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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 31 Dec 1907
Disease (transcribed): Malignant stricture of the oesophagus. Bronchitis. Bronchiectasis. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: For four weeks before admission the patient had suffered from increasing difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, tonsils, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, oesophagus, stomach, pylorus, small intestine and large intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Telephonist
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1905
Date of death: 25 Sep 1905
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of pains in the abdomen & of vomiting. The past medical history of the patient shewed that she had suffered from yearly attacks of ‘anaemia’, cured by the exhibition of iron, since her 17th year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, genital tract

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1905
Date of death: 16 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Granular kidneys. Enlarged heart. Suprarenal tumour. Depression of cerebral cortex by tumour of skull
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Tumour (Kidneys); Tumour (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted to the hospital complaining of kidney disease. Her previous history was devoid of important incidents, medically speaking; she had worked hard as a dressmaker in London for the last 25 years of her life’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1905
Date of death: 18 Aug 1905
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient, a burly man who had lived well & been a free drinker until a year before his admission, had had several shivering fits on August 10th & 11th, & was brought to the hospital on the 14th complaining chiefly of pain in the abdomen & loins’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Soldier
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1916
Date of death: 12 Aug 1916
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis and reflux. Tricuspid reflux. Aortic stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was admitted cyanosed, breathless and slightly jaundiced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1919
Date of death: 28 Jan 1919
Disease (transcribed): Septicaemia. Septic arthritis of left shoulder joint and ankle. Multilobular cirrhosis of liver. Old gunshot wound on right shoulder. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic ); Arthritis (Shoulder); Arthritis (Ankle); Cirrhosis (Liver); Wound (Shoulder); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, [Unknown]
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He had pains all over and shivering of sudden onset with headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, oesophagus, stomach, intestines, brain and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Musician
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1913
Date of death: 17 Apr 1913
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and chronic bronchitis. Acute bronchitis. ? Influenza
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Influenza, human (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: He had chronic cough and dyspnoea for about five years, with plentiful, thick and purulent sputum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, oesophagus, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Studio attendant
Age: 40
Date of admission: 28 May 1920
Date of death: 21 Jul 1920
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus);
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, urinary tract, alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Fishmonger
Age: 2 1/2
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1920
Date of death: 28 Feb 1920
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung);

Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Neighbour, Philip Morgan
Medical notes: 'There was history of cough and loss of appetite for four days before admission. On admission the child was moribund. Physical signs of broncho-pneumonia in the right lung. He died a few hours later'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, trachea, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Taxi driver
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1817
Date of death: 5 Apr 1917
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Cirrhosis. Ascites. Fibroid heart. Oesophageal varix. Splenomegaly
Disease (standardised): Syphilis; Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Varicose veins (Oesophagus); Splenomegaly (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'First symptom 1 year ago when he had slight haematemesis. He has been inable to work 6 months owing to bronchitis. On March 13th, he went to work but felt ill & on his return vomited a quart of blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1907
Date of death: 5 Jun 1907
Disease (transcribed): Dilatated basis aortae congenita
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: A month ago the patient began to suffer from pain in the epigastrium, worse on exertion, and was constipated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, thymus, tonsils, trachea, peritracheal glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, mesentery and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1905
Date of death: 10 Jun 1905
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Fatty & dilated heart. Fatty liver. Alcoholism. Follicular enteritis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver); Alcoholism (Enteritis); Intestines
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
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 with high fever & delirium on June 8th, and died on June 9th without having been able at any time to respond to questions: he barely recognised his own wife. His wife stated that he had been invalided out of the army at 17 for ‘heart disease’; she was not aware that he had ever had rheumatism […] She had rarely seen him intoxicated, but did not know much about his habitual consumption of alcohol’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bus conductor
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1916
Date of death: 21 Sep 1916
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Aortic and mitral reflux. Infective endocarditis leading to infective aneurysm of aorta projecting into right auricle
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was admitted in 1911 for weakness and cough in evidence for fourteen days. He had history of Rheumatic Fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1907
Date of death: 29 May 1907
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Pyaemia. Septic broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Sepsis (Systemic); Sepsis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The patient, the subject of periodic depression, had on a former occasion attempted suicide by drowning. On this occasion suicide was attempted by throat cutting with a razor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, peritracheal glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Shop-boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1907
Date of death: 16 May 1907
Disease (transcribed): Acute cardiac dilatation. Aortic, mitral and tricuspid reflux
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: For the past two months the patient had suffered from bouts of pain in the left side of the thorax, worse on exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aortic valves, mitral valves, tricuspid valves, pulmonary valves, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines and mesentery
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Waiter
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1919
Date of death: 27 Oct 1919
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For notes see Medical Register 1040/19
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Motor porter
Age: 45
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1920
Date of death: 15 Aug 1920
Disease (transcribed): Morbis cordis [Sic morbus cordis]. Aneurysm of left ventricle
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Aneurysm (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Pleele
Medical notes: 'Present illness. For about 7 years she has been liable to acute heart attacks associated with dyspnoea and palpitations. Four days prior to admission she partook of winkles. This procedure was followed by symptoms of very severe gasto-enteritis which lead to collapse. The symptoms have subsided somewhat, but she remains cold and collapsed with a pulse rate varying from 170 to 200 at wrist'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, spleen, liver, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, uterus, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 9 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1907
Date of death: 3 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Left pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: For the past three days the patient had had some cough and appeared to be short of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, peritracheal and peribronchial glands, larynx, trachea, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Messenger
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1905
Date of death: 23 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Stenosis and incompetency of mitral valve. Tricuspid reflux. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted seven times to the hospital, for heart disease. In 1898 she was treated as an in-patient at the Great Ormond Street Hospital for rheumatic fever, & between 1898 & 1902 had several further attacks of rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1908
Date of death: 19 Feb 1908
Disease (transcribed): (ii) Malignant endocarditis (gonococcal). (I) Acute arthritis (gonococcal)
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Arthritis (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: For three months the patient had a history of general lassitude with occasional joint pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, tonsils, thyroid, peritracheal glands, pericardium, heart, pulmonary valves, tricuspid valves, mitral valves, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, bladder, oesophagus, stomach and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Hawker
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1904
Date of death: 29 Jun 1904
Disease (transcribed): Mitral regurgitation: cardiac dilatation: R. [Right] hemiparesis: ? cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve insufficiency (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Paresis (Arm, torso, leg); Liver cirrhosis (Liver);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John, Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See Medical Notes, No 927, 1904'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Army pensioner
Age: 11 days
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1907
Date of death: 29 Dec 1907
Disease (transcribed): Imperforate anus. Colostomy
Disease (standardised): Imperforate (Anal canal); Colostomy (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: This child was admitted on its fourth day ox extra-uterine existence as the absence of an anus was discovered.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, tonsils, thymus, pericardium, heart, valves, peritoneum, omentum, liver, spleen, kidneys, ureters, bladder, stomach, oesophagus, intestines, appendix, sigmoid, rectum, uterus and adnexa, hymen vagina
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlour maid
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1907
Date of death: 12 Nov 1907
Disease (transcribed): Lymphatic leukaemia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: Six weeks ago the patient had a rigor. For a fortnight she had felt faint and unwell. She vomited occasionally after meals.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, pleurae, lungs, larynx, epiglottis, vocal cords, trachea, peritracheal glands, tonsils, soft palate, pharynx, tongue, thymus, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, suprarenals, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, large intestine, mesenteric glands, appendix, right ovary, uterus, vagina, sternum, ribs, muscles, fat and blood
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 35
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1906
Date of death: 25 Apr 1906
Disease (transcribed): Hypernephroma
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma, renal cell (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'Patient was seized with a sudden pain in the Rt [Right] side in Mar [March] 1905 which did not go away for days. She was treated for Rheumatism but the pain got worse. About a week before admission the pain got worse and she vomited. Had never been jaundiced'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, aorta, tonsils, diaphragm, abdomen, liver, portal vein, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, stomach, pylorus, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1915
Date of death: 27 Nov 1915
Disease (transcribed): Arterio-sclerosis. Dilated heart. Mitral and tricuspid reflux
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For six months she had complained of breathlessness and palpitations. During the last two months the abdomen and legs had become swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a