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Thomas Elliott, 27, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1883
Date of death: 1 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Double pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been in a state of nearly continuous delirium for two days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Frank Pavey, 14, [Child of] Photographer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Photographer
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1885
Date of death: 1 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis and pleurisy. Penetrating wound of the abdomen
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Wound (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: While walking along the streets, he caught his foot against a railing and fell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and small intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Rosenberger, 34, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1909
Date of death: 1 Jan 1910
Disease (transcribed): Malignant growth of right scapula involving right lung. Suppuration
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Scapula); Cancer (Lung); Suppuration (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted on 30th April 1909. Ten months previous to that time he had had pneumonia in South Africa and four months later he noticed a lump in the scapula region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, infratracheal glands, mediastinal glands, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Saunders, 20, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1885
Date of death: 4 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Typhoid
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: He had been quite well up to March 14th when he had slight rigor, sore throat, pains in the limbs and all over the body. Later he had a cough and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Flaxman, 10, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1880
Date of death: 28 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Malformation of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Malformation (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: All her life the patient was subject to cough and every winter it became worse and in foggy weather. She had always had palpitation on exertion and soon lost her breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Edwin Mandy, 28, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1890
Date of death: 5 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Bennett, Lawrence Henry
Medical notes: At the beginning of the year the man said he had influenza and was laid up for a week. On February 12th he felt chilly and on the 13th he had an attack of shivering and began to suffer from cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Reginald Wells, 15, Apprentice

Occupation or role: Apprentice
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1915
Date of death: 20 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Blastomycosis. Ulceration and perforation of the intestines. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Blastomycosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: A tumour of three or four years growth was removed from the outer side of the right leg twelve months before. Five weeks ago he noticed a swelling in the left forearm, and a week later one in the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, portal vessels, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Frances Dyball, 48, Tailoress

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 21 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Abscesses in muscles, lungs, liver, spleen. Dilatation of common bile duct
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Muscles, lungs, liver, spleen); Disease (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Two of the patient’s sisters died of phthisis. There is no other family history of disease. The patient has had 4 children, one of whom died of bronchitis. She had scarlatina when a child and two attacks of rheumatic fever, the last 29 years before she came to St George’s. She was in King’s College Hospital about 7 years ago. The nature of her illness was not clear’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Mumford, 23, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1882
Date of death: 12 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Old empyema. Lardaceous degeneration of most of the viscera
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Amyloidosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He was first admitted in 1876 when he had empyema and was much relieved by thoracentesis and left the hospital with a pleural fistula. He continued to attend for a long time to obtain a solution of iodine to inject into the pleural cavity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Clarence Macduff, 8, [Child of] Canvasser

Occupation or role: [Child of] Canvasser
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1907
Date of death: 10 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis. Cerebral meningitis. Caseating tuberculosis in a bronchial gland
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The present illness began a fortnight ago with vomiting and pain in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Meninges, brain, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, alimentary tract, liver, gall bladder and ducts, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder and genital organs
Type of incident: n/a

Florence Elwood, 10 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1890
Date of death: 11 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient was a child aged 10 months. Her mother brought her to the hospital in the night of the 8th and apparently took no further interest in the case.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs and trachea
Type of incident: n/a

Herbert Brooks, 30, Plate layer

Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1885
Date of death: 15 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Seven weeks ago he had pain in all his bones and gradually grew weaker. He had constipation and frothy expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Oatridge, 37, Usher

Occupation or role: Usher
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1883
Date of death: 27 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Abscess in lung
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Abscess (Lung)
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: A fortnight before admission he felt pain over the right mastoid process and a humming noise in the right ear.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Prince, 73, Time keeper

Occupation or role: Time keeper
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1890
Date of death: 15 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Cirrhosis of liver (coarse)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: Two years before his admission the man was laid up for a week with cough. He had no other illness until March 8th when he began to feel weak. The chief symptoms was cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

George Barlow, 53, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man was taken ill with shivering, vertigo, vomiting, a dull pain in the right side of the chest and right shoulder, and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Violet Vernon, 6, [Child of] Train driver

Occupation or role: [Child of] Train driver
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1911
Date of death: 4 May 1911
Disease (transcribed): Right otitis media and mastoiditis. Septic thrombosis of lateral and other sinuses. Pyaemia with septic infarcts in lungs. Collapse of left lower lobe of lung
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Mastoiditis (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Transverse sinuses); Infarction (Lung); Atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: She had her tonsils and adenoids removed. Since that time she had had a bilateral otorrhoea and for for three days had had pain in the right ear with drowsiness and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, mediastinal glands, tonsils, larynx, trachea, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, pancreas, alimentary tract, genito urinary tract, scalp, meninges, brain, venous sinuses, ears and mastoid
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Arnold, 56, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883
Date of death: 31 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum. Colotomy. Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Colotomy (Intestines); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had suffered from symptoms of disease of the rectum for twelve months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Couper, 19, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1881
Date of death: 19 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys. Inflammation of liver
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Inflammation (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In May 1881 she fell and struck her hip against some stones and from that time she dates constant discomfort in the hip and a limping gait.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Hall, 26, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1889
Date of death: 7 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (red hepatisation) of right lung upper and lower lobes and left lung lower lobe
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: On March 24th he began to have a cold in the head of which the symptoms were sneezing, running of the eyes and nose and some cough.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, bronchial tubes, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

William Storme, 50, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1883
Date of death: 1 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He served in the army for twenty one years. Four days before admission he had had a severe rigor, followed by graudal onset of cough causing him much epigastric pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Windsor, 23, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1883
Date of death: 6 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Three days before admission, from no obvious cause, he had a severe rigor and felt sharp pain in his left side, with painful cough and scanty sputa mixed with blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Allen, 29, Potman

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1888
Date of death: 6 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Numerous pyaemic patches of consolidation in the lungs. The primary source of infection was not found
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Gamgee, Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When he first came to the hospital he told the house physician that six days before admission he had pain in the loins; that he had had neither diarrhoea nor constipation and that that morning he had shivered & felt sick, but had not vomited. He denied having drunk to excess’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Julia Clancy, 38, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1889
Date of death: 11 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: In November she began to suffer from cough and came in to the hospital as an out patient. She lost flesh from November and was troubled chiefly with cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, kidneys, spleen, liver, brain and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Albert Newnham, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1879
Date of death: 10 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pulmonary emphysema. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Cough and dyspnoea gradually commenced about two years before admission, more severe at first and never left him afterwards, and aggravated by cold weather.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Clipson, 38, Publican

Occupation or role: Publican
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1889
Date of death: 12 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He said that he drank about six glasses of beer daily. Afterwards he confessed that he took much more. About fifteen years before his admission he had an attack of rheumatic fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, thorax, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

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