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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861
Date of death: 16 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip and pelvis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Disease (Pelvis); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: About ten months before admission, the patient noticed a swelling in the right groin, which was accompanied by pain in the back and loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right side of the pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1860
Date of death: 31 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Vascular tumour of the urethra. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Urethra); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 87
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1859
Date of death: 30 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of the brain. Fractured pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Just before admission he fell down an area seventeen feet in depth.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, sternum and pelvis
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1859
Date of death: 12 Sep 1859
Disease (transcribed): Fractured pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Therefore the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1858
Date of death: 3 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): False passages in urethra. Puncture of bladder from perinaeum. Subserous inflammation & peritonitis
Disease (standardised): False passage (Urethra); Puncture (Bladder); Inflammation (Tissues); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: '8 years ago he had retention of urine once, the water was readily drawn off, & he had had no more symptoms of it from that time till the afternoon before his admission when he was attacked with acute pain in the lower part of his abdomen, & on attempting to make water, found he was unable to do so’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1858
Date of death: 19 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Prostatic tumour. Abscess between the walls of the bladder. Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Prostate); Abscess (Bladder); Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: '4 years before admission was in Brighton Hospital for stricture of the urethra, & after 11 weeks of catheterization was so much relieved that he suffered no more from it till 3 weeks before admission, when he found difficulty in passing his urine which he attributed to having caught cold’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1857
Date of death: 7 Dec 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ilium, spine and sternum. Compound fracture of the forearm
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Fracture (Spine); Fracture (Sternum); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: For some time past she had been the inmate of an asylum. On the morning of her admission she had jumped out of a window in a moment of insanity and fallen from a great height.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left forearm, cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1857
Date of death: 2 Dec 1857
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She first became aware of a tumour in the groin four days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hernia
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Toll collector
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1857
Date of death: 16 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis from perforation. Cancer of rectum
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Abdomen); Cancer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man was admitted with schirrus of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1857
Date of death: 31 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Recurrent fibro plastic tumour of the chest. Sloughing
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Thorax); Sloughing (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Before her admission this woman had been operated on ten times. The tumour first made its appearance eighteen years previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1857
Date of death: 2 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought to the Hospital with symptoms of strangulated femoral hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1856
Date of death: 7 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the bladder, opening into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man came up to the hospital with incontinence of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1856
Date of death: 3 Nov 1856
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the loin. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had suffered from colic and gout and an eruption on the leg. It was on account of a recurrence of this eruption that he had applied for admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1856
Date of death: 11 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Femoral Hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1855
Date of death: 14 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Large tumour of the mamma and chest
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mammary Glands); Tumour (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: Two years before she had noticed a small tumour in the right breast. By the month of June before her admission it had grown rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1855
Date of death: 14 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the ilium, sinuses
Disease (standardised): Caries (Pelvis); Sinus (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of swelling and pain in the right nates. The symptoms had existed for about two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1855
Date of death: 5 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This child had been affected with inguinal hernia on the right side since his birth. A few months before his last admission he was brought to the Hospital on account of irreducibility of the swelling and sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right inguinal region, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 61
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1854
Date of death: 23 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old woman was admitted on account of strangulated femoral hernia. It seemed that the hernia had descended about half a year before, but she had taken little notice of it & wore no truss’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1854
Date of death: 4 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Gonorrhoea. Bubo. Peritonitis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Gonorrhoea (Urogenital tract); Lymphadenitis (Lymph nodes); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was a lad, to all appearance healthy, who was admitted on account of a bubo, the consequence of gonorrhoea. The complaint had been contracted (for the first time) about 2 months previous to his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, groin, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1853
Date of death: 23 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of a strangulated femoral hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: General appearances
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1853
Date of death: 12 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the lower end of the fibula. Scrofulous deposit on the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Caries (Leg); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman had been in the hospital several times before on account of disease of the lower end of the fibula.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1853
Date of death: 6 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Accident from a fall. Fracture of the pelvis. Large wound of the buttocks. Bruising of the intestine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Wound (Buttocks); Bruising (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted having fallen from a building a height of about nine feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1852
Date of death: 29 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation ten days before death. Bronchitis (of the effect of which latter he died)
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1852
Date of death: 25 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Burn of the thoracic integuments. Secondary lobular pneumonia. Heart enlarged and fatty. Recent lymph in the peritoneal cavity. Cysted and fatty kidneys
Disease (standardised): Burn (Thorax); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Lymph (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Five days before admission she accidentally set fire to her clothes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Navigator
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1852
Date of death: 28 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Rupture of the bladder. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Bladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: On the afternoon of the 23rd, being very much intoxicated, he became quarrelsome and wanted to fight with one of the men with whom he had been drinking. The deceased fell heavily on his right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident