Occupation or role: Butler Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Dec 1871 Date of death: 30 Apr 1872 Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Suppuration in right knee joint. Bed sores. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Suppuration (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney) 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 man had had pain about the body for some time. They began to be very severe about two weeks ago, giving him much pain on moving in the right knee and ankle. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coal porter Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Apr 1873 Date of death: 30 Apr 1873 Disease (transcribed): Aortic valvular disease. Dilatation and hypertrophy of heart. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This man stated that he was in good health up to three months back when shortness of the breath commenced on any exertion with cough and swelling of the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Feb 1873 Date of death: 1 May 1873 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of left ovary, abdominal glands and peritoneum. Peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cirrhoses (Liver); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: About six weeks back the patient felt ill, was not inclined to do work with occasional vomiting after food. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and ovary Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Mar 1872 Date of death: 11 Jun 1872 Disease (transcribed): Disease ankle joint. Amputation of foot and ankle. Gangrene of flaps. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Disease (Ankle); Amputation (Foot); Gangrene (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Laking, Francis Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted with chronic disease of the left ankle joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jun 1872 Date of death: 12 Jun 1872 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Laking, Francis Henry Medical notes: This patient stated that five years ago he had rheumatic fever but had continued in good health up to three months ago when cough and shortness of breath commenced. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Plasterer Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jan 1874 Date of death: 20 Jan 1874 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This man stated that nine months before pain commenced in the chest with shortness of breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: No occupation Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Jun 1872 Date of death: 3 Jul 1872 Disease (transcribed): Fibrous induration of the lungs (? Syphilitic). Hypertrophy of the right ventricle of the heart. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Induration (Lung); Syphilis (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The history given by this man was that since Christmas he had had a cough with a sensation of weakness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Smith Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Jul 1872 Date of death: 24 Jul 1872 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of legs and intestines. Perforation of ileum. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); 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 was admitted into the surgical wards with erysipelas of the legs with ulcers. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, intestines, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 31 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Apr 1873 Date of death: 13 Jul 1873 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cirrhosis of the liver. Adherent pericardium. Mitral and aortic disease. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This woman had had five attacks of acute rheumatism. Each time with some affection of the chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Jul 1872 Date of death: 7 Aug 1872 Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of peritoneum and liver. Ascites. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Abdomen); Carcinoma (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg) 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: This woman stated that she was quite well up to eleven months ago when constant sickness and some yellowing of the skin commenced. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bus driver Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jul 1872 Date of death: 12 Aug 1872 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Dropsy. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura) 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 for nine months had complained of shortness of breath and pain in the chest with palpitation of the heart on any exertion. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Barman Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Oct 1872 Date of death: 9 Nov 1872 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg) 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 was in good health up to two years ago, when for the first time he had an attack of jaundice and had not felt himself since. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Oct 1872 Date of death: 18 Nov 1872 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Ulcerative endocarditis. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Oedema (Leg) 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 man stated that he had had good health up to April last when for the first time he felt shortness of the breath, with occasional cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Nov 1872 Date of death: 24 Nov 1872 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Atheroma. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: For a month this patient had had swelling of the legs and belly, always worse on walking about and very subject to cough and spitting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1873 Date of death: 23 Feb 1873 Disease (transcribed): Acute nephritis. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Oedema (Face); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: Thirteen days before admission this man got wet and kept on his damp things all the rest of the day. The same evening the face and legs commenced to swell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Grocer Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jan 1873 Date of death: 10 Mar 1873 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This man stated that he was in comparatively good health up to three months before admission when he first noticed swelling of the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Mason Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jan 1873 Date of death: 7 Apr 1873 Disease (transcribed): Caries of femur. Lardaceous disease. Pleurisy. Ascites Disease (standardised): Caries (Leg); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: For nine years this man had had disease of the right hip and thigh bone with much purulent discharge. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones Type of incident: n/a