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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 10
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1853
Date of death: 10 Feb 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the pubis. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pubic bone); Pleuropneumonia (Lung, pleura)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This little girl had been run over by a carriage in the street, & when admitted was believed to be injured principally in the face, where there was some abrasion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1848
Date of death: 3 Mar 1848
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat, with wound of trachea. Congestion of brain. Oedema of the lungs.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Wound (Trachea); Congestion (Brain); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an extensive lacerated wound in the throat. The injury was self-inflicted and the instrument used was a broken knife.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, throat and thorax
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 February 1844
Date of death: 24 February 1844
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Grey hepatisation of the lung. Granular kidneys. Encephaloid disease of uterus.
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Thorax); Hepatisation (Lung); Cancer (Uterus); Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with anasarcous swelling of the lower extremities and vesications of the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen. The examination of this body was not carried on to any extent as the subject was to go to the dissecting room; the kidneys were the only organs which were cut into
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1860
Date of death: 15 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old woman had been out of health for eighteen months, suffering from cough and much duspnoea in fits. The legs became oedematous three weeks before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1892
Date of death: 29 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient died immediately after admission from laryngeal obstruction.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No postmortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1890
Date of death: 20 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The man’s illness began on January 10th when he felt cold in the back, had severe frontal headache and aching of his knees and thighs. He had no coryza but soon began to spit up muco-purulent matter.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1902
Date of death: 11 Feb 1903
Disease (transcribed): Subperitoneal appendicular abscess. Empyema. Cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: One month before admission there was sudden acute pain in the right lower abdomen, accompanied by frequent vomiting and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary tract, brain and skull
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1910
Date of death: 13 Feb 1911
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative colitis. General peritonitis. Caecostomy. Aspiration pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Colitis (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Caecostomy (Intestines); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For six weeks before admission she had had bleeding from the rectum, mucous discharge and abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach and small intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1842
Date of death: 10 Sep 1842
Disease (transcribed): Brain wet. Tubercles and vomicae with grey hepatisation of the lung
Disease (standardised): Wet (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Hepatisation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845
Date of death: 7 Feb 1846
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the oesophageal region of the stomach, with large masses of encephaloid deposit about the liver. No other organ affected with this disease. Red heptisation and congestive pneumonia. Two or three large crude tubercles. Heart dilated and flaccid.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Liver); Disease (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient reported that during the last seven or eight months his health and strength had been gradually failing. He said that his illness began rather suddenly with inability to swallow freely, soon followed by pain at the epigastrium after eating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1851
Date of death: 20 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Large vomica at base of right lung, smaller at apex. Adherent pleura
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Adherent (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'A black, who said he had been ill 10 weeks with cough & spitting. His attack was in the first instance not severe, but he had soon after had spitting of blood, and had been gradually getting worse & losing flesh ever since. He was emaciated, voice rather hoarse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1855
Date of death: 26 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pneumonia. Destruction of sterno-clavicular articulation
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Destruction (Sternoclavicular Joint)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: The boy was originally admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones, labouring under fever. He was then slightly delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Child
  Age: 2
  Gender: Male
  Date of admission: 7 Jan 1863
  Date of death: 11 Feb 1863
  Disease (transcribed): Diarrhoea. Collapse of lung
  Disease (standardised): Diarrhoea (Intestines); Collapse (Lung)
  Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
• Barclay, Andrew Whyte
  Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
  Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
  Medical notes: This child was in an extremely emaciated condition on her admission at which time she was suffering from diarrhoea and sloughing about the rectum and anus.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1876
Date of death: 15 Feb 1876
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man said that for the last two months he had had cough and spitting with gradual increasing dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1877
Date of death: 5 Feb 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Case not given as no examination was made of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1883
Date of death: 5 Feb 1883
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of right kidney. Subperitoneal haemorrhage. Congestions of lungs
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Abdomen); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The patient was crushed between a platform and a railway carriage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1900
Date of death: 21 Jan 1900
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 years six months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1898
Date of death: 15 Feb 1898
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: He had ‘bronchitis’ followed by a ‘low fever’ and his stomach rapidly increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, stomach, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 54
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1899
Date of death: 1 Dec 1899
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Powell, Llewellyn
Medical notes: 'This patient, a stableman, was admitted complaining of diarrhoea, sciatica (left) and loss of flesh. He had had diarrhoea on and off since Feb [February], but had noticed nothing remarkable in the motions – He vomited occasionally during the past 2 months – Cough had only been present for one month, and was at no time very severe – There had been loss of flesh for 8 wks [weeks]. There was nothing noteworthy in his prev: [previous] or fam: hist [family history]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hotel porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1888
Date of death: 15 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of phthisis. The patient had not suffered form rheumatism, nor from scarlatina. Two years before his admission he had slight haemoptysis, he brought up altogether about a tablespoonful of blood. Two months before he came to the hospital he began to be troubled with cough and for a fortnight before his admission he had night sweats’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1883
Date of death: 13 Dec 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia after catheterisation
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Catheterisation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Decorator
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1900
Date of death: 3 Jan 1901
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Medical Notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1899
Date of death: 1 Dec 1899
Disease (transcribed): Capillary bronchitis – Bronchopneumonia. Cardiac dilatation and failure
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Heart failure (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Horsekeeper
Age: 16 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1901
Date of death: 31 Dec 1901
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a