve months ago trembling became very bad and she was short of breath, losing weight and sweating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, genitals, alimentary canal, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1928
Date of death: 21 Oct 1929
Disease (transcribed): ? Graves disease and terminal catarrhal jaundice
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Gainsborough, Hugh
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Marnham, Ralph
Medical notes: She was an In Patient eight times before, the last three times for Graves disease. When readmitted she had gradually lost weight during the previous three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, larynx, oesophagus, thyroid, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, common duct, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1941
Date of death: 24 Nov 1941
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Senile cataract (lens extraction). Hypostatic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cataract (Eye); Extraction (Lens); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Caddy, Adrian
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No autopsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Gender: Female
Age: 65
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1934
Date of death: 22 May 1934
Disease (transcribed): Exophthalmic goitre
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Immune system);
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by:
Post mortem examination performed by:
Medical notes: '6 years ago was treated at the Westminster Hospital for a ‘nervous breakdown’ and was given thyroid extract. 3 years ago she noticed exophthalmos and palpitation. 1 year ago she was treated at Addenbrooke’s Hospital for a nervous breakdown. In March 1933 she was told that she had Graves disease. Lately the voice had been affected and she has had diarrhoea.’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain
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Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1931
Date of death: 10 Jan 1931
Disease (transcribed): Grave’s disease. Cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holdsworth, Frank Wild
Medical notes: She had been short of breath and had had a cold on the chest for the last six weeks. For the last fortnight she had vomiting after meals and could not keep anything down.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, intestines, thyroid and thymus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer’s porter
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1935
Date of death: 3 Apr 1936
Disease (transcribed): Acute conjunctivitis. Frido cyclitis. Bronchopneumonia and lung abscesses
Disease (standardised): Conjunctivitis (Eye); Iridocyclitis (Eye); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Doggart, James Hamilton
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pharynx, trachea, lungs, thyroid, heart, abdomen, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, tongue, oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Groundsman
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1940
Date of death: 28 Jun 1940
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Carcinoma oesophagus (post cricoid). Horners syndrome
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Horner syndrome (Face)
Admitted under the care of: Riddell, Victor Horsley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No autopsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Gender: Female
Age: 58
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1934
Date of death: 14 Feb 1934
Disease (transcribed): [Heart failure. Graves’ disease]
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Graves disease (Immune system);
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by:
Post mortem examination performed by:
Medical notes: 'Fractures for 7 years. Marked Graves’ disease, with rarefaction of bones. Blood calcium and phosphorus normal. Sent to AMCH [Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital] to rest before ?partial thyroidectomy. While there developed auricular fibrillation. Readmitted to St George’s where she died of heart failure’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, skeleton
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Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1938
Date of death: 12 Nov 1938
Disease (transcribed): Graves disease
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland)

Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Teare, Robert Donald
Medical notes: She had inability to swallow, breathlessness, general weakness and pain around the heart. The pain started about two years ago suddenly, and gradually increased. About eight months ago she noticed difficulty in swallowing, and that she had a lump in the throat which had gradually got larger.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleural cavities, lungs, thyroid, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Representative
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1936
Date of death: 4 Jul 1936
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Graves disease
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No autopsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1924
Date of death: 15 Feb 1924
Disease (transcribed): Exophthalmic goitre. Pleuritic adhesions. Tuberculous consolidation of both apices. Calcareous mesenteric glands. Brown atrophy of heart. Syncope
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland); Adhesions (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung); Calcareous (Lymph nodes); Disease (Heart); Syncope (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: Ten months ago a large swelling appeared in the region of the thyroid, which had much decreased since then. She had lost much weight and very easily tired. She had slight cough, was often very thirsty and had some frequency of micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and membranes, tongue, tonsils, thymus, thyroid, parathyroids, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary artery, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, mesentery, liver, gall bladder, ducts, pancreas, spleen, accessory spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, uterus, tubes, ovaries, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, large intestine and appendix
Type of incident: n/a