Occupation or role: Housemaid Gender: Female Age: 20 Date of admission: 10 Dec 1877 Date of death: 31 Dec 1877 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations; perforation; peritonitis etc Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Indeterminate); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Subject to headaches, invariably R [Right] frontal. Diaphoresis scanty. Constitution otherwise sound. In the afternoon of the 4th day before admn [admission], she began to feel chilly: this lasted till she went to bed. Next mom [moment] she was hot, the appetite gone, lumbar pain and occipital headache present: was very weak and had to lay up. She perspired much the first few days. Bowels open on 7th and 9th, with purgatives. She vomited on the 9th' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, uterus Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Gender: Male Age: 46 Date of admission: 17 Jul 1878 Date of death: 26 Jul 1878 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease, chiefly affecting the glands. Ascites etc Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Glands); Ascites (Abdomen); Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. No heritable diseases in the family. Inflammation of the lungs 20 years before admission: subject to slight coughs since. Otherwise healthy. Diaphoresis habitually profuse. Accustomed to take on an average of 4 pts [pints] of beer and a glass of whiskey daily: frequent excesses. 'Faint feeling' in epigastrium for ½ hr [hour] after food once or twice in last 12 mo [months]. Purpuric maculation on legs from April 1878. About 5 wks [weeks] before admission pain commenced gradually in the abdomen. It continued, increasing steadily in severity, unaffected by period of day, by eating or breathing deeply; - the abdomen at the same time enlarging progressively' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, mesenteric glands, peritoneum, blood Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 4 10/12 Date of admission: 20 Jul 1878 Date of death: 3 Aug 1878 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy. Sloughing of the wound etc Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea); Sloughing (Neck); Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. Mother d. [died] of consumption: previous history of good health. Quite well till noon on the 7th day before admission: when she was noticed to have a troublesome cough. Towards evening she seemed to be struggling to spit something up and during the night there was severe dyspnoea with marked stridor. Next day all the symptoms were somewhat relieved. During the night they again became severe. On the 3rd day all symptoms had disappeared except a slight cough: she ate with a good appetite. This state of things continued till the 6th. On the 6th she complained of sore throat. The night before admn [admission] the severe dyspnoea and stridor returned, continued all night and part of the next morning, then lessened: as she was being brought up in a cab, these were hardly noticeable, but seemed to return on admission. No nasal discharge or swelling in the neck noticed' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, trachea Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Gender: Female Age: 23 Date of admission: 17 Oct 1878 Date of death: 20 Oct 1878 Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Intestinal perforation Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines); Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: n/a PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. Previous history healthy. Information about present illness very scanty. Some 5 or 6 wks [weeks] before admission she was attacked with chilliness and anorexia. She had previously suffered from cough for an unknown period. The appetite never returned, and she got weaker and weaker. She vomited frequently. About the second week of her illness there was diarrhoea for 6 or 7 days: otherwise the bowels were generally costive. She never laid up permanently till admission' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, uterus Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Gender: Male Age: 21 Date of admission: 31 Jan 1878 Date of death: 12 Feb 1878 Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia from disease of the mastoid cells Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Disease (Ear); Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. One brother died of consumption. Scarlatina at 9: abscess in neck following: smallpox at 13: 'inflammatn [inflammation] of lungs' at 18 and again at 19. Otherwise healthy and under good conditions till 12 days before admn [admission]. Onset somewhat gradual except for a slight cough of 1 mo's [month's] standing. 1st to 6th days: - frontal headache: Rt. [Right] earache: anorexia: night sweats: dark urine: confined bowels. Cough ceased on 4th day. 7th day: - Earache ceased: other symptoms cont [continued]? 9th and subseq. [subsequently]: - one or two loose yellow motions daily. 11th : A rigor of 20 minutes duration, about 7p.m. 12th: Similar one [?] the morning: several slight ones: pain in front of chest even: Cough and rusty expectoration: headache lessened' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain, membranes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Aug 1879 Date of death: 5 Sep 1879 Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Oedema of the glottis. Laryngotomy Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Oedema (Glottis); Laryngotomy (Larynx) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was quite well until about five weeks ago when an eruption of pimples appeared on the right arm, extending to the left a week later. About three weeks ago, she found on waking one morning the hands still and the skins on the backs of a black colour and beginning to peel off. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain and uterus Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Commercial traveller Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Sep 1879 Date of death: 15 Sep 1879 Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous pneumonia dependent upon tubercle. Tubal nephritis in a granular kidney Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: When seen by the Registrar there was great cyanosis. Examination was almost impossible owing to his condition, but at the left apex, loud cavernous breathing was heard behind crackles all over the front of the left lung. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, intestines, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Mar 1880 Date of death: 4 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: About January 1879 while walking quietly in the street, he suddenly lost the power of speech. About the same time as the aphasia he noticed shortness of breath with attacks of fainting and giddiness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and meninges Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Milkman Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Mar 1880 Date of death: 10 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the stomach and neighbourhood. Perforation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: In January 1879 he began to fail in strength and found that ‘he could not lift things as he used to’. He was later attacked with pain in the left loin, profuse perspiration and difficulty in ‘keeping food down’. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs, prostate and testes Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Baker Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Sep 1880 Date of death: 11 Oct 1880 Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Gummata in the liver. Cirrhosis Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Gumma (Liver); Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Ten years ago he had a syphilitic sore followed by eruptions on the body and legs. Four years ago he had a severe ulceration of the throat. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Nov 1880 Date of death: 18 Nov 1880 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Six weeks before admission she was attacked with acute pain in the left hypochondium, followed by jaundice. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Mar 1880 Date of death: 8 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophic cirrhosis Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: On admission the patient was semi-delirious, the abdomen was much swollen and there was marked dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood and arteries Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Paper stainer Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Apr 1881 Date of death: 9 Apr 1881 Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'He has been a paper stainer all his life using much lead, arsenic, copper & mercury. He was an in-patient of St George's 24 years ago with colic; he has had none since; no wrist drop. For the last 20 years he has had frequent long attacks of cough and dyspnoea; for the last ten at least much polyuria. He has been a heavy drinker up to 1870 but slightly moderated his excesses since then' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain
Occupation or role: Stoker Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Apr 1882 Date of death: 21 May 1882 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of the small intestine with perforation of the gut Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard Medical notes: About eleven days before admission there were severe symptoms of diarrhoea and some intestinal haemorrhage. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and alimentary canal Type of incident: n/a