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Joseph Jones, 37, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1865
Date of death: 1 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of femoral artery
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted with the history that the day before he was riding on the shaft of his cart when he slipped off and the wheel passed over his body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Arteries, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Heathcote, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1882
Date of death: 12 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of larynx. Asphyxia. Laryngotomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Asphyxia (Systemic); Laryngotomy (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: There had been very distinctive syphilitic ulceration of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Watkins, 36, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1865
Date of death: 8 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Injury of elbow. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Arm); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted having fallen a distance of forty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles White, 30, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1866
Date of death: 9 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Benjamin Brown, 50, Confectioner

Occupation or role: Confectioner
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1864
Date of death: 18 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull and spine. Perforation of carotid
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, spine); Perforation (Carotid arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'The broughman, in which this gentleman was riding, came into violent collision with the pole of an omnibus, which, crashing through the side of the carriage, struck the unfortunate gentleman on the head, he vomited a large quantity of blood immediately, and died in a few seconds’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, trunk

Type of incident: n/a

William Fulcher, 28, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1866
Date of death: 10 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after injury to head
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Injury (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient fell from a scaffold about thirty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Francis Arther, 46, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1863
Date of death: 26 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Apoplexy of opposite side of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was at work when his foot slipped on a step and he fell some seven or eight feet down an area.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Morris, 23, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1864
Date of death: 22 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'A tin pail loaded with ‘comps’[?] fell a distance of 25 feet, & the edge struck him on the top of his head, sending him insensible for a few minutes. On admission there was a wound about 2 ½ inches long over the sagittal suture’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Jack alias Hall, 35, Butcher

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1865
Date of death: 16 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been attending as an out patient for a small scalp wound produced in a fight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Boots, 38, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1863
Date of death: 6 May 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull, ribs and leg. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: While working in a sewer, the earth suddenly gave way and he was knocked down and partly buried under it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, chest, abdomen and leg
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alfred Brown, 52, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1866
Date of death: 20 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of brain. Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient fell about twenty feet off a scaffold ladder on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Wade, 43, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1865
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Many injuries. Death from ‘shock’
Disease (standardised): Injury (General); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was reported to have fallen a distance of forty feet, a ton of building material having fallen on top of him and crushed him, in consequence of a scaffold breaking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Atto, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1860
Date of death: 16 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Sprained ankle
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Sprain (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who had been a free liver and had had delirium tremens several times, was admitted on the 4th of January into one of the surgical wards with a sprained ankle. Nothing unusual was observed about him until the 14th, when while attempting to get out of bed, he fell down half insensible’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., thorax, abdomen, right ankle

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas Neale, 26, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1862
Date of death: 2 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of pelvis. Rupture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: While twisting a bar of iron by means of pulleys into a cart, the rope broke and the bar, which weight a ton, fell across his hips, knocking him down.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Woolger, 35, Stoker

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1865
Date of death: 20 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Abscess of brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was first admitted on the 18th of February with a scalp wound, but was discharged at his own request before the wound was healed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

John Harris, 47, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1864
Date of death: 5 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Fell from the timber carriage on which he was riding, and the edge of the wheel inflicted a large semi-circular wound extending from the forehead just above the middle of right eyebrow to the upper edge of auricular cartilage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

George Brady, 41, Coal porter

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1865
Date of death: 23 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Extensive superficial injuries of arms and legs
Disease (standardised): Injury (Arm); Injury (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted after a cask of beer fell from a waggon on to this arm and then on to his leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Cranham, 24, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1866
Date of death: 28 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of 6th cervical vertebra. Bruising of spinal cord and brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Bruising (Spinal cord); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted having fallen from a scaffold about forty feet in height.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine and head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Joseph Knight, 61, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1864
Date of death: 8 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Deep wound of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'On the 22nd of April while engaged in blasting some earth, the powder he was using suddenly exploded, and blew a quantity of stones and dirt up into his face
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Goddard, 19, Engineer

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1866
Date of death: 11 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Wound of arm. Division of bronchial artery
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Division (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted having been run over by a locomotive engine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Arm, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Postlethwaite, 66, Brushmaker

Occupation or role: Brushmaker
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1889
Date of death: 19 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Laryngeal growth. Asphyxia. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Larynx); Asphyxia (Systemic); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state of extreme dyspnoea, with marked stridor in inspiration which was long and laboured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Permission to examined the body not being obtained it was only possible to do so in a restricted manner
Type of incident: n/a

George Etherington, 31, Drayman

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1862
Date of death: 15 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of lung. Haemothorax
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lung); Haemothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted into the hospital having been run over by an empty dray.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Dipps, 66, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1862
Date of death: 16 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of partial insensibility. He had fallen off a ladder, some fourteen feet, to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Raeburn, 64, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1860
Date of death: 7 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A house-painter, a hard drinker. He had been ill for a month, suffering from boils or superficial abscesses about the nates. In getting out of bed, a week ago, he slipped and broke several ribs on the left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Battley, 30, Driver

Occupation or role: Driver
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1865
Date of death: 29 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Injuries to limbs. Amputation of arms
Disease (standardised): Injury (Leg); Injury (Arm); Amputation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was crossing the line when he was knocked down by an express train.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Limbs, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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