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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1888
Date of death: 6 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Turton, Robert Straker
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'This patient was not seen by the registrar. He was brought in spitting up blood profusely & died 2 hours later’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1887
Date of death: 13 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic nephritis. Cystitis. Enlarged prostate
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Cystitis (Bladder); Disease (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
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: n/a

Occupation or role: Signal man
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1887
Date of death: 13 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): New growth. Sarcoma of lung, diaphragm, brain
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Lung, diaphragm, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had been a soldier, and had ague, when in India. He had also had syphilis? 8 years ago he had a severe illness lasting 14 days with headache and delirium. For 6 months he had been growing weak & suffering much from headache, his mental condition had also deteriorated with much depression of spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, eyes, ears, thorax, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, oesophagus, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1887
Date of death: 14 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Burns. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
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: Carman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1887
Date of death: 18 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with pleurisy on the left side
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man had previously been in this hospital. For 6 weeks before coming here he had been suffering from bad cough, and loss of voice, and more recently had spat up a little blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, pia mater, thorax, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, heart, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Tailor
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1888
Date of death: 18 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Cancer of liver
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
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: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1888
Date of death: 29 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Compound fracture of leg. Amputation of thigh. Simple fracture of right fibula. Acetonoemia
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Thigh); Ketosis
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General dealer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1888
Date of death: 1 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia of the whole of the right lung
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (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: 'The patient was brought into the hospital at 5pm. He was suffering chiefly from dyspnoea and was in a semi-delirious and tremulous condition. He had been accustomed to drink 3 or 4 pints of beer daily and spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Waiter
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1888
Date of death: 8 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Burns of whole body
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
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: Potman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1888
Date of death: 9 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was in St George’s Hospital in March 1887 […] He was admitted for sub-acute rheumatism. Whilst in the hospital he began to suffer from cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, larynx, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1888
Date of death: 10 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was in good health till 10 weeks before he came to the hospital. The first symptom noticed by the mother was abdominal swelling; the child appeared to be well, apart from this. He was taken to a dispensary. Dropsy was diagnosed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Teacher
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1887
Date of death: 15 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the upper end of the rectum involving neighbouring soft tissues
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Father died of ‘cancer of stomach’ at 38. Had been failing in health for 6 years, but went on teaching in national schools till Sept ‘87. She began to have pain in her back in June ‘87 & has been in University College Hospital & at Croydon’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, rectum, intestines, stomach, spleen, kidneys, liver, pharynx, larynx, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1888
Date of death: 23 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Uraemia. Chronic Bright’s from red, granular, contracted kidneys. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Old endocarditis. 3 small pontive hemorrhages
Disease (standardised): Uraemia (Kidneys); Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient came into the hospital for the first time in May 1882 […] She gave no history of rheumatism nor of chorea. During the five years preceding her admission she had occasionally vomited ‘coffee-ground’ fluid. For 3 years she had suffered form epigastric pain after food and vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum, involving vagina and sacrum. Colotomy in left iliac fossa
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum, vagina, sacrum); Colotomy
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'The patient was a widow, who had had 2 children. No history of any previous illness. In April 1887, a swelling formed near the anus, which burst & pus came away’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Colotomy wound, spleen, kidneys, thorax, lung, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis of both lungs. Large white kidneys. Mulberry calculus in pelvis of right ureter
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Calculus (Ureter)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was in the army and was invalided from Malta. He was at Netley [Royal Victoria Military Hospital] for a month. His chief symptoms were giddiness and shortness of breath. He left Netley about 2 ½ years before coming to St George’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1888
Date of death: 4 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s from small, pale, granular kidneys. Tumour in connection with sheath of left Gasserian ganglion. Aneurism of the left internal carotid artery
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Tumour (Brain); Aneurysm (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had suffered from headaches all her life. During the year preceding her admission they were more severe. Her left eye had been prominent for 9 months. For six months she had lost the sight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, brain, eyes, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1888
Date of death: 5 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of left lung followed by gangrene. Early chronic interstitial nephritis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said that three years before his admission he had an attack of bronchitis & was in hospital (no note at St George’s). He had had cough off and on for years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, lungs, larynx, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gardener
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1888
Date of death: 16 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess between stomach and diaphragm. Possibly started originally from a gastric ulcer. Bursting of the abscess into the general peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Stomach, diaphragm); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The father of the patient said that about a year before she came to St George’s she had an attack of ‘pleurisy’ and was ill for 5 months. The patient herself gave no account of an illness resembling pleurisy, but said she had suffered from palpitations and ‘globus’. When she came into the hospital she complained of pain at the lower part of the thorax’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1888
Date of death: 19 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Adherent pericardium. Vegetations on mitral & aortic valves. Hypertrophy & dilatation of left ventricle & auricle. Large gap in the aortic wall between coronary arteries
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Vegetation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When young the patient had acute rheumatism. Four and a half years before he came to St George’s Hospital he had a second attack: he was treated in Birmingham Hospital. Twelve weeks before his admission he had rheumatic fever for the third time: he was in bed for about 6 weeks. He then recovered. Three weeks before he came to the hospital he said that on lifting a heavy beam he had sudden, sharp pain in the region of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, pericardium, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, larynx, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commissionaire
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1888
Date of death: 23 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bright’s disease
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a