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Emma Webster, 18, General Servant

Occupation or role: General Servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
Date of death: 5 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Old valvular disease.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Recent history included diarrhoea for a fortnight, cough and sore throat, pain in the trunk and limbs, vomiting and slight rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Hills, 42, Watchman

Occupation or role: Watchman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1877
Date of death: 16 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pneumonia. Bronchitis. Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient dated the swelling of the legs from a month before admission, and the cough and dyspnoea from a fortnight previously. He was accustomed to taking about three pints of beer and a glass of spirits daily.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Hone, 57, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1877
Date of death: 26 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation with hypertrophy. Congestion of viscera. Old emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Systemic); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About October 1876 the patient began to feel weak and chilly and suffered from pain about the epigastrium. Early in the following January he suffered from palpitation, a fortnight later from dyspnoea, and for a month before entrance to the hospital from swelling of the legs and abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Mortlock, 57, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1877
Date of death: 25 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with oedema of five weeks standing, cough of six weeks and dyspnoea with palpitation of two months date.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, douglas' pouch and uterus.
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Mears, 42, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1877
Date of death: 19 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Heart disease. Tubercular disease of lung. Bronchitis. Granular kidney.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
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 recent history comprised increasing cough, commencing with a general catarrh, frequent headaches, night sweats, loss of strength, flesh and appetite, and bearing down pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, skull and contents, and uterus.
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Bateman , 50, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1877
Date of death: 21 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Cardiac hypertrophy with dilatation. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been a healthy man but a very hard drinker. The recent history included swelling of the legs, cough and wheezing and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

William Bunning, 61, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1877
Date of death: 19 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Granular Kidney
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: For four or five years he had been troubled with winter coughs. From September 1876 the cough and dyspnoea were unusually severe and persisted. He lost flesh, grew weaker and his legs later swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Westlake, 57, Builder

Occupation or role: Builder
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1877
Date of death: 25 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation: Hydrothorax. Pericarditis. Cerebral softening.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The personal history showed only frequent epistaxis and scanty diaphoresis. For two or three years he had been rather out of sorts, with slight dyspnoea, which had increased over the previous four months. For three weeks his legs had swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Cornwall, 23, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1877
Date of death: 29 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart, old and recent.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from great dyspnoea, cough and pain in the chest. The legs were extensively oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Cartling, 64, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1877
Date of death: 29 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation and hypertrophy. Granular kidney.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient complained of languor, weakness and progressive dyspnoea of two years and palpitation for one year, pains about the waist, slight cough, occasional giddiness, anorexia and oedema of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Frank Chidell, 27, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1877
Date of death: 26 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Old nephritis. Dilated, hypertrophied and fatty heart. Endocarditis.
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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 had occasionally experienced a sense of weight at the heart, and slight palpitation on exertion. At Christmas, after being wet for three days, he was attacked with severe coryza which resulted in a cough. He lost flesh, palpitation increased and the cough continued. He was also suffering from dyspnoea, polyuria and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and brain
Type of incident: n/a

John Newham, 45, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1877
Date of death: 11 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Bronchitis, Congestion of brain. Dilated heart.
Disease (standardised): Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Five years before admission he was in St George's with delirium tremens. Two years later he was admitted with dropsy, dyspnoea and cough. In the hospital he was again attacked with delirium tremens. Six weeks before admission the same symptoms returned.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine and brain
Type of incident: n/a

George Price, 44, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1877
Date of death: 19 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease. Morbus renum.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Ten weeks before admission a cough which he had suffered from for several years became aggravated, with dyspnoea and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Carter, 19, Printer

Occupation or role: Printer
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1877
Date of death: 12 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had had three attacks of acute rheumatism. During the second attack, eight months before admission, cardiac pain, cough, dyspnoea and palpitation commenced. They increased during the three weeks before admission. Oedema of the legs began ten days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, intestinal canal, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Emma Heale, 46, Needlewoman

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1877
Date of death: 23 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering before admission from increased palpitation, dyspnoea, dyspeptic symptoms and pains in the trunk and limbs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

James Bond, 33, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1877
Date of death: 5 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fatty disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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 man was quite well until October when he fell and broke his wrist. From that day he vomited after every meal. He suffered pain about the heart, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and tunica vaginalis
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Henry Critchfield, 37, Butler. Previously artillery man and officer's servant from 1868 to 1874

Occupation or role: Butler. Previously artillery man and officer's servant from 1868 to 1874
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1877
Date of death: 10 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation and hypertrophy. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from severe and increasing palpitation for five years, a cough, dyspnoea and dyspeptic pains, haemoptysis, occasional vomiting and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

George Sprague, 41, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1877
Date of death: 25 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Pulmonary apoplexy and oedema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Lowbrum, G H
Medical notes: He was admitted to the surgical wards for an ulcerated leg. Otherwise he was in good health until 6th December when he was seized suddenly with severe pain down the front of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Hedges, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1877
Date of death: 3 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease, granular kidney, etc
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Nephritis (Kidney);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History and first admission. The history of this case is imperfect on account of the patient's condition. She was admitted on Aug [August] 21st with extensive oedema, cough, dyspnoea and cardiac pain. She was unable to lie down. There was a history of rheumatic fever 11 yrs [years] and again 7 yrs [years] before. The heart's area was much enlarged, the apex beat widely diffused: felt in the epigastrium: systolic murmur all over, also in the cervical vessels and in the back; culminating, loud and rasping, at the apex. […] She was readmitted on Dec [December] 19th suffering from intense dyspnoea, which prevented examination and interrogation'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, atheroma, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

George Wooland, 64, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 64
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1878
Date of death: 28 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercle; dilated and fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Disease (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease. No previous illness of ailments: Diaphorous habitually profuse: temperate man: - 2 pts [pints] of beer daily. Cough, occasional cardiac pain, slight epigastric pain after food; - 6 yrs [years]. Dyspnoea 4 yrs [years]: Wasting, 3 yrs [years]. Severe cough and dyspnoea 4-5 mo [months]. Oedema of legs 2 wks [weeks]. Urine scanty, two or three days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

William Gibbs, 52, Steward

Occupation or role: Steward
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1878
Date of death: 4 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pericarditis. Great thickening of the membrane. Tubercular disease of lung. Hydrothorax – etc
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Tuberculosis (Lung); Hydrothorax (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted with extensive oedema of trunk and limbs; great dyspnoea, slight cough and expectoration. He was obese, but anaemic. The face was cyanosed. Pulse weak and stringy. There was no arcus senilis. Chest no loss of resonance or vocal fremitus: harsh blowing respiration. Heart's area of dulness increased to L [Left]: no impulse: sounds hardly audible. Liver dulness from 5th rib to thoracic margin. Urine golden, acid, lithatic, highly albuminous'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, peritoneum, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Bates, 55, Bootmaker

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Gender: Male
Age: 55
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1878
Date of death: 20 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Weak heart – no important structural lesion – Dysentery. Old intestinal ulcers
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Dysentery (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. A Healthy man previously; without constitutional peculiarity: temperate in liquor: In the spring of 1875 diarrhoea commenced, with blood and slime in the motions: it continued at intervals till October 1876. He was in India during all this time. He left the country in 1877, arriving in England during July. From the following October diarrhoea was present to the extent of 4-20 motions daily, no blood or slime was passed, the looseness of the bowels was aggravated by cold. He uniformly lost flesh while the diarrhoea lasted, and recovered it in the intervals: Cough 1 mo. [month] before admn [admission]: onset sudden, with nasal catarrh. Lumbar pain and difficult micturition 1 week'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Calcutt, 44, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1878
Date of death: 29 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid phthisis. Secondary venous congestion
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Veins);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One sister died of consumption. Very subject to attacks of 'inflammation on the lungs [sic '). Never robust: bad living for 17 yrs [years]: dyspeptic symptoms for six. Always very subject to coughs: haemoptysis ('1 ½ pint') 6 yrs [years] before admn [admission] occasional palpitation: diaphoresis habitually scanty. Catam. [Catamenia] ceased in Aug. [August] 1876. Diaphoresis increased for 2 years. Cough, dyspnoea, frothy expectoration, loss of flesh, costiveness, chilliness at times for 12 months, increasing in severity. The abdomen swelled (?) during the first two months. Oedema of legs and scantiness of urine for 3 months'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, stomach, intestine, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

James Pidding, 40, Attendant asylum

Occupation or role: Attendant asylum
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1878
Date of death: 3 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Aortic and mitral stenosis etc.
Disease (standardised): Aortic valve stenosis (Heart); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One sister died of consumption. Scarlatina at 9: 'maltese fever' in 1856: Venereal sore in 1858: no bubo or constl. [constitutional] symptom. A healthy man, without constitutional peculiarity: accustomed to take 2-3 pints of beer daily: spirits on occasions. Subject to coughs for 5 or 6 yrs [years]: Breathing shorter than usual for two. Five weeks before admn [admission], - attacked with cough and pain from the epigastrium to the back, with malaise. After a week, during which he had profuse night sweats, the cough was relieved by treatment. (? diaphoretics) and the pain disappeared, not to return again till admission to St Geo [St George's Hospital]. Urine high coloured and turbid since the cough lessened. Increased cough, dyspnoea, swelling of legs and abdomen, sense of distension after food, and palpitation for a fortnight. Epigastric and interscapular pain returned on admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Flaxman, 53, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1880
Date of death: 14 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma of heart valves and aorta. Pericarditis. Thrombosis of the right pulmonary arteries. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Pericarditis (Heart); Thrombosis (Lung); Pleurisy (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: One cold night in March while driving home in an open van, he felt very cold, shivered much while undressing and became very hot after getting into bed. The next morning he felt cold and too weak to return to work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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