Occupation or role: Schoolgirl Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Aug 1870 Date of death: 21 Aug 1870 Disease (transcribed): Constriction of the small intestine by a fibrous band circumscribed. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Laking, Francis Medical notes: A week before admission, the child was seized with sudden violent abdominal pain, since which the bowels had not been open. The case history was taken partly from Dr Laking's notes. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and intestines. The post mortem was from Mr Laking's notes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Aug 1871 Date of death: 28 Aug 1871 Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This young woman, a native of Cornwall, had been in London about three months and had had good health up to about a month ago. Eight days before admission she had shivering and pains all over her body with loss of appetite and a little diarrhoea’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Aug 1871 Date of death: 29 Aug 1871 Disease (transcribed): Renal calculus. Large abscess of right kidney Disease (standardised): Kidney stones (Kidneys); Abscess (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'For the last ten weeks this woman had complained of intense pain in the back and loin with loss of appetite. Two months previously had been treated by a medical man for some lung disease which he said was pleurisy’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen (‘the post mortem examination was postponed for twenty four hours at Dr Dickinson’s [William Howship Dickinson] request’
Occupation or role: Soldier Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1871 Date of death: 8 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of bowels Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Bowels) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man, a pensioner who had lost a leg in the Crimea from a wound by a shell, had suffered since December from continuous diarrhoea, […] much cough with thick expectoration and occasional vomiting’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Sep 1871 Date of death: 11 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas faciei. Bronchiectasis Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Bronchiectasis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'The history this man gave was that three days before his admission he had an attack of shivering which left him with some amount of pain in the left side of his face’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Married Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Aug 1871 Date of death: 13 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Aug 1871 Date of death: 13 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Ulcerative endocarditis. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Syphilis; Endocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This history taken form notes taken by Mr Noad [Henry Carden Noad] in the absence of the medical registrar. This man had been ill for three months with pain in the praecordial region, with much expectoration of thick mucus but never blood or in anyway at all tinged. There was a family history of phthisis, and syphilis of his own acquiring’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, tonsils
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Sep 1871 Date of death: 15 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Sep 1871 Date of death: 26 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of oesophagus Disease (standardised): Abscess (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James Medical notes: 'Not seen by me’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Sep 1871 Date of death: 1 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess in the lung Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick Medical notes: 'This man said that four days ago he fell, a sharp pain in right side giving him much shortage of breath, with short cough and expectoriation. He had had three attacks like present before, but no so severe, one attack two years ago when he was in the hospital. He had had a tube put in his windpipe eight years ago by Mr Pick [Thomas Pickering Pick] for a sore throat’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Sep 1871 Date of death: 10 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'The history this man gave was that for the last month [he] had felt ill, with constant pain in chest and back, and occasionally in the belly, almost every night he had shivering. Had had no diarrhoea’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Oct 1871 Date of death: 14 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Marble polisher Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1871 Date of death: 20 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Abscess between skull & dura mater. Also between dura mater & brain. Trephining Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Trephining (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington and Laking, Francis Henry and Vasey, Charles Lyon Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in August for phthisical symptoms, with bronchitis, into the medical wards. On October 5 he complained of pain over external angle of right brow, where there was found to be suppuration under the scalp; an incision was made and some pus evacuated. On October 17th he was suddenly attacked with right hemiplegia, and on enquiry it was found that he had had a blow on the head in the situation of the abscess 15 months before. He was then transferred to Mr Pollock [George Pollock], who at once trephined the skull over the site of injury’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: PC Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Oct 1871 Date of death: 27 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Brought in dead’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Oct 1871 Date of death: 1 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscesses in hepatized portion. Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man had been subject to cough for four years, the last year had been much worse than usual. Sixteen days before admission had pain in chest like something ‘burning him’ with much more cough than he previously had had. He had not suffered from any other disease and was a free drinker of beer’ Post mortem notes:
Occupation or role: Married Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Nov 1871 Date of death: 5 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pelvic cellulitis. Bronchitis. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Pelvis); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'No history could be obtained from the patient herself as she was in too exhausted a condition, but some woman who had nursed her said that a month previously she had had an attack of erysipelas of the ulcers which existed on the legs for the last eighteen years. She subsequently complained of shivering and pain about abdomen’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 23 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Nov 1871 Date of death: 11 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Sep 1871 Date of death: 14 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'Very little history could be obtained from this man, who stated that for three weeks [he] had had pain about body and in head with loss of appetite. No previous illness. Was a free drinker. When seen had a very excited manner of speaking’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Nov 1871 Date of death: 19 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of ileum. Perforation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient, who had been out of health for some weeks, complained that for the last four days he had felt very heavy in the head with occasional vomiting and sensation of pain all over him, and for the last two days had had much dryness with pain of the throat. He had been a very hard drinker and took little rest, being a porter at the meat market’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Milliner Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Nov 1871 Date of death: 24 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. Abscess in the brain Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Abscess (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient, who was a single woman and a milliner by occupation, had complained of pain in the head for four months, some of her friends said for longer. The last month it had been very severe and almost entirely confined to the right side with a continued buzzing noise in the right ear’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, bones, thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1871 Date of death: 29 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Pneumonia. Congestion & tumefaction of the solitary glands of the ileum. Congestion of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Pneumonia (Lungs); Congestion (Intestines); Swelling (Intestines); Congestion (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man suddenly lost the power of this right forearm thirteen days before he came in. He said he had been to sleep on it leaning on a table, and that the last three weeks he had had constant shivering’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 4 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Nov 1871 Date of death: 30 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'Not reported here’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1871 Date of death: 10 Dec 1871 Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man dated his illness from a year ago when he had bad cough coming on with a cold and since that date he has not been free from a dry cough. Three months ago his breath began to get very short with much spitting of thick mucus, and his voice began to get husky which has been getting worse up to his admission. Had kept his bed for seven weeks’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Baker Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Dec 1871 Date of death: 16 Dec 1871 Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis. Old vomicae. Rupture of pleura. Hydropneumothorax Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Vomica (Lungs); Rupture (Pleura); Hydropneumothorax (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to a cough with spitting for the last 10 years. For the last three months the cough had been much worse and he had had more expectoration. Two days before admission in a fit of coughing, had a sudden pain taken him in the left side, giving him much pain to breathe and causing a constant little cough with hardly any expectoration. He was a very free drinker, and after his death a bottle of rum was found in his locker’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Oct 1871 Date of death: 23 Dec 1871 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys. Ascites. Paracentesis abdominis. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidneys); Ascites (Peritoneum); Paracentesis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man dated his illness from three months ago, when swelling commenced in the belly for which he was admitted in to the infirmary at Birmingham where he was a resident for two months. The fluid was drawn off from him three times, each time collecting more rapidly’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation