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Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1904
Date of death: 1 Jan 1905
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Morbus cordis. Lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Pericardium); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Complains of pains in chest and back. Shortness of breath. Three weeks ago patient was taken ill with headache & sickness & had to give up his work […] similar attack 12 months ago, [?] 3 months. Total abstainer’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1901
Date of death: 1 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Dilated and hypertrophied heart. Recent endocarditis affecting the aortic, mitral and tricuspid valves. Old endocarditis affecting mitral valve. Pulmonary infarction
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Infarction (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickenson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The mother stated when the child was first brought up that she had rheumatic fever in February 1901 and had suffered with cardiac symptoms ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Army pensioner
Age: 79
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1912
Date of death: 1 Jan 1913
Disease (transcribed): Mitral reflux. Tricuspid reflux. Myocardial fibrosis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had breathlessness, praecordial pain, insomnia and increasing oedema for eighteen months, and there had been a troublesome cough of late.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Confectioner
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1916
Date of death: 2 Jan 1917
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhogic fibrinous pericarditis. Purpura
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Purpura (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Medical notes: 'On Dec 6th after a series of colds in the head, she was seized with severe pain across the chest and & pains all over the body’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cellarman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1911
Date of death: 3 Jan 1912
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of termination of right internal carotid artery and right middle cerebral artery. Cerebral softening. Hemiplegia. Coma. Emphysema. Chronic bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Arteries); Softening (Brain); Hemiplegia (Brain); Coma (Brain); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man was admitted semi-conscious and quite inarticulate as cerebral haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, cranium, brain and genital organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hosier
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1904
Date of death: 14 Jan 1905
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis & cardiac aneurysm. Septic arthritis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Aneurysm (Heart); Arthritis (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'Originally in the medical wards, admitted with what was apparently acute rheumatism and delirium’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1915
Date of death: 12 Jan 1916
Disease (transcribed): Partial removal of prostate. Cystitis. Pyelitis. Pthisis. Empyema. Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Removal (Prostate); Cystitis (Bladder); Pyelitis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had increasing dysuria for a year, with pain and frequency day and night. There was complete retention for ten days necessitating daily catheterisation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Stenographer
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1901
Date of death: 11 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Congenital morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Congenital disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George. Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The boy was sent in for acute rheumatism and endocarditis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, bladder, brain and right hip joint
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer’s assistant
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1902
Date of death: 15 Jan 1903
Disease (transcribed): Malignant carcinoma stenosis of pylorus. Gastro-jejunostomy. Septic bronchopneumonia. Brown atrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Gastric bypass (Stomach); Sepsis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Three months before admission he had vomiting with loss of flesh and general weakness commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, portal vein, bile duct, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suparenals, bladder, testes, alimentary canal and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Daughter of] Labourer
Age: 9 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1915
Date of death: 14 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Streptococcal laryngitis with oedema glottidis. Heart failure. Tracheotomy. ? Anaphylaxis
Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx); Oedema (Glottis); Failure (Heart); Tracheotomy (Trachea); Anaphylaxis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: On April 7th the child had an attack of measles. On April 11th there was increase in the cough, and since then there had been increasing difficulty in breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1904
Date of death: 24 Mar 1904
Disease (transcribed): R: [Right] Hydronephrosis with renal calculus. Chronic interstitial nephritis of L: [Left] kidney. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Calculi (Kidney); Hypertrophy (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: '[Died at Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital]. Patient was admitted on February 1st complaining of dyspnoeic attacks, pain and heaviness in the praecordial region for the four months preceding admission. There had been some cough and expectoration, the sputum sometimes being blood-tinged. Previous history of syphilis. No rheumatic history'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clock-jobber
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1909
Date of death: 25 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage on surface of brain. Adhesions of cerebral vessels. Syphilis. Arterio-sclerosis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Adhesions (Brain); Syphilis (Systemic); Arteriosclerosis (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: While running for a bus, the patient felt giddy, collapsed in a heap and cut his lip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1910
Date of death: 18 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull. Bruising of brain with laceration of left temporal sphenoidal lobe. Aortic stenosis slight
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had fallen downstairs and the next morning he became unconscious and remained so ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1916
Date of death: 2 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Malignant growth of left bronchus invading left lung. Bronchiectasis. Ruptured aneurysm of pulmonary artery. Haemoptysis. Malformation of liver
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Lung); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Aneurysm (Arteries); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Malformation (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was admitted complaining of pain in the left chest, weakness, anorexia and loss of weight for some months past.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1909
Date of death: 21 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of rectum. Secondary growths in liver obstructing hepatic ducts. Jaundice. Dry gangrene of left leg, right arm, hand. Ovarian cyst. Thrombosis of inferior vena cava. Ulcerative endocarditis. Embolism of middle cerebral arteries. Cerebral softening. Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Liver); Jaundice (Skin); Gangrene (Leg); Gangrene (Arm); Gangrene (Hand);Cysts (Ovary) ; Thrombosis (Veins) ; Endocarditis (Heart) ; Embolism (Arteries) ; Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dakin, William Radford
Medical examination performed by: Smith, George Frederick Darwall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted on November 25th 1909 for enlargement of the abdomen with history of pain and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart,liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, inferior vena cava, lumbar glands, alimentary canal, uterus and adnexa, and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1910
Date of death: 22 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Acute on chronic cystitis. Enlarged prostate. Connective nephritis. Aspiration pneumonia. Arteriosclerosis. Hypertrophied heart. (Paralysis agitans)
Disease (standardised): Cystitis (Bladder); Enlarged (Prostate); Nephritis (Kidney); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung); Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Disease (Heart);Parkinson disease (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was found on a platform in a fainting condition. He vomited at first, and again after being brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coachman
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1910
Date of death: 24 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Aortic incompetence. Mitral stenosis and incompetence. Tricuspid dilatation. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted moribund. No history was obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundry hand
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1916
Date of death: 4 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. Recto colic and pelvic abscess. Pylephlebitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Abscess (Intestines); Abscess (Pelvis); Pylephlebitis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Right sided abdominal pain with vomiting and diarrhoea commenced a week ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, uterus and adnexa
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 71
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1915
Date of death: 21 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured aneurysm of left cerebral artery. Cerebral compression
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Brain); Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Shortly before admission the patient, whilst out for a walk, fell down and became unconscious and was brought in by the police.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, mitral and aortic valves, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, brain and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1916
Date of death: 7 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Spondylitis. Purulent bronchitis. Heart failure
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Spondylitis (Spine); Bronchitis (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: In lowering a heavy trunk from a cab, the patient fell to the ground as the result of it slipping. He fell on his back with the trunk on top.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, skull, spine and joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Musician
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1904
Date of death: 14 Jan 1905
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Mitral stenosis & reflux. Recent endocarditis & pericarditis. Hypostatic congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Pericardium); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: ‘Complains of palpitations of heart. For the last 3 months patient has suffered with cardiac palpitations on the slightest exertion. She also suffers with throbbing of her head. Sometimes she has acute pain in the praecordium’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Gender: Male
Age: 47
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1903
Date of death: 7 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation and hypertrophy of heart (? alcoholic). Ante mortum thrombosis in left ventricle. Passive congestion of viscera
Disease (standardised): Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Hypertrophy (Heart); Thrombosis (Heart); Congestion (Viscera);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'History – Alcoholic drinks – a good deal at one time, latterly moderate. Σ [Syphilis] denied. About Apr 02 [April 1902] he first had symptoms of heart trouble. With the exception of 'a cold in the bowels' giving rise to troublesome diarrhoea, occurring a year previously. Since when he had not felt quite so strong, he had enjoyed good health. In the early part of '02 [1902] he had an attack of dropsy and dyspnoea, which left him with a tendency to attacks of nocturnal dyspnoea and to shortness of breath on getting flurried. He was admitted into St. George's Hosp. [Hospital] Apr [April] 21st 03 [1903] (No. 631.03) for weakness and shortness of breath which had gradually been getting severe for 3 weeks'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1909
Date of death: 11 Jan 1910
Disease (transcribed): Portal cirrhosis of the liver. Ruptured oesophageal varix. Haemorrhage. Arterio sclerosis. Grave secondary anaemia. Thrombosis of portal vein
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Rupture (Oesophagus); Haemorrhage (Oesophagus); Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Anaemia (Systemic); Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Six weeks before admission the patient began to vomit and developed swelling of the lungs. The abdomen also swelled and was tapped by a doctor. The swelling recurred.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1903
Date of death: 16 Jan 1903
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous myocarditis. Atheroma of aorta with occlusion of coronary arteries. Aortic cardiac dilatation. Recent and old endocarditis of aortic valve. Acute mortem thrombi in heart cavities. Pulmonary and splenic infarction. Peritonitis. Hydrosalpinx
Disease (standardised): Myocarditis (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Thrombosis (Heart); Infarction (Lung);Infarction (Spleen) ; Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Hydrosalpinx (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had been well until two months before admission when she began to suffer from cardiac flutterings and grew progressively dyspneoic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, uterus and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1916
Date of death: 8 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Old amputation of breast. Growth invading stomach and pancreas (? secondary). Thrombosis of left jugular, subclavian, right iliac and femoral veins
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Breast); Tumours (Stomach); Tumours (Pancreas); Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: She had a painful swelling in the legs six months ago. Rest in bed for four and a half months apparently cured the trouble, but on April 21st there was painful swelling of the left arm and hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, adrenals, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, uterus and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a