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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1860
Date of death: 7 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pnemothorax (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The mother of five children, the youngest born ten months ago. The first indications of impaired health occurred two or three years back when she began to suffer from disordered digestion, abdominal and epigastric pain with frequent vomiting and relaxed bowels’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860
Date of death: 21 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This young woman had suffered from diarrhoea for 15 months, with occasional dyspepsia, occasional vomiting and pain before food. For the last 14 months the catamenia [menstruation] were absent’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, 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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 8 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (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 man, a labourer, spare and of bronzed complexion came in complaining of ‘a choking pain about the chest’, dyspnoea and a slight cough with spitting of thin, white, frothy saliva together with frequent thirst. He had left his work nine weeks owing to pains in the knees and small joints from rheumatic gout’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlour maid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 9 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'A light-haired woman of strumous aspect and very thin. She had been troubled for as long as 6 months with continual thirst and had voided as much as seven quarts of urine during the twenty four hours. She had concealed her illness until obliged from increasing weakness to give up her occupation as a domestic servant two months before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1864
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (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 man, an omnibus driver of sober habits, who had been under treatment many years for dyspnoea and cough and had had two attacks of haemoptysis (the last two months before his admission) was spare and somewhat wasted with light hair and flattened chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Harness maker
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Typhus?
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Typhus (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 was a case of a spare, emaciated old man, who entered the hospital complaining of pains in the loins and right leg of seven or eight weeks’ duration. His previous health had been good’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 14 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Softening of cord (myelitis). Typhus
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord); Typhus (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 patient, a healthy-looking man, whose manner was natural and intelligent, entered the hospital suffering from palsy, which was becoming general. He was by trade a mason, had never contracted syphilitic sores’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, cord, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1864
Date of death: 17 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'Not reported’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864
Date of death: 23 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted in a very prostrate state, anaemic and wasted with dorsal decubilus[?], burning dry skin, quickened breathing, a very compressible pulse of 128 though tongue dry and glazed. His face was anxious, he replied with some liveliness to questions but his answers were not accurate, when left to himself he conversed in a low tone and rational, pleasant manner as though someone was near by’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1864
Date of death: 29 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 came in to die, and was almost moribund at the time of admission. She was kept alive by stimulants for rather more than two days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1864
Date of death: 4 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys after scarlatina. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lungs)
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 child, the first admitted out of a large number in the same family affected with the same disease and its sequelae, was brought to the hospital moribund’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1864
Date of death: 5 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet 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: 'This boy was admitted in a sullen state of mind following an active delirium insomuch that it was occasionally difficult to keep him in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, pharynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Scrubber
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1864
Date of death: 4 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'A scrubber employed in the hospital, a fairly nourished person of florid complexion. She had had severe cold for a week with shivering and bad headache, but not pains in the limbs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1863
Date of death: 21 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1846
Date of death: 30 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after labour
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Childbirth
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'It appeared that three weeks before this woman’s admission here, she had been brought to the Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in a very destitute condition, and there delivered of a full-grown child half an hour after her arrival’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1864
Date of death: 7 Apr 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 man, of fresh complexion, having a somewhat strumous aspect, was at first under the care of the surgeons for an abscess near the rectum in March of 1863, and was transferred to Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman] in June of that year in consequence of cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 2.5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1864
Date of death: 30 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular inflammation of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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: 'This child (well nourished and not strumous in appearance) was brought to the hospital in a state of unconsciousness. During the time it lived it lay tranquil and motionless as though sleeping’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864
Date of death: 17 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (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 man was admitted with bronchial catarrh and cough of a month’s duration. He had wasted during the attack and at the time of admission was without appetite’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, blood

Type of incident: n/a