Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Oct 1870 Date of death: 2 Nov 1870 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the femur. Operation. Osteomyelitis. Pyaemia. Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: Five years before admission, the patient had inflammation and swelling of the right thigh bone, no cause assigned. An abscess formed and some bone came away from an opening at the outer side of the femur. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Exterior of body. No further examination of the body was permitted Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Jan 1860 Date of death: 16 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Operation for strangulated inguinal hernia Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin); Operation Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with the following history. Five years before he was knocked down by a blow in the abdomen, & an oblique inguinal hernia appeared on the right side’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 21 months Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Dec 1859 Date of death: 23 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mesenteric disease. Incipient rickets. Diseased liver. Old burn Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Abdomen); Rickets (Bones); Disease (Liver); Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with an extensive burn of the left arm, extending from the shoulder to the back of the hand. It was cut very deep, except in one part about the middle of forearm. She was also evidently suffering from tabies mesentericus which was supposed to have existed for 6 months’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., left arm, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jan 1860 Date of death: 25 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Effusion (traumatic) of blood in arachnoid. Compression & bruise of the brain Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Bruising (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to epileptic fits for some years & on the morning of admission (while walking on the pavement) he fell down in a fit & struck his head against the kerb stone, he was picked up & brought to the hospital [and] it was stated by those who brought him that a large amount of blood had been lost’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jan 1860 Date of death: 26 Jan 1860 Disease (transcribed): Cut throat Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission, this patient cut his throat with a razor. On admission, a wound about 5 inches from side to side was seen’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Oct 1859 Date of death: 3 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an extensive ulcer of the left leg, the whole of the anterior surface of which was involved in the disease’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 8 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859 Date of death: 6 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip. Fever (?scarlatina) Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in September 1859 with a strumous hip joint. She had been out of health for nearly a year, & six months before symptoms of hip disease began to shew themselves’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, throat, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Nov 1859 Date of death: 7 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Rectovesical fistula Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Fistula (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission, this man was driving a coal waggon under an archway, with his body bent somewhat forwards, when his back & shoulders came in contact with the top of the arch & he was completely doubled up’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Feb 1860 Date of death: 17 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Simple fracture of the skull. Effusion of blood between bone & dura mater. Scalp wound Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Effusion (Brain); Wound (Scalp) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted (having fallen through a skylight to the ground, a distance of 12 feet) with an extensive scalp wound’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 10 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Nov 1859 Date of death: 15 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Five days before admission he fell down on his left side whilst playing with another boy, he got up and walked home without pain’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined at the usual time, but afterwards by direction of the Coroner’s Jury, the left hip was examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Feb 1860 Date of death: 21 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this man was driving a [?] through an arched passage. The height of the roof declined the further he went in & at length he was doubled up between the roof & the box. On admission he was suffering extreme pain across the loins & lower part of abdomen, & there was evidently an injury about the lower dorsal vertebrae’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860 Date of death: 2 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this man was stooping down to pick up something when he overbalanced himself & struck his nose just below the frontal bone against a slab. Haemorrhage came from the nose & he came to the hospital. On his way thither he had an epileptic fit’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Omnibus driver Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jan 1860 Date of death: 5 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was an omnibus driver of drunken habits, like most of his class. Three months before his admission he noticed a small swelling in the right groin, for which he wore a truss’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 15 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860 Date of death: 7 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Acute periosteal abscess of the tibia. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'Two years before admission this boy fell down & struck his left knee on a stone. He had synovial inflammation, which in a few weeks got well by blistering [..] since that time he had been subject to pain in the joint, but had never laid up for it’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Mar 1860 Date of death: 9 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A short time before admission this man was working (on the new bridge for the railroad at Pimlico) when one of the iron girders gave way & he fell 30 feet into a dam. On admission he was very violent, but insensible to external objects. He was sensible of pain, but did not appear to hear anything’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860 Date of death: 2 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Angular curvature of the spine. Caries of sacrum Disease (standardised): Spinal curvature (Spine); Caries (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from weakness of the back for four years before her admission. About 18 months before admission she noticed projection of the spine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Jan 1860 Date of death: 1 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of uterus, vagina, bladder, lung & brain Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Uterus, vagina, bladder, lung, brain) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A pale, cachectic-looking woman, was admitted under Dr Fuller [Henry William Fuller] for supposed disease of the kidneys. She gave the following account of herself. For the last three years she had suffered from menorrhage, until 6 months ago when the discharge almost entirely ceased’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 1 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatic arthritis of hip. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Hip); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man stated that 4 months before his admission he was pushing a carriage into a coach house, when he felt something give way in his left knee. The following morning the left hip was […] swollen, & the thigh became perfectly black, as if from a severe bruise’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 2 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 7 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Mar 1860 Date of death: 4 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Traumatic gangrene of the leg & thigh Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg, thigh) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'About an hour before admission she, getting out of an omnibus, when she was knocked down by a van, the […] wheel of which passed over the […] left knee’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left lower extremities
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Mar 1860 Date of death: 11 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward and Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James and Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted into the Wellington ward March 31st with a small scalp wound situated about an inch above the nose, & erysipelas of the head & face. It appeared that the woman was of drunken habits & was a week before her admission knocked down by her husband, who was also drunk’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1860 Date of death: 10 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Fracture (simple) of the cranium. Laceration of middle meningeal artery. Scalp wound. Diffuse inflammation of the scalp Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man was brought into the hospital perfectly insensible, apparently from the combined effects of gin & concussion he had been upset off a cab which he was driving’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Apr 1860 Date of death: 12 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the brain. Fractured spine & ribs Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Spine, ribs) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A few month before admission this man fell from a scaffold about 30 feet, falling with his back across a plank, at the same time striking the back part of his head against another’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 17 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Abscess in buttock Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Buttocks) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under Mr Tatum [Thomas Tatum] with two abscesses (which were discharging unhealthy pus), situated in the left buttock. They had existed for about 10 days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, left thigh
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 39 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Apr 1860 Date of death: 12 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia Operation Peritonitis (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient had been troubled with a femoral hernia for 6 years, which came on after lifting a heavy weight. She had always worn a truss’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen