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Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 2 years 4 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1884
Date of death: 2 Sep 1884
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Warner, F.O.
Medical notes: There were no bad smells and no one else ill in the house. For a fortnight the patient had been drowsy and then the breathing became quick and difficult.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, lungs, heart and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1885
Date of death: 24 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Cystitis. Surgical kidney. Oedema and congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Prostate); Cystitis (Bladder); Surgical kidney (Kidney); Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He was first admitted into the hospital in January last suffering from inflamed varicose veins and eczema. When readmitted his leg was swollen and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1885
Date of death: 28 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had bronchitis in 1883 and was treated at the hospital but had a cough ever since. For two months prior to admission he had severe pain in the abdomen and vomiting for ten days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1885
Date of death: 28 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Glossitis. Laryngotomy. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Glossitis (Tongue); Laryngotomy (Larynx); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He complained of a sore throat and was told by his Dispensary doctor that he had caught an ordinary cold. His tongue later began to protrude and he was admitted to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wheel wright
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1885
Date of death: 29 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia – septic absorption?
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She was in Sloane Street when the sewer burst eighteen days prior to admission. The smell made her turn sick and vomit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1885
Date of death: 1 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Oedema and congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had always had bronchitis in the winter. He had polyuria for twelve months and nausea in the morning for six months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1885
Date of death: 2 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had bronchitis every winter for the last few winters. He had pain in the chest for five weeks and dark expectoration for five days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1885
Date of death: 3 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Laryngeal spasm. Tracheal stenosis
Disease (standardised): Spasm (Larynx); Stenosis (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She had a cough for three winters and a cough and violent cold this winter. Aphasia preceded hoarseness which went on for two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, pancreas and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] General dealer
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1885
Date of death: 5 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had caught cold which became much worse, with slight white expectoration and a little fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1885
Date of death: 8 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had slight pain in the right side for two months, followed by attacks of diarrhoea and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1885
Date of death: 9 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She had been ‘ailing’ for three weeks with headache, occasional nausea and slight cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, mouth, pharynx and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1885
Date of death: 10 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Incompetency of mitral valve. Pleural effusion (right)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had gonorrhoea twenty years prior to admission and what might have been syphilitic eruption. He caught cold last November and had a cough ever since with dyspnoea on slight exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] General servant
Age: 9 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1885
Date of death: 18 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This child was put out to nurse when five weeks old as the mother was unable to look after it, but it was badly fed and looked after.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Cook
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1885
Date of death: 18 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had a ‘parental syphilitic taint’, and was unhealthy at birth. He developed a cough after three months which grew worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1885
Date of death: 21 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had a cough, shortness of breath and much diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1885
Date of death: 21 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Chronic bronchitis. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Adherent (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He was admitted with bronchitis and a weak heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1885
Date of death: 27 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Three days prior to admission he felt pain in the lumbar region and some loss of power in the right hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] box maker
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1885
Date of death: 1 Aug 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Cahill, John. Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Father, two uncles and two sisters died of phthisis. Fell at school eighteen months ago and the hip joint was subsequently diseased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Iron moulder
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1885
Date of death: 11 Aug 1885
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Cahill, John
Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had had cold for one week and become heavy eyes. He was breathing hard and had become voiceless with a brassy cough. There was no one ill in the house and no smell of drains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, respiratory passages, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and thymus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1885
Date of death: 3 Sep 1885
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Adherent (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She had been in Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital with chronic pleurisy and doubtful mitral murmur. She was discharged but Rheumatism came on.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, abdomen, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1885
Date of death: 17 Sep 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of oesophagus. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had great emaciation and lost five stone in twelve months. He had a cough since February and diarrhoea shortly before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys and oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1885
Date of death: 20 Sep 1885
Disease (transcribed): 'Large white kidney’. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This patient came into the Hospital in May with some oedema of the legs, ascites and albuminuria. The albuminuria was due to nephritis after cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Signalman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1885
Date of death: 20 Sep 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of the lungs. Caseating glands. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Caseating (Glands); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Three months prior to admission pain came on in the abdomen, with bilious vomiting for three weeks and the abdomen became hard.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, vena cava, abdomen, liver, spleen, intestines, pancreas and thoracic duct
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Sweep
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1885
Date of death: 4 Oct 1885
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the lungs. Pneumohaemothorax. Fracture of the ribs
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lung); Pneumohaemothorax (Thorax ); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, brain and pancreas
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1885
Date of death: 15 Oct 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of neck. Bronchitis. Pneumonia. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Neck); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This man was a hard drinker, having been in the habit of taking as much as twenty four pints of beer daily. On September 24th his throat commenced to be sore and on the following day began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, veins, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas and sterno-clavicular joint
Type of incident: n/a