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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1852
Date of death: 16 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of the knee exposing the patella. No injury to knee joint. Spasmodic dyspnoea. Difficulty in swallowing without producing spasms of muscles of larynx and throat. Rigidity of muscles of neck
Disease (standardised): Wound (Knee); Dyspnoea (Lung); Rigidity (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A fortnight before the day of er admission she was thrown by a bull which trampled on her right leg, inflicting a lacerated wound.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee, cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1853
Date of death: 1 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the upper part of the femur. Adherent pericardium. Pleural adhesions & friable condensed state of the lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Pleura, lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old man was admitted near the close of last year, in consequence of an accident (a fall of about 10ft from a ladder), in which he had injured the left thigh bone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1851
Date of death: 25 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Wounds of the face & scalp. Fracture of the skull with laceration of the dura mater & brain. Extravasation of blood in the arachnoid cavity & subarachnoid areolar tissue. Low pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Face, scalp); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This young man was brought into the hospital while in a state of partial coma, having just before fallen from a ladder, a height of 14 feet, in the quadrant. He appeared to have fallen backwards & struck his head on the pavement. There was profuse haemorrhage from the wounds on the head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851
Date of death: 5 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Cartilaginiform thickening of the capsule of the spleen. Bronchitis. Fracture of the neck of the thigh bone
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Thickening (Spleen); Bronchitis (Lung); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She alleged that she had suffered from cough for several years but she had been much worse for the last year and a half.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1852
Date of death: 12 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Death following a burn. Congestion and enlarged glands in the duodenum. Congested lungs and extensive bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Duodenum); Congestion (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child was admitted having fallen in to the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1856
Date of death: 20 Apr 1856
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
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: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by hydrocyanic acid. Great congestion of the various viscera & effusion of yellow fluid into peritoneal cavity. Also effusion into the subarachnoid tissue & congestion of the cerebral membranes. Old peritonitis & pleurisy on the right side. Enlarged tricuspid orifice at right side of the heart
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Congestion (Internal organs); Effusion (Peritoneum, brain); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital dead, reported to have committed suicide, a bottle which had contained hydrocyanic acid having been found in his room. It came out in evidence on the inquest that he had got into difficulties, and had appropriated money of his employer’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wounds & fracture of the cranium, owing to a fall from a height. Also fracture of the sacrum & ossa innominata. Laceration of the cranial dura mater & extensive effusion of blood under both spinal & cranial arachnoid. Old pleurisy on right side & congestion of the lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull, pelvis, hip); Laceration (Brain); Effusion (Brain, spinal cord); Pleurisy (Lungs); Congestion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse & died in the course of half an hour. He had fallen from a great height & struck the back of his head & spine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, bones of the pelvis & vertebral column, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1854
Date of death: 21 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fractured skull. Lacerated brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man (who was of great size & weight) had fallen from a height of about 8ft on to the ground. There was no one with him at the time & it was not known how long he had been lying there when found’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Engineer’s man
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1851
Date of death: 17 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scald from the bursting of a cistern. Congestion of the duodenum & ileum found 14 days afterwards. Congestion of the lungs & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Duodenum, ileum, lungs, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was an engineer’s man, & while engaged with an engine, a cistern burst & he was deluged with boiling water, scalding very severely the trunk, arms & part of the thighs, raising the cuticle into numerous blisters. In his suffering, immediately after the accident, he threw himself into a well containing cold water, & he was soon after this brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1851
Date of death: 12 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposit in both testicles subsequent to inflammation caused by a blow. Bronchitis. Tubercular deposit in both lungs. Old pleurisy on both sides. Fatty heart & liver & pericarditis. Enlarged mesenteric & lumbar glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Testicles, lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, glands); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in a state of great debility, having suffered from cough & general ill health for many years, for the last 2 years he had been an inmate of a workhouse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stable boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1851
Date of death: 11 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head from a fall, followed by insensibility alternating with delirium, muscular spasms &c. Congestion of the membranes of the brain. Extensive serous effusion into the ventricles. Crude tubercle in the right lobe of the cerebellum & right hemisphere of the cerebrum
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Delirium (Brain); Spasm (Muscles); Congestion (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient , who was a stable boy, fell from his horse about 7 days before his admission & struck the back of his hand against the ground. He stated that he was stunned by the fall & that he remained insensible for 2 days. After this period consciousness returned, but he was subject to pain in the head, & drowsiness, & was unfit for his usual occupation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1851
Date of death: 9 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound on the left side of the head. Fracture. Followed by delirium, coma & convulsions, also paralysis on the left side tho’ not permanent. There was found effusion of blood between the dura mater & bone, in arachnoid sac & in substance of the brain in several places. Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Fracture (Skull); Delirium (Brain); Coma (Brain); Paralysis (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'He was admitted in a state of insensibility from drunkenness with a scalp wound not exposing the bone, about 3 inches in length on the left side of the head corresponding to the parietal eminence. It was caused by his falling down an area, his head striking a stone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1855
Date of death: 4 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Malignant ulceration of Rectum. Peritonitis owing to rupture of Intestine and escape of faecal matter
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Rupture (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man when admitted appeared anxious, restless and depressed, frequently calling out or groaning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1855
Date of death: 1 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of left leg. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted in consequence of a simple fracture of the left leg, from falling off a pair of steps.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left leg, abdomen, thorax and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1855
Date of death: 1 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scald. Lobular Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Scald (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child was admitted in consequence of a a scald from some hot water having fallen over her chest two days previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Gentleman's servant
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1853
Date of death: 1 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Cut throat. Epileptic fit. Slight disease of the kidneys. Softening of central parts of the brain
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Wound (Throat); Epilepsy (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Softening (Brain)
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 had been in the habit of drinking to excess, and being discharged by his master, he cut his throat with a razor while in a fit of delirium tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1852
Date of death: 14 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the cranium from a fall supposed to be the result of a fit. Bruising of the base of the brain. Recent lymph in arachnoid cavity on right side and on both sides in sub-arachnoid places. Laceration of the membrana tympani and internal jugular vein
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Seizure (Brain); Bruising (Brain); Lymph (Brain); Laceration (Tympanic membrane); Laceration (Jugular veins)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The account he gave was that four days before his admission he had fallen down in some kind of fit and lay insensible for about an hour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1851
Date of death: 23 Mar 1851
Disease (transcribed): Laryngitis, supposed to have origin in the presence of a button accidentally ‘swallowed’ three days previous to earliest symptoms. Laryngotomy resorted to 14 days after commencement of the attack. Inflammation of mucous membrane about the glottis & of larynx was found, & also bronchitis & early stage of pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Inflammation (Glottis, larynx); Bronchitis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'The following history was given by the child’s mother. On the 5th of March, while playing with a small button of the size of a fourpenny piece, he put it in his mouth & it was supposed to have slipped down his throat. He had been previously in good health & continued so for three days after the occurrence. On the 8th there was difficulty of breathing coming on at intervals, with convulsions, foaming at the mouth & lividity of countenance’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, larynx, abdomen (‘the foreign body which was sought for was not found in any part of the body’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1854
Date of death: 5 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the jaw & femur & radius. Extravasation of blood into arachnoid sac
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Thigh); Fracture (Arm); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had fallen off a building (Brompton Hospital), a height of about 40 feet’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fractured radius & femur, cranium

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 80
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1854
Date of death: 22 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
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: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1857
Date of death: 13 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined no report of the case is given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1852
Date of death: 7 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fall from a horse. Fracture of base of cranium with laceration of base of brain and cerebellum. Extravasated blood in the sheaths of both optic nerves
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was said to have been thrown from a horse on the morning of his admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1855
Date of death: 19 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Congested brain and cerebral vessels
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child was admitted on account of a burn which occurred from her clothes igniting as she was playing near the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1855
Date of death: 18 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
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: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a