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William Howe, 46, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1879
Date of death: 16 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic cirrhosis. Tubercle. Pleuropneumonia. Vesicular measles
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleuropneumonia (Lung); Measles (Immune system)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very weak condition, emaciated, pale and sickly, with a severe cough and pains about the chest on coughing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Hammond, 27, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1865
Date of death: 4 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Disease of temporal bone. ‘Amyloid’ disease of liver, kidneys and small intestine
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Skull); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had been subject to winter cough for some years. She had been getting much worse in the way of debility and increased cough for the last nine weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Narraway, 54, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1893
Date of death: 29 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of oesophagus. (Gastrostomy)
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Notes in possession of Mr Cassé'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Wellman, 36, Lath-render

Occupation or role: Lath-render
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1881
Date of death: 24 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Abscess of the liver. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Abscess (Liver); Pleurisy (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'On Feb 14, 1881 he was attacked with sudden & severe diarrhoea which had not left him at the time of his admission. Previous to this attack he had been in fairly good health, though he had lost 2 stone in weight in the last 4 years, & had had slight winter cough. He had never been out of England, & had had no previous attack of diarrhoea. He attributed the present attack to eating some muscles [mussels] on Feb 14'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Maria Spooner, 50, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1866
Date of death: 3 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of intestine
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient who was extremely ill when admitted gave a history of only two weeks illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Curtis, 24, Letter carrier

Occupation or role: Letter carrier
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1884
Date of death: 25 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not recorded here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

John Macklin, 48, Upholsterer

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1861
Date of death: 8 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis. Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines)
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 man, who had known better days, had been of most drunken habits. He had never had any symptoms of asthma or any pulmonary complaint, until his last illness. At 11 o’clock on the morning of admission he was seized with diarrhoea, and was at once brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Roberts, 9, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1865
Date of death: 3 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had always been ailing. Last winter he complained much of pain in the shoulders and back and vomited often.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Cordelia Smith , 61, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1861
Date of death: 8 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach)
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 in the hospital twice before with vomiting of blood. Two or three months before her last admission she began to suffer from vomiting after food, and had since lost flesh to a considerable extent
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Champion, 3, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1885
Date of death: 31 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The child’s health began to fail, he had a loud and brassy cough and inspiration was brassy and noisy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Frank Reynolds, 4, [Child of] Clerk

Occupation or role: [Child of] Clerk
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1889
Date of death: 26 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by:
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

James Purfleet, 19, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1866
Date of death: 29 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from cough for one winter previous to admission, with some slight haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Page, 45, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1874
Date of death: 31 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He was attacked last December with shivering, abdominal pain, coldness of the extremities and cramps. Soon afterwards the legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Ellis, 49, Pensioner

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1863
Date of death: 10 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been out of health for three months, suffering from pain across the loins, occasional vomiting, loss of appetite and scanty urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Coram, 19, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1859
Date of death: 26 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: About Christmas she began to have looseness of the bowels, with pain, passing blood and slime.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Scott, 58, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1865
Date of death: 31 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was a laundress with a suspicion of gin drinking habits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Andrews, 22, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1889
Date of death: 25 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Old and recent tubercular disease of lungs and intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He came to the hospital with a note from the surgeon of police. It was said that for a week before admission he had suffered much from headache and that he had a squint on the day of admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, liver, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, testes, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Cripps, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1859
Date of death: 24 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This patient was a native of Foulness, a low flat island on the coast of Essex at the mouth of the Thames. Diphtheria had been extremely prevalent at this place.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Lane Famler, 50, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1878
Date of death: 30 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Father consumptive. Patient healthy and without constitutional peculiarity: had suffered from nothing but an attack of rheumatism previously. The catamenia ceased to appear regularly 7 mo. [months] before admn [admission]: occurring twice subsequently; the last about the middle of February. She noticed a swelling in the waist preventing her stays meeting 7 wks [weeks] before admn [admission]. At the time, she was in perfect health, but a week later languor commenced, and was so severe as to make her take to her bed. She lost flesh from that time. Pain, increasing, for about 1 mo [month]. Epistaxis twice or thrice in the 3 wks. [weeks] previous to admn [admission]. Nausea and frequent severe mucous vomiting for a fortnight. The bowels had acted regularly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, liver, lungs, gall bladder, mesenteric glands, intestines, stomach, pancreas, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Pyatt, 21, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1865
Date of death: 29 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of stomach (subsequently closed by adhesions). Circumscribed peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Stomach); Adhesions (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Four days ago she was attacked with pain in the left side and had kept to her bed since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John B Underwood, 27, Linen draper

Occupation or role: Linen draper
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1864
Date of death: 9 Jan 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Consequent haematemesis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Haematemesis (Upper Gastrointestinal tract); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had been losing flesh for more than a year, and had been troubled with cough accompanied with expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Jones, 47, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1862
Date of death: 5 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Colloid cancer of omentum and bowels. Cauliflower excrescence in vagina
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Growth (Vagina)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Smith, E
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in September 1860 suffering from ovarian dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Maria Drane, 19, Nurse

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1876
Date of death: 24 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Compression of the jejunum from volvulus of the small intestine and ascending colon. Abdominal attachment of the mesentery probably congenital
Disease (standardised): Compression (Intestines); Volvulus (Intestine); Congenital attachment (Mesentery)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This girl’s bowels was said not to have acted for ten days and recently she had been vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Smitham, 67, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1883
Date of death: 10 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Jaundice. Bile duct obstructed by enlarged pancreas and glands
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Jaundice (Skin); Obstruction (Bile ducts); Enlarged (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About three months before admission she noticed slight jaundice which gradually deepened. She subsequently has aching in the back and tenderness over the right hypochondrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidney and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Robert McLarren, 29, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1862
Date of death: 29 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax (?) Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been getting out of health for about twelve months, and during that time he had cough with thick expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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