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Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1882
Date of death: 21 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of the small intestine with perforation of the gut
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About eleven days before admission there were severe symptoms of diarrhoea and some intestinal haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1882
Date of death: 22 Feb 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs and intestines. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission, whilst waiting at dinner, he felt acute pain in the right iliac fossa and a small lump appeared there which has slightly increased since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs, pleura, peritoneum and intestinal canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1882
Date of death: 18 Feb 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular ulceration of small intestine. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He had increasing abdominal pain, much diarrhoea, profuse night sweats and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Silver polisher
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1881
Date of death: 12 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He had indulged for many years in occasional bouts of hard drinking. No history of lead poisoning (he had been a silver polisher for 20 years) or of syphilis. About Sep 1881 he noticed some abdominal swelling followed by oedema of the legs. He was treated at St Bartholomew's Hospital & the abdomen tapped three times, he says, without improvement. He was discharged from St Bartholomew's five days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1881
Date of death: 30 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of bowel. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Bowel); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He gives a history of much disease of the lungs in the family. He has been himself always 'delicate' & pale: liable to slight colds which did not confine him to bed. No haemoptysis; diaphoresis in excess. Laid up hen a child with smallpox, scarlet fever, measles & whooping cough. On Jan 21, 1881 after exposure in the snow, he had pleurisy. The left side was twice tapped'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1881
Date of death: 15 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, larynx, trachea, kidney
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, larynx, trachea, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her father died of consumption: so also did a brother and a sister; she was treated at the Brompton Hospital 12 years ago for phthisical symptoms & has since then been constantly ailing. Has wasted much & had no complete relief from cough. She has lately had fits of very severe dyspnoea with laryngeal stridor. Three days before admission such a fit began & swallowing was rendered very difficult'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1881
Date of death: 8 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Kidney destroyed by calculi. Occlusion of ureter. Lardaceous infiltrations. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Kidneys); Occlusion (Ureter); Lardaceous disease; Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard and Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She gave no history of any illness beyond some dyspeptic symptoms before Jan 10, 1879 when she had an attack of severe lumbar pain and vomiting. She became an in-patient Jan 20, 1879 with symptoms of pyelitis. There was indefinite fulness in the right hypochondrium and a profuse discharge of pus in the urine'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, urinary tract, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1881
Date of death: 16 Oct 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Some history of consumption in the family. He has himself been a stableman, much exposed, with bronchitic symptoms for many years: especially severe last winter: traces of blood in the sputa, no further haemoptysis. Bowels as a rule regular: appetite food until about 2 months ago when the cough returned & appetite failed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1881
Date of death: 24 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He was in good health until on Jan 13, 1879 he was thrown on his head from the box seat of a hansom cab, and fractured the base of his skull. He was brought at once to the hospital unconscious. He recovered slowly from his cerebral symptoms and began to shew signs of pleurisy after about a month'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Undertaker's assistant
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1881
Date of death: 14 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Suppuration
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Suppuration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'His previous life, so far as his wife was aware, was healthy with the exception of an attack of rheumatic fever 16 years ago. Since then he has been in active employment as an undertaker's assistant. No history of headache or nervous symptoms. His 7 children were in good health. Five days before admission he began to complain of pains in his thighs but he was able to go on with his work for two days & then a slight headache grew rapidly severe & he vomited abundantly & became delirious on the evening of the same day and has remained since in quiet busy delirium'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1881
Date of death: 14 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No phthisical history. Never had had cough or colds in winter. Never had haemoptysis or syphilis; good health but not strong. Not exposed to wet. Present illness commenced three weeks before admission with dull pain in right side of chest & abdomen: no cough or rigors'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1881
Date of death: 23 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Tuberculosis of intestines(?)
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: ? and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Fairly healthy. Has had four children. One miscarriage. She had been losing her eyesight for several years and had had exophthalmos for two or three years. She had also been subject to occasional severe but short attacks of dyspnoea with dry cough. Ten days ago she had rigors: much depression and languor. Headache with diarrhoea 8-10 times a day'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1881
Date of death: 21 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Cardiac hypertrophy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He has seldom been free from cough during the last two years, and has lost, he says, 3 ½ stone during that time. He has been a heavy drinker for long, chiefly of raw spirits; of late much morning vomiting and depression. His first haemoptysis was 15 days ago, and since then has brought up at short intervals '6 quarts' of blood'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 May 1881
Date of death: 7 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her father died young of haemoptysis: no further evidence of disease of the lungs in the family. She has herself had no acute illness, but for the last year has never felt in good health. In the winter of 1880-1 she was troubled for the first time with sore throat and nearly incessant cough; sputa abundant muco-purulent, streaked with blood. Her voice grew very weak & husky and at times speaking was very painful'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1881
Date of death: 7 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lung
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of heritable family disease. He had no illness as a boy; no history of swollen glands; no excess of diaphoresis; a strong dislike to fat; absence of any cough till about 4 years ago. He came in as an in-patient under Mr Rouse [James Rouse] May 10, 1880 and some abnormality was noticed in the lungs. He was operated on for fistula with considerable relief; the wound was slow in healing. Since then the cough has grown much more severe'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Feb 1881
Date of death: 13 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Malignant growth in mediastinal glands. Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Malignant growth (Mediastinal lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen and Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She gives a history of good health up to 4 years ago when she began to have winter cough, and to lose flesh. She was an in-patient in King's College Hospital for about a month with a skin disease all over the body, which she describes as partly bullous & which the thinks was called pemphigus'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, mediastinum & glands, sternum, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, uterus, ovaries

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Land surveyor
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1881
Date of death: 2 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No family history of consumption. He has lost flesh for 3 or 4 years and has had occasional attacks of cough, never laying him up for more than a day or two. No haemoptysis. For the last 3 months he has felt very weak, though attending to his work as land surveyor until last week when he took to bed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1880
Date of death: 9 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the pia mater and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Father healthy. Mother delicate. The patient was the 7th child. Four others have died in childhood from chest diseases. The child was weaned at 6 months of age. Since has constantly ailed with cough, screaming fits, diarrhoea, capricious appetite. Could not walk until more than 2 years of age. Has often complained of headache'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1880
Date of death: 31 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Six days before admission he took to bed with severe headache, shivering, aching pains in the limbs and body, sickness and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and glands, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1880
Date of death: 31 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis affecting the pia mater, the lungs, the kidneys and the urinary tract
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Urinary tract)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had been out of health for three months. Ten days before admission he was violently sick after food from no obvious cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Encephalon, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1880
Date of death: 3 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (haemoptysis)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 25 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (with tubercles)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: While working in a draughty shop he ‘caught cold’ and was laid up at home with pain in the left axilla, shortness of breath and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1880
Date of death: 19 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the intestines and lungs. Peritonitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: The patient could give no definite account of herself. For six months she had been gradually losing flesh and every winter she had a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen and alimentary canal
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

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1880
Date of death: 11 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Gummata in the liver. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Gumma (Liver); Cirrhosis (Liver)
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: Ten years ago he had a syphilitic sore followed by eruptions on the body and legs. Four years ago he had a severe ulceration of the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a