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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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1851
Date of death: 31 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Old pleural adhesions on both sides. Tubercular deposits in both lungs. Vomicae in the right one posteriorly. Fatty liver. Cysts in the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Disease (Liver); Cyst (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was first seen by Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman] as an out-patient on the 10th Oct when he said that he had been ill 7 days. The tongue was furred, bowels confined. He was complaining of cough & pain in the chest and shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1857
Date of death: 10 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pneumonia. Scrofulous disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man was admitted with pretty severe pyrexia accompanied by a reddish mottled condition of the skin which had somewhat the appearance of the eruption of measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857
Date of death: 1 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Arachinitis. Ulceration of the large intestine. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); 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: She had been observed of late to be low spirited, very languid and indisposed to exert herself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1857
Date of death: 23 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomica laying open a blood vessel. Strumous disease of the knee
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man came into the hospital at the commencement of the present year as a Surgeon’s patient with supposed scrofulous synovitis of the knee joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right knee, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1857
Date of death: 1 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: An emaciated and anaemic individual who came to the hospital complaining of rheumatic pains in his lower extremities, and cough with colourless expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 22 Jun 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: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man had been for a little time under the care of the surgeons for fistula, but the disease in the lungs being very extensive he was quickly transferred to the medical wards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 27 Jun 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: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This man was admitted with bronchitis symptoms and after he had been in the house a short time he was found to be phthisical.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1857
Date of death: 9 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the rectum. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Rectum); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This woman had been for many weeks under the care of the surgeon for stricture and incurable disease of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith’s apprentice
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 24 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Softening of brain. Distended ventricles. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Disease (Brain); 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: He had been ill nearly eight weeks with what his medical attendant designated as low fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1857
Date of death: 13 Sep 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: This woman was admitted in the last stage of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1857
Date of death: 1 Oct 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: This man caught cold one very wet day two months ago, which was followed by cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1857
Date of death: 10 Nov 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: This man had previously been in the West Indies, but afterwards was employed as a porter. During the past season he had been very much overworked and was exposed to draughts in an underground office.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1857
Date of death: 18 Nov 1857
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This boy had been sick about three days. The eruption of scarlet fever had been out two days, and from the time of its appearance he had been delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Phrarynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1857
Date of death: 13 Dec 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1857
Date of death: 18 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Strumous tubercles of the brain & lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Gray, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A poor, scrofulous-looking child who had been out of health two months according to the mother’s account. Probably he had always been ill-nourished & sickly’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1858
Date of death: 10 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit in lungs, spleen, bronchial glands, cellular tissue of mediastinum, lumbar glands &c. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, spleen, bronchial glands, mediastinum, lumbar glands); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A groom, who was admitted in a very anaemic condition suffering from dyspnoea & a bad cough. He caught cold eleven weeks ago, & his belly at once began to swell, & he had pain in the right hypochondrium. Oedema of the face did not come on until 9 weeks later’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, 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: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1858
Date of death: 2 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A poor Frenchwoman who had been out of health a year. She was formerly very stout & healthy but had been gradually losing flesh, being reduced by frequent sickness. Six months ago she became troubled with night sweats & cough accompanied by thick expectoration’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858
Date of death: 9 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Strumous disease of the intestines. Diseased kidneys. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Disease (Kidneys); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad had been ill three weeks with swelling of the legs & oedema of the scrotum which came on without any assignable cause. He had always been delicate, ever since five years of age having been subject to scrofulous sores & unhealthy abscesses about the neck & axilla’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Saddler
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1858
Date of death: 3 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sore throat
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man worked in a saddler’s shop near Leicester Square. He was well until a fortnight (ten days?) before admission, when he began to feel languid, & had rigors followed by sickness & loss of appetite. Twenty four hours later he experienced pain in the throat, especially on the right side, and this uneasiness grew worse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1858
Date of death: 22 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian dropsy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Edema (Ovaries); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 was in the hospital early in the year. She had then been ill with ovarian dropsy for 9 months. After being in the house a few days she was tapped & 4 gallons of water were removed. In a month she left relieved but returned in August much increased in size with tenderness all over the abdomen & pain on pressure’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1858
Date of death: 5 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Strumous peritonitis. Strumous disease of liver & uterus
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver, uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cachectic-looking woman who stated that she had been ill since March. She was married & had a family of 8 children. The catamenia [menstruation] had generally been regular. Without any assignable cause her abdomen began to swell & she felt her general health decline. As the swelling increased she began to suffer from pain which was limited to the hepatic region’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Designer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1858
Date of death: 12 Nov 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Encysted emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A designer who had been out of health three months with general languor & shortness of breath. For some little time he had also suffered from oedema of the feet and legs. Three weeks before admission he observed a swelling on the right side of the chest & when he came to the hospital there was a fluctuating tumour of considerable size about two inches below the right nipple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a