Occupation or role: General servant Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 16 Aug 1871 Date of death: 28 Aug 1871 Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This young woman, a native of Cornwall, had been in London about three months and had had good health up to about a month ago. Eight days before admission she had shivering and pains all over her body with loss of appetite and a little diarrhoea’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Aug 1871 Date of death: 29 Aug 1871 Disease (transcribed): Renal calculus. Large abscess of right kidney Disease (standardised): Kidney stones (Kidneys); Abscess (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'For the last ten weeks this woman had complained of intense pain in the back and loin with loss of appetite. Two months previously had been treated by a medical man for some lung disease which he said was pleurisy’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen (‘the post mortem examination was postponed for twenty four hours at Dr Dickinson’s [William Howship Dickinson] request’
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Jul 1871 Date of death: 1 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: n/a Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Grocer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Aug 1871 Date of death: 2 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man, who had drunk freely, had been ill for five weeks with jaundice, abdominal pain & swelling’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Bus conductor Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1871 Date of death: 3 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient was in the hospital a year ago for a left inguinal hernia, which he could not reduce, and which he had then noticed a year. He had worn a truss. It was reduced by ice & rest’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1871 Date of death: 4 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia. Tubercles Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man was admitted for eczematous ulcers of the leg, but it being found that he had urgent chest symptoms, he was transferred from the surgeon to the physician’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Groom Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Aug 1871 Date of death: 4 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of patella. Suppuration of bursa patella. Suppuration in knee joint. Diffuse cellular inflammation. Tubercles Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Suppuration (Knee); Inflammation; Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'The day before admission [he] was kicked by a horse on left knee. This caused a slight wound over patella, and was followed by much pain & swelling’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Soldier Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1871 Date of death: 8 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulceration of bowels Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Bowels) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man, a pensioner who had lost a leg in the Crimea from a wound by a shell, had suffered since December from continuous diarrhoea, […] much cough with thick expectoration and occasional vomiting’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Sep 1871 Date of death: 11 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas faciei. Bronchiectasis Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Bronchiectasis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'The history this man gave was that three days before his admission he had an attack of shivering which left him with some amount of pain in the left side of his face’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Aug 1871 Date of death: 13 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Ulcerative endocarditis. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Syphilis; Endocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This history taken form notes taken by Mr Noad [Henry Carden Noad] in the absence of the medical registrar. This man had been ill for three months with pain in the praecordial region, with much expectoration of thick mucus but never blood or in anyway at all tinged. There was a family history of phthisis, and syphilis of his own acquiring’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, tonsils
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871 Date of death: 20 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella (compound). Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James Medical notes: 'On stepping down from an omnibus he fell forwards and struck the right knee, probably on a sharp stone in the road: he could not get up, and was at once brought to the hospital (about ¼ mile). When admitted, was slightly stupid, apparently from drinking’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 21 Gender: Female Date of admission: 26 Sep 1871 Date of death: 26 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of oesophagus Disease (standardised): Abscess (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James Medical notes: 'Not seen by me’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Sep 1871 Date of death: 1 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess in the lung Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick Medical notes: 'This man said that four days ago he fell, a sharp pain in right side giving him much shortage of breath, with short cough and expectoriation. He had had three attacks like present before, but no so severe, one attack two years ago when he was in the hospital. He had had a tube put in his windpipe eight years ago by Mr Pick [Thomas Pickering Pick] for a sore throat’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Sep 1871 Date of death: 10 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'The history this man gave was that for the last month [he] had felt ill, with constant pain in chest and back, and occasionally in the belly, almost every night he had shivering. Had had no diarrhoea’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Milliner / Prostitute Age: 18 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Oct 1871 Date of death: 15 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Rupture of an ovarian cyst. Escape of the purulent contents into the peritoneal cavity. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Rupture (Ovaries); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John Medical examination performed by: Barnes, Edgar G. Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient was a prostitute and was a patient at Charing X Hospital about 6 months ago, suffering from a tumour of doubtful nature. On Oct 4th, i.e. 8 days before admission, she was engaged in a struggle at her lodgings near Cremorne and is alleged to have fallen over the side of the staircase. She was suffering from gonorrhoea and had menstruated regularly one week before admission’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, glands
Occupation or role: Woodman Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Oct 1871 Date of death: 18 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Vesical calculus. Cystitis. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Bladderstone (Bladder); Cystitis (Bladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Vasey, Charles Lyon and Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man had suffered for ten years from vesical irritation, occasional haematuria, pain in bladder, sudden stopping of the stream of urine, & constipation. When he arrived at the hospital he was greatly exhausted by the combined effects of disease & the journey from the country, and was too ill to be operated upon’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Marble polisher Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Aug 1871 Date of death: 20 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Abscess between skull & dura mater. Also between dura mater & brain. Trephining Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Trephining (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington and Laking, Francis Henry and Vasey, Charles Lyon Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in August for phthisical symptoms, with bronchitis, into the medical wards. On October 5 he complained of pain over external angle of right brow, where there was found to be suppuration under the scalp; an incision was made and some pus evacuated. On October 17th he was suddenly attacked with right hemiplegia, and on enquiry it was found that he had had a blow on the head in the situation of the abscess 15 months before. He was then transferred to Mr Pollock [George Pollock], who at once trephined the skull over the site of injury’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Oct 1871 Date of death: 23 Oct 1871 Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae & sacrum. Lardaceous disease. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine, pelvis); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 first admitted in March 1870, when he had had pain in left hip for six months. No injury was known. Father dead, several children died young. There was pain and stiffness about left hip, and a sinus discharging at outer side of hip, which had been open a month’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, bones, joints
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Oct 1871 Date of death: 1 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscesses in hepatized portion. Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man had been subject to cough for four years, the last year had been much worse than usual. Sixteen days before admission had pain in chest like something ‘burning him’ with much more cough than he previously had had. He had not suffered from any other disease and was a free drinker of beer’ Post mortem notes:
Occupation or role: Married Age: 49 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Nov 1871 Date of death: 5 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pelvic cellulitis. Bronchitis. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Pelvis); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'No history could be obtained from the patient herself as she was in too exhausted a condition, but some woman who had nursed her said that a month previously she had had an attack of erysipelas of the ulcers which existed on the legs for the last eighteen years. She subsequently complained of shivering and pain about abdomen’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Sep 1871 Date of death: 14 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'Very little history could be obtained from this man, who stated that for three weeks [he] had had pain about body and in head with loss of appetite. No previous illness. Was a free drinker. When seen had a very excited manner of speaking’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Married Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 15 Nov 1871 Date of death: 16 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 patient had had an umbilical hernia for nine years, had never worn any truss, nor at any time entirely returned the protruded bowel. Nov 14 the tumour became larger, she was seized with violent abdominal pain & sickness. The bowels acted slightly after this, but the vomiting & pain continued’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Nov 1871 Date of death: 19 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of ileum. Perforation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient, who had been out of health for some weeks, complained that for the last four days he had felt very heavy in the head with occasional vomiting and sensation of pain all over him, and for the last two days had had much dryness with pain of the throat. He had been a very hard drinker and took little rest, being a porter at the meat market’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: Milliner Age: 34 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Nov 1871 Date of death: 24 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Caries of the petrous portion of the temporal bone. Abscess in the brain Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Abscess (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient, who was a single woman and a milliner by occupation, had complained of pain in the head for four months, some of her friends said for longer. The last month it had been very severe and almost entirely confined to the right side with a continued buzzing noise in the right ear’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, bones, thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 28 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Nov 1871 Date of death: 27 Nov 1871 Disease (transcribed): Disease of the ankle joint. Pyaemia (peritonitis & pleurisy) Disease (standardised): Disease (Ankle); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'Six weeks before admission her left ankle became swollen & painful. She knew of no cause for this’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
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