Occupation or role: Stoker Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Aug 1862 Date of death: 30 Aug 1862 Disease (transcribed): Secondary pyaemia Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted with an extensive wound over the left elbow, which was inflicted by some machinery at the Exhibition. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Elbow joint, chest and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Sep 1862 Date of death: 7 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Suppuration in knee and shoulder joint Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Leg); Suppuration (Arm) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted with the history that seven days before he had been attacked with rigors, followed by sickness and severe pains in the left knee joint. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and joints Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Trunk maker Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Oct 1862 Date of death: 7 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Scarlatina Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: Two days before admission this man had been attacked with sore throat, from which his wife was suffering and died the day of his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, larynx and belly Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Sep 1862 Date of death: 7 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This young man had four years ago some symptoms of phthisis. He was at that time in the police force. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and belly Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Horse keeper Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Aug 1862 Date of death: 11 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Acute peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was employed in stables to wash carriages and he believed that this occupation was the cause of his catching cold. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 19 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Oct 1862 Date of death: 17 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of bowels Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This young woman stated that she had been delivered of a child four months ago, since which time she had been losing strength and flesh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 67 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Oct 1862 Date of death: 20 Oct 1862 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Perineal section. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Section (Perineum); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted with an impermeable stricture of the urethra. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 50 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Sep 1862 Date of death: 4 Nov 1862 Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess. Tubercular affection of membranes of brain Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas muscle); Tuberculosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted with the history of caries of the spine of twelve months standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 55 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Dec 1862 Date of death: 15 Dec 1862 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted with all the symptoms of strangulated hernia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Dec 1862 Date of death: 24 Dec 1862 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient on admission was in too weak and distressed a condition to give any account of himself. It was ascertained that for two months he had been coughing, spitting and losing flesh. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Policeman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1862 Date of death: 1 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis (tubercular) Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted for strumous disease of the ankle of twelve months standing and the leg was amputated. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen, vertebra and cord Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Nov 1862 Date of death: 9 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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 woman stated that she had for eleven weeks been suffering from a cough accompanied by great expectoration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Schoolgirl Age: 14 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Jan 1863 Date of death: 11 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: It was said that she had been ill a weak with rigors, headache and some looseness of the bowels. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1862 Date of death: 21 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left leg. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, bones and veins Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Dressmaker Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Jan 1863 Date of death: 27 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Typhus Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic) 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 woman was stated to have been ailing for some weeks with what her friends called something of a low fever. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 35 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jan 1863 Date of death: 29 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Abscesses in lung. Pleurisy. Fever Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: Ten days before admission this man was attacked with rigors, pain in the head and general feverish symptoms. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Jan 1863 Date of death: 31 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of liver. Tapping. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Tapping (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: Fourteen weeks before admission this patient began to suffer from an uneasy sensation in the abdomen, loss of appetite, flatulence and occasional vomiting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, belly and mediastinum Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1863 Date of death: 12 Feb 1863 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in prostate. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: About nine months ago he perceived that his stream of water began to get smaller, and for the last few months he had had incontinence of urine, accompanied with aching pain in the region of the bladder. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jan 1863 Date of death: 14 Feb 1863 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax. Paracentesis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Paracentesis (Thorax) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This woman had suffered for six or seven months from cough, and dyspnoea and giddiness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Whalebone cutter Age: 65 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Feb 1863 Date of death: 19 Feb 1863 Disease (transcribed): Abscess bursting into urethra. Extravasation of urine. Malignant disease of bladder Disease (standardised): Abscess (Urethra); Extravasation (Bladder); Cancer (Bladder) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: He had suffered from stricture for about five years, and had had an attack of retention of urine. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Child Age: 4 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Feb 1863 Date of death: 26 Feb 1863 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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 child was admitted to the hospital on account of measles. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Feb 1863 Date of death: 7 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease. Amputation. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: About four years before her admission the patient noticed a small tumour in the popliteal space of the left leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and leg Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Drayman Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Feb 1863 Date of death: 11 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Empyema, discharging through bronchial tube Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The general health of this patient had been very good up to three weeks before his admission when he had caught cold, which was followed by cough and dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Mar 1863 Date of death: 11 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Perforation of appendix. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was attacked with rigors and very sharp pain in the belly and epigastrium with intense tenderness rapidly followed by effusion. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Dec 1862 Date of death: 12 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of vertebrae Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: She had suffered pain in her back when she was fourteen years old, but this soon subsided, and she did not again notice pain until six months ago, when for the first time she noticed her back was curved considerably. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and spine Type of incident: n/a