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Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1885
Date of death: 15 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Seven weeks ago he had pain in all his bones and gradually grew weaker. He had constipation and frothy expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1888
Date of death: 6 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Numerous pyaemic patches of consolidation in the lungs. The primary source of infection was not found
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Gamgee, Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When he first came to the hospital he told the house physician that six days before admission he had pain in the loins; that he had had neither diarrhoea nor constipation and that that morning he had shivered & felt sick, but had not vomited. He denied having drunk to excess’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1881
Date of death: 23 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the ileum. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'His father died of phthisis 3 years ago; the mother is healthy; the rest of the family healthy except a younger sister who is at home with symptoms similar to his own. He has had measles badly; no scarlet fever; no other disease; no history of cough. A week ago he lost his appetite & had much headache, thirst & vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestinal tract

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1883
Date of death: 14 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of face. Delirium
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Delirium (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: It was ascertained that he had ben a considerable spirit drinker. Four days before admission he was seized with giddiness and vomiting. A severe rigor followed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1882
Date of death: 15 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis of lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and meninges
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: During the winter he had much cough and some pain in the right side which laid him up for some weeks. A fortnight before admission the cough became worse and he had a rigor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidney and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1887
Date of death: 28 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'The patient was of healthy family & personal history though slightly liable to winter coughs'

Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1882
Date of death: 5 Jul 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Congestion of pharynx, larynx and lungs
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Congestion (Pharynx); Congestion (Larynx); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About a fortnight before admission he began to feel drowsy and had headache, at times acute.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, tonsils, pharynx, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1880
Date of death: 18 Aug 1880
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had been spending ten weeks in Boulogne, and on the passage back she had violent headache and was very sick. In august she felt hot and shivery and the headache returned.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Alimentary canal, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1888
Date of death: 24 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Laryngeal and pulmonary phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Larynx, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of having had scarlatina or rheumatism. He said for 11 months [he] had had ‘slow fever’ and had spent 3 or 4 months in bed, and for eight months sore throat (pain in his larynx)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, larynx, heart, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Omnibus driver
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1879
Date of death: 19 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Tidswell, Herbert Henry
Medical notes: For a fortnight before admission he did not feel very well. For four days before admission he had not kept anything in the stomach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1881
Date of death: 17 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She had smallpox in 1874 but beyond that can give no history of previous illness or discomfort. Menstruation normal. Until 4 days before admission she felt in excellent health: on trying to dress herself in the morning 4 days ago she found her hands and arms too weak to go on: with some difficulty she was helped downstairs and put to bed, where she lay on her back with flexed arms & wrists & much pain in the dorsal spine; she passed her water under her, would not move her arms to feed herself; no vomiting; slight headache; appetite good' no abdominal discomfort'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Silversmith
  Gender: Male
  Age: 62
  Date of admission: 5 Sep 1878
  Date of death: 17 Oct 1878
  Disease (transcribed): Empyema
  Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung);
  Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
• Margerison, Richard
  PM performed by: Ewart, William
  Medical notes: 'Admission. Brought up in a semidelirious state at times passing into more fully marked delirium: he could give no account of himself, though he answered questions in a misty sort of way. He was very weak and lay on his back. P. [Pulse] 116. R. [Respiration rate?] 52. Lips and face dusky'
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Decorator
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1888
Date of death: 22 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Actinomycosis
Disease (standardised): Actinomycosis
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Gamgee, Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man had measles and scarlatina when young, and when he was about 25 fell and hurt his spine, but he soon recovered. He denied having had syphilis. In 1887 he had abscesses in his abdominal wall and was treated in University College Hospital by Dr Roberts and Mr Beck. He was in the hospital 4 months […] Two months before he came to St George’s he went to Eastbourne. He stayed there a month’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1889
Date of death: 26 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis. General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: The patient said that he was in good health till about a month before he came to St George’s. He then began to suffer from cough and rapidly lost flesh. A fortnight before admission he had an attack of shivering and his cough became more troublesome.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, intestines, suprarenal bodies and testicles
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1882
Date of death: 11 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In May 1882 she began to feel some headache with languor. Her brother, Frederic Kelson, died of Enteric Fever in St George’s Hospital on 27th September 1882.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1882
Date of death: 23 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The day before admission he complained of feeling tired and refused food and vomited.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hair dresser
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1884
Date of death: 16 Oct 1884
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever (?)
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: About three weeks before admission he had begun to feel a little out of sorts when nursing his child who had diarrhoea ‘and nothing more than diarrhoea.’ He imagined that he ‘caught the diarrhoea’ from her.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1889
Date of death: 27 Nov 1889
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: She had been staying at the Dublin Barracks, the sanitary condition of which was supposed not to be good. On November 3rd the woman had headache, pains in her back, sore throat, difficulty of swallowing and retching.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, oesophagus, spleen, kidneys, liver, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1880
Date of death: 16 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diarrhoea. Tuberculosis of the lungs and left pleura
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: He entered the army in 1877 and was sent to October. In 1878 he had his first attack of intermittent fever. He was discharged in October 1880 as ‘unfit for further service’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, pleura, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1882
Date of death: 14 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercle and cavities in lungs. Lardaceous disease of spleen and kidney. Tubercular ulceration of ileum and colon
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: During the year he had frequently felt slight symptoms of a cold. The chief concern was oedema of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Letter carrier
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1878
Date of death: 13 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever, with haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Haemorrhage (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. A robust and healthy man: subject to diarrhoea: did not take more than ½ pt [pint] of beer daily. His mind was in too confused a state to give an account of his present illness, but as far as could be made out it was of a fortnight's date on admission. Dec [December] 4th 4p.m. Complained only of burning heat and loss of appetite'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Poulterer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1889
Date of death: 14 Dec 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (lobar) of right lung. Indurated kidneys. Syphilis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Indurated (Kidney); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He complained of cough and of dyspnoea. His appetite was bad, his tongue coated and moist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys and inguinal glands
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1887
Date of death: 7 Feb 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient has had very good health. About 1 month ago she had a fall & hurt her back. On Dec 31st she was seized with gnawing intermittent pain over the lower ribs of the left side unaffected by respiration & preceded by no rigors or sickness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, brain membranes, brain, uterus, ovary, knee
Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1883
Date of death: 27 Oct 1883
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A fellow servant was in the hospital with Enteric Fever. This patient was quite well until a week before admission when she began to suffer from headache, vomiting, abdominal pain and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Writer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1882
Date of death: 27 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleuritis. Vomica. Miliary tubercles
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had good health and served in the army until 1878 when he had haemoptysis and was discharged from the service with a diagnosis of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a