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Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 9 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1855
Date of death: 17 Nov 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Adherent Pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adherent (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had been an inpatient last August. She had perceived swelling of the abdomen since January. In May she caught cold and suffered from rheumatism and the catamenia suddenly stopped.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1848
Date of death: 3 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Disease of aortic & mitral valves. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for the third time into the hospital labouring as on former occasions under an attack of acute rheumatism. She stated that she had had a fainting fit on the 11th inst, that she had been ailing ever since, and was hysterical & out of sorts, with fits of laughing, crying, fainting &c on the 13th till the joints became red & swollen & painful on 17th. This appearance had entirely subsided on her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1852
Date of death: 5 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the mitral valves. Dilatation of the cavities. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with general dropsy, stating that she had been subject to cough for fourteen years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1851
Date of death: 11 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Emphysema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'An exceedingly pale-faced man who applied first for relief as an out-patient on 14th January, complaining of pain across the loins, and headache, with white tongue & confined bowels. He said his health had been failing for a year past, but no cause could be discerned for his ex-sanguine condition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1861
Date of death: 25 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys and liver. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient began to suffer from palpitations of the heart and occasional dyspnea, the symptoms latterly increased in severity and were generally aggravated at night. When admitted the respiration was laboured. The sounds of the heart were not easy to make out owing to the violent palpitation of the organ.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1867
Date of death: 22 Nov 1867
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Heart); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Five weeks before admission he began to get rigors and pain in the right side and in the liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1858
Date of death: 21 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A footman who was admitted in an emaciated state with an anxious countenance & cachectic appearance. The pulse was frequent, soft & small. He complained of pain in the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1860
Date of death: 24 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been admitted on May 30, 1856, under the care of Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] for acute rheumatism, the first attack. She had pericarditis while in the house, but recovered, to all appearance, perfectly, and left the hospital without any murmur connected with the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Woodcutter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1855
Date of death: 17 Feb 1856
Disease (transcribed): Heptization of the lung. Hypertrophied Heart?
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had been in the Hospital on two previous occasions for rheumatism. Three weeks ago he caught cold. Cough set in and he had a sharp attack of pneumonia and haemoptysis. He complained of violent pain in the pericardial region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1864
Date of death: 21 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1865
Date of death: 10 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1864
Date of death: 24 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Green grocer
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1865
Date of death: 11 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had occasional attacks of rheumatism and had been laid up for six weeks with bronchorrhea and oedematous swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1867
Date of death: 29 Nov 1867
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Oedema glottidis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Oedema (Glottis)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a first attack of delirium tremens which had lasted the few previous days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1860
Date of death: 28 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of the brain. Strumous disease of kidney, lungs &c
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Kidneys, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had been a carpenter. He was at first a surgical patient, complaining of pain in the right knee and hip, which was severe enough to prevent his walking, though not to confine him to bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right hip

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1858
Date of death: 28 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Hastings, Cecil William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a pale, anxious countenance, the skin covered with a perspiration, tongue coated white, pulse 124 & oppressed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1865
Date of death: 13 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had suffered for four months before admission from cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ironer
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1865
Date of death: 13 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had been ill in March with small pox and in May with acute rheumatism followed by pain in the cardiac region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 30 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted for cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1865
Date of death: 14 Nov 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The first symptoms began one year and a half before admission, with acidity of the stomach, dyspepsia, nausea and returning of food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1855
Date of death: 7 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This patient stated that his general health had been tolerably good but that the previous winter had reduced him very much. Eleven weeks before admission he began to cough and felt great tightness across the chest and shortness of breath. He later spit a considerable quantity of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1849
Date of death: 14 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Acute bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1854
Date of death: 24 Oct 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera. Lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted stating that she had been ill only about a fortnight, & that she had had an attack of cholera in the first instance. Since then she had been still suffering from diarrhoea, with pain in head and chest, and much thirst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1855
Date of death: 16 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fatty Heart. Congested lungs.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in a dying state and she could not be prevailed upon to answer questions. Five weeks ago she had had a fit, after which she had lost the use of her left side. Six days before her admission she had a milder seizure.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a