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Occupation or role: Fruit merchant
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1891
Date of death: 7 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of phthisis. This man was a fruit-merchant whose health was good up to the end of July 1890. In the following month he ‘caught a succession of colds', and began to expectorate freely, to sweat at night and to emaciate. He became rapidly very weak, and took to his bed 8 weeks before admission. The sputa had been occasionally streaked with blood'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1891
Date of death: 19 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient, a pale, ill-nourished child, was admitted on the evening of the 17th. The mother stated that from birth it had always been weakly & ailing. It had suffered on two previous occasions from otorrhea. The present illness began with otorrhea of a weeks' duration'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1894
Date of death: 20 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy (double)
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The previous history of the case was that the man had had fairly good health all his life except that once he had had haemoptysis and for the last year, had suffered with night sweats and loss of flesh. - A week before admission he was seized with sharp pain in the left side - There was no rigor. On the 17th he had pain in all his limbs, but no swelling of the joints - He was admitted on the 15th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1894
Date of death: 28 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Laryngitis
Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'No previous history of this case could be obtained. The child was illegitimate and the mother in service. When admitted the infant was extremely anaemic and at the same time was suffering from much dyspnoea. The alae nasi were working, the lips were cyanosed, and there was much recession of the chest'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1894
Date of death: 28 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'Four months ago the child had a similar attack to the present one. It has had a cough for a week but no history of measles or whooping cough could be obtained - On March 22nd the cough was much worse and the child refused food - In the evening of that day the breathing was very short - On the 23rd the symptoms were aggravated and the child was admitted'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1894
Date of death: 29 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of consumption - Five years ago he had an attack of shortness of breath with profuse expectoration containing blood - Directly afterwards he was sent to Melbourne and in the hot weather on the voyage he had an attack of profuse haemoptysis. Since then he has always had a cough'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Plurae, lungs, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1894
Date of death: 27 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Empyema left chest. Bronchopneumonia right lung
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'One month ago the boy was ill at home with shivering, vomiting and an ulcerated throat - There was no rash seen - For one month he has had whooping cough - The cough has been worse for a fortnight - On admission the boy was very short of breath sitting up in bed with his alae nasi working - He complained of shortness of breath and pain in the stomach'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1894
Date of death: 30 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. (Tracheotomy)
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'It appeared from the history that there were cases of diphtheria in the house in which the child lived and that the neighbouring house was likewise infected with the disease - For two weeks she had had a sore at the angle of her mouth and during that time she had been ailing. On the 24th she complained of difficulty of swallowing and sore throat. On the 27th her breathing was laboured and she 'made a noise in breathing' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1894
Date of death: 31 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Double pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'This patient was not seen by the registrar but from the history the H.P. [House physician] was good enough to take it appeared that the man had been out of sorts and ailing on the 25th of March - On the 26th he was attacked with sharp pain in the right side and had a rigor - He went to the Jubilee Hospital and attended there as an OP [Out-patient] - His breath became very short - He took to bed and was admitted here on the evening of the 30th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1894
Date of death: 1 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Malignant stricture of Sigmoid flexure. Perforation of intestine. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'There was little of note in the family history of the patient except that a brother seems to have died of 'cancer of the stomach'- She herself had had acute rheumatism twice when young and twice had suffered from pain in the right side and difficulty breathing, once twenty years ago, and again six weeks ago. For nine months she had had persistent diarrhoea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1894
Date of death: 1 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The only history to be obtained was to the effect that a fortnight ago he had complained of pain in his shin - It was said that there was no redness or swelling there - neither was there any history of a wound or blow - On March the 25th he was attacked with violent frontal headache and he had a rigor - On the 26th he was delirious and had been so ever since. [...] No certain diagnosis could be made but the choices lay between meningitis, probably tubercular, and pyaemia'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1894
Date of death: 3 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (double). Mitral stenosis - aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Disease (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient comes of a phthisical stock. He himself had suffered all his life from a winter cough and in February last had an attack of pleurisy in his left side - He was not a habitual drunkard but occassionally broke out into excess […]. On March the 27th he was suddenly attacked with pain in the left side and he had a rigor with dyspnoea - on the 25th he spat up 'blood' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1894
Date of death: 6 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis and emphysema. Slight pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'It appeared he had been an O.P [Out-patient] here for a fortnight with bronchitis. He had been a heavy drinker - On Wednesday March 25th he was attacked with pain in the right chest and much dyspnoea - The dyspnoea steadily increasing he presented himself for admission - On admission cyanosis was extreme the man's face being purple'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1894
Date of death: 7 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The man gave no history of having suffered from any serious illness in his life before. […] He was attacked with pain in the right side and had a rigor - on April 2nd - on the 3rd he became delirious and inclined to be violent - These symptoms becoming aggravated he was brought to the hospital on the 6th. [...] It was impossible to examine him properly as he would not keep still - but the whole of the right lower lobe was found to be solid with pneumonia'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1894
Date of death: 8 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Collapse and bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Collapse (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The above child, Alfred Hall, was not seen by the Registrar, death having taken place half an hour after admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1894
Date of death: 10 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Recent endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Pericardium); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe
Medical notes: 'The patient was first admitted in January of this year with a history of having had rheumatism for a week with prascordial pain and shortness of breath. […] He was readmitted on the 23rd of March - He was found to be very anaemic and short of breath with a feeble pulse - The heart's apex was in the 6th place in the nipple line - There was systolic and presystolic murmur at the apex and down the sternum a definite pericardial rub'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1894
Date of death: 15 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient had been a martyr to rheumatic gout all his life - For the last six months he had suffered much from cough and loss of flesh - Four months ago he coughed up blood - The attack lasted four or five days and a large quantity came up. […] On admission on March 25th the patient presented a somewhat wasted appearance, his tongue was coated and his appetite bad'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1894
Date of death: 20 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of chest affection to be obtained - A fortnight ago the child had measles and ever since then has had a cough and has lost flesh - On admission the child presented a very anaemic condition and was extremely short of breath'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 47/49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1894
Date of death: 24 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia and fibrosis of lung. Large white kidneys. (No oedema)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pulmonary fibrosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'This man had been an I.P. [In-patient] here in 1890 under Dr Dickinson suffering from nephritis - There was an old history of rheumatic fever seventeen years ago - The history of the present illness was that he had been losing flesh for four months and for the last three weeks had been spitting up clotted blood in small quantities - On Monday, April 16th he was attacked with pain in the right side and shivering, folowed by great dyspnoea and accompanied by much diarrhoea and vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab attendant
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1894
Date of death: 1 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Granular - lardaceous and 'surgical' kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient, aged 40, was a cab washer with a history of stricture dating from twelve years ago Three years ago he states he passed blood in his water - his face was not then swollen and he had no renal pain - About Feb 1st of this year he had an attack of morning vomiting with much headache and puffiness of the face [...] - On admission on March the 17th he had the usual signs of renal disease, a puffy face, hard artery, large heart with vomiting and headache'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1894
Date of death: 30 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleuropneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient was an In-patient here in October with dropsy probably of cardiac origin - Since then he had had occasional attacks of dyspnoea and swelling of the legs - On Monday April 23rd he was suddenly attacked with shivering, sharp pain in the right side and sweating. He vomited and was short of breath. He had pain also in the front of the right chest over the upper lobe - On admission the man was found to be very anaemic marked with old syphilis and suffering much from dyspnoea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 1 1/12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1894
Date of death: 5 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and collapse of lung. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Collapse (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'From its mother's account the child and never suffered from serious illness before - Measles had attacked a brother of the patient's a week ago of which he had died - On Thursday April 26th the child ran at the eyes and nose and had a convulsion. On the 25th a rash appeared and on the 24th the eruption was well out covering the whole body - On admission the patient presented the appearance of a fat child suffering with extreme dyspnoea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1894
Date of death: 5 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Atrophied right kidney. Fibrotic left kidney
Disease (standardised): Atrophy (Kidney); Fibrosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'But little history could be extracted of this man's illness either from his friends, who were too obtuse, or from himself, who was too ill - For the last two months he had been noticed to be getting thinner and weaker - He stated that a month ago he coughed up blood. [...] When seen on admission the man was obviously in extremis - He was pale and anaemic and was throwing himself about in bed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2 ¼
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 May 1894
Date of death: 9 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Collapse and emphysema of lungs with bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Collapse (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The child was seen half an hour before death by the registrar - The history given by the mother was to the effect that the child had had measles two weeks before and ever since then had suffered with cough and shortness of breath - On examination the child was obviously in articulo and no detailed examination was made'
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: 10 May 1894
Date of death: 10 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal stricture
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas and Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'Since Xmas the patient had been complaining of pain in the region of the caecum and a fortnight ago he had suffered much general pain in the belly and had passed nothing by the bowel - […] On admission the patient was obviously extremely ill - His face was anxious and drawn his tongue dry and coated and his pulse small and soft - The abdomen was distended and the coils of distended intestine could be felt and seen working about in the belly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a