Showing 1037 results

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 4 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1905
Date of death: 6 Feb 1905
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Jones, G.G.
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Complaint cough. During the last 14 days patient has been drowsy, with loss of appetite. Sweating at the head during the night […] Mother suffering with an ulcerated throat. Breast fed. Four other children all have weak chests. Child is miserably ill-looking, pale & pasty’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, liver, kidneys, heart, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1905
Date of death: 11 Feb 1905
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous meningitis. Generalized tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Tuberculosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient came up to London from the country in October last, and has suffered from a cough ever since, but continued attending at school. On Jan 26th 1905 he complained of headache, & lay up at home for two days; he went to school again on the 28th, but came home ill & has been in bed ever since. His half-sister, giving the above history, suggests that he has been strange in his manner for the past few months, & that he has acquired his present habit of frowning for about the same length of time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1905
Date of death: 17 Feb 1905
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis involving pleura, lungs (vomicae), kidney (carcation & excavation), peritoneum, bladder, urethra, fallopian tubes, uterus (endometrium)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, peritoneum, bladder, urethra, fallopian tubes, uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, genital organs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Umbrella maker
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1904
Date of death: 23 Feb 1905
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Morbus cordis. Arterio-sclerotic kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Arteriosclerosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of swelling in stomach & legs, shortness of breath & cough. Patient has suffered from ?asthma for years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1904
Date of death: 18 Mar 1905
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of trachea opening into oesophagus. Fibrosis of lungs. Bronchiectasis. ‘Food’ pneumonia. Gangrene of lung. Fibrosis of testes. Syphilis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Trachea); Fibrosis (Lungs); Bronchiectasis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Fibrosis (Testes)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient, a painter, was admitted complaining of coughing & inability to swallow properly. His previous medical history contained little to note: he had been a painter for 20 years; had never been laid up with illness since an attack of small pox 24 years previously; had had gonorrhoea before marriage, but had not had syphilis ever; was married, and had 7 healthy children’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1905
Date of death: 26 Mar 1905
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of larynx. Metastasis in lungs. Food pneumonia. Gout
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Larynx); Metastases (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Gout (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of loss of voice & the presence of a lump in his neck for the previous 6 months. He had had no previous illnesses, but an attack of lead colic 8 years before; syphilis was denied, and nothing of importance was found in the family history’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1905
Date of death: 18 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. Pulmonary aneurism
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Aneurysm (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'Patient was seen in the out-patient department for the first time two days before his death. He was then pale, cadaverous, rather cyanosed, not short of breath, weak’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cooper
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1905
Date of death: 21 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient, who had worked for 25 years in a brewery, and gave the history of steady alcoholic excess, was admitted complaining of pneumonia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1905
Date of death: 4 May 1905
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of pain in the right side of the chest. On admission, he was very restless, tremulous & excitable; he answered questions rationally, but was barely compos mentis & his answers were not all reliable […] He had served for 18 years in the army, & now was an officer’s valet. No history of chronic or acute alcoholic excess was obtained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Butler
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1905
Date of death: 12 May 1905
Disease (transcribed): Peri- and endocarditis, recent and old. Enlarged heart. Mitral reflux. Hypostatic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of sharp pain in the top of the chest. His previous history and an account of the present attack were not obtained. On admission the praecordial pain was very severe, & leeches were applied: they relieved the pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Laundress
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 May 1905
Date of death: 8 Jun 1905
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Caseous bronchopneumonia, spreading from caseous bronchial glands. Miliary tubercle of the lungs. Tuberculous meningitis. Caseous mesenteric glans. Cerebellar tumour
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Disease (Abdomen); Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted owing to fever and vomiting. Ill with symptoms of fever since May 27, also vomits after taking any food. Has been out of sorts for one month, as well as constipated. No previous illness. Father consumptive, mother healthy’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1905
Date of death: 16 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Generalized tuberculosis. Tuberculoma in cerbellum. Tuberculous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was brought to the hospital in a semi-conscious condition by the matron of a home in which [he] had lived for the past six years. His health appeared to have been very good up to Xmas 1904, when he caught a cold he had not been able to shake off since. The boy had grown much thinner since that date’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1905
Date of death: 17 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Aspiration bronchopneumonia. Gangrene of lung. Bronchitis. Pyaemic abscesses in kidney. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Abscess (Kidneys); Sepsis (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted for cough & vomiting. She was taken ill six days before admission with persistent vomiting. She has been vomiting till admission. Child moans continually’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1905
Date of death: 16 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted on account of ?pneumonia. Ill for short 4 days prior to admission with general malaise, vomiting & shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1905
Date of death: 15 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Dilated & hypertrophied heart. Fibrosis of heart muscle. Oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fibrosis (Heart); Edema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'This patient came first to the hospital in August 1904, complaining of breathlessness & epigastric pain. Early in June he had overtaxed his heart while carrying heavy luggage upstairs, & since that date he had suffered continuously from shortness of breath that had prevented him from doing any work or from lying down in his bed at night […] Previously he had always been a healthy man; as a soldier in India, he had partaken freely of alcohol’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1905
Date of death: 26 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): General anaemia. Oedema of lungs. Dilatation & fatty degeneration of heart. Fatty charge in liver & kidneys. Siderosis of liver & kidneys. ?Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Edema (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver, kidneys); Siderosis (Liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of weakness & shortness of breath. He had had the usual diseases of infancy, and no other illness so far as he knew, until 3 months before his admission, when he had influenza. He was a Londoner, had never been out of England & made little use of alcohol & tobacco. He was the 11th child in a family of 14, of whom 6 had died’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1905
Date of death: 27 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage in the inferior part of the right caudate nucleus, filling all the ventricles of the brain with clot. Old and recent endocarditis. Old & recent infarction of spleen & kidney. Oedema of lungs. Consolidation of lower lobes. 15 oz pericardial fluid
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Endocarditis (Heart); Infarct (Spleen, kidneys); Edema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient, a well-nourished, muscular coal-heaver, had enjoyed good health all his life until November 1904, & had been for the 16 years before that date in constant hard work. He then felt ill all over, though no definite complaint of localized disease could be made’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Valet
Age: 16 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1905
Date of death: 22 Aug 1905
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not seen by medical registrar. Child was admitted in a state of collapse & died shortly afterwards’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1905
Date of death: 23 Aug 1905
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Dilated heart. Alcoholism
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Alcoholism
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'Case not seen by the medical registrar. The house physician reports that the patient was brought to the hospital in a collapsed & moribund condition, & died a few hours later. He complained only of shortness of breath, and admitted to a free consumption of alcohol during the few months immediately preceding his admission: he appeared to be on the verge of delirium a potu’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1905
Date of death: 6 Sep 1905
Disease (transcribed): Aortic aneurysm. Aspiration pneumonia. Pleurisy & effusion. Tonsillitis. Abscess in oesophagus. Suppurating cervical gland
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tonsillitis (Tonsils); Abscess (Oseophagus); Suppuration (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted in February 1905, complaining of pain in the chest and shortness of breath. At 23 he had been attacked with rheumatic fever, & since that age had been liable to fugitive rheumatic pains in the joints and to sore throats & coughs. Syphilis was denied; the patient said he had never been a heavy drinker, & had taken very little alcoholic liquor since his marriage in 1893’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1905
Date of death: 5 Oct 1905
Disease (transcribed): Purulent meningitis. Capillary bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 11 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Oct 1905
Date of death: 6 Oct 1905
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis. Double otitis media. Abscesses in brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Otitis media (Ears); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted for Ball’s paralysis and otitis. F.H. Father & one child suffer with consumption. One sister has whooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1905
Date of death: 24 Oct 1905
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The child was first brought to the hospital at the end of June 1905; he had had a ‘touch of rheumatism’ four years previously, but seemed to have had no other illness at any time. Both his father & mother gave a history of rheumatism, and a younger sister very probably suffered with cardiac disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Postman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1905
Date of death: 15 Nov 1905
Disease (transcribed): Pachypleuritis neoplastica. Pleural effusion. Oedema of lungs. Displacement of heart
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Effusion (Lungs); Edema (Lungs); Displacement (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Patient admitted complaining of asthma & bronchitis, with cough & shortness of breath for six weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1905
Date of death: 15 Nov 1905
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchopneumonia. Failing heart. Phthiriasis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Lice infestation
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This case was not seen by the medical registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a