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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1879
Date of death: 6 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
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: Cook
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1884
Date of death: 4 Dec 1884
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: She fell down a flight of stone steps.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1877
Date of death: 18 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Haemothorax. Luxation of spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Thorax); Luxation (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: A Dray on which the patient was riding upset throwing his violently to the ground and one of the horses which had also fallen, then rolled on him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1882
Date of death: 25 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Three months before admission, when acting as a waiter at the new university club, he was struck accidentally on the head by a piece of coal.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Sweep
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1882
Date of death: 27 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of femur at neck and great trochanter. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Two days before admission he fell from the pavement onto the road, alighting on his right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and thigh
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1884
Date of death: 10 Nov 1884
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The child came home with a story of having hurt his head in a fall and suffering a good deal of headache. He vomited freely and had much diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, glands, joints and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1889
Date of death: 18 Sep 1889
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: Not seen by the Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1882
Date of death: 23 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of pelvis. Laceration of urethra
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Laceration (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: As he was helping to remove a large boiler, it slipped and he was crushed between it and a pile of stones.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, abdomen and pelvic bones
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1882
Date of death: 3 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of right lower extremity
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A week ago, in getting out of his cart, he scraped the skin of his right shin bone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and vessels
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bottler
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1880
Date of death: 13 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: A bottle broke in his hands and inflicted a deep wound in the palm of the left hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hand, brain, spinal cord, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1880
Date of death: 28 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This child received a blow on the hand from a cane a week previous to admission. Possibly from this cause, the right forearm began to swell and grew red and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right arm, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Silver polisher
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883
Date of death: 20 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He fell a distance of fifteen feet through a trap door.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and skull
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 73
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1886
Date of death: 2 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William. Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Weller, G.C. Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was run over by a butcher’s cart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Permission was only obtainable to examine the head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1886
Date of death: 5 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Oedema and congestion of the lungs. Fracture of the bones of the leg
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: As a young man he worked in a white lead factory and in consequence had weakness of the legs and dropped wrists. He was knocked down by an omnibus, the wheel passing over both legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'The man was a drunkard. There was some history of epilepsy, the first fit having occurred 4 years & the last 8 months previous to his accident. He was knocked down by a cart, the wheel of which passed over his right knee’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right thigh, cranium, lungs, heart, spleen, spinal cord (‘inquest case … No lesions found at PM in any way explaining the cause of death, except the wound in the right thigh’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1883
Date of death: 18 Jul 1883
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of finger, laceration of soft parts. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Hand); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A fortnight before admission the three first fingers of his right hand were lacerated by machinery.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1888
Date of death: 17 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Blow from a foil in epigastrium. Perforation of transverse colon. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia and caseation of bases of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung); Caseation (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: Whilst fencing he received a blow at the upper part of his abdomen. He suffered much pain at the time, but it did not last long, and the injury was forgotten until November 5th when he began to have abdominal pain and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart and oesophagus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1889
Date of death: 24 Nov 1889
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Haemothorax. Ruptured and consolidated lungs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Lung); Rupture (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry. Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: Whilst unloading his van he got crushed between the van and a railway carriage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, prostate and stomach
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: 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

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1882
Date of death: 23 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull. Laceration of left-frontal lobe of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This man was stated to have fallen some sixteen feet from some scaffolding on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and skull
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: House agent
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1882
Date of death: 13 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of parietal bone. Effusion of serum under arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was stated to be subject to giddiness and constipation. He fell while at work on some steps and cut his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, head and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1882
Date of death: 28 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ten ribs on right side and nine ribs on left side. Fracture of left clavicle. Fracture at junction of first and second pieces of sternum. Granular kidneys and hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Sternum); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: His cab came in collision with another and in the melee the wheels of one of them passed over his chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, skull and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1879
Date of death: 2 Oct 1879
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the rectum and of the ovaries. Widespread cancerous affection of the lymphatic glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Ovaries); Cancer (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: She was quite well until her confinement on May 10th 1878. On May 12th there was pain and the appetite failed. Pain and anorexia lasted until July. During this period a tumour appeared in the left cervical region, which persisted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident