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Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1903
Date of death: 16 Dec 1903
Disease (transcribed): Arterio-sclerosis. Arterio-sclerotic kidneys. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart. Fibrinous myocarditis. Chronic sero-fibrinous pleurisy. Old fracture of ribs. Collapse of right lung. Oedema of left lung.
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Arteriosclerosis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Myocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Fracture (Ribs);Atelectasis (Lung) ; Oedema (Lung)
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 suffering from cough, dyspnoea and sense of oppression in the epigastrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1880
Date of death: 25 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of the heart, and dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg)
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: For twelve months she had been feeling unwell and her legs used to swell towards night, going down after a night’s rest. On the 15th March she began to vomit and had several fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1877
Date of death: 10 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Spontaneous thrombosis in the cerebral sinuses. Inflammatory disintegration in the right sphenotemporal lobe.
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
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 admitted in a delirious condition. She was well nourished but anaemic to a marked degree. She complained of severe pain about the mastoid process, shooting down into the neck and up into the head, thumping sensations in the chest on exertion, and nausea after drinking anything hot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestinal canal, uterus, skull and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1896
Date of death: 10 Oct 1896
Disease (transcribed): Large heart. Cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Heart); Failure (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient had swollen legs and belly, she had been short of breath for a year and the water was very scanty.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, adrenals, stomach, uterus, bladder, spleen and toe joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tin man
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1901
Date of death: 8 Dec 1901
Disease (transcribed): Stenosis of course of left ventricle. Malignant endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: He had typical influenza nine or ten weeks ago, leaving some shortness of breath. He went to Herne Bay four weeks ago but the breathing became gradually worse. He returned to London two weeks ago and the same night began to have a cough with much expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1894
Date of death: 21 Nov 1894
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Adherent pericardium. Recent endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Pericarditis (Pericardium); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'In this case no family history of rheumatism was obtained - The man himself had Rheumatic fever ten years ago and 'Rheumatism' every year since - Four years ago he had 'Influenza' - Eight months ago sharp pain in the left side followed by dyspnoea and a rheumatic attack - For four months he has had oedema of the legs'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dairyman
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1899
Date of death: 31 Jul 1899
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); Oedema (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Powell, Llewellyn
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Patient said that he strained himself on March 3rd having been quite well up to then. He had pain in his left side and vomited next morning after breakfast. He also noticed pains in his ankles, knees, and elbows. He kept about doing his work, although he never felt well, until May 15th when he had to take to his bed, as the pain in his left side which had gone away after a day or two returned and the pains in his joints became worse. His joints were not swollen. He had been exposed to all sorts of weather. Had always perspired a good deal at night but worse lately. Had a bad cough for 3 weeks and had lost weight considerably'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1877
Date of death: 22 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Myocarditis. Pericarditis.
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Myocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (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 boy stated that he had suffered from rheumatism for several years and he had at times suffered from frontal headaches and vomiting after meals. Two days before admission he was attacked with pains in the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1897
Date of death: 1 Jun 1897
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of cortical veins and sinuses
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'Strong family history of insanity. Present illness. Quite well the last week in March. Then had a fall, was sick occasionally, complained of pain in the head and was admitted to the Victoria Hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1879
Date of death: 10 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pulmonary emphysema. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Cough and dyspnoea gradually commenced about two years before admission, more severe at first and never left him afterwards, and aggravated by cold weather.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1904
Date of death: 17 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Generalised miliary tuberculosis. Chronic adhesive mediastinitis. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, miliary (Systemic); Mediastinitis (Mediastinum); Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted on April 23rd 1903 with dyspnoea. Signs of fluid were detected on the left side of the chest. Paracentesis was performed in the Tiii[?] space and in the axilla and [?] of turbid fluid evacuated. The patient soon after expectorated much frothy material tinged with light blood. On the next day there were well-marked signs of a left pneumothorax, During the next fortnight signs of ascites developed and the left chest seemed partially to be refilled with fluid'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1897
Date of death: 14 Aug 1897
Disease (transcribed): Embolism of R. [Right] coronary artery
Disease (standardised): Embolism (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: 'Not seen by Med. Reg. [Medical Registrar]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 7 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Atheroma. Dilatation of the heart. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ague for 12 mo [months] at 15: otherwise healthy and temperate. Quite well till 12 mo [months] before admission, when he was attacked suddenly one evening as he was walking home, with dyspnoea and epigastric pain; both of which steadily increased thence forward, the latter being most severe after meals. Swelling of legs for 6 mo [months] before admission. Lungs noticed in epigastrium for three. Anorexia for 3 wks [weeks]. Much increase of dyspnoea for two. Cough for 7 or 10 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1901
Date of death: 22 Apr 1901
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
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 autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1881
Date of death: 25 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Continued fever. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Nothing could be gathered from his friends & relations beyond that he had been severely ill for 7 or 8 days & delirious for the last 48 hours'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Male nurse
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1899
Date of death: 24 Apr 1899
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Powell, Llewellyn
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted on the 17th of April complaining of a feeling of tightness of the chest and of shortness of breath. He was said to have been quite well up to the 12th April when he was seized suddenly with a feeling of tightness below sternum when he was shaving and was sick'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Still room maid
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1880
Date of death: 28 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Old and recent perinephritis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Perinephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had her first attack of rheumatism in 1874 and was admitted in 1878. In November 1880 she awoke with a violent headache and in the course of the day, rheumatic pains appeared.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1879
Date of death: 29 Jan 1879
Disease (transcribed): Acute pericarditis. Pulmonary oedema
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Cough commenced gradually some three weeks before admission, without nasal catarrh. Otherwise she was quite well till January 18th, when she was attacked with pain in the calves and the appetite failed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, nose, mouth and pharynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1898
Date of death: 27 Nov 1898
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis and pleurisy both semi-purulent
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Suppuration (Heart); Suppuration (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: There was no definite previous history except that the child had been ailing for some considerable time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1903
Date of death: 8 Aug 1903
Disease (transcribed): Infective endocarditis. Infarcts in spleen and kidneys. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Infarction (Spleen); Infarction (Kidney); Adherent (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: She had rheumatic fever six years previously, since which time she had palpitation and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Teeth, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and genito-urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1898
Date of death: 13 Nov 1898
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Vegetative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: The illness began four weeks before admission with influenza.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchial glands, heart, abdomen, liver, bladder, kidneys, spleen, stomach and cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1879
Date of death: 7 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Thrombus in left auricle. Embolism in various organs. Extensive cerebral softening from thrombosis of left internal carotid
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Heart); Embolism (Viscera); Softening (Brain); Thrombosis (Arteries)
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 was admitted aphasic, and pralysed in the right arm, leg and cheek.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1878
Date of death: 28 Dec 1878
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis – weak heart. Recent abortion
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Miscarriage (Uterus);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Weakly subject: appetite never good: disgust to fat: 'inflammation of lungs' at 21: coughs every winter as long as she remembered. Nothing else remarkable in the previous history: no previous miscarriages (5 children born alive). 'Weight' at epigastrium after food for some 6 months. Cough commenced in October as usual and continues as usual. 11 ½ weeks before admn [admission], the appetite failed. Three or four days later the cough somewhat suddenly became severe, and was accompanied by pain about the back and shoulders, increased by breathing. From that time she lost flesh, sweated profusely at night, and suffered from headache about three days out of each week. The pain disappeared before admn [admission]. (No haemoptysis)'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1879
Date of death: 27 Jul 1879
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart (recent and old). Early pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (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 was quite well until May 28th or 29th when his appetite failed. On the 31st dyspnoea appeared, which steadily increased till admission. There was cough from three or four days later.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1880
Date of death: 19 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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: She was first admitted in 1877 with sub-acute rheumatism. She was admitted in 1880 suffering from palpitation, shortness of breath, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a