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Ada Dicks, 22, Chemist’s assistant

Occupation or role: Chemist’s assistant
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1895
Date of death: 8 Feb 1895
Disease (transcribed): Small white kidney on left side. Right kidney atrophied. Parotiditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Parotitis (Parotid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The only history to be elicited was that for a fortnight the patient had suffered with marked symptoms of dyspepsia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, pericardium, heart, aorta, oesophagus, peritonuem, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenal bodies, bladder, uterus, ureters and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Agnes Parker, 22, [Wife of] Postman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Postman
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s disease. Acute serous effusion into the tongue and larynx
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Effusion (Tongue, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She was in this hospital last year suffering from albuminuria, the result of scarlet fever (Notes are being bound). After leaving the hospital her headaches continued with much nausea & vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, eyes, neck, tongue, larynx, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Alec Kohanooske, 42, Hairdresser

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1893
Date of death: 7 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Calculous suppression of urine
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Ureter); Suppression of urine (Ureter)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John. Dent, Clinton Thomas. Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: In April 1892 this man passed a stone by the urethra. In July 1892 he suffered from an attack of pain in the left loin, shooting into the groin, lasting for five days, and accompanied by vomiting and shivering. A fortnight before admission he had a precisely similar attack.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, intestines, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Lang, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1871
Date of death: 20 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Calculous pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Pyelitis (Kidneys)

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 had lithotomy performed by Mr Pollock [George Pollock] in the hospital, on which occasion two stones were removed from the bladder. Two years later he was again a patient suffering from severe abdominal pain. Three weeks ago he noticed his water to be very turbid & had severe pain in back & abdomen’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Rowe, 19, Mason

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1882
Date of death: 12 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercle in lungs, pleurae, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For the last month he had been growing much weaker, with increasing and troublesome cough, frequent flushing and profuse perspiration at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Whitlock, 5, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1894
Date of death: 20 Dec 1894
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of lungs and kidneys and spleen
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The history of this case was to the effect that for the last three months the patient had been losing flesh rapidly, had sweated much at night, and had suffered from constant diarrhoea - He had never brought up blood - He had had 'pleurisy' on the left side a year and a half ago - An operation had been done at great ormond st. and fluid let out - He had a tube in his side - This completely healed - On admission he was found to be an extremely emaciated boy complaining of pain in the stomach'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, vertebrae
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Jane Harp, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 17 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous kidneys (large white)
Disease (standardised): Lardaceous disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her father & some of his family are consumptive. She is one of a family of 11 children, & has never been strong, although never laid up for more than a day or two with definite illness. Much winter hacking cough, spits up a small quantity of grey mucus. For many years she has been subject to attacks of vomiting with diarrhoea coming on after the vomiting has stopped'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Amy Jackman, 37, General Servant

Occupation or role: General Servant
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1870
Date of death: 5 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the uterus, lumbar glands and right lung.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Lumbar glands); Cancer (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Since Christmas 1869 this woman had suffered from severe pain in the left hip, thigh and groin. The case was taken partly from Dr Laking's notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Amy Sherman, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1897
Date of death: 4 Jul 1897
Disease (transcribed): Cyst in cerebral cortex. Recent pregnancy with ruptured vagina
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Brain); Pregnancy (Uterus); Rupture (Vagina) ()
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'On admission this patient, though not unconscious, was not capable of giving a reliable history – The following is her mother's account. He had had no serious illness before, but about 15 yrs [years] ago, she is said to have 'fits' from the description resembling petit mal, and occurring infrequently'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Amy Tucker, 25, Milliner

Occupation or role: Milliner
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1870
Date of death: 22 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous disease. Tubal nephritis. Fatty kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient’s legs swelled about three weeks before her admission, the urine being at the same time scanty. She stated that five months previously she had a similar attack. The case was taken from Dr Laking's notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Attwood, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1870
Date of death: 1 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Gregory, 30, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1870
Date of death: 23 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous disease. Pleurisy. Peritonitis from Paracentesis Abdominis.
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Paracentesis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman said that she first noticed her belly begin to swell in May of that year and it gradually increased in size, followed by the legs. There had been previous good health and she had never drunk spirits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, organs of generation and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Coleman, 68, Cleaner

Occupation or role: Cleaner
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1895
Date of death: 19 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of ovaries and of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: This patient ‘was a scrubber at the hospital’. Two months before admission she began to vomit after food and lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, pancreas, oesophagus, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus, lungs, trachea, larynx, heart and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Wilmore, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1871
Date of death: 26 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied & dilated heart. Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman, who was extremely ill on admission, said she got severe cough & dyspnoea three weeks previously & at the same time her legs swelled. The legs were much swollen, face congested, there was orthopnoea. In front there was very noisy breathing with rhonchi quite obscuring the heart sounds. She was too weak & ill to permit of further examination’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Nieblar, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1891
Date of death: 5 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing endometritis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Endometritis (Uterus); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was a native of Munich, who had been in England for two years. She was confined with her first child in August 1890. The child throve well: it was suckled for two months, and then the mother ceased to suckle it because of increasing weakness though the milk did not fail till some time later. Before her confinement she had enjoyed good health, but soon afterwards she began to suffer from spasmodic abdominal pain. She did not regain her health, and finally took to bed one week before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Woods, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1870
Date of death: 1 Jul 1870
Disease (transcribed): Lobular pneumonia. Renal congestion. Nephritis.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This child was admitted with whooping cough and there was also slight bronchitis of both lungs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Antoine Laurent, 63, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1896
Date of death: 27 Dec 1896
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No examination post mortem allowed
Type of incident: n/a

Archibald Earle, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1890
Date of death: 28 Jul 1890
Disease (transcribed): Chronic parenchymatous nephritis. Stricture of jejunum
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Constriction (Jejunum)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man was in good health till about three months before admission when without known cause, he had dropsy of the face, abdomen and legs, and scantiness of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thyroid, pleural cavities, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, head and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Wheeler, 39, Auction Porter

Occupation or role: Auction Porter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1870
Date of death: 6 Feb 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was brought in comatose with a history of a fit immediately before admission. He was stated to be a hard drinker and had complained of pain in his head, on which he was accustomed to carry considerable weights.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Peace, 64, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1890
Date of death: 26 May 1890
Disease (transcribed): Dissecting aneurysm of aorta rupturing into pericardium. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Pericardium); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Twenty years before his admission he had bronchitis and was in bed for a fortnight. He afterwards had several slight attacks. He complained of pain in the cardiac region, dyspnoea and swelling of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, eyes, intestines, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, testes, pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Daly, 69, Lodging house keeper

Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1875
Date of death: 19 Dec 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Medical notes: This woman said that nine weeks before she came in, the legs had begun to swell, and after about a month the swelling extended to the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Guyatt, 40, Laundry maid

Occupation or role: Laundry maid
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1888
Date of death: 28 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Hemorrhage into pons and 4th ventricle. Chronic Bright’s disease
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Medical notes: 'When in South Kensington Street on afternoon of 28th [inst] [she] felt ill & requested porter to fetch her a cab. Soon afterwards she became unconscious & was brought to hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver, oesophagus, intestines, uterus, ovaries (‘Inquest case’)

Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Holloway, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1876
Date of death: 14 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Pus in uterine walls
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Suppuration (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman had been confined with her first child on 17th February previous to admission. The child had been born alive after a difficult labour followed by much haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, peritoneum, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Bushwell, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1898
Date of death: 2 Jun 1898
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Athol, 60, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1890
Date of death: 18 Sep 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Davidson, W. Lee
Medical notes: On the evening of September 13th he was shivering and complained of pain in the right side of the chest. The next morning he was ill enough to stay in bed, and he had some diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

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