Occupation or role: Commercial traveller Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Sep 1879 Date of death: 15 Sep 1879 Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous pneumonia dependent upon tubercle. Tubal nephritis in a granular kidney Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: When seen by the Registrar there was great cyanosis. Examination was almost impossible owing to his condition, but at the left apex, loud cavernous breathing was heard behind crackles all over the front of the left lung. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, intestines, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Sep 1879 Date of death: 30 Sep 1879 Disease (transcribed): Membranous laryngitis and tracheitis. Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx); Tracheitis (Trachea); Bronchopneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: On the 18th September she went to school as usual but seemed ill in the evening. Wheezing on the chest was noticed by the mother who gave her a powder and put a poultice on her chest. She began to cough on that evening. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx, bronchi, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Feb 1880 Date of death: 22 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys with hypertrophied heart. Emphysema and bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: This patient was too ill to give a succinct account of himself, but it appeared that for about the last ten years he had suffered from cough. All winter he had been kept in bed by the fogs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Feb 1880 Date of death: 25 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Infarction of lung. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Infarction (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Six years ago he entered a cavalry regiment and on his papers the note ‘slight cardiac murmur’ was entered. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cabinet maker Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880 Date of death: 26 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Dropsy and bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Scrotum); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: For the last twelve years the patient had been subject to cough, always in the winter, and varying in duration according to the state of the weather. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Packer Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880 Date of death: 25 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: About the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 10 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Mar 1880 Date of death: 28 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Malformation of heart. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Malformation (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: All her life the patient was subject to cough and every winter it became worse and in foggy weather. She had always had palpitation on exertion and soon lost her breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Baker Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880 Date of death: 4 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: This man was taken ill with shivering, vertigo, vomiting, a dull pain in the right side of the chest and right shoulder, and cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Apr 1880 Date of death: 21 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Of late she was subject to rheumatic and neuralgic pains in the head and neck, also to frequent attacks of indigestion, pains between the shoulders, much flatulence and bowels generally costive. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Serous membranes, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestinal tract, kidneys, generative organs and subserous tissue Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1880 Date of death: 25 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Membranous disease of the pharynx, fauces and (?) air passages Disease (standardised): Disease (Pharynx); Disease (Respiratory tract) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: It was gathered that the patient was quite well until the morning of the 14th April when she was unable to get up, having been taken ill in the night. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Air passages, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 May 1880 Date of death: 7 May 1880 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: The patient had not been feeling well for some days. On the 29th April she had rigor with great pain in the right side. She fainted but did not lose consciousness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Sep 1880 Date of death: 22 Sep 1880 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen Medical notes: Her friends could only give an imperfect history. On the 8th September she said something to her friends about diarrhoea, and on the 10th diarrhoea and vomiting set in. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestinal canal and mesenteric glands Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1880 Date of death: 17 Oct 1880 Disease (transcribed): Acute nephritis (scarlatinal). Catarrhal pneumonia and pleurisy Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: His mother noticed a scarlatinal rash all over his body, he had a sore throat and was feverish. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a