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[Name redacted], 60, Tailoress

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1930
Date of death: 2 Jan 1930
Disease (transcribed): Shock following injury and amputation of left leg. O.C. of carcinoma of breast (amputated). Subarachnoid haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Shock (Systemic); Injury (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Carcinoma (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Marnham, Ralph
Medical notes: She was run over by a motor bus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, larynx, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, alimentary canal, kidneys, urinary tract, skull, brain and meninges
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

[Name redacted], 57, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1935
Date of death: 1 Jan 1936
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Carcinoma of the pancreas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No P.M.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No P.M.
Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin George, 51, Pot boy

Occupation or role: Pot boy
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1845
Date of death: 1 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Delirium Tremens. Brain wet. Slight extravasation of blood in arachnoid. Heart dilated and atrophied with flaccid muscular structure. Patches of atheroma about valves and aorta. Blood fluid. Lungs congested. Liver fatty.
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain ); Disease (Brain); Disease (Heart); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Lung); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient had lost his appetite, unable to sleep well and had become extensively nervous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Hill, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1852
Date of death: 4 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Imperfect paraplegia. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, bronchial glands, peritoneal cavity and spleen. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Bronchial glands); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted in a condition of imperfect paraplegia which commenced after severe exposure.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Frances Millwater, 64, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1860
Date of death: 1 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The mother of 5 children, ceased to menstruate 12 years before her admission and remained free from discharge until within 12 months when fluid and discharge appeared. The patient was suffering from pain in the pelvis and thighs, as well as sickness and nausea and lost flesh rapidly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the pelvic organs
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Prosser, 51, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1858
Date of death: 3 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Renal dropsy
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

John Hungerford, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1856
Date of death: 1 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia. Softening of the cord. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain); Softening (Spinal cord); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Attwood, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1870
Date of death: 1 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Emily Powell, 35, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1871
Date of death: 1 Jan 1872
Disease (transcribed): Muscular fibrous tumours of the uterus. Ascites. Peritonitis. Congested patches in the liver, in one of which pus was found
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Congestion (Liver); Suppuration (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

John Gardener, 35, Platelayer

Occupation or role: Platelayer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1866
Date of death: 1 Jan 1867
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Lacerations (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of complete insensibility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Lydia Palmer, 29, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1867
Date of death: 1 Jan 1868
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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 woman had rheumatic fever three years before . She suffered from palpitation of the heart and for three months with symptoms of cold, cough and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Sullivan, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1881
Date of death: 1 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: He noticed ascites about four months before admission, his appetite and strength had failed and for the month before he came in there was oedema of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Martha Pepall, 50, [Wife of] Painter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Painter
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1888
Date of death: 1 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Stenosis of the mitral valve
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: For five years before her admission she had palpitation on exertion, and for two years she was often troubled with dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, mitral valve, spleen, liver, kidneys, uterus and appendages, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Davey, 34, Cheesemonger

Occupation or role: Cheesemonger
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1891
Date of death: 2 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The mother of this man was said to have died young, of consumption. He himself was never robust, but was liable to coughs and colds and attacks of diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, vermiform appendix, intestines, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and vesicule seminales
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Durby, 65, Farm labourer

Occupation or role: Farm labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1887
Date of death: 1 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Medical notes: 'A healthy man, who for a fortnight has had a cough with considerable expectoration. Six days before admission he grew worse & had severe rigors, pain in the point of the chest, some diarrhoea, much dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

William Lander, 12 months , [Child of] Police constable

Occupation or role: [Child of] Police constable
Age: 12 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1915
Date of death: 2 Jan 1916
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous lymphadenitis. Generalised tuberculosis. Tuberculous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis lymphadenitis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (General); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had been irritable for the past two months. For the past sixteen days there had been vomiting and recently sleeplessness and cough. The days before admission the child cried at intervals and had convulsions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

John Brown, 41, Taxi driver

Occupation or role: Taxi driver
Age: 41
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1919
Date of death: 2 Jan 1920
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Gangrenous lung
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lung); Gangrene (Lung);

Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Neighbour, Philip Morgan
Medical notes: 'No clinical record was kept. P. [Patient] was admitted with empyema, right side. A rib was resected and pus - containing a variety of organisms, chiefly cocci - was drained away. He made good progress for 3 weeks but subsequently went downhill, developed gangrene of lung and died'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Gregory, 53, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1920
Date of death: 4 Jan 1921
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma oesophagus. Secondary deposit in larynx
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Oesophagus); Cancer (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bleaden, Wilfred Henry
Medical examination performed by: Colquhoun, Gideon Robert Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Schuster, Norah Henriette
Medical notes: He was admitted with an oesophageal obstruction. A gastrostomy and laryngectomy were performed and cervical glands were removed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth and throat, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 43, Foreman fitter

Occupation or role: Foreman fitter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1925
Date of death: 1 Jan 1926
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys. Cirrhosis of liver. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Face); Oedema (Arm); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Medical notes: For six weeks he had severe pain in the back. He had some bronchitis, some pain in the epigastrium, some general swelling of the face, arms and legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Rogers, 23, Parlourmaid

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1904
Date of death: 2 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Perforated gastric ulcer. General peritonitis. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
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: 'History. Dec [December] 27th onset of sudden severe pain across the centre of the abdomen: no vomiting: patient took to bed. 28th pain rather better. 29th pain increasing. 31st pain very acute: vomiting commenced. Morphine given: bowels constipated. Treated for 1 month previously for dyspepsia'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Kathleen Morris, 49, Lady housekeeper

Occupation or role: Lady housekeeper
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1899
Date of death: 1 Jan 1900
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 27, Electrician

Occupation or role: Electrician
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1927
Date of death: 2 Jan 1928
Disease (transcribed): Generalized peritonitis. Pleural effusion (sero purulent). Upper surface of liver coated with pus. Gastric ulcer not found
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Effusion (Pleura); Suppuration (Pleura); Suppuration (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Marnham, Ralph
Medical notes: He had acute abdominal pain on the day of admission. During operation a perforated gastric ulcer was found, and much fluid in the peritoneal cavity. The ulcer was sutured, and the peritoneum drained. The patient went downhill and died.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, peritoneum, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal, stomach, intestines, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals and gall bladder
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 68, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1944
Date of death: 1 Jan 1944
Disease (transcribed): Aplastic anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia, aplastic (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: She had weakness and was breathless on exertion and went yellow about a month ago. She had constipation for three weeks, unrelieved by medicine. Her appetite was very poor, she had little except fluids for a month. She had a dry cough for three weeks. She now felt frontal headache and was very cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, stomach, kidneys, spleen and endocrines
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 34, A.R.P

Occupation or role: A.R.P
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1941
Date of death: 2 Jan 1942
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction by abdominal adhesions
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Darte Logue, Valentine
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Severe abdominal pain came on while at work, of a griping nature. It began as indigestion and rapidly grew worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], [No age stated], [Child of] Chauffeur army

Occupation or role: [Child of] Chauffeur army
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1930
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Still birth
Disease (standardised): Stillbirth (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Roy, Donald Whatley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Taylor, John
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs and brain
Type of incident: n/a

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