Occupation or role: Farm Bailiff Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jul 1861 Date of death: 9 Sep 1861 Disease (transcribed): Disease of Liver. Ascites and Anasarca Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: A hard working man until three months previous to his admission when his health began to suffer. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Seaman Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Aug 1861 Date of death: 21 Sep 1861 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Disease of liver and kidneys. Old rupture of spleen Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Rupture (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: A pale unhealthy looking man, the patient was admitted complaining of pain in the chest and loins Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, blood and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Shoemaker Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Aug 1861 Date of death: 29 Sep 1861 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of Bowels Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient was admitted under the surgeons for surgery on the arm. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Sep 1861 Date of death: 29 Sep 1861 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Haematemesis Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Haematemesis (Upper gastrointestinal tract) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The man was admitted into the hospital with oedema of the feet and enlargement of the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Dec 1861 Date of death: 26 Dec 1861 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Diphtheria. Abortion Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Diphtheria (Pharynx); Abortion, spontaneous (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Dec 1861 Date of death: 22 Jan 1862 Disease (transcribed): Enteritis Disease (standardised): Enteritis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: When this woman was admitted he had oedema to a small extent of the lower extremities, and a suspicion of slight ascites. She complained of palpitation and general debility. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gas fitter Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Feb 1862 Date of death: 14 Feb 1862 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man when admitted was somewhat jaundiced in appearance and was suffering from anasarca of the lower extremities and scrotum, and his abdomen was considerably distended. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Infant Age: 10 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Feb 1862 Date of death: 16 Feb 1862 Disease (transcribed): Abscess behind pharynx Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: Ten days before admission its parent had first noticed a welling on the left side of the throat in the neighbourhood of the cervical glands. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Oct 1861 Date of death: 21 Feb 1862 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver) 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 woman had for some time been dropsical of the abdomen and then the feet and legs began to swell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Shoemaker Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jan 1862 Date of death: 21 Mar 1862 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of intestine Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of diarrhoea which he said had existed ten weeks. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Feb 1862 Date of death: 22 Mar 1862 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the stomach Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This was a case of supposed scirrhus of the stomach. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Mar 1862 Date of death: 27 Mar 1862 Disease (transcribed): Hepatic abscess, consequent upon dysentery Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: On admission this woman’s feet were slightly anasarcous and she complained of pain in her right hypochondrium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Messenger Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jan 1862 Date of death: 23 Apr 1862 Disease (transcribed): Ascites, Malignant disease of the liver Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: This was a case of ascites, supposed to be connected with malignant disease of the liver. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General Servant Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 May 1870 Date of death: 6 May 1870 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular ulceration of the caecum. Perforation. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestine ); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient had been ill for five days before admission. She had been suddenly seized with violent pain in the right iliac region, but had at first no diarrhoea, nor had the attack been preceded by rigors. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Feb 1871 Date of death: 4 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the duodenum. Peritonitis. Granular kidneys. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man, a painter, applied in the morning of the day of his admission, suffering from violent abdominal pain which had come on suddenly a short time before. He stated that he was the subject of an old hernia which had come down & which he was unable to return. Reduction was easily effected, but as the pain continued, he was given a dose of castor oil & laudanum, & sent to bed’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1871 Date of death: 29 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Pneumonia. Congestion & tumefaction of the solitary glands of the ileum. Congestion of the kidneys Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Pneumonia (Lungs); Congestion (Intestines); Swelling (Intestines); Congestion (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man suddenly lost the power of this right forearm thirteen days before he came in. He said he had been to sleep on it leaning on a table, and that the last three weeks he had had constant shivering’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Aug 1872 Date of death: 21 Aug 1872 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Yellow atrophy of do Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Atrophy (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy Medical notes: About a year ago this patient lost his wife. He then took to drinking and had continued in a depressed state of mind ever since. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Waterman Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jul 1868 Date of death: 3 Oct 1868 Disease (transcribed): Fatty and cirrhosed liver. Ascites. Anasarca Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (General) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man had been ill since the 19th with diarrhoea and haemorrhage. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Harness maker Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Sep 1868 Date of death: 11 Nov 1868 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man had suffered from cough since March with haemoptysis. Six weeks before admission the legs swelled and on admission he was suffering from ascites. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Attendant Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 May 1869 Date of death: 3 Jun 1869 Disease (transcribed): Old dysentery. Amyloid degeneration. Phthisis. Ulceration Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This man had been in the army from 1852 to 1860 and had served in the Crimea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Illustrations of photographs: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jan 1870 Date of death: 10 Jan 1870 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis – ulceration of the Large Intestine. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a very emaciated state and his story could not be depended on. He said that he had been ill for about six weeks with frequent diarrhoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1877 Date of death: 11 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of bowel. Perforation. Peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was in failing health, when three weeks or more before admission, commenced cough and nasal catarrh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jun 1877 Date of death: 29 Jun 1877 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis and peritonitis. Tubercles of lung and intestine. Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: About the middle of Feb 1877, he was attacked with cough and spitting, which increased for a week, then diminished under treatment, but never wholly left him. From that time he lost flesh and strength, felt chilly and sweated much at night. Slight haemoptysis commenced early in April and continued to increase. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestine, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer, ex soldier Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 July 1877 Date of death: 19 July 1877 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Old hepatic abscesses. Amyloid disease Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Amyloidosis (Liver, Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: During the Ashanti war in 1874 he had a fever, and he was invalided in 1875 for pain in the right side of the chest. Early in November he began to cough, shiver, vomit and to experience pain in the right shoulder. He spat green matter and sweated much. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine and brain Illustration or photograph: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bootmaker Gender: Male Age: 55 Date of admission: 11 Mar 1878 Date of death: 20 Mar 1878 Disease (transcribed): Weak heart – no important structural lesion – Dysentery. Old intestinal ulcers Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Dysentery (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Admitting doctor: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. A Healthy man previously; without constitutional peculiarity: temperate in liquor: In the spring of 1875 diarrhoea commenced, with blood and slime in the motions: it continued at intervals till October 1876. He was in India during all this time. He left the country in 1877, arriving in England during July. From the following October diarrhoea was present to the extent of 4-20 motions daily, no blood or slime was passed, the looseness of the bowels was aggravated by cold. He uniformly lost flesh while the diarrhoea lasted, and recovered it in the intervals: Cough 1 mo. [month] before admn [admission]: onset sudden, with nasal catarrh. Lumbar pain and difficult micturition 1 week' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain Type of incident: n/a