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Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1893
Date of death: 10 Jun 1893
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonic phthisis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man was a native of Ceylon who had been in England for two years. He had good health till the beginning of February 1893 when he had pleuro-pneumonia on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid body, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, spleen, suprarenelas, pancreas, liver, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Law student
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1892
Date of death: 30 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Morphia poisoning
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man was a Hindu from Madras who had studied medicine there. Shortly before his death he exhibited some signs of worry which had connection with a young woman, and he was disappointed at not receiving some money that he was expecting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, trachea, bronchi, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, oesophagus, stomach, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminalis and testes
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1900
Date of death: 27 Jul 1900
Disease (transcribed): Biliary obstruction. Carcinoma of ampulla of vater
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Bile ducts); Cancer (Bile ducts)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Ten weeks before admission the patient had pain in the abdomen after dinner. A week later he became jaundiced and the urine was a dark colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas and duodenum, urinary tract, alimentary canal and kidneys. The post mortem contains a report by humphry davy rolleston ‘primary carcinoma of the ampulla of vater with report of a case presenting some features of interest’
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Office boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1890
Date of death: 20 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Endocarditis old and recent
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering and Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'The patient had always been delicate. In June of 1890 when he is said to have had rheumatic fever and [?] a swelling was noticed about the back of the neck and there was pain on movement of the head and it was drawn down out over the other shoulder'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1891
Date of death: 5 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing endometritis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Endometritis (Uterus); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was a native of Munich, who had been in England for two years. She was confined with her first child in August 1890. The child throve well: it was suckled for two months, and then the mother ceased to suckle it because of increasing weakness though the milk did not fail till some time later. Before her confinement she had enjoyed good health, but soon afterwards she began to suffer from spasmodic abdominal pain. She did not regain her health, and finally took to bed one week before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Feb 1898
Date of death: 24 Feb 1898
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: When driving a wedding party to the station the horses shied then bolted into a Bougham and he was thrown on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, pleurae, thymus, lungs, pericardium, heart, intestines, appendix, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1892
Date of death: 11 Nov 1892
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was vaccinated about a month ago. Soon after the vaccination marks became gangrenous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, genitals, intestines and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Night watchman
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1890
Date of death: 19 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Partial enterocele. Peritonitis. Hypertrophy and dilatation of heart
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man was a veteran of the Crimean War. His health was robust till near the end of 1888, when he began to suffer from oedema of the legs and shortness of breath. From January to May 1889 he was an inmate of this hospital with some oedema and a very irregular heart, and mitral stenosis was diagnosed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, testes, bladder, kidneys, costal and laryngeal cartilages, pericardium, heart, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, head and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1891
Date of death: 28 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Diarrhoea (Bowels)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was for some years an indoor servant, but had been out of employment for six months before his death. Formerly he had been a ship's steward. He was on board ‘The Challenger' at the time of the American war, and contracted ague in Vera Cruz in 1862. He afterwards voyaged to India, but had no more ague and never suffered from dysentery'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1890
Date of death: 31 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Interstitial nephritis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: A month before admission she began to suffer from diarrhoea which varied a little but was mostly profuse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, pleurae, lungs, larynx, bronchial glands, thyroid, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1890
Date of death: 29 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This woman was subject to epileptic fits. When having a fit she fell upon the fire. The patient was known to take great quantities of morphia daily.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, glottis, tongue, bronchial glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, uterus, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1890
Date of death: 29 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in right axilla. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Arm); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On December 22nd she vomited a little and was thirsty, but had no pain. She continued to work till December 25th when she complained of pain in the head and in the right shoulder, and was short of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Joints, head, cord, pleurae, lungs, bronchial and thyroid glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, duodenum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, uterus, ovaries and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1890
Date of death: 21 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: She had suffered from flatulent dyspepsia for many years. Three years before her death she was an inmate of St Bartholomew’s Hospital for haematuria, and she was said to be then suffering from gastric ulcer. A fortnight before admission she vomited a large quantity of blood so that she fainted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, liver, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, uterus, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart and limbs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1890
Date of death: 21 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Chronic interstitial nephritis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: One month before admission she sustained a domestic bereavement, and then began to eat little and to drink freely of spirits. She suffered from delusions, chiefly of an unpleasant nature, and became very tremulous, so that her friends thought she had delirium tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid gland, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1890
Date of death: 17 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull and spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Brought in dead. Not seen by Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1890
Date of death: 17 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of faecal concretion out of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On December 11th she rose in the morning feeling quite well, and began to perform her usual work of cleaning fire grates. Suddenly she was seized with severe pain shooting over the whole abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, ovaries, bladder, kidneys, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, heart, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commissionaire
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1890
Date of death: 15 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Enteritis
Disease (standardised): Enteritis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: At midnight on December 11th he made a meal from tinned pork, which was not recognised at the time to be unwholesome. At 4 a.m. next day he was seized with violent diarrhoea which continued.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, testes, pancreas, brain, ears and eyes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1890
Date of death: 14 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Mitral reflux. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This girl was an inmate of this hospital on twelve or more different occasions during the last four years of her life, and she had also been admitted to other hospitals. In 1880 she had rheumatic fever, followed by repeated attacks, dyspnoea and swelling of the abdomen and legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, kidneys, stomach, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1890
Date of death: 14 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: In January 1888 he was an in-patient of this hospital for large haemoptysis, and since then he had frequently spat blood. At the beginning of 1890 he was attacked with influenza, and thenceforth suffered from rapid loss of flesh, harassing cough and profuse night sweating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1890
Date of death: 10 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis tubercular
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was in good health till sixteen days before admission when it became drowsy and vomited. The bowels were very confined, and three days before admission the drowsiness deepened into a state of semi-insensibility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, suprarenals, kidneys, spleen, liver, pancreas, ovaries, bladder, mesenteric glands and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1890
Date of death: 13 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Obstructed orifices of coronary arteries. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Arteries); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man presented himself in the surgery complaining of shortness of breath, and nothing else was obtained from him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1890
Date of death: 12 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: His health was generally good till Christmas 1889 when he was laid up for a fortnight with his first attack of bronchitis, after which he remained rather short of breath and was never quite free from expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, thymus gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, testes, bladder, urethra and vesicula seminalis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoe maker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1890
Date of death: 11 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Oedema of lung
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For a fortnight he had been very short of breath, and for the most part sitting up in a chair, unable to lie down.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, testes, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
  Age: 79
  Gender: Male
  Date of admission: 3 Dec 1890
  Date of death: 4 Dec 1890
  Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney
  Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
  Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
  Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
  Post mortem examination performed by: Newton, Reginald Frederick Henry
• Rolleston, Humphry Davy
  Medical notes: He had spent the last twelve months in Chelsea Workhouse, whence he had recently been discharged. He was found in a state of insensibility by a policeman near Chelsea Barracks.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines and brain
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1890
Date of death: 3 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Four years before admission she had a severe attack of bronchitis and pleurisy on the right side, and after this her breath had been short. On November 20th she was suddenly seized with stitch on the left side, and shivered and sweated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, liver, pleurae, bronchial tubes, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart and brain
Type of incident: n/a