Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860 Date of death: 8 Mar 1860 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This patient had had several attacks of bronchitis, the first of these occurred three years ago. She recovered and remained pretty well until last spring, when she had a second attack, and again another in the following September’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Dec 1861 Date of death: 15 Dec 1851 Disease (transcribed): Arachinitis. Congestion of Brain. Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Congestion (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient had felt out of health and complained of a severe pain across his head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1861 Date of death: 1 Feb 1861 Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient was brought having been struck with apoplexy about an hour before. He was unable to swallow. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Dec 1865 Date of death: 12 Jan 1866 Disease (transcribed): Lumbar abscess. Cirrhosis of liver Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lumbar); Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The history of this case was obscure. Except for an attack of bronchitis she appeared to have had no illness up to four months before admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cab driver Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1865 Date of death: 13 Sep 1865 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: In February last cough commenced and he began to fall away in flesh and strength. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860 Date of death: 19 Feb 1860 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'For 12 months this man had suffered from cough, expectoration and increasing debility. For three or four months he had had habitual night sweats’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Jan 1866 Date of death: 18 Jan 1866 Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: A coachman of intemperate habits, a beer drinker, reported to be generally in a fuddled state, refusing his food and supplying its place with beer. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 7 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860 Date of death: 6 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Strumous meningitis Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This child, who had long eyelashes and light hair and was of obviously tubercular aspect, became a surgeon’s patient for stiffness of neck Feb 29th, and on the 10th of the following month was transferred to the physicians. He had been under-fed, complained of pain in the belly, and stiffness of the neck, and pains about the occiput’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 9 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Aug 1859 Date of death: 23 Aug 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Two days before admission he had begun to complain of languor and had some trifling difficulty in swallowing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, larynx, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Oct 1865 Date of death: 5 Nov 1865 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Bronchitis. Emphysema Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This case was admitted under Mr Hewitt with an ulcer of the leg and was transferred to the Physician’s with extreme dyspnoea and orthopnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and thyroid Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Tailoress Age: 48 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Jan 1862 Date of death: 4 Feb 1862 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from severe dyspnoea and general dropsy and cough with slight bronchial expectoration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Mar 1857 Date of death: 12 Mar 1857 Disease (transcribed): Croup. Tracheotomy Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This girl was admitted with croup in a very advanced stage. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Dec 1858 Date of death: 9 Dec 1858 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'This woman had been ailing some time & had during previous seasons suffered from winter cough. She had been worse for a fortnight previous to admission & was moribund when taken into the hospital’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Nursery maid Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Apr 1860 Date of death: 17 May 1860 Disease (transcribed): Meningitis Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'A nursery maid. Subject from her earliest years to pain in the head, this was relieved, during her childhood, by occasional bleeding’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Aug 1858 Date of death: 21 Aug 1858 Disease (transcribed): Fever Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'
Occupation or role: Married Age: 60 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864 Date of death: 23 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Renal calculi Disease (standardised): Calculus (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This woman of healthy appearance and well-nourished, had been suffering a week from abdominal pain and tenderness with relaxed bowels and scanty flow of thick, high-coloured urine. The pain was paroxysmal with short intervals of comparative ease’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jul 1863 Date of death: 15 Aug 1863 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Freeman, Samuel George Medical notes: When admitted she had been three months ill, her complaint commencing rather suddenly with dyspeptic symptoms, vomiting after food and confined bowels. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, pleural cavities, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Jun 1865 Date of death: 7 Jun 1865 Disease (transcribed): n/a Disease (standardised): n/a Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: This woman was brought in at the point of death. She was said to have been neglected and beaten by a drunken husband. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: Homicide/Murder
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Jun 1863 Date of death: 29 Jun 1863 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of aorta. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Bronchitis (Lung) 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 patient had for years been subject to winter cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 22 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Dec 1861 Date of death: 5 Jan 1862 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) 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 phthisis in the last stages. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Jul 1859 Date of death: 24 Jul 1859 Disease (transcribed): Ovarian dropsy. Paracentesis Disease (standardised): Oedema (Ovary); Paracentesis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: This woman had been out of health for the last five years, losing flesh, suffering from cough and general weakness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 68 Gender: Female Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860 Date of death: 5 Jun 1860 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of the heart. Diseased liver. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, liver); Edema (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'The mother of 14 children. Except an attack of rheumatic fever 40 years before, she had good health until within 4 weeks of admission, when she ‘caught cold in the chest’, since which she suffered from cough with expectoration, occasional swelling of the legs and dyspnoea on exertion’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Oct 1865 Date of death: 11 Dec 1865 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: She had had several attacks of rheumatism some years before. Her present illness was of five weeks and had begun with weakness, want of appetite and followed by swelling of the legs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 11 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858 Date of death: 9 Jun 1858 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Diseased bone in pelvis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Medical notes: 'A pallid, scrofulous child admitted with dropsy of the legs & abdomen, said to have existed for a fortnight. A large abscess was also found on the back in the neighbourhood of the left ilium. She was stated to have suffered with this for five years’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 May 1862 Date of death: 17 May 1862 Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Albuminuria Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Albuminuria (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a