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Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1869
Date of death: 2 Jan 1869
Disease (transcribed): Wound of leg. Disease of kidneys and heart. Cirrhosis of liver. Effusion of serum on brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient was brought to the Hospital in a dying state and died shortly after.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1868
Date of death: 11 Jan 1868
Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee. Phthisis.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The patient had been in the Hospital at the beginning of the previous year with Phthisis. Six weeks after he went out the right knee began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1868
Date of death: 15 Apr 1868
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was knocked down by a train which passed over his right leg and foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1869
Date of death: 6 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Four months ago he noticed pain in his right knee and shortly after swelling and pain. Three months ago the left elbow was also affected.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1868
Date of death: 29 Mar 1868
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was walking along a raised footpath when he slipped and fell into the road.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1869
Date of death: 24 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Excision of hip. Death from shock
Disease (standardised): Excision (Hip); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This child had been suffering from hip disease for some years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and hip joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1869
Date of death: 13 May 1869
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Blood poisoning
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been in the medical wards three years ago with cough and a few days after leaving his left femur became painful and swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1864
Date of death: 11 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Inflamed legs, with sloughy sores
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Williams, Charles Theodore
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient admitted May 25th with inflamed leg & sloughing of the cuticle’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1868
Date of death: 9 Jun 1868
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of knee joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Knee); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient was kicked by a horse 14 days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and the knee
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1868
Date of death: 14 Jan 1869
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh. Death from exhaustion.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman had suffered from disease for about twenty years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1867
Date of death: 29 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. Phlebitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Phlebitis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Four years ago this patient fell down stairs and hurt her right hip and an abscess followed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1867
Date of death: 3 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Fracture: both bones of leg, became compound. Haemorrhage. Ligature of anterior tibia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg); Ligature (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Grocers porter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1869
Date of death: 14 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The history given was that eight years ago he fell on to his left knee which became swollen and painful and abscesses formed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1867
Date of death: 26 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of femoral artery. Ligature. Amputation of thigh. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Arteries); Ligature (Arteries); Amputation (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Brodhurst, Bernard Edward
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: On Whit Monday of this year he strained his left knee. He thought nothing of it and was able to get about his work. Three weeks after the strain he noticed a tumour on the inner side of the left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1867
Date of death: 28 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Caries of os calcis. Operation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Operation (Foot); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: Ten months ago he hurt his right ankle and an abscess formed which burst and had discharged ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1867
Date of death: 5 Aug 1867
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of thigh. Fatty heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman had had varicose veins of both legs and an ulcer on the outer side of the right leg for twenty years which had never healed. For the last four months she had noticed a swelling growing on the outer and back part of the ulcer.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and stump
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1867
Date of death: 14 Aug 1867
Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Death from exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He was at work in a loft and fell down on to some paving stones on to his right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hip
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1864
Date of death: 1 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg, a carriage wheel having passed over his leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1864
Date of death: 7 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Excision of hip joint
Disease (standardised): Excision (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Lattey, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with disease of the right hip joint, from which he had been suffering for about 2 years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, hip-joint, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1864
Date of death: 12 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Injury to back, smashed ankle
Disease (standardised): Injury (Back); Injury (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This man was working on the leads of a house, when he fell over on to a skylight about 40 feet beneath. He was not seen to fall, but was found’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1864
Date of death: 16 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg & ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This man was crossing road, when a carriage that was passing, knocked him down & passed over. He was brought in collapsed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1869
Date of death: 2 Aug 1869
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of left foot. Pyaemia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Foot); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient some twenty years ago had had frostbite of the toes of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1868
Date of death: 23 Aug 1868
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Compound fracture of right tibia and fibula
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had fallen off steps about four feet high and hurt his left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 99
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1869
Date of death: 24 Aug 1869
Disease (transcribed): Serous effusion into right pleura. Compression of the lung. Fracture of right femur. Bony union. Also an old intra capsular fracture
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Pleura); Compression (Lung); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was reported to have slipped down fourteen days before admission and hurt his right thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1868
Date of death: 12 Sep 1868
Disease (transcribed): Excision of knee. Osteomyelitis
Disease (standardised): Excision (Knee); Osteomyelitis (Bone)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This child had had disease of the knee about two years and had been in the hospital about eight months previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and limb
Type of incident: n/a