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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1872
Date of death: 18 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein recorded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1872
Date of death: 9 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebra. Psoas abscess (double). Lardaceous disease. Pyaemia. (Pleurisy)
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Sepsis (Systemic);Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This boy was admitted with angular curvature of the spine in the dorsal region of ten years duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, muscles, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1865
Date of death: 5 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of vertebra. Amyloid infiltration
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Spleen)
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 most extensive angular curvature which gave him a most distorted appearance.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1865
Date of death: 29 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Injuries of bone, dura mater etc. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Injury (Skull); Injury (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)
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 man was admitted with a scalp wound, exposing the bone. The wound had been produced two days before by the pole of a brougham striking him on the forehead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1865
Date of death: 22 May 1866
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Pleuro-pneumonia. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was admitted with angular curvature of the spine and paraplegia. The disease of the spine he attributed to an injury received some years previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1869
Date of death: 21 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Punctured wound of chest. Fractured ribs. Wound of lung. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thorax); Fracture (Ribs); Wound (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had slipped off a wall about six feet high on to a spiked railway.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1869
Date of death: 12 Sep 1869
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Operation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Operation (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman was thrown off a donkey which she was riding and cut the right side of her face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1869
Date of death: 26 Sep 1869
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull and laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1869
Date of death: 14 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Caries of head of humerus. Excision. Acute Tuberculosis.
Disease (standardised): Caries (Arm); Excision (Arm); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had for two years had stiffness and pain about the right shoulder, and nine months before admission an abscess had burst below the shoulder. He was also subject to a dry cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1866
Date of death: 18 Jan 1867
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was thrown out of a van and was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1867
Date of death: 3 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Fracture: both bones of leg, became compound. Haemorrhage. Ligature of anterior tibia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg); Ligature (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1868
Date of death: 29 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient fell off a scaffold about 16 feet high.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1868
Date of death: 7 Sep 1868
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This boy had been kicked by a pony on the right side of the forehead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident