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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Unknown
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1878
Date of death: 20 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Suicide by hanging
Disease (standardised): Suicide (Neck, respiratory system);
Admitting doctor: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: [No gender stated]
Date of admission: 11 May 1865
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Suicide – hanging
Disease (standardised): Suicide
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1868
Date of death: 22 Jan 1868
Disease (transcribed): Suicide by hanging
Disease (standardised): Suicide
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been living very badly and in a very desponding state for six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Motor washer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1907
Date of death: 25 Oct 1907
Disease (transcribed): Suicide by stabbing
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: One month ago the patient was discharged from Hanwell Asylum. At 7am the patient was found in a lavatory having attempted suicide by stabbing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Solicitor
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1869
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Suicidal gunshot wound on head
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient was brought in dead, having committed suicide by shooting himself with a rifle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1907
Date of death: 29 May 1907
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Pyaemia. Septic broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Sepsis (Systemic); Sepsis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The patient, the subject of periodic depression, had on a former occasion attempted suicide by drowning. On this occasion suicide was attempted by throat cutting with a razor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, peritracheal glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Jeweller
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1875
Date of death: 23 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Suicide
Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
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: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: [No gender stated]
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1869
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Suicide. Gun shot wound of heart and left lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Heart); Wound (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man shot himself in the park with a small pistol and was brought in quite dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Suicide – Division of right external carotid artery and fracture of lower jaw by a pistol shot.
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Artery); Fracture (Jaw)
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: The man was brought in dead, with the history of having just shot himself with a pistol in Hyde Park.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones and brain. Examination of the rest of the body was not permitted
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Brought in dead
Date of death: 30 Nov 1919
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound through skull and brain (suicide)
Disease (standardised): Wound (Skull); Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, pleurae, lungs, trachea, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, genitalia and testicles
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1893
Date of death: 24 Aug 1893
Disease (transcribed): Carbolic acid poisoning
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was brought into the Hospital by a policeman, the breath smelling of carbolic acid. The face of suicide was proved at the inquest, but the reason was not forthcoming.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, throat, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1850
Date of death: 8 Nov 1850
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Lungs congested friable. Conglomerate glands of intestines very prominent. No ulceration
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Lung); Disease (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This woman was stated on admission to have attempted to commit suicide by cutting her throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and cranium
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1871
Date of death: 23 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Suicide by hanging
Disease (standardised): Strangulation

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Was said to have hanged himself by a rope from a tree’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1868
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by prussic acid
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was picked up in the park and was dead when brought in. A bottle containing an ounce measure was found by his side. He had threatened to commit suicide previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1908
Date of death: 17 Jun 1908
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of skull and brain. Suicide
Disease (standardised): Wound (Skull); Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had been found by a policeman sitting on a seat in Hyde Park grasping a revolver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, pericardium, peritoneum, stomach, skull and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1903
Date of death: 19 Jun 1903
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Septic broncho-pneumonia. Arterio sclerotic kidneys. Fatty degeneration and fibroid disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Sepsis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Arteriosclerosis (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Bring the subject of heart disease, and tired of life, the patient attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, alimentary tract and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1911
Date of death: 5 Oct 1911
Disease (transcribed): Suicide. Bullet wound in head. Syphilis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He shot himself through the head and was brought into the Hospital dead. He was under treatment at the French Hospital for syphilis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, genital organs and alimentary canal
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1864
Date of death: 11 Jul 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia after drowning
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman was brought to the hospital by the police, having attempted suicide by throwing herself into the Serpentine River. By the policeman’s account, she had been in the water for more than two minutes. It appeared that for some three or four weeks she had been desponding and uneasy, having as her daughter said ‘something on her mind’. She had previously had fits of insanity, the nature of which was not ascertained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Fitter
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1906
Date of death: 2 Dec 1906
Disease (transcribed): Acute pneumonia. Irritant poisoning by ammonia. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Poisoning (Systemic); Disease (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Newton, W.H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient swallowed about two ounces of strong ammonia one hour before admission with the idea of suicide. On admission. A powerfully-built grey-haired-man, very collapsed, dyspnoeic and sweating profusely and obviously in great pain'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Schoolmaster
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1888
Date of death: 20 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation of 4th cervical vertebra. Haemorrhage into spinal canal. Bruising of cord
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Vertebrae); Haemorrhage (Spine); Bruise (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man had been very depressed owing to failing to get a ‘teacher’s certificate’. Had frequently threatened to commit suicide. He threw himself under a railway tram’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Heart, pleurae, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, spine

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1852
Date of death: 18 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Old cough. The larynx not wounded, nor the great vessels. Formation of purulent matter under sterno hyoid muscle. Wet brain. Engorgement of lungs. Soft heart
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Cut (Throat); Suppuration (Sternohyoid muscle); Disease (Brain); Engorgement (Lung); Soft (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had been in a state of continuous intoxication for some days. This brought on an attack of delirium tremens and whilst in this state he attempted suicide.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, trachea, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Fishman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1846
Date of death: 29 Mar 1846
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Pleurisy. Pneumonia of both lungs. Secondary deposits in the right. Bronchitis. Granular liver. Spleen softened and pale. Violent delirium.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen);Delirium (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: After being intoxicated for many days, this man attempted to commit suicide by cutting his throat with a razor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1885
Date of death: 12 Dec 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Oedema of the lungs. Cirrhosis of the liver. Delirium
Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat); Oedema (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver); Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had been in this hospital in the early part of the year after an attempt at suicide. Since that time he had been subject to attacks of despondency and fits of an epileptic character.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: French polisher
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1913
Date of death: 15 Aug 1913
Disease (transcribed): Pyloric obstruction after HC1 poisoning. Gastro-jejunostomy. Bismuth meal in air passages
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Stomach); Poisoning (Systemic); Gastric bypass (Stomach); Foreign bodies (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Five weeks ago this man was discharged from hospital after attempted suicide with HC1. He made a similar attempt twenty six years ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal, stomach and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1843
Date of death: 24 Jun 1843
Disease (transcribed): Wound in Larynx.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and head
Type of incident: Suicide