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Albert Abraham, 47, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1864
Date of death: 15 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, a stout, light-haired man with coloured cheeks of rather venous tinge and a well-formed chest, had been plagued for a month by frequent cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Albert Martin, 21, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1865
Date of death: 13 Sep 1865
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: In February last cough commenced and he began to fall away in flesh and strength.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Bird, 25, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864
Date of death: 30 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic ascites. Tapping. Fatal Haemorrhage from puncture
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Bleeding ; Haemorrhage
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man was in the hospital three months during which he twice underwent paracentesis for extreme ascites, dying shortly after the second operation. He was a labouring man of youthful appearance and pale, pasty face, addicted to free drinking especially of spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Cashion, 21, Sadler

Occupation or role: Sadler
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1864
Date of death: 20 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man had had fever in his family for a month, four members having been attacked. One of these, a brother of about his own age, had been in the hospital for a fortnight with well-marked typhus on the admission of the present patient. All recovered’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Hutton, 9, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1859
Date of death: 23 Aug 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Two days before admission he had begun to complain of languor and had some trifling difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Jones, 26, Plasterer

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1865
Date of death: 6 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a dying state and lived only a few hours.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and head
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Shaw, 16, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1863
Date of death: 3 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient reported that he had been bathing in the Thames five weeks ago, when next morning he found his legs and feet much swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Prout, 5, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1864
Date of death: 13 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This child, a cousin of Morgan [William Morgan, PM/1864/43] and exposed to the same contagion, was brought to the hospital five days after the appearance of eruption and survived for two days after admission. A brother and sister had been affected, and the latter had died. Our patient was very fretful and uneasy’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alice Simpson, 4 years 6 months , Child

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 4 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1865
Date of death: 24 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Three months ago she fell onto a fender and struck her head, producing a wound.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Amelia Murray, 15, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1865
Date of death: 13 Jan 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Ten weeks ago she had been laid up for three weeks for what she called ‘fever’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Amelia Brewer, 24, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1864
Date of death: 15 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of temporal bone. Inflammation of lateral sinus. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'All that could be learnt of this patient, who was unable to give any account of herself, was that she had been confined a week back with a six months child, that for some time past she had complained of pain in the left side of the face which was called neuralgia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, sinus, jugular vein, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Hill, 60, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864
Date of death: 23 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Renal calculi
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Kidneys)
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 of healthy appearance and well-nourished, had been suffering a week from abdominal pain and tenderness with relaxed bowels and scanty flow of thick, high-coloured urine. The pain was paroxysmal with short intervals of comparative ease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Lloyd, 11 months , Infant

Occupation or role: Infant
Age: 11 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1865
Date of death: 28 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Croup
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This child was admitted with stridulous breathing and all the symptoms of croup a few hours before its death.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, lungs and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Long, 34, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1863
Date of death: 15 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Freeman, Samuel George
Medical notes: When admitted she had been three months ill, her complaint commencing rather suddenly with dyspeptic symptoms, vomiting after food and confined bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, pleural cavities, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Love, 40, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1865
Date of death: 7 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: This woman was brought in at the point of death. She was said to have been neglected and beaten by a drunken husband.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Homicide/Murder

Ann Martin, 26, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1864
Date of death: 21 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Milsom, 51, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1864
Date of death: 18 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had been in the hospital repeatedly with dropsy and dyspnoea, was admitted on this occasion with moderate oedema (which had commenced in the feet six months before) and some distension of the belly. On admission the face was blue and the patient breathed with considerable difficulty, sitting far forward in her bed. She was by occupation a cook of sober habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Poulter, 21, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1865
Date of death: 28 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Obstinate vomiting
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Vomiting (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had general swelling of the body and legs, and two weeks later vomiting set in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Quelch, 32, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1859
Date of death: 24 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian dropsy. Paracentesis
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Ovary); Paracentesis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This woman had been out of health for the last five years, losing flesh, suffering from cough and general weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Townsend, 38, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1860
Date of death: 26 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease & hypertrophy of the heart. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The patient, a healthy-looking woman, was admitted the day before her death complaining of pain in the wrists and knuckles. These joints were somewhat red and swollen. The woman had before suffered from rheumatic pain but there was no history of rheumatic fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Wadley, 18, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1864
Date of death: 4 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The case is omitted’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Coleman, 17, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1865
Date of death: 21 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix by faecal concretions
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Five days ago abdominal pain commenced together with vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Gill, 23, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1864
Date of death: 25 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman was said to have been ill a week with pains in the [?] and violent diarrhoea. The latter symptom had now subsided. She was now rather venous in complexion, with a perplexed, rather wild expression. She answered questions readily but the answers were not trustworthy […] It was learnt from her friends that six weeks before admission she had had a fright and that from that time she had often complained of headache and failing memory’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Anne Hall, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1863
Date of death: 10 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of tonsils. Innanition
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Palatine tonsil); Innanition
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: It was reported that she had been ill a week, and had suffered from sore throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pharynx, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Shepherd, 34, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1863
Date of death: 25 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Quinine
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had been ill six days with pains in the limbs and sense of coldness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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