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George Medding, 1, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1884
Date of death: 29 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The child had had whooping cough for about two months. The day before admission he refused the breast, coughed often and seemed to have pain in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Jessie Roberts, 37, Mantle maker

Occupation or role: Mantle maker
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1884
Date of death: 2 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous ovarian tumour. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Ovary); Tumour (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This patient first noticed her abdominal swelling about three months before admission. Her attention was called to it by an attack of severe pain experienced in the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, brain and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Frances Meredith, 37, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1883
Date of death: 20 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pyelitis. Ulceration of bladder. Abscess in left broad ligament. Bronchitis. Catarrhal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pyelitis (Kidney); Ulcer (Bladder); Abscess (Broad ligament); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry Roxburgh
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She was confined on 24 December 1882 and the child was still born. She seemed to have chronic starvation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Prior, 11 months , [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1883
Date of death: 22 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Bronchitis. Catarrhal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For two days before admission she had been vomiting frequently, and on the morning of March 18th she had four or five convulsive attacks
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Norah Godbeer, 2 , [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1884
Date of death: 3 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The child had been in fairly good health up to March 30th when some discomfort was noticed in the evening and food was refused. Dyspnoea came on in spasms with great restlessness and prostration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fauces, larynx, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Bassett, 10 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1884
Date of death: 11 Jan 1884
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: No history was obtainable. The child had been ‘shamefully neglected.’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and ribs
Type of incident: n/a

Alex Ford, 17, Picture frame maker

Occupation or role: Picture frame maker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1884
Date of death: 4 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A fortnight before admission he had several rigors and felt weak and feverish at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Heffron, 61, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1883
Date of death: 24 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of large intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been engaged in active work on the roads until four months before admission when his strength failed, and since then he had wasted greatly and complained of constant cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

William Howells, 31, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1884
Date of death: 5 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Two days before admission he had confined bowels, slight malaise and took ‘dandelion pills’. The next day he began to vomit and have diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Oatridge, 37, Usher

Occupation or role: Usher
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1883
Date of death: 27 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Abscess in lung
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A fortnight before admission he felt pain over the right mastoid process and a humming noise in the right ear.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred George, 31, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1884
Date of death: 7 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: There was no family history of consumption. In October 1883 he had become an out patient at Brompton Consumptive Hospital and a physician tapped his right chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Cox, 53, Lodge keeper

Occupation or role: Lodge keeper
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1883
Date of death: 28 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed empyema
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About eight days before admission he began to feel slight shifting pain over the right flank, which grew more cutting as cough supervened.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

William Muffet, 56, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1884
Date of death: 9 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For three or four years previous to admission he had been liable to much cough and gradually lost strength.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, larynx, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Mallam, 49, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1884
Date of death: 9 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Internal strangulation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Strangulation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On April 4, when at stool, she felt a sudden pain in the stomach. This pain never left her, she vomited and she was unable to keep down any food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Bradley, 50, Grocer

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1883
Date of death: 30 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In January last he was attacked, he said, with ‘erysipelas’ of the face and body; it’s cause being bad smelling drains. In February pain attacked the hip and right sterno-clavicular joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Arnold, 56, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883
Date of death: 31 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum. Colotomy. Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Colotomy (Intestines); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had suffered from symptoms of disease of the rectum for twelve months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

James Rice, 46, Iron trimmer

Occupation or role: Iron trimmer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1884
Date of death: 13 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of tibia and fibula. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This man confessed that he freely indulged in drink. A heavy mass of iron fell upon his right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Leg, pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Agnes Colgrove, 15 months , [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1883
Date of death: 5 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal pneumonia. Congenital syphilis. Rachitis?
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Syphilis (Systemic); Rickets (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The child was transferred here from the Belgrave Hospital where she had been treated with Mercury for a syphilitic cutaneous eruption.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones
Type of incident: n/a

William Winchester, 12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1884
Date of death: 15 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In July 1883 he had a severe attack of Scarlet Fever and was taken into the Fulham Hospital and stayed for seven months. He was not able to give any accurate description of his illness owing to loss of memory, but recollected about a month after admission he had a fit, haematuria and swollen legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Collins, 22 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1884
Date of death: 16 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She had been very poorly nourished and always weakly. For two or three days before admission she had been in apparent pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Ziegler, 27, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1883
Date of death: 6 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For about a month before admission she began to have a good deal of diarrhoea. Later her face began to swell and she grew delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Tait, 45, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1884
Date of death: 19 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of right leg. Cellulitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Cellulitis (Tissue)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: From her husband’s account the woman was a free drinker. A cab knocked her down and a wheel passed over her right ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary Grant, 70, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1883
Date of death: 12 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She came to the Hospital from the Parish Infirmary where she had been admitted suffering from the effects of old age and bronchitis. She had long been ruptured on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Ham, 59, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1884
Date of death: 21 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Peritonitis. Herniotomy
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Herniotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This woman died eight hours after admission and was not seen by the Registrar. It was gathered that her hernia had been strangulated a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidney and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Astill, 49, Ladysmaid

Occupation or role: Ladysmaid
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1884
Date of death: 22 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Ovariotomy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ovariotomy (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In January this woman had noticed pain in the left groin and found herself larger on the left than on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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