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Occupation or role: Married
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1862
Date of death: 5 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: A case of disease of the heart with dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1857
Date of death: 5 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Cystic tumour of the mesentery. Twisting of the intestine. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Mesentery); Twisting (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This woman was confined four months before her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1866
Date of death: 4 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease. Encephaloid
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was ill five weeks before admission, the chief symptom being pain referred to the lower part of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1861
Date of death: 11 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The accounts received from the wife of the patient were to the effect that four months before he came in he had an attack of ‘pleurisy’, which got better. 4 weeks before admission he was taken ill with symptoms resembling fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1862
Date of death: 15 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the pylorus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman had been out of health and rapidly emaciating for about three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: French polisher
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1859
Date of death: 4 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He said that he had been losing flesh and strength for six or seven weeks, and that he had had cough and expectoration for a month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 13 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Disease of mitral valve. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Seven years ago the patient had an attack of rheumatic fever which was followed by palpitation of the heart. Lately his breath had become short on exertion
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1861
Date of death: 14 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkwoman
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1864
Date of death: 14 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, an Irishwoman, was brought into the hospital in a dying state by friends who did not remain to be questioned. She was herself too far gone to say much and answered vaguely and uncertainly […] She was by occupation a milk woman and was said to have carried her pails about up to three days before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, blood vessels

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1863
Date of death: 18 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was in good health until four days before his admission when he noticed a weakness in his legs which felt numb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 8 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The friends of this patient stated that she had been weak and languid for some little time, and that a fortnight ago she engaged herself as a servant but had to give up work in less than a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1863
Date of death: 25 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: One of five children ill of fever, of whom two had died previous to her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858
Date of death: 21 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1849
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested, serous effusion in the ventricles. Tubercles in the cerebellum, the lungs, liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who have a very obscure account of his symptoms, stated that he had been constantly exposed to cold in his work while perspiring and that without any particular cause of illness he had been so weak as to be unable to return to work after the 3rd inst. He had been OP [out-patient for some time under Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman], and had been confined to bed for 3 or 4 days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1860
Date of death: 18 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A porter, of sallow and somewhat bloated aspect; he had been in the habit of living freely, taking half a pint of gin ‘with fish, flesh and fowl, every day of his life’ ‘
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1865
Date of death: 11 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: During the winters of the last two years he had had cough with dyspnoea and much watery expectoration. The present attack had lasted four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1862
Date of death: 23 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Ascites, Malignant disease of the liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was a case of ascites, supposed to be connected with malignant disease of the liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1863
Date of death: 26 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Apoplexy of opposite side of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was at work when his foot slipped on a step and he fell some seven or eight feet down an area.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1862
Date of death: 24 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Typhous fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had complained of pain in his head, cough and expectoration for one month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 12 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Apoplexy (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This Frenchwoman was to exhausted and deaf that nothing could be learnt from her. It appeared that within the last three months she had had two fits which had left her with pain and weakness in the left arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1866
Date of death: 17 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Croup
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This boy had been out of health with symptoms of cold and malaise since the beginning of the month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1862
Date of death: 27 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This was a scrofulous looking boy who one month previous to his admission had a mild attack of scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858
Date of death: 29 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Croup. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Tracheotomy (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hospital help
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1864
Date of death: 24 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barker, William Levington
Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman was a help in the hospital, & had been washing the wards & waiting upon 2 or 3 patients who were in the hospital with typhus fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s maid
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Feb 1862
Date of death: 28 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman, who had a severe attack of rheumatism in the West Indies, had been out of health about four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a