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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

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

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1880
Date of death: 28 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart valves (mitral stenosis). Dilatation of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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: For several years she had been subject to a cough in the winter and profuse night sweats. On the morning of February 8th she felt more short of breath than usual and applied for relief from a medical man who sent her to the Hospital at once.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidney
Type of incident: n/a

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

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: 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

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1881
Date of death: 26 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of family disease. Up to 1879 he has led a healthy life & has had strength fully equal to the average. Height 5ft6, weight 10st 7lb. In constant work as a baker; living good, no overwork, no dyspeptic symptoms, of fresh colour. During 1879 he went through a long treatment by mercury & Pot. Iod. [potassium iodide] for primary syphilis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1877
Date of death: 6 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Secondary abscesses. Large perinephritic abscess.
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Kidney); Perinephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted into the Surgical Wards on 7th February for abscesses on the right leg and the nape of the neck, the former of one, the latter of five weeks standing. The abscess of the leg was opened in the hospital and she was sent to Wimbledon.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, abscess, kidneys, spleen, spinal column, brain and uterus.

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1885
Date of death: 13 May 1885
Disease (transcribed): Encysted empyema. Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Cysts (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Schachl, Frank F
Medical notes: Mother died of heart disease. She had rheumatism when eight and eleven. Pains began in the left side and back having caught a cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1880
Date of death: 7 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): 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: The patient had not been feeling well for some days. On the 29th April she had rigor with great pain in the right side. She fainted but did not lose consciousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1885
Date of death: 27 May 1885
Disease (transcribed): Perforative peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Cahill, John
Medical notes: In April of last year he was in bed for fourteen days with pain all over him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1881
Date of death: 30 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Family history good; he would give no history of disease before 1880. He indulged very freely in alcohol, both beer and spirits. In January 1880 he was admitted as in-patient after a severe attack of epistaxis. His urine contained bile but no albumen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1881
Date of death: 22 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of intestine into bladder. Pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Ulcer (Bladder); Pyelitis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About ten days before admission she began to feel headache, nausea and giddiness. Five days later she noticed abdominal tenderness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, larynx, pharynx, peritoneum, spleen, liver, kidneys, intestines and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1884
Date of death: 2 Jan 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This boy had complained of headache and later developed a cough and began to vomit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1884
Date of death: 22 Jun 1884
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart)
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 had a severe rigor and sweat very profusely. Pain in the back, feet, knees and arms followed. The joints were reddened and swelled rapidly. He was delirious every night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1881
Date of death: 1 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral congestion. Endocarditis. Granular kidneys (infarct)
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Infarct (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She had rheumatic fever at 10; no subsequent oedema. In Jan 1880 she had syphilis with marked secondary symptoms in throat & skin. She was for 6 months under treatment. Five weeks ago she felt pains in her legs & left shoulder, with some shivering & loss of appetite; much headache; some palpitation felt. She could walk without difficulty. The next morning she found she could not stand'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hatter
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 31 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): ? Rheumatism or pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints, tissues); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Previous history of fairly good health: subject to coughs for 4 yrs [years]: appetite deficient for 3: diaphoresis habitually very profuse. Had drunk beer and spirits to great excess for four years: constantly intoxicated. No intelligible account of his present illness could be obtained: his father, for whom he worked, but who knew little of him, stated that he had had an open wound about the L. [Left] gt. [great] toe joint for 15 wks [weeks], and had been 'ill' for five'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1880
Date of death: 30 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the meninges, lungs, liver, kidneys, peritoneum, and (?) intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Meninges); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
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: For three months she had had a cough, complained of pain in both sides of the chest on coughing and of headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1883
Date of death: 25 Jun 1883
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Perforating ulcer of ileum
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
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 weeks before admission he gave up work and was suffering much from purging and abdominal pain and nausea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1885
Date of death: 27 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Three days prior to admission he felt pain in the lumbar region and some loss of power in the right hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ladies maid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1877
Date of death: 26 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of bowel. Intestinal haemorrhage. Perforations.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Haemorrhage (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been attacked with weakness and languor, diarrhoea, shivering at night and occasional delirium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, intestine, skull, dura mater and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1879
Date of death: 12 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Large liver cirrhosis with jaundice
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The present illness commenced two years ago at the menopause. During this period she had frequently spat up or vomited blood and epistaxis occasionally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1879
Date of death: 16 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular pulmonary phthisis (tapping of a vomica)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tapping (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was transferred from University College Hospital on its closing for repairs. The patient was admitted there on June 23rd and he was then suffering from intermittent pyrexia. There was cough and free purulent expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hall porter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1882
Date of death: 28 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Inflammation of upper part of intestine
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Inflammation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Five days before admission he began to vomit and felt ill. He had had slight cough for the preceding fortnight and that grew worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1883
Date of death: 25 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage on brain, in right ovary and from uterus
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Haemorrhage (Ovary); Haemorrhage (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On 24 December 1882 there was profuse epistaxis. A few days afterwards there was a profuse sanguineous discharge from the vagina which continued until admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a