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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1883
Date of death: 15 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Caries of molar teeth. Erysipelas of face
Disease (standardised): Caries (Teeth); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In December 1882 he came as a dental out patient to the hospital on account of pain about the lower jaw.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Builder
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1916
Date of death: 28 Sep 1916
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal herniotomy. Haematoma behind peritoneum. Suppuration. Cellulitis of retroperitoneal tissues. Peritonitis. Hypostatic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Herniotomy (Abdomen); Haematoma (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Cellulitis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had a left inguinal hernia for seven years which was getting bigger and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, prostate, alimentary canal and appendix
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1872
Date of death: 23 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas faciei. Fatty heart. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man stated that for the last six months he had had pain in the chest which always became much worse after food, and of late he was subject to cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Stoker
Age: 1 year 3 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1886
Date of death: 2 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Deep cellulitis of neck
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Signalman
Age: 3 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1910
Date of death: 29 Oct 1910
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of neck (left). Right pleurisy with empyema. Collapse of lungs
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Neck); Pleurisy (Pleura); Empyema (Pleura); Atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: She had had a swelling in her neck for three days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, stomach, intestines, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and suprarenals
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1893
Date of death: 5 Sep 1893
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous cellulitis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Skin); Cellulitis (Skin); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient ran the prong of a fork into her hand five days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7 weeks
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1883
Date of death: 21 Dec 1883
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of face after wound
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Wound (Face)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1872
Date of death: 4 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Post partum. Caries of acetabula and iliac bones. Bedsores. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Parturition (Uterus); Caries (Hip); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For five months there had been an abscess forming over the right ilium and she had walked lamely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1889
Date of death: 18 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pericarditis and myocarditis. Fatty degeneration of the heart. Chronic pleurisy and pulmonary apoplexy. (Rheumatism?)
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Myocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Haemorrhage (Lung); Rheumatic diseases (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: She lived at 20 Ranelagh Road, Pimlico Road. On October 11th she had pains in her knees and felt very weak.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, duodenum, ileum, caecum, transverse colon, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Postman
Gender: Male
Age: 44
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1904
Date of death: 10 May 1904
Disease (transcribed): Carbuncles: septic arthritis of knee
Disease (standardised): Carbuncle (Tissue); Sepsis (Systemic); Arthritis (Knee);
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1883
Date of death: 24 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Adherent pericardium. Vegetation on aortic and mitral valves
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Adherent (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He first felt rheumatic symptoms in 1876. Ever since then he had been short of breath and felt much palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1910
Date of death: 24 Jul 1910
Disease (transcribed): Suppurating cellulitis of neck and chest. Suppurative thyroiditis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Neck); Suppuration (Thorax); Cellulitis (Neck); Cellulitis (Thorax); Suppuration (Thyroid gland); Thyroiditis (Thyroid gland); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Oram, Evelyn Henry Bardens
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had two boils on the left side of his neck for ten days, one of which he opened himself. Five days ago he felt queer, shivered and lost his appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Motor driver
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1914
Date of death: 1 Feb 1915
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of arm and finger and leg. Septic arthritis of metacarp-pharyngeal joint and knee
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Arm); Cellulitis (Hand); Cellulitis (Leg); Arthritis (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He scratched the ring finger of the left hand about Christmas time. The finger became poisoned and became worse in spite of outside treatment.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1883
Date of death: 16 Jul 1883
Disease (transcribed): Fistulous opening from groin to sigmoid flexure. Pleuritis. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Groin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient was sent here from a cottage hospital at Wimbledon, suffering from faecal fistula. For two years he had suffered with very short intermissions from what he called ‘English dysentery’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1879
Date of death: 10 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of arm. Pyaemia. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Skin); Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1876
Date of death: 20 Nov 1876
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was admitted for a sore on the penis, contracted in April. This was followed by a second sore in May which gradually increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1913
Date of death: 3 Jan 1914
Disease (transcribed): Phlegmonous pharyngitis. Cellulitis of neck. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pharyngitis (Pharynx); Cellulitis (Skin); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: Oram, Evelyn, Henry Bardens
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: The patient was ‘seedy’ for two weeks. Three days before admission he became worse and a swelling of the neck appeared.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, nose, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, aorta, oesophagus, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureter, bladder, stomach and penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Salesman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1910
Date of death: 2 Apr 1910
Disease (transcribed): Urethral stricture. Pelvic cellulitis. Perforation of caecum. Faecal fistula. Cystitis. Pyelonephritis. External urethrotomy
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Cellulitis (Pelvis); Perforation (Intestines); Fistula (Intestines); Cystitis (Bladder); Pyelonephritis (Kidney); Urethrotomy (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: For two years he had had symptoms of stricture with retention of urine on four occasions. He had gonorrhoea at the age of fourteen while in the army as a band boy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, small gut, caecum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, adrenals, bladder and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1851
Date of death: 12 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma & delirium. Jaundice. Almost universal destruction of the true texture of the liver accompanied by the deposition of much fat
Disease (standardised): Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Nervous system); Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Bence Jones, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad stated that his illness was only of a week’s duration, during which he had suffered from sickness & pain at the pit of the stomach and his skin had been of a yellow hue, his water had been of a darker colour than usual, he believed as long as a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1883
Date of death: 9 Nov 1883
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1879
Date of death: 14 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellulitis of right leg and thigh
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Two months before admission the patient sprained his right thigh whilst getting into a van. From the injury he seemed not to recover entirely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen and sternum
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1867
Date of death: 6 Jan 1867
Disease (transcribed): Eczema. Exudation on larynx and bronchial tubes
Disease (standardised): Eczema (Skin); Exudates and transudates (Larynx); Exudates and transudates (Bronchi)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He had been ill for two months with a profuse eruption of eczema affecting the greater part of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 15 days
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1907
Date of death: 5 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of scrotum. Cellulitis of groin
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Scrotum); Cellulitis (Skin, Groin)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1873
Date of death: 22 Oct 1873
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissue); Adherent (Pericardium)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: Five days ago this patient first felt pain in the feet which soon became swollen and red. A day or two after the wrists, elbows, shoulders and knees were attacked in the same manner.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1919
Date of death: 26 Feb 1919
Disease (transcribed): General peritonitis. Retro peritoneal cellulitis. Double empyema
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cellulitis (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Bostock, Marian Noel
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: The patient had been under treatment at home for ‘influenza’. That morning he complained of very severe abdominal pain and was sent by his doctor to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary tract and genital organs
Type of incident: n/a