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Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1872
Date of death: 4 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Post partum. Caries of acetabula and iliac bones. Bedsores. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Parturition (Uterus); Caries (Hip); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For five months there had been an abscess forming over the right ilium and she had walked lamely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1883
Date of death: 16 Jul 1883
Disease (transcribed): Fistulous opening from groin to sigmoid flexure. Pleuritis. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Groin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient was sent here from a cottage hospital at Wimbledon, suffering from faecal fistula. For two years he had suffered with very short intermissions from what he called ‘English dysentery’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1876
Date of death: 20 Nov 1876
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was admitted for a sore on the penis, contracted in April. This was followed by a second sore in May which gradually increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1879
Date of death: 14 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellulitis of right leg and thigh
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Two months before admission the patient sprained his right thigh whilst getting into a van. From the injury he seemed not to recover entirely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen and sternum
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1884
Date of death: 29 Dec 1884
Disease (transcribed): Facial carbuncle
Disease (standardised): Carbuncle (Face)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The left side of her face had begun to swell and was very painful. The left edge of the upper lip was black and increasing fever accompanied this.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, veins, heart, pleurae, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1860
Date of death: 2 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Diseased liver. Gall stones. Diseased ovaries. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver); Gallstones (Gallbladder); Disease (Ovaries); Pneumonia (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 woman had long been losing flesh and appetite, but she did not become a complete invalid until about 7 weeks previous to her admission when she began to suffer pain about the belly and both hypochondriac regions’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1884
Date of death: 22 Feb 1884
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of arm and forearm. Congestion of brain
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissues); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a condition of noisy delirium with cellular inflammation of the arm resulting from an injury to the back of the elbow.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Arm, skull, brain, pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1860
Date of death: 13 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of leg. Bedsore. Cranial & spinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Meningitis (Brain, spine)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this man fell off a cart, the wheel passing over his right leg. On admission there was a lacerated wound situated in the lower & inner third of the right leg, this led down to a compound comminuted fracture of both bones’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal canal, cranium, thorax, abdomen, right leg

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1855
Date of death: 30 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Carbuncular inflammation of lip. Purulent deposits in lungs, heart, pericardium, rectum, abdominis muscle
Disease (standardised): Carbuncle (Mouth); Deposits (Lung, Heart, Abdomen, Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of carbuncular inflammation of the lower lip which had come on about four days before his admission without any known cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck and face, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Police inspector
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1868
Date of death: 2 Jun 1868
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellulitis. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissue); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Seventeen days before admission he was stabbed on the back of the upper third of the right forearm by a prisoner with a pair of scissors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1874
Date of death: 8 Dec 1874
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin )
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: A week before he came to the Hospital a blister formed on his left knee about the size of a walnut, without any apparent cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1882
Date of death: 12 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis and necrosis following amputation
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissues); Necrosis (Foot); Amputation (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This man some forty years before his admission, whilst at play slipped and ‘put his right ankle out.’ The foot ever since this had been deformed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Vessels, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1860
Date of death: 15 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic peritonitis. Obstruction of the intestines. Bedsores. Pyaemia. Ulceration of stomach & intestines
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Obstruction (Intestines); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Sepsis (Systemic); Ulcer (Stomach, intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This young woman had been ill for 11 weeks, when she came in, suffering form abdominal pain followed by swelling and constipation. The pain was most severe about the right hypochondrium’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1874
Date of death: 13 Dec 1874
Disease (transcribed): Wound of arm. Cellulitis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Cellulitis (Tissues); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was driving a cab and the horse ran away with him. He was thrown off and he struck his left arm against some railings.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys and joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Clockmaker
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1878
Date of death: 15 Jan 1879
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of floor of mouth (removed by operation). Cellulitis in the left hand. Weak heart
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Mouth); Operation (Mouth); Cellulitis (Skin); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a hard mass which filled the anterior part of the floor of the mouth. Shortly after admission it was found that he had diabetes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Foreman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1873
Date of death: 28 Dec 1873
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Erysipelas. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient fell off some steps of the Albert Memorial caused by giddiness of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1877
Date of death: 3 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Extensive dilatation of the pelvis of kidney (from suppuration). Bedsores
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pressure Ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had fallen from a balcony. He was insensible immediately after the accident.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, brain, kidneys, brain and spinal cord.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1856
Date of death: 28 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Melanosis of the Brain, Heart, Pancreas
Disease (standardised): Melanosis (Brain ); Melanosis (Heart); Melanosis (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was originally admitted on account of tumours in various parts of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Crossing sweeper
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1884
Date of death: 6 Oct 1884
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This man had an old amputation of the left thigh. He appeared to have fallen down in a drunken fit and cut his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1880
Date of death: 3 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fractured tibia and fibular. Sloughing. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sloughing (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1860
Date of death: 27 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Fatty heart. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Disease (Heart); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About 10 days before this man was admitted he was getting up behind a carriage, when he struck his right foot (against the step)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, thorax, abdomen, foot

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1877
Date of death: 5 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic pemphigus. Endocarditis. Pleurisy.
Disease (standardised): Pemphigus (Skin); Syphilis (Systemic); Endocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient had been in the hospital on a previous occasion, suffering from an impetiginous eruption of a distinctly syphilitic origin. On readmission the whole body was covered with a pustular eruption.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1884
Date of death: 30 May 1884
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissues); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: When admitted he could give no account of himself. The right leg was half covered with an ulcer. After twenty four hours in the hospital the man passed into a condition of noisy, restless, tremulous delirium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabinet maker
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1857
Date of death: 30 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Eczema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Eczema (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He came to the hospital complaining of severe pain in the loins from which he had suffered for a month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Police constable
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1884
Date of death: 20 Feb 1884
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of leg – following operation upon varicose veins
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissues); Operation (Leg); Varicose veins (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Zimmerman, Benjamin Frazier
Medical notes: This man had long suffered from varicosity of the veins of the legs with ulceration. Unless the condition could be cured, he would be discharged from the police force.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a