Occupation or role: Schoolgirl Age: 14 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Jan 1863 Date of death: 11 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: It was said that she had been ill a weak with rigors, headache and some looseness of the bowels. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Interpreter Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jul 1863 Date of death: 17 Jul 1863 Disease (transcribed): Cranial periostitis (syphilitic). Consequent meningitis Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient had enjoyed good health except for syphilis which he had contracted some years before. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 22 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jun 1863 Date of death: 4 Aug 1863 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of colon. Tuberculosis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This girl stated on Admission that two months previously, when in fair health, a growth had been removed from his lower lip supposed to be cancerous, and she had since suffered from general debility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, intestines, kidneys and heart Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 May 1863 Date of death: 25 Aug 1863 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis after rheumatic fever. Gradual wasting Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Rheumatic fever (Tissues) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This case is not given Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Oct 1863 Date of death: 7 Nov 1863 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient sought relief in consequence of pain, apparently rheumatic, in the knees and ankles. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and head Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Line worker Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Nov 1863 Date of death: 21 Dec 1863 Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: He had been ill for six months, with pain in the left side, debility and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863 Date of death: 30 Dec 1863 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) 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 was admitted for cough and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Postillion Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Jul 1859 Date of death: 25 Jul 1859 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Arachinitis. Softening of the brain Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: He had had well marked phthisical symptoms for eighteen months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and larynx Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Aug 1859 Date of death: 18 Aug 1859 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Strumous peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: This man was brought into the hospital almost in a dying state. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 15 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Aug 1859 Date of death: 25 Aug 1859 Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of both hips and of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Tuberculosis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Both knees were drawn up and the thighs fixed immovably in that position from disease of the hip joint of long standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joints, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Laundress Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864 Date of death: 13 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (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: 'The patient, a well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, was admitted on the 3rd January with symptoms of typhoid fever, having been ill for two weeks. When first seen on that day she was lying low in bed with the legs drawn up, sensible and replying in a dreamy way, but apt to wander in her statements’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Flyman Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Dec 1863 Date of death: 13 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'The patient, stout and well-built with the countenance of a drunkard, was first admitted under Dr Page [William Page] on the 26th August 1863 with symptoms resembling delirium tremens. He had been then a month ill suffering from restlessness, vomiting of food, insomnia and loss of appetite’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Calter Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jan 1864 Date of death: 17 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhus Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'The patient, a needy knife-grinder, was admitted in a condition of great prostration and although perfectly rational, was unable to recall the circumstances of his illness. He spoke of having been subjected to great poverty and consequent anxiety from having a large family to support. His wife, a sister of the patient next to be mentioned, was convalescing from typhus fever. He had felt ill and unequal to work for five or six weeks though he battled on till seven or eight days before his admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Hawker Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jan 1864 Date of death: 17 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhus Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'A well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, a few months married, a hawker by profession and much exposed to the weather, was admitted covered with a rubeoloid eruption, which from its involving the face was regarded at first by some as that of measles. She had a pulse of 120, warm harsh skin, red rough and dry tongue, no abdominal pain or tenderness but considerable fulness as of early pregnancy, observable dyspnoea and some anxiety of manner, face flushed, eyes suffused. The rash had been first noticed on the morning of her admission. Her illness was supposed to have lasted now five days dating from the time chilliness and debility were first complained of (a sister (wife of the patient whose case is recorded next before) had been attacked ‘with supposed typhus three weeks back and seen by this patient seven days before her own admission)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Policeman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864 Date of death: 9 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Degeneration of kidneys. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'The patient was a detective policeman of some note, always sober in his habits, but much exposed to inclement weather. He was admitted with general renal dropsy of six months’ duration. For the last four months of this time he had been unable to follow his occupation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 10 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jan 1864 Date of death: 14 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Edema (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 boy was admitted with moderate general dropsy. He was of pale, waxy complexion, the tongue was clean and moist, pulse feeble and heart sounds natural. There was no distinct history of scarlatina, though two weeks before the oedema was first noticed, the boy had complained for a day of sore throat and had shivered’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Mar 1864 Date of death: 22 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhus Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George and Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'Admitted into the surgical wards with varicose aneurism of right arm, which had existed about four years. In 1860 he retired to bed in his usual health, awoke suddenly during the night & found the whole right side of body with right extremities cold & numbed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Shoulder, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cooper Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864 Date of death: 6 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Empyema. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Empyema (Pleura); Peritonitis (Peritoneum) 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 man had been under treatment nine months before for an abscess near the right mamma accompanied by cough and great debility. Of this illness no accurate account could be obtained (the patient was Irish)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Helper Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 May 1864 Date of death: 2 Jun 1864 Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Symptoms of delirium tremens Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'The patient was a man of large frame and red, bloated face, who had long been addicted to habits of intemperance. He had been under treatment for delirium tremens on several occasions, and once at the hospital for jaundice’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Jun 1864 Date of death: 30 Jun 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: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: '(This and the following case were observed by Dr Steward [George William Steward] in my absence. I copy them from his notes. O.S. [Octavius Sturges]. The patient is a bricklayer, sturdy and well-made. He has been ill five days, sickness and headache with rigors being the chief symptoms’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Plasterer Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jul 1864 Date of death: 17 Jul 1864 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man on his admission was extremely emaciated and very short of breath without orthopnoea, the abdomen was distended with flatus and remarkably hard and inelastic’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Oct 1864 Date of death: 26 Oct 1864 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, (Lung) 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 patient was a tailor of sallow complexion and rather emaciated, admitted with far advanced phthisis. He had had cough for two months and for the last three weeks had been too weak to get about’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Oct 1864 Date of death: 31 Oct 1864 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of duodenum, consequent peritonitis. ‘Amyloid’ infiltration of liver and kidneys Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Peritoneum); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (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 patient, a fairly nourished man of rather fair complexion, was admitted with abdominal pain and tenderness of four days’ duration […] His history was that five years ago (his early health having been good) he had a diseased elbow joint owing to which the arm of that side had been amputated. Since that time he had lost strength somewhat and appetite and had wandering pains’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
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’
Occupation or role: Married Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Oct 1864 Date of death: 9 Nov 1864 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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 woman, who had travelled from Reigate for the sake of treatment in London, was on admission in a very exhausted state [….] According to her own story she had been quite healthy till six months before when slight cough commenced. She had not laid up until the birth of her child (her first), who was now three months old and had been weaned two months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, veins