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Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861
Date of death: 11 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had been a stableman, of very dissolute habits. He said that although he had had a cough and expectoration for several months, he was only now taken seriously ill
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857
Date of death: 1 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Arachinitis. Ulceration of the large intestine. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She had been observed of late to be low spirited, very languid and indisposed to exert herself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1858
Date of death: 17 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A butler who was admitted on account of delirium tremens. He had been under medical care four days, but previous to the attack his health had been impaired. For two months he had complained of sore throat & cold & the week before his admission he spat a little blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1856
Date of death: 2 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the Kidney and Bladder
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Bladder)
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 was admitted on account of pain in micturition and frequent need to make water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 7 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857
Date of death: 30 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Compressed and condensed lung. Displaced heart. Peritonitis. Enlarged liver. Diseased kidneys. Ulceration of the large intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Displaced (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Enlarged (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Ulcer (Intestines) ;
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: For six years he had suffered at times from cough and more than once from slight haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 6 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was married, but had no children. Three months before Xmas she miscarried during the third month, and suffered much afterwards from menorrhagia. But she did not become seriously ill until a fortnight before her admission, when vomiting came on’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1858
Date of death: 16 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Abscesses between the muscular fasciculi of the bladder. Scattered abscesses of the kidneys. Insanity
Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Prostate); Abscess (Bladder, kidneys); Insanity
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: 'Was admitted under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] for fever & slight delirium, having at the same time retraction & incontinence of urine. He says he had never had either of the 2 latter before, nor can any history of diseased prostate be obtained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Former soldier
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 14 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pallid & somewhat emaciated individual, who had been ill eight months with diarrhoea & had at times passed a little blood in the motions. He had formerly served in the Army, & this illness led to his discharge’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1857
Date of death: 23 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man stated that he had suffered for three weeks from cough with some colourless expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 7 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Croup. Scarlatinal dropsy
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was attacked with scarlatina one month before his admission. Three weeks after this, first his eyelids, and then his whole body, became much swollen, and his water became very dark
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the parts in the neck
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 31 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Peritonitis. Pleurisy. Abscess in the lung. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Abscess (Lung); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been a servant of all work. She had not been perfectly well for three or four months, but had nothing definite the matter with her, until she was exposed to cold 12 days before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1854
Date of death: 25 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Omentum adherent to sac. Sloughing of gut. Incipient peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Sloughing (Gut); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 19th of March on account of strangulated hernia. It appeared from his account that he had had a hernia for the last 8 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1857
Date of death: 18 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of the rectum. Epilepsy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Rectum); Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This girl was said to have been healthy until two years ago when she had a fright. Ever since she had complained of severe pain in the abdomen, like cramp.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1858
Date of death: 31 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Abscess of thumb
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Abscess (Thumb)
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: 'Had a chap on her hand a week before admission, when she was washing some clothes, there [?] soda in the water, & from that time, an abscess formed there, getting worse till she came as OP [out-patient] 2 days ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1860
Date of death: 30 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child, who had apparently been suffering from want of food, was brought into the hospital complaining of sore throat. She had had a cough, without expectoration for three montha, and was in a state of great emaciation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1858
Date of death: 30 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Hooping cough
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Whooping cough (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'About a month ago this child had an attack of measles followed by cough & difficulty of breathing. The lips & face were dusky, the respiration frequent, & he expectorated frothy mucopurulent matter streaked with a little blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1868
Date of death: 31 Mar 1868
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with ulceration on the inner side of the left instep and numerous licherous spots over the face and various parts of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1859
Date of death: 26 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Partial peritonitis. Diseased liver. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This man had been an excessive drinker of spirits, chiefly of rum. He had had spitting of blood some time before. One month previously the belly began to swell, he never had any pain except that due to the distention’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, scrotum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1861
Date of death: 25 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man who had been a cabinet maker said that he had had a cough all winter with spitting of blood, in small quantities, for a fortnight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1858
Date of death: 23 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Scald. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About half an hour before admission he scalded the upper & inner part of both thighs, genitals, nates & lower part of the body with hot water. On admission he was quiet & sensible. He slept well the next night, & on the following day the pulse was quiet & appetite good, but in the afternoon when about to be dressed, the boy at the time lying on his back, he gave a sudden start & all the muscles of his body became convulsed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1853
Date of death: 14 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tubercles in the brain. Caries of the atlas and axis. Post pharyngeal abscess
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The account which this child's friends gave of her illness was that she had received a blow on the head three months previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1857
Date of death: 10 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pneumonia. Scrofulous disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man was admitted with pretty severe pyrexia accompanied by a reddish mottled condition of the skin which had somewhat the appearance of the eruption of measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1881
Date of death: 9 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull (base). Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This patient was knocked down and run over by a hansom cab. He remembered little or nothing about the accident. On admission he was sweating profusely and collapsed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, skull, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1858
Date of death: 23 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pale, emaciated young woman who had not menstruated for three months. The cessation of the catamenial discharge was followed by cough & haemoptysis & profuse frothy expectoration. For many weeks she was troubled with aphonia & for two months had experienced pain under both clavicles’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a