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Thomas Head, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 32
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1854
Date of death: 3 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phagadaena. Ulceration of a wound of leg. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in lung. Inflammation of pulmonary vein
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Wound (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposit (Lung); Inflammation (Blood vessels);
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was tolerably healthy & habits, as far as was known, temperate, was admitted on account of a lacerated wound of the leg (caused by striking it against the step of an omnibus)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Thomas Heath, 21, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1853
Date of death: 25 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine. Compression of the spinal cord. Extravasation of blood in cord
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Extravasation (Spinal cord)
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 fell from a scaffold an hour before his admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Ellen Hornet, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1854
Date of death: 19 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was not examined’

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Henry Lyatt, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1855
Date of death: 11 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the Pelvis. Rupture of the Urethra
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted following a mass of stone falling on his back and crushing him against another stone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Miller, 39, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 25 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured lamina & body of cervical vertebrae with displacement & encroachment in the spinal canal. Inflammation & softening of the cord. Congested & condensed lungs. Inflamed ileum, kidneys & bladder
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Neck, spine); Inflammation (Spine); Congestion (Lungs); Inflammation (Intestines, kidneys, bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in consequence of a severe blow on the back of his neck received half an hour before, caused by a fall from a height of about five & twenty feet. He was unable to stand, move his shoulders, or rouse his head erect & complained of pain in the neck. He was not collapsed. His tongue much coated, & his bowels were evacuated involuntarily as the lied upon the bed; but his drunken condition prevented the full extent of his injuries from being ascertained at the time of admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Clark, 31, Workman

Occupation or role: Workman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1849
Date of death: 22 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Fractured humerus. Scrofulous deposits in both lungs & in spleen. Yellow tinge of integument. Liver healthy. Blood fluid & altered form of the blood discs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, arm); Deposit (Lungs, spleen); Disease (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of the right tibia & fibula, fracture of right humerus, & a scalp wound 3 inches long, situated on the right side of the vertex of the skull, at the bottom of which the bone could be felt exposed. He was a workman at the New Bridge at Barnes [Barnes Railway Bridge] where some portion of the scaffolding having given way he was precipitated from a height of 40ft’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charles Simons, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1855
Date of death: 9 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Effusion of blood in the arachnoid cavity and in the meshes of the pia mater. Fracture of the rib. Wound of the Lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Effusion (Meninges); Fracture (Rib); Wound (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought in to the Hospital in a dying state, having suffered extensive injuries from a fall which crushed his body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Pearce, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1854
Date of death: 6 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was removed at the urgent request of the friends unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

George Hayes, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1854
Date of death: 17 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was not examined’

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Mary Ann Godfrey, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1857
Date of death: 6 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Corner, 12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1852
Date of death: 12 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Extravasation of blood. Bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Skull); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This boy fell from a first floor window on the day of admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Abbott, 23, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1849
Date of death: 11 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of the skull. Extensive laceration of the liver. Blood in peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'The patient was brought to the hospital in a state of collapse having been thrown with violence out of a chaise in Piccadilly. He was cold & bewildered, & unable to answer questions, but he tossed himself about on the bed & complained of violent pain in the abdomen. There was a small wound over the outer angle of the right orbit’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Crane, 56, Cabman

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1857
Date of death: 22 Mar 2857
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought into the house in a dying state with two wounds in the neck, which had been inflicted with a pen knife.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Thomas Burns, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1855
Date of death: 17 Mar 1856
Disease (transcribed): Contusion of the spine. Partial paralysis. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Contusion (Spine); Paralysis (Central Nervous System ); Pressure Ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

James Hawkins, 31, Carter

Occupation or role: Carter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 9 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Extravasation of blood in spinal canal. Laceration of anterior portion of cord. Fractured sternum. Pneumonia. Semi-purulent fluid in hilus of left kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Extravasation (Spinal canal); Laceration (Spinal cord); Fracture (Sternum); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was a carter, while standing at the tail of his cart with the tail-board down, was thrown backwards into the street by the horse making a sudden start. In the fall he was thrown on his back against the ground, but the chief part of the blow was sustained by the lower cervical & upper dorsal vertebra & left shoulder. The accident occurred at 2pm on the 2nd of April. He was perfectly sober at the time, when picked up was not insensible. He was carried home & attended by a medical man in Westminster who found him palsied in the lower extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Morgan, 42, Cabman

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1857
Date of death: 14 Mar 1857
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated lung. Fractured rib, clavicle and humerus
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lung); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had a very extensive injury to the chest. It appeared that he had been driving rapidly and by some means drove into an area of an unfurnished house.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Harriet Pole, 8, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1849
Date of death: 4 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas Sawyer, Gentleman’s watchman

Occupation or role: Gentleman’s watchman
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1853
Date of death: 6 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Compound fractured leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 8th of December, having received an injury from the kick of a horse. He was a gentleman’s watchman, of healthy appearance & good complexion, said to be of temperate habits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

George Gad, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1854
Date of death: 8 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Severe Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

H.J. Blagrove, Gentleman

Occupation or role: Gentleman
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1854
Date of death: 4 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fracture on the wall of orbit. Separation of the frontal malar suture. Extravasation of blood in the fornix and thalamus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was a gentleman, who had been flung from his horse near the hospital. On his admission he was completely insensible’
Post mortem notes: 'At the particular request of the friends no other part of the body [apart from cranium] was examined’

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

James Webb, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1854
Date of death: 1 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Concussion of brain. Extravasations of blood in brain. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Concussion (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted in the evening of the 21st of February, having fallen off a building on which he was at work, a height it was said of about 40 feet’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Thomas James Webb, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1855
Date of death: 8 Feb 1855
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Bradley, 8 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1853
Date of death: 11 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Severe burn. Ulceration of the jejunum and ileum
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This baby had been burned on the right leg on the tenth day before admission and had since then been much neglected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Looseley, 63, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1849
Date of death: 22 Mar 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg 1 week’s duration. Pneumonia. Extensive deposit of urate of soda in knee & ankle joints. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Joints); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a simple oblique fracture of the tibia & fibula of the right side, situated a short distance above the ankle joint. The limb was put up with a splint on either side, & for the two following days he appeared to be doing well; but on the 19th he complained of slight rheumatism, from which he stated he had been a ‘martyr for years’ and the fingers of both his hands exhibited considerable distortion from his previous attacks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Liddington, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 2 ½
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1853
Date of death: 20 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Deformity from cicatrices of burn. Operation
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Burn (Skin); Scar (Skin); Operation
Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted in July of last year on account of a superficial burn of the neck, arms & face. The burn of the neck & right arm was followed by sloughing & the child was at first in rather an alarming state’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

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