Occupation or role: Carman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Nov 1916 Date of death: 8 Dec 1916 Disease (transcribed): New growth of bifurcation of trachea. Purulent Bronchiectasis and bronchopneumonia. ? Growth in stomach Disease (standardised): Tumours (Trachea); Suppuration (Lung); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tumours (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Medical notes: He had had a chronic winter cough for years. He had lately become very breathless and expectoration had become profuse. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals and alimentary canal Illustrations or photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Butcher Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Dec 1904 Date of death: 15 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of skull producing extensive fractures of vertex. Purulent meningitis. Cerebral abscess. Hypostatic & aspiration pneumonia Disease (standardised): Wound (Skull); Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Abscess (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence Medical notes: 'Suicide was attempted by this patient on Dec 16th, the weapon used being a pistol applied to the right temporal region. When seen in the hospital, he was conscious, though drowsy, and merely complained of frontal headache. In the right temporal region there was a small puncture wound’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, thorax, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: Trauma / accident
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Mar 1905 Date of death: 13 Mar 1905 Disease (transcribed): Multiple injuries. Ruptured lung. Double pneumothorax. Very extreme surgical emphysema Disease (standardised): Injury; Rupture (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence Medical notes: 'The police brought this man into the hospital, stating that he had been knocked down by a cart while rather the worse for drunk. He was then pale, sweaty and collapsed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium Illustrations: Yes [relating to case?] Type of incident: Trauma / accident
Occupation or role: Dressmaker Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Jul 1905 Date of death: 16 Jul 1905 Disease (transcribed): Chronic progressive pulmonary tuberculosis. Tuberculous laryngitis & epiglottistitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Laryngitis (Larynx); Epiglottistitis (Epiglottis) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy 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’ Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Needlewoman Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Nov 1905 Date of death: 25 Nov 1905 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis & emphysema. Capillary bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy 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’ Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Diamond merchant Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1905 Date of death: 15 Dec 1905 Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Pulmonary oedema Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Edema (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence Medical notes: 'Accident occurred Dec 13th, a fall from a horse in Rotten Row. Patient brought in here unconscious’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: Trauma / accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1887 Date of death: 13 Feb 1888 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs) 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’ Illustrations or photographs: Yes (relating to case PM/1888/76) Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer Age: 1 ¾ Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1888 Date of death: 31 May 1888 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer 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’ Illustrations or photographs: Yes (relating to case PM/1888/238) Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Jan 1891 Date of death: 10 Apr 1891 Disease (transcribed): Suppurating hydatid cyst. Rupture into right lung Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis Cyst Suppuration Rupture (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William Medical notes: 'On two previous occasions the patient had been in the hospital and had had the cyst cupped by Mr Pick [Thomas Pickering Pick] and then left the hospital apparently well. Just before Christmas she came to the hospital again having then a swelling on the right side of the abdomen, quite soft, smooth & fluctuating' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 2 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Apr 1891 Date of death: 9 May 1891 Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer 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: 'No post mortem examination' Illustrations: Yes (relating to case PM/1891/170) Type of incident: n/a n/a
Occupation or role: Salesman Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Jan 1917 Date of death: 27 Jan 1917 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Extra- & subdural bleeding. Subarachnoid bleeding. Bruising & tearing of brain. Advanced pulmonary phthisis with pleurisy Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bleeding (Brain); Bruise (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall Medical notes: 'Knocked down by a taxi-cab and brought up to the hospital. Was conscious enough to give his name, but later lost his senses’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: Accident
Occupation or role: Night porter Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Jan 1917 Date of death: 27 Jan 1917 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the oesophagus invading trachea & thyroid. Septic pneumonia Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Throat); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon Medical notes: 'For the last 7 weeks the voice has been hoarse & he has had a cough but has remained at his work as club porter. No history of pain or difficulty during deglutition’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jan 1881 Date of death: 29 Jan 1881 Disease (transcribed): Acute pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'Not reported here' Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined' Illustrations: Yes (relating to PM/1881/41 and PM/1881/43) Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Plasterer Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1881 Date of death: 10 Feb 1881 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia (Littre's). Operation. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson Medical notes: 'Father and mother both died of phthisis. Lately had taken to drinking and been subject to morning sickness. Was attacked with vomiting on Feb 2nd at midday after his dinner, and next morning he noticed a lump in his left groin, painful when touched' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, peritoneum Illustrations: Yes (see PM/1881/34) Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Hawker Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Jul 1881 Date of death: 8 Aug 1881 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour. Lungs compressed. Aortic disease Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovaries); Compression (Lungs); Disease (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith Post mortem examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier and Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'No heritable disease; 7 children; 3 died of cramp. Menstruation ceased 13 years ago: no vaginal discharge. Since Xmas 1880 has felt pain on right side of abdomen which has increased since. Gave up work two months ago: felt pain in right hypochondrium on carrying a basket' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Police officer Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Mar 1917 Date of death: 2 Apr 1917 Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield Medical examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Measles 3 weeks ago. Pain in the chest & cough ever since. The pain is worse on breathing & coughing’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jan 1894 Date of death: 24 Jan 1894 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Aneurysm of thoracic aorta Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Aneurysm (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Medical notes: 'This man, formerly in the army, who had had no secondary syphilitic symptoms, no rheumatic fever, and good health until 3 years before his first admission in Aug 1893. […] On Jan 30th 1894 he was admitted with obvious signs of pneumonia of which he died, as he constantly affirmed that he would' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thoracic organs, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, prostate Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 2 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Mar 1894 Date of death: 5 Apr 1894 Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Medical notes: 'No history of tubercle amongst relations. This child, fed always by hand, but, apparently, in a proper manner, without previous signs of syphilis or of rickets, had been wasting for over a year - with cough of late, without any hooping or vomiting, and diarrhoea for the last 6 months - but not severe during the last 3 months. On admission (March 5) the child was anaemic, thin, cold, with marked depression of the anterior fontanelle; suffering from cough, but not in any distress' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1894 Date of death: 19 Jul 1894 Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of thigh. Hectic fever. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Leg); Fever (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: '[Died] at Wimbledon […] See surgical notes' Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No examination made post mortem' Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Sep 1894 Date of death: 18 Sep 1894 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington Medical notes: 'The patient, a woman of 35, gave a history of cough and loss of flesh with night sweating since her last confinement eighteen months ago - She had had one living child and three miscarriages. For a fortnight before admission she had had pain in the right chest aggravated by breathing with the expectoration of thick rusty sputum for a week - She had been very short of breath for a week - On Sept 13th she was delivered of a seven months child by Mr Bury' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jul 1894 Date of death: 28 Sep 1894 Disease (transcribed): Empyema , with ulceration into oesophagus Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Ulcer (Oesophagus) Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H. Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with stricture and double inguinal hernia. That on the right side being large and irreducible. Patient had great difficulty in passing urine which was alkaline. The stricture was dilated by the continuous method. On Aug: 2 the physician reported 'old tubercle of right apex, and general emphysema of lungs' ' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hernia, cranium Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Oct 1894 Date of death: 18 Oct 1894 Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis [right sided]. Pulmonary embolism. Empyema Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Lung); Empyema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington Medical notes: 'The patient a labourer aged 47 was admitted with a history of pain in the left side beginning with a rigor seven days before admission. Two days later the pain left him but since then he had suffered greatly from dyspnoea - For three days he had had delirium. There was no history of rheumatism' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 2 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Nov 1894 Date of death: 12 Nov 1894 Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, kidneys, meninges Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Meninges) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington Medical notes: 'The grandmother and a sister of this patient died of ?? [phthisis]. For two weeks the child who had always been particularly bright had become dull and lost flesh. On Oct 30th the child refused his food - He would not walk and was always asking to be carried [...] - Nov 3rd he was heard to scream sharply. On Nov 4th he became unconscious' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, spine, thorax, abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Nov 1894 Date of death: 20 Dec 1894 Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of lungs and kidneys and spleen Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington Medical notes: 'The history of this case was to the effect that for the last three months the patient had been losing flesh rapidly, had sweated much at night, and had suffered from constant diarrhoea - He had never brought up blood - He had had 'pleurisy' on the left side a year and a half ago - An operation had been done at great ormond st. and fluid let out - He had a tube in his side - This completely healed - On admission he was found to be an extremely emaciated boy complaining of pain in the stomach' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, vertebrae Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 7 Gender: Female Date of admission: 2 Dec 1896 Date of death: 4 Jan 1897 Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Abscesses in lungs: pyopneumothorax. Vegetative endocarditis Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Abscess (Lung); Hydropneumothorax (Pleural cavity); Endocarditis (Heart) () Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry Medical examination performed by: Baldwin, Gerald Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril Medical notes: 'She had had a discharge from the Right ear for some months previous to admission and had been an O.P. [Out-patient] here and at the Victoria Hospital. On Nov [November] 20 she complained of great pain in the Right ear. Since that date there had been swelling around the mastoid, pyrexia, loss of appetite and general illness' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, larynx, heart, heart, liver, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus, ovaries Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a