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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1841
Date of death: 8 Aug 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Dilatation of the cavities of the heart. Endocarditis. Valvular apparatus, left side diseased
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient had repeatedly suffered from acute rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1852
Date of death: 15 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous deposits in the liver, ovaries and pleura. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Ovaries); Cancer (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: She reported that a tumour had first been observed to the right of and below the umbilicus two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Green grocer’s worker
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1857
Date of death: 4 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the femur, inguinal glands and lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He first noticed a swelling in the thigh, somewhere about the middle, a day or two after getting wet and remaining in the damp clothes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left thigh
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1865
Date of death: 28 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phlegmasia dolens and pyaemia after delivery
Disease (standardised): Phlegmasia dolens (Veins); Sepsis (Systemic); Parturition (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Three weeks ago she began to feel pain in the right hip and knee, and in the course of a fortnight the pain extended to the foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Leg, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1866
Date of death: 2 May 1866
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from symptoms of cough and cold since Christmas. Two weeks before admission the legs began to swell and the urine became scanty.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 May 1872
Date of death: 1 Jun 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of breast (amputation)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Amputation (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
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 reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Store keeper
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1868
Date of death: 9 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had been ill eighteen months. He had been suffering from symptoms of occasional faintness and apoplectic fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1875
Date of death: 4 May 1875
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient stated that fourteen years ago he fell down and struck the tip of his penis. A sore place followed which was a long time healing up.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, heart and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1870
Date of death: 13 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for three months with cough, loss of flesh and night sweats.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1879
Date of death: 17 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatism and ?
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic disease (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient was transferred to Mr Pollock from Dr Barclay and died five days afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1881
Date of death: 26 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of family disease. Up to 1879 he has led a healthy life & has had strength fully equal to the average. Height 5ft6, weight 10st 7lb. In constant work as a baker; living good, no overwork, no dyspeptic symptoms, of fresh colour. During 1879 he went through a long treatment by mercury & Pot. Iod. [potassium iodide] for primary syphilis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1884
Date of death: 21 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
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: [Child of] Grocer’s assistant
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 May 1903
Date of death: 11 May 1903
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burns. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The child was found with its clothes alight in a room where it had been left alone in front of an open fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, portal vein, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, alimentary tract and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Gender: Female
Age: 49
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1899
Date of death: 21 Apr 1899
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of tail of pancreas. (Columnar celled)
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Pancreas);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Powell, Llewellyn
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted complaining of pain in the abdomen and back. These pains had been getting worse for 9 weeks prior to admission previous to then she had been quite well. A fortnight before admission she had an attack of vomiting which lasted a week. She had suffered from rheumatism and neuralgia in past years. She had had no loss of flesh as far as she had noticed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1900
Date of death: 16 Apr 1900
Disease (transcribed): Malignant stricture of oesophagus. Cervical abscess. Gastrostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Constriction (Oesophagus); Abscess (Neck); Gastrostomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Vellacott, Philip Northcott
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1914
Date of death: 13 May 1914
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Tumours of dura mater. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Cancer (Brain); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient fell off a seat in Hyde Park and was at once brought in by the police in a state of coma.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, cranium and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 May 1917
Date of death: 7 May 1917
Disease (transcribed): Scald
Disease (standardised): Burn (skin)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Shepherd, Alan
Medical notes: 'The patient came up to hospital on May 5th suffering from burns of the second degree on the right side of the neck, right flank & [...] surface of the right arm. There was no evidence of shock’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Police sergeant
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1912
Date of death: 7 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Gastric erosion. Haemorrhage into stomach and bowels
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Erosion (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had rigor with pain in the chest three days before admission since when he had been breathless and unable to sleep.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Upholsteress
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1889
Date of death: 21 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: Forty years before her admission to St George’s she had a severe illness which she called low fever, and the symptoms of which were diarrhoea and weakness. For ten years before her admission she suffered every winter from severe cough. From October 1888 she had much cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, bronchi, kidneys, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1895
Date of death: 2 Apr 1895
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of lungs – old and recent. Localized fluid in left pleural sac
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Ten days before admission he had contracted a cough which had got worse and for the last three days he had lost his voice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, pericardium, lungs, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, adrenals and joints
Type of incident: n/a