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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1896
Date of death: 1 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Fractured lower limbs. Vomited matter in larynx and bronchi
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Vomit (Larynx); Vomit (Bronchi)

Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Not seen by Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, limbs, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidney, bladder and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1905
Date of death: 16 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Granular kidneys. Enlarged heart. Suprarenal tumour. Depression of cerebral cortex by tumour of skull
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Tumour (Kidneys); Tumour (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted to the hospital complaining of kidney disease. Her previous history was devoid of important incidents, medically speaking; she had worked hard as a dressmaker in London for the last 25 years of her life’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1893
Date of death: 20 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)

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 man fell off the van he was driving and was run over by it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, spinal column, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, abdomen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales, kidneys, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1891
Date of death: 6 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Rickets
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Rickets (Bone)
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 was a very rickety child which was admitted with slight bronchitis and no constitutional disturbance.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thymus, larynx, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1892
Date of death: 6 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The accident was caused by a lift giving way, and he came down from the loft to the bottom of a high building.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Limbs, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, intestines, vermiform appendix, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart and aorta
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1892
Date of death: 6 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine in two places
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: A sack of malt fell a distance of about 98 feet into his back while he was stooping down.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, spinal column, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1891
Date of death: 4 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: About two years before admission a swelling was noticed about the dorsal region which gave him great pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, lung, bronchial glands, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Gender: Male
Age: 5
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1904
Date of death: 7 Mar 1904
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of mesenteric and bronchial glands. Tuberculosis of cerebral and spinal meningitis. Lumbar puncture. Haemorrhage into cauda equina
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Mesentery, lung); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain, spine); Spinal puncture (Spine); Haemorrhage (Spine);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted on March 3rd. After a four day's illness beginning with malaise and, in the course of which, there had been one attack of vomiting. A few hours before admission there had been convulsions of a general nature'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1892
Date of death: 2 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted about eleven o’clock on the 1st March and died early on the 2nd March.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid gland, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, inferior vena cava, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1891
Date of death: 7 Jan 1891
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wounds (i) of brain (ii) of face bones
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain, face)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy and Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead. Not seen by registrar'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1913
Date of death: 21 Feb 1913
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic mesaortitis. Multiple aortic aneurysms, one eroding ribs another eroding bronchus
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Mesaortitis (Aorta); Aneurysms (Aorta); Erosion (Ribs); Erosion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had constant pain in the left side of the chest for ten weeks. A swelling to the left of the sternum had been noticed for four weeks and he had been getting hoarse. He had syphilis eighteen years ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1893
Date of death: 4 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
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 was a man of some education, who had been lately in poor circumstances, living in lodgings and drinking large quantities of whiskey. About a month before admission he fell down and fractured his left arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, bronchi, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, prostate, testes and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1891
Date of death: 4 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Traumatic empyema
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'While drunk, so the patient said, was knocked down & run over by a cab. Did not remember being brought to the hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 79
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1892
Date of death: 25 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Dislocated shoulder. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Shoulder); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: About a week before admission to the hospital she fell down striking the right shoulder badly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, intestines, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, rectum, uterus, bladder, kidneys and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1890
Date of death: 2 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Caries of bone. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Caries (Bones); Amyloidosis (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'In 1888 was in this hospital for caries of skull, said to have been caused by the kick of a horse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bagmaker
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1892
Date of death: 21 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Subdiaphragmatic abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Diaphragm)
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: For six months she had suffered from sharp pain after food across the lower part of the front of the chest and she had been pale.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, genital organs, pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Painter
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1910
Date of death: 18 Feb 1910
Disease (transcribed): Subdiaphragmatic abscess. Suppuration in liver. ‘Small white’ kidneys
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Diaphragm); Suppuration (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: There was history of sudden epigastric pain commencing three days before admission, not affected by food. It was followed by shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, portal vein, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, uterus and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1907
Date of death: 4 Mar 1907
Disease (transcribed): Rachitis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: For the past twelve days the patient had suffered with cough and was short or breath, lost her appetite and was very restless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, gastro-intestinal tract, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, genito-urinary tract and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Signal fitter
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1892
Date of death: 19 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Meningeal haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was not seen by the Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, spine, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, testes and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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: Painter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1893
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull, spine and ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Spine); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Brought in dead. Not seen by Surgical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, spine, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1899
Date of death: 1 Jan 1900
Disease (transcribed): Multiple caseous foci. Caries of second Dorsal Vertebra
Disease (standardised): Caseous (Cells); Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Roderick, Henry Buckley
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and vertebral column
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1908
Date of death: 19 Feb 1908
Disease (transcribed): (ii) Malignant endocarditis (gonococcal). (I) Acute arthritis (gonococcal)
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Arthritis (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: For three months the patient had a history of general lassitude with occasional joint pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, tonsils, thyroid, peritracheal glands, pericardium, heart, pulmonary valves, tricuspid valves, mitral valves, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, bladder, oesophagus, stomach and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1891
Date of death: 10 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'Patient fell from a ladder, a distance of about 50ft onto the railings on which he was spiked'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, thorax, ribs, pleurae, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1902
Date of death: 27 Feb 1903
Disease (transcribed): 'Food’ pneumonia. Pleurisy. Fatty heart. Osteoarthritis. Myelitis. Gall stones. Chronic cholecystitis. Adenomata in thyroid and adrenals. Locomotor ataxia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Osteoarthritis (Joints); Myelitis (Spinal cord); Gall stones (Gall bladder);Cholecystitis (Gall bladder) ; Adenoma (Thyroid gland) ; Adenoma (Adrenal glands) ; Tabes dorsalis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission, after some diarrhoea, she found one morning that she was unable to move the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, gall bladder, spleen, uterus, pancreas, ovaries, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, brain, spinal cord and joints
Type of incident: n/a