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Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1876
Date of death: 7 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidney. Peritonitis. Tubercle of lung.
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (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: Five weeks before admission, his legs began to swell. A fortnight later, came on cough, dyspnoea and pain in the loins, and the abdomen enlarged.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1877
Date of death: 11 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of bowel. Perforation. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 in failing health, when three weeks or more before admission, commenced cough and nasal catarrh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 May 1877
Date of death: 30 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary Phthisis. Tubercular ulcers of intestine. Amyloid disease of the abdominal organs.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient, ill nourished, anaemic and sickly, was admitted in a state of delirium of a low type, which prevented a history being obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1877
Date of death: 21 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: A cough commenced three months before admission, expectoration being slight at first. She later lost flesh, complained of pain in the abdomen and head and the abdomen swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1877
Date of death: 29 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis and peritonitis. Tubercles of lung and intestine.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About the middle of Feb 1877, he was attacked with cough and spitting, which increased for a week, then diminished under treatment, but never wholly left him. From that time he lost flesh and strength, felt chilly and sweated much at night. Slight haemoptysis commenced early in April and continued to increase.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestine, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen Maid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1877
Date of death: 27 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid Fever. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Haemorrhage (Intestines)
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 attack began with aching of the legs and loss of appetite, pain in the right side of head with giddiness and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1877
Date of death: 19 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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: In September 1876 he left Walton Hospital (convalescent) in perfect health. About five weeks before admission, he was attacked with malaise and nausea. Two or three days later with cough, dyspnoea and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1877
Date of death: 30 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Low pneumonia. Cystic disease of kidneys. Syphilitic disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Kidney diseases, cystic (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Suffered from 'brain fever' in childhood: from 'rheumatics' in 1857, from occasional sore throats. Venereal sore in 1857 (after the rheumatism) […] A temperate man. Languor and want of appetite, with some loss of flesh for about a month. Attacked with shivering about noon 12 days before admn [admission]: had to leave work and go home. Pain in L [Left] hypochondrium, increased at night, after food, or on inspiration; cough, dyspnoea, and occasional palpitation commenced, and continued. Shivering lasted two days. Bowels costive: urine as usual'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1878
Date of death: 23 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcers. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Jan [January] 22nd 5 p.m. Admitted: - delirious. Temp. [Temperature] 104.2. Obese, florid, healthy of aspect. Complains of various pains about the abdomen and trunk; of frontal headache and slight cough. Says the bowels were opened once today, thrice yesterday, twice the day before. Tongue dry, brown, and rugged. P. [Pulse] 138 very weak'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Servant
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1878
Date of death: 1 Feb 1878
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Weakly subject: always 'ailing': constant heavy pain in epigastrium: frequent sore throats and rheumatic pains: occasional diarrhoea, coughs, or headaches: unable to digest fat, which always caused vomiting; occasional pain after food: diaphoresis habitually free: catamenia somewhat irregular. Various pains, in abdomen, flanks of chest and elsewhere from July 1877. […] On Jan [January] 10th, attacked with delirium about noon: headache commenced with it and the appetite failed: the L. [Left] flank became more painful'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1878
Date of death: 11 Feb 1878
Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis. Pneumonia chiefly catarrhal. Bronchial haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Robust and healthy man: accustomed to sweat profusely: used to take 4-5 pts [pints] of beer and a glass of gin or whiskey daily: infected with syphilis 9 ½ yrs [years] before admission. Epigastric pain after food for 9 mo [months]. Cough (constantly increasing, wasting, scanty diaphoresis, and much pain in the chest for 7 wks [weeks]: onset gradual, without other [?] symptoms. Dyspnoea, hoarseness, wheezing, expectoration, and diminution of pains, - 9 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1878
Date of death: 3 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Catarrhal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Patient habitually languid: small appetite: ate meat about once a week only: had a strong disgust to fat: liable to vomiting. Increased lassitude, with pains in back and loins and diarrhoea about every 3 mo. [months] for 10 yrs [years]. Lassitude and pains increased much for two. Free haemorrhage from bowel 15 mo. [months] before admn [admission]. Epigastric pain after food for 10 mo. [months] with occasl [occasional] streaks of blood in sputa. Anorexia 6 mo [months]. Constant cough, swelling of face and legs, and night sweats for 3 mo [months]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Carrier
Gender: Male
Age: 38
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1878
Date of death: 15 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercle with fibrosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pulmonary fibrosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. The patient too deaf for a complete history to be taken. He had had a cough since childhood, which had been severe and accompanied by expectoration for three months. On Feb. [February] 6th he was attacked with shivering, and pain in the L. [Left] flank, which lasted all day. From that time dyspnoea set in and was unrelieved till admission, with occasional recurrence of the pain, but without wasting, haemoptysis, sweating, or repetition of the rigor'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1878
Date of death: 23 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Croupous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Mother, two sisters and other relatives died of consumption: father's father of cancer. Patient had suffered from typhoid, and smallpox; and from 'inflammation of the lungs' in 1851. Otherwise was of healthy constitution. He took 2-3 pts [pints] beer and 1 gl. [glasses] gin daily. He was admitted on Dec. [December] 20th 1876 for bronchitis of about 2 mo. [months] date; from which he had suffered twice before, in Ap[April?] previous and in 1872. Cough never left him after this. Pleurisy. During his residence, of about a month in hosp. [hospital] he was attacked with catching pains in both sides of the chest in succession, apparently dependent on pleuritic inflammation; though the phys. [physical] signs were by no means clear'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1878
Date of death: 8 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal pneumonia and tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Father gouty. Had suffered from typhus, and scarlatina: from 'fits' from 15 to 18. Never robust: appetite always small: subject to headaches, sick headaches, diarrhoea, and coughs. Dyspeptic symptoms for 30 years. Diaphoresis habitually scanty. Catam. [Catamenia] from 14 to 41 ½[?] regular but scanty. Languor, weakness, anorexia, and slight pains about the joints for 3 yrs [years]. Wasting, pubic pain, frequent, difficult and painful micturition 13 mo [months]. O.P. [Out-patient] the first three: symptoms partially relieved by instrumental interference. Constant slight cough, with coughing of black of red blood several times a week'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1880
Date of death: 17 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Acute nephritis (scarlatinal). Catarrhal pneumonia and pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
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: His mother noticed a scarlatinal rash all over his body, he had a sore throat and was feverish.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1880
Date of death: 31 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid phthisis. Tuberculosis of the lungs and the suprarenal capsules – addison’s disease
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Adrenal glands); Addison disease (Adrenal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Ten years ago he was discharged from the army on account of inflammation of the lungs. Five years ago an abscess formed over the left malleolus. And later the testes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal capsules, peritoneum and left knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1880
Date of death: 11 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis, with tubercle
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: While lifting a wine case he ‘felt something burst inside him’ and had hardly laid down the case before blood welled up in his mouth and was nearly choked.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1880
Date of death: 15 Nov 1880
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient served for twenty one years in the Indian army. He woke up on 10th November feeling chilled and ill, with the face red and hot. Rigors repeated every evening since with attacks of vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Model boat builder
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1880
Date of death: 29 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: No family history could be obtained and the patient was too ill to answer questions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a