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Occupation or role: Butterman
Gender: Male
Age: 58
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1878
Date of death: 29 Sep 1878
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the liver. Progressive muscular atrophy
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver); Muscular atrophy (Muscles);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ceased to work at age of 52 owing to weakness and falling away of the hands esp [especially] of the right in which ball of thumb became quite flat. Left arm also became thin about the same time. Right arm began to waste last year, and since Xmas last Patient has been unable to dress or undress himself. Has felt in mod [moderate?] health until about two months ago. When the belly began to swell, appetite to fail, and pain to infest the back and abdomen. Bowels acted regularly. Urine scanty. Feet began to swell 2 weeks ago'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, brain
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Married
  Gender: Female
  Age: 40
  Date of admission: 5 Oct 1878
  Date of death: 10 Oct 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Spinal myelitis
  Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spine);
  Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
• Margerison, Richard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
  Medical notes: 'History. Nothing remarkable about previous or family history. Three mo [months] or so before admission the catamenia appeared for the last time. During their continuance and from that period forward she suffered greatly from pain in the loins and hypogastrium. For the first fortnight she was kept in bed by them. A week or two later, pains, called 'rheumatics' commenced in the hands and feet. She commenced to lose strength and flesh. The power began to desert the extensors of the wrist at the same time. She also suffered from severe dull frontal headache, and the urine became turbid, dark, and scalding. She had to keep her from the time that the pains in the extremities commenced. No relief to any of the symptoms occurred before admission, and for the last six weeks, the hypogastric pain was very severe'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, uterus, kidneys, spinal cord
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1882
Date of death: 7 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia with many subcutaneous abscesses and suppuration in various joints
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Systemic); Suppuration (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission he received a blow to the left side of his chest from the shaft of a coal van.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1882
Date of death: 18 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs. Rupture of lung and liver
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Rupture (Lung); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He was said to have fallen seventy feet from some scaffolding.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, chest and heart
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1882
Date of death: 8 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the bones of the leg. Engorgement of the left middle cerebral vessels
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Engorgement (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: A horse he was riding fell backwards on to his left leg. He also struck the back of his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and its membranes, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1882
Date of death: 8 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ununited fracture of femur. Cancer of liver and ribs. Haemothorax
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Ribs); Haemorthorax (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: This man was originally admitted with a fracture of the shaft of the left femur. Fourteen weeks after the accident it was found that there was non-union.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left leg, lungs, pleurae, heart, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1881
Date of death: 20 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain. Disease of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Disease (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: This woman, who had a well marked syphilitic history, was admitted with the greater part of the palate destroyed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sweep
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1882
Date of death: 27 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of femur at neck and great trochanter. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Two days before admission he fell from the pavement onto the road, alighting on his right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and thigh
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: House agent
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1882
Date of death: 13 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of parietal bone. Effusion of serum under arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was stated to be subject to giddiness and constipation. He fell while at work on some steps and cut his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, head and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Page boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1880
Date of death: 10 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Morbus coxae. Amyloid disease of liver, spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been in the hospital on a previous occasion with disease of the same hip joint. When admitted there was muscular wasting of the right leg and thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, spleen, kidneys and hip joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1882
Date of death: 12 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae. Abscesses
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Eight months before admission he was kicked on the left buttock where an abscess formed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpet planner
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1882
Date of death: 18 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Slight laceration of brain. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient fell from a ladder at a height of about seven feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1882
Date of death: 22 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of uterus. New growths in pelvis and iliac region. Secondary infiltration mesenteric and inguinal glands
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus); Carcinoma (Pelvis); Carcinoma (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She had been in the hospital previously with a tumour the size of half a coconut in the right groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1882
Date of death: 28 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ten ribs on right side and nine ribs on left side. Fracture of left clavicle. Fracture at junction of first and second pieces of sternum. Granular kidneys and hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Sternum); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: His cab came in collision with another and in the melee the wheels of one of them passed over his chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, skull and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Kitchen maid
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1881
Date of death: 17 Feb 1882
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of vertebrae column, liver and lumbar glands
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Spine); Carcinoma (Liver); Carcinoma (Lumbar lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In October 1880 she first noticed pain in the left lumbar region, extending in three or four months to the right side, and in six months down both legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, kidneys, spleen, bladder, liver, lumbar glands and lumbar vertebrae
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1882
Date of death: 18 Feb 1882
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Cerebral haemorrhage and laceration
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Whilst engaged in repairing a lift a weight of iron fell some fifty feet on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, skull, dura mater and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Ladies maid
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1882
Date of death: 3 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of spleen and liver. Fracture of ribs
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Spleen); Rupture (Liver); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was admitted collapsed and moribund and died very shortly afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, chest and lungs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cellarman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1882
Date of death: 10 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Spinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: For some weeks he complained of ‘a weight on the head.’ Three days before admission he began to feel pain in the head and back, and a ‘weight on the chest’. He had acute delirium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleura, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Telegraph clerk
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1881
Date of death: 16 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of lung following caries (?) of spine
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lung); Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In the summer of 1880 he began to feel occasional interscapular pains which were relived by stretching himself and were ascribed to the long hours of secretary work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, aorta, lungs and vertebral column
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1882
Date of death: 26 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Caries and necrosis of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Necrosis (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: This child was admitted with a history of an abscess having formed over the left mastoid process of the temporal bone, which had been lanced and the matter evacuated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Silver polisher
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883
Date of death: 20 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He fell a distance of fifteen feet through a trap door.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and skull
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1883
Date of death: 22 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Compression of brain. Extravasation of blood. Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Compression (Brain); Extravasation (Brain ); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A ladder gave way and caused him to fall twelve feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull. Remainder of body not examined owing to objection of the friends
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1882
Date of death: 5 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For six months he had suffered from constant, wearing pain in the sacral region which was much aggravated by sitting upright.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and vertebrae
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1883
Date of death: 5 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal pneumonia. Congenital syphilis. Rachitis?
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Syphilis (Systemic); Rickets (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The child was transferred here from the Belgrave Hospital where she had been treated with Mercury for a syphilitic cutaneous eruption.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1883
Date of death: 16 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Pleuritis. Fracture of 9th and 10th ribs
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On the day previous to admission she fell down a flight of stairs and bruised her left side. Before admission she had been in bed suffering much from pain, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and ribs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident