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Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1887
Date of death: 24 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Granular (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had scarlet fever in '67 with measles in the same year, chorea in '77, lasting for 6 months, & she was I.P. [in-patient] here in '79 with gastric ulcer. She had had oedema for nearly 4 years when she was admitted in June of this year, No 764'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain membranes, brain
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1886
Date of death: 9 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Cerebral softening. Embolism of spleen
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Softening (Brain); Embolism (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had acute rheumatism in '82, none since. She had had frontal headache for 4

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1886
Date of death: 16 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the brain
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: On February 20th he did not feel well, with some weakness of the left arm and giddiness. Sitting by the fire, he had an ‘aura’ in the left arm, with twitching, and then he became unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines, dura mater and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1886
Date of death: 14 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Congestion of the lungs and kidneys. Fatty liver. Adherent pericardium. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Congestion (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had always drunk hard, but had had no excesses of late. He had good health with the exception of rheumatic fever in 1856, since when he had been well up to three days before admission when he had a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, dura mater and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Nurse
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1886
Date of death: 2 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Dilatation and hypertrophy. Atheroma of the aorta. Acute myelitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Myelitis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell. Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Weller, G.C. Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: A slight cough came on and she had rigors about February 13th. On the 17th pains came on in various joints.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary tract, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1886
Date of death: 7 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidney. Hypertrophy of the heart. Atheroma of arteries
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He was fairly well on the morning of the 6th and said that he was going to chop wood. Ten minutes afterwards he was brought back in a state of unconsciousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, dura mater and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1886
Date of death: 31 Dec 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral tumour. Glioma
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain); Glioma (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: One week before admission he was found to be dull with headache over the right temporal region. He became gradually feebler and more irritable.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, brain and membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plateman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1885
Date of death: 7 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Gumma of the brain. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Granuloma (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was a plate cleaner at a restaurant and had had well marked syphilis with secondary symptoms about ten years prior to his first admission in May 1885. When admitted he presented the symptoms of melancholia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1886
Date of death: 26 Dec 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral softening (red softening)
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain)
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 good health up to 1880 when she began to fail and lose flesh. Twelve months prior to admission she had aphasia for one week with loss of memory.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, small intestine, uterus, brain and vessels
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1886
Date of death: 21 Dec 1886
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pia-arachinitis
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had enjoyed excellent health up to the day of admission when he had, without warning, a convulsion followed by unconsciousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain, vessels and membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1886
Date of death: 16 Dec 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral softening (right side). Cancer of the caecum. Descending degeneration right lateral column of the spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Cancer (Intestines); Degeneration (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had been much addicted to alcohol, but had had no illness of any kind. He had complained of headache for four months and while sweeping at the office he had an attack of giddiness and became helpless and stupid with right hemiplegia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1886
Date of death: 14 Dec 1886
Disease (transcribed): Locomotor ataxy. Pleurisy. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Tabes dorsalis (Spinal cord); Pleurisy (Pleura); Congestion (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: This patient had been supposed to have been suffering from locomotor ataxy. On the 12th he had a curious attack of giddiness, pain in the frontal region and strabismus with inability to swallow saliva.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1886
Date of death: 8 Dec 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had been ailing for some six months, and had had some oedema of the legs. He travelled up from Margate in search of work, and while in a coffee house, becoming excited after a meal, he groaned and fell insensible on the floor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, spine and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1886
Date of death: 27 Nov 1886
Disease (transcribed): Right hemiplegia
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: On the night before admission he had complete right hemiplegia with no loss of consciousness or loss of speech.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1886
Date of death: 15 Oct 1886
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Atheroma of the vessels. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Blood vessels); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles. Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in an unconscious condition having been found insensible outside a public house.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1885
Date of death: 30 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the oesophagus. Pressure on the left recurrent laryngeal nerve
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Oesophagus); Pressure (Laryngeal nerves)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: In September she had profuse haematemesis and dysphagia, gradually growing worse. Two weeks prior to admission her voice began to get hoarse and cough came on.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, oesophagus, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1886
Date of death: 6 Sep 1886
Disease (transcribed): Chronic non-tubercular basal meningitis. Intra-ventricular effusion
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Jervis, Arthur
Medical notes: He had a rigor on the 27th May with pain in the neck and down the spine, with vomiting and some fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, valves, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, brain, spinal column and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1886
Date of death: 17 Jul 1886
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Pnuemonia
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard. Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: The patient was a potman, who for five years had given way to excessive use of alcohol and for months had had nausea in the morning with loss of appetite. Epileptic fits had occurred.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bag maker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1886
Date of death: 2 Jul 1886
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage into subarachnoidal space
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was observed to fall in the street and was picked up insensible but rallied somewhat on his way.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines, cerebral membranes, brain and cerebral vessels
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1886
Date of death: 20 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was a messenger in the House of Commons. On the day of admission he was seized with paralysis in a urinal.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and cerebral membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1886
Date of death: 9 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Gangrene of the lungs. Meningitis (tubercles)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Gangrene (Lung); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had had a cough in the winter of ten years, but in 1884, when she was much weakened by a bad miscarriage, the cough became much worse and she had various small attacks of haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain and membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wood cutter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1886
Date of death: 1 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Acute mania
Disease (standardised): Mania (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had fallen, without apparent injury, from a swing seven days before. He was feeling ill on May 29th and the next day had pain in the stomach with delirium at night with convulsive muscular movements.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, membranes and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Printer
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1886
Date of death: 1 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Central nervous system)
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 slight cut on the left hand on May 19th but did not complain of it. He was well up to May 21st when he had pain in the dorsal region of the spine followed by spasms
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, stomach, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabinet maker
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1885
Date of death: 20 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: For the past six months he had been noticed to be ‘queer’, not eating anything but drinking a good deal and not able to do much in the way of work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1886
Date of death: 21 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Atheroma of arteries. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (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: The patient was a hard drinker of spirits and had been fairly well, though complained of pains in the head, up to the night of admission when he was found unconscious on the floor of his room.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vessels, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a