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Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1877
Date of death: 8 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cerebrospinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Meningitis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: A week before admission, the patient came home complaining of sore throat, nasal catarrh, frontal headache, giddiness and anorexia. The tonsils were seen to be swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, dura mater, brain, arachnoid, spinal membranes, spinal cord and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1881
Date of death: 5 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'As he was cleaning a window, he fell on to his face, a distance of 24 feet into a stone area beneath. Picked up insensible bleeding from the nose, mouth and right ear'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, bladder, urethra
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1881
Date of death: 8 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Tuberculosis of the lungs. Hip joint disease
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Hip)

Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'No history obtainable. The child was admitted with well marked hip disease, and fulness of the right femoral fossa. For a time treated with rest and a long splint, he seemed to do well, but in the beginning of April a troublesome hacking cough came on. He lost flesh and strength, and in spite of a generous diet and stimulants daily became weaker and more emaciated'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Police sergeant
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1881
Date of death: 9 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Amputation for myeloid growth. Fatty changes. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Growth (Leg); Bronchitis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'No family history of cancer. Never any venereal disease. Had had pneumonia in 1875 and has been subject to eczema. In July 1880 suffered from what he took to be rheumatic pains in the left leg. In October of the same year there was a slight swelling over the head of the tibia on the outer side. This swelling increased in size and was noticed to pulsate first about Xmas last. He had been a policeman, and had attended his divisional surgeon for some time before his admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left leg, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1880
Date of death: 10 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Hip-joint disease. Lardaceous infiltration
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Lardaceous disease
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with disease of the right hip joint, the pelvis moving with the femur and there being some fulness of the femoral fossa. She was kept quiet in the horizontal position, and extension made by means of a long splint'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: hip, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1881
Date of death: 14 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Was knocked by a donkey engine on the side and fell into a barge on his head. No insensibility at time of accident. On admission quite sensible'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, head
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1879
Date of death: 13 Aug 1879
Disease (transcribed): Generalised tuberculosis and bone necrosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Necrosis (Bone)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was said to have been healthy till three months old when it was vaccinated. Three weeks later it appeared unwell and grew fretful and sleepless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, glandular swelling, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenal bodies, kidneys, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1880
Date of death: 17 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Pleurisy and pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: On the day of admission a mass of bricks and mortar forming part of an arch fell on him. He managed to roll his body away but the left arm and leg were crushed under the weight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleura, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, veins and blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Drayman
Gender: Male
Age: 25
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1878
Date of death: 10 Nov 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs; perforation of the ascending colon; retroperitoneal abscess
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Perforation (Intestines); Abscess (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Diaphoresis habitually very profuse: fat productive of nausea: He had drunk enormously, but irregularly, of beer and spirits. D.T.[Delirium Tremens?] on two occasions. Five years before admn [admission], cough began gradually, continued ever since being severe at times. Shortly after it began he fell into an area: was insensible for 5 minutes and fractured his clavicle. While laid up with the fracture he had two[?] 'fits': nature unknown. Five other fits at one time 3 or 3 ½ yrs [years] later. Twenty eight days before admission he was struck in the epigastrium by the pole of a dray: the pain was severe: at St Thos' Hosp [St Thomas' Hospital] he was told he had fractured some lower R. [Right] ribs: strapping and bandage were applied, and retained till admn [admission] to St Geo [St George's Hospital]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, abscess, ribs, spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1879
Date of death: 17 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Caries of left orbital plate. Inflammatory softening of brain and suppuration. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William. Wadham, William
Medical notes: There was nothing remarkable in the history until eighteen months before admission when he entered Belgrave Hospital for diseased bone on the forehead, the result of a blow.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, cranium, meninges and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1903
Date of death: 5 Dec 1903
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous caries affecting the spinal column (9th and 10th dorsal vertebra). Implication of spinal meninges. Pressure myelitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine); Caries (Spine); Myelitis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a history of dull aching pain in the small of the back for fourteen months, increased on movement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Army pensioner
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1902
Date of death: 10 Oct 1902
Disease (transcribed): Fractured femur. Shock. Gout. Atheroma. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Shock (Systemic); Gout (Joints); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, brain and toe joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1896
Date of death: 9 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Adherent pericardium. Recent vegetations. Pneumonia. Osteoarthritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Osteoarthritis (Joints)

Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Since last Christmas the patient suffered much from cough, want of sleep and pains at the lower part of the chest. During the fortnight before admission the legs became swollen and she said she passed a good deal of water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs larynx, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lath maker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1879
Date of death: 3 May 1879
Disease (transcribed): Purpura. Haemorrhage and inflammatory softening of brain perhaps secondary to disease of the petrous bone
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Haemorrhage (Brain); Softening (Brain); Disease (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John H. Ewart, William
Medical notes: On November 29th he was suddenly seized with shivering and abdominal pain. On the 30th he complained of great headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and bones of skull
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1877
Date of death: 6 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Spinal Myelitis
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Seven weeks before admission he began to feel languid, and three weeks later, to experience pain in the knees, and to lose the sight of the right eye, without pain or external alteration. He later lost all power in his legs, but his eyesight recovered.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, rectum, bladder, intestine, stomach, brain, spinal cord, spinal canal and spinal column
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1878
Date of death: 19 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemic deposits in the skin, muscles and lungs. No ascertained cause for pyaemia? Farcy
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Skin); Sepsis (Muscles); Sepsis (Lung); Glanders (Respiratory system, skin);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Attack of rheumatic pains 7 yrs [years] before admn [admission]: smallpox, scarlatina and typhus in early life. A healthy man, without constitutional peculiarities or discovered hereditary tendencies: accustomed to take 1-4 pts [pints] beer and 2 gl. [glasses] of whiskey daily. On Jan [January] 10th, attacked with shivering and general aching on coming out of a hot room. Cough commenced next morning, with clear expectoration (no nasal catarrh). It continued from that time, with frequent shivering, and cold sweats at night; the bowels being regular and the urine as usual. Three times it nearly disappeared under treatment, but relapsed as often, with a similar onset: - rig. [rigors] on Jan [January] 30th, Feb [February] 4th and Mar [March] 11th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, larynx, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain, glans penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Marble polisher
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1879
Date of death: 5 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebrae. Psoas abscess. Caseous glands. Tuberculosis of intestines and lungs. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Caseous (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: In September 1879 he felt pain in the right hip which made him walk lame. After applying at a dispensary for advice, he was sent to a convalescent home where he remained fourteen days. The symptoms complained of were slight cough and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestines and vertebra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1880
Date of death: 26 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of ilium. Caries of vertebrae. Psoas abscess. ‘Scrofulous’ disease of kidneys. Tubercle of lungs. Lardaceous infiltration
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Pelvis); Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Abdomen) ;
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: This man had previously been a surgical patient. He was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Urinary tract, larynx and trachea, lungs and pleurae, brain, liver, spleen, intestines, heart and aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1880
Date of death: 10 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fractured pelvis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was run over by a van, the wheel passing over the lower part of the spine as she was lying on her face in the road.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, kidneys, liver, spleen, heart and lungs
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs and leg (Granular kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: On the day of admission the wheel of a heavily-laden waggon caught against a post and swung round. The shaft struck him in the sternum and threw him down. While lying on the ground, the horse trod on his left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1880
Date of death: 11 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys. Colles’ fracture
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: On the day of admission she fell down a slight of some twelve stairs, striking the left side of her head against the edge of one of the steps.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left forearm, cranium, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1879
Date of death: 30 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient fell down an area and was pitched up unable to move.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 May 1880
Date of death: 22 Sep 1880
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of uterus, transverse colon, mesentery, lungs, bladder and diaphragm
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Intestines); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Bladder); Cancer (Diaphragm)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For eighteen months she had noticed the belly growing uniformly larger, without pain only a sense of fullness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys, spleen, sigmoid flexure and rectum, mesentery, diaphragm, rectum, glands, peritoneum, uterus, pancreas and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1880
Date of death: 5 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fall. Fracture of Femur. Bruises. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Bruising (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This man was in a cart drawn by a young horse which took fright, ran away and pitched him out with such force against some iron railings.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1881
Date of death: 20 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Fell backwards off a brewer's dray on to a stone courtyard, striking the back of his head and upper part of his neck. Felt 'numb' all over, and could not move his legs after the accident'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident