Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 4 weeks Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jan 1918 Date of death: 8 Jan 1918 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Brought to the surgery in a moribund condition. Died a few minutes later’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Oddman Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Nov 1917 Date of death: 6 Jan 1918 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Mastoiditis with abscess outside the skull & between dura & brain. Septic basal meningitis. Fractured spine. Septic aspiration pneumonia. Tuberculous spine with kypho-scoliosis Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Mastoiditis (Mastoid bone); Abscess (Skull, brain); Meningitis (Brain); Fracture (Spine); Pneumonia (Lungs); Scoliosis (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: 'Fell through a skylight on to his head. Remembered nothing about it. Very collapsed. Partially unconscious. Stertorous breathing. Vomited in surgery’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull
Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter Age: 4 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1918 Date of death: 18 Mar 1918 Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury and Bornfield, Paul Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Began 4 days ago with cough & diarrhoea. No vomiting. Patient has been getting steadily worse since’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cabdriver Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Mar 1918 Date of death: 16 Mar 1918 Disease (transcribed): Old-standing tuberculous disease of left hip joint. Excision & amputation. Lardaceous disease. Suppurative myositis around left hip & of left psoas & iliacus muscles Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Amputation (Hip); Amyloidosis (Kidneys); Myositis (Muscles); Suppuration (Muscles) Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: '23 years ago excision of left hip. 1914 sinuses ever since. Scraped. 1917. IP [in-patient] still discharging. Leg wasted. Lordosis. Sent to Wimbledon [Atkinson Morley Hospital]. Oct 1917. ISQ [in status quo]. Amputation through the hip-joint by Mr Fedden [Walter Fedde Fedden]. Much pus found. Drained. Sent to Wimbledon. Mar 13, 1918. Returned from Wimbledon. 3 weeks previously the right foot and both scrota began to swell’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Dustman Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1918 Date of death: 12 Mar 1918 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of oesophagus opening the right bronchus. Aspiration pneumonia Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: 'Difficulty in swallowing for 2 months. Could not swallow even fluids for last week. Getting very thin. He worked until 5 days ago, when he felt too weak to go on. No pain. Slight cough. Bowels regular’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Child of] Van driver Age: 14 days Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Mar 1918 Date of death: 8 Mar 1918 Disease (transcribed): Complete atresia of pulmonary artery. Congenital morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Pulmonary atresia (Heart); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Patient was a full-time child but was blue at birth. Artificial respiration had to be administered. She has always been more or less cyanosed, & is very blue & breathless after her feeds’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Foreman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Feb 1918 Date of death: 6 Mar 1918 Disease (transcribed): Pyloric ulcer. Perforation. Erosion of vessel. Haemorrhage into alimentary canal. Breaking down of stitches. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Alimentary canal); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Patient has had discomfort in the upper abdomen for 2 years. This has been getting worse & he now has pain 2 hours after food followed by vomiting which relieves the pain. No report of any haematemesis or melaena’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Feb 1918 Date of death: 6 Mar 1918 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of pylorus. Gastrectasia. Gastro-jejunostomy Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Gastrectasia (Stomach); Gastrojejunostomy (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Patient has been constipated for the last 2 years. 6 months ago he noticed distention of the stomach with subsequent vomiting of large quantities of food, some of which had been taken 2 days previously. The vomiting had no relation to food. He has been losing weight’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Engine driver Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1918 Date of death: 26 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Operation (healed) on left knee joint. Pulmonary embolism Disease (standardised): Operation (Knee joint); Embolism (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: '8 weeks ago he strained his left knee. 2 days later something seemed to catch when he moved it. This has often recurred’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 51 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1918 Date of death: 26 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Perforated duodenal ulcer. General peritonitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: '2 days ago he had sudden pain in the abdomen. It continued on and off until the next morning. The pain was general but worse on the right side and under the right costal margin. Nausea but no vomiting. Bowels not open for 2 days. He had had ‘gastric catarrh’ for 10 years’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier Age: 10 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1917 Date of death: 4 Jan 1918 Disease (transcribed): Acute leukaemia. Gangrenous stomatitis & tonsillitis Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Bone marrow, blood); Stomatitis (Mouth); Gangrene (Mouth); Tonsillitis (Tonsils) Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: 'Had a cold for a fortnight and out of sorts. Worse and in bed for the last week. Delirious at night? Complained of pain in his teeth for 14 days, and a week ago mouth and throat began to be sore. Face puffy for the last 4 days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Feb 1918 Date of death: 20 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Multiple serositis. Ascites. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Serositis (Serous membrane); Ascites (Peritoneum); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: '6 years ago patient began to suffer from breathlessness on exertion. The condition has been gradually getting worse. The legs & abdomen have become more & more swollen & for some months she has been passing less & less urine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Feb 1918 Date of death: 18 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous & perforated appendicitis. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Gangrene (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: '6 days ago patient was taken ill with abdominal pain & vomiting. She was treated for gastritis but did not improve’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: ‘Local examination only made by request’
Occupation or role: Messenger Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Feb 1918 Date of death: 18 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Morbus cordis. Syphilitic mesaortitis & atheroma Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Syphilis; Mesaortitis (Aorta); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta) Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Patient has had increasing shortness of breath with occasional attacks of abdominal pain for the last 2 years. For the last 3 weeks he has had attacks of angimoid pain. Cough for 6 months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Chemical worker Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jan 1918 Date of death: 18 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Acute sero-fibrinous pericarditis. Hypertrophied & dilated heart. Mitral & tricuspid reflux Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: '4 weeks ago he was taken ill, and had the shivers. He went to bed, was seen by doctor, who said he had pneumonia, pleurisy and bronchitis. The pneumonia cleared up, and he then developed fluid in the chest. 2 weeks ago he became short of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Railway porter Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Feb 1918 Date of death: 16 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Constriction of small gut & hernia. Reduction en masse. Haemorrhagic enteritis Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Hernia; Enteritis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: 'For 16 months he has been having attacks of abdominal pain. Bowels always constipated. 3 days ago he had an attack of acute abdominal pain, and vomited several times. A rupture that he had had before came down and was very hard and tender’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: ‘Limited examination through operation wound only’
Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier Age: 3 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Dec 1917 Date of death: 3 Jan 1918 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: '10 days ago the child was brought up to the surgery with bronchitis. The mother was instructed to bring her up again but failed to do so. Meanwhile the cough became more severe & patient was very breathless. Delirium then set in & she was brought to hospital a moribund condition, at 2am’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Feb 1918 Date of death: 10 Feb 1917 Disease (transcribed): Aortic reflux. Hypertrophied heart. Overloaded stomach Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Brought in dead’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Auditor Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Nov 1917 Date of death: 6 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Myelogenous leukaemia. Mediastinitis. Hydrothorax & hydropericardium. Generalized tuberculosis Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Bone marrow, blood); Mediastinitis (Chest); Hydrothorax (Lungs); Hydropericardium Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: 'For over a year she has noticed a lump in the right flank. It has been growing steadily, but has increased in size more rapidly lately. It has never decreased in size. No frequency of micturition. Urine normal colour, but ‘frothy’. Usual amount always. She seems very weak on her legs, and has been getting thinner for the last year’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Child of] Confectioner Age: 1 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Jan 1918 Date of death: 5 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Gastroenteritis Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Gastroenteritis (Gastrointestinal tract) Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Began 1 week ago with constant vomiting & diarrhoea. Cough began about the same time & a day or two later she became short of breath. Patient also complains of headache’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Feb 1918 Date of death: 5 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy & dilatation of heart. Athero-sclerotic kidneys. Old fracture of humerus. Hydrothorax Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Atherosclerosis (Kidneys); Fracture (Arm); Hydrothorax (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: 'Admitted Dec 11, 1917, having been knocked down by a taxi. Fracture of the middle of the left humerus. Bruising of the left eye. Fracture of the left fibula. General bronchitis. Numerous attempts were made to get the humerus into a good position, without avail’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Stagehand Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 18 Jan 1918 Date of death: 3 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Lymphadenoma. Bronchitis. Bronchopneumonia. Heart failure Disease (standardised): Adenoma (Salivary gland); Bronchitis (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: '12 months ago patient noticed a swelling in the left axilla. She began to lose weight & developed a cough which has persisted ever since. She has periodic attacks of vomiting lasting 1 week & coming on ever other week. She is getting weaker & is very short of breath’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk / Hospital porter Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1917 Date of death: 3 Jan 1918 Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Removal of half the tongue 4 ½ years previously. Fibrosis of liver Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Removal (Tongue); Fibrosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: '2 days ago patient had an attack of shivering & went to bed. There was no vomiting or headache but he became more & more drowsy. He did not complain of anything. Was a porter at this hospital. Operated on 4 years ago by Mr English [T. Crisp English] for carcinoma of the tongue’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, tongue
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Soldier Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Jan 1918 Date of death: 1 Feb 1918 Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Morbus cordis. Mitral & aortic reflux & stenosis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, aorta) Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Medical notes: 'Patient was IP [in-patient] here 19 years ago with rheumatic fever. She has suffered frequently with ‘rheumatism’ & was aware that she had a bad heart but was not troubled on that score until a year ago. During the past year she has had frequent attacks of heart failure & has been 3 times in the infirmary. She complains of breathlessness, precordial pain & swelling of the legs & abdomen. Married. 6 children, 3 dead’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Watchmaker Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Jan 1918 Date of death: 31 Jan 1918 Disease (transcribed): Herniation with partial strangulation of a portion of stomach through a deficiency in the transverse meso-colon. Aortic & mitral reflux Disease (standardised): Hernia (Stomach); Disease (Heart, aorta) Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: '2 days ago he had his bowels opened twice. Since then he has had acute pain in the abdomen, where he noticed a swelling. He has vomited after all food since, and has passed nothing per rectum. He never noticed the swelling in the abdomen until now, and he thinks it came up quite suddenly. He has been losing weight for the last 6 months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen