Occupation or role: Blacksmith Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Oct 1858 Date of death: 11 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: Six weeks before admission he was seized with pains in the calves of the legs like cramp. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Feb 1859 Date of death: 17 Feb 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diseased lungs. Hypertrophy of the heart. Granular kidneys. Purpura Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Purpura (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: When this man was admitted he said that he had been subject to cough ever since childhood. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremities Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Feb 1859 Date of death: 9 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (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 the case is not given Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Mar 1859 Date of death: 9 Apr 1859 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Pneumonia. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: He had been much exposed to weather in following his vocation. Three weeks before he became a patient he caught cold and his breathing became much embarrassed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 May 1859 Date of death: 26 Jun 1859 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas Medical notes: This man had been for three years subject to frequent vomiting and what he called biliary attacks, by what he meant vomiting with diarrhoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Aug 1859 Date of death: 9 Sep 1859 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Albuminuria Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Albuminuria (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Policeman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864 Date of death: 9 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Degeneration of kidneys. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'The patient was a detective policeman of some note, always sober in his habits, but much exposed to inclement weather. He was admitted with general renal dropsy of six months’ duration. For the last four months of this time he had been unable to follow his occupation’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Nov 1863 Date of death: 11 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Smooth mottled kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This patient, a carpenter, free in his habits of drinking without being drunken, was under treatment in the hospital for more than three months. On his admission he was of a pasty complexion with red eyelids. Moderate doughy oedema was present in the legs. He had been subject to frequent attacks of chronic rheumatism’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Oct 1863 Date of death: 19 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man, sober of late years only, was a patient for more than four months with anasarca and bronchitis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coach joiner Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Feb 1864 Date of death: 26 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'This patient was broken down in health on his admission. He was taken into the surgical ward on account of some ulceration about his legs’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Farm labourer Age: 18 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Feb 1864 Date of death: 5 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Stone in bladder (vesical calculi) Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Admitted on 17th of February with the following history. As long ago as he can remember he has passed gravel in the urine and at times has suffered much pain on micturition; has never noticed that the water stopped suddenly, but he has been much troubled with irritation of the foreskin and glans penis’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cooper Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864 Date of death: 6 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Empyema. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Empyema (Pleura); Peritonitis (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This man had been under treatment nine months before for an abscess near the right mamma accompanied by cough and great debility. Of this illness no accurate account could be obtained (the patient was Irish)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Child Age: 5 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Aug 1864 Date of death: 24 Aug 1864 Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Lobular pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Lobar pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This child was brought to the hospital moribund, and expired before any observations of its conditions could be made’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Piano maker Age: 62 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Sep 1865 Date of death: 23 Dec 1865 Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Granular degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man had suffered from cough for eight winters previous to admission. Five years before admission he suffered from haemoptysis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Jan 1866 Date of death: 15 Jan 1866 Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart and kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man, had eight years before admission been attacked with rheumatic fever, accompanied according to report by chorea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Compositor Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Jan 1866 Date of death: 12 Feb 1866 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The month before admission he was seized with paralysis in the left arm. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Apr 1866 Date of death: 3 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart. Oedema of lungs. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: He was a hall keeper at the Lyceum Theatre and had suffered from rheumatism for many years. Five weeks before admission the legs began to swell and he was obliged to give up work. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1866 Date of death: 20 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Erysipelas (Skin) 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: This man had been ill for more than two years, first with erysipelas and then carbuncle. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bootmaker Age: 58 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Dec 1876 Date of death: 7 Mar 1877 Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidney. Peritonitis. Tubercle of lung. Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: Five weeks before admission, his legs began to swell. A fortnight later, came on cough, dyspnoea and pain in the loins, and the abdomen enlarged. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Collector Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jan 1881 Date of death: 27 Jan 1881 Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis. Chronic nephritis Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lungs); Nephritis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'Parents said to have died of lung disease. Patient was for many years subject to winter cough, which had lately become much worse, with abundant sputa, thick, greenish, bloodless. Had lately lost flesh fast. No nocturnal sweats. Habits: had always been temperate. Much exposure to all weather' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: Hairdresser Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Feb 1881 Date of death: 9 Mar 1881 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericarditis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'He has been in indifferent health for the last 4 or 5 years, having frequent headache, sometimes very severe, preceded by mental irritability and followed by vomiting. His appetite was always small; his bowels constipated; no polyuria. Six months ago he felt too weak & short of breath to go on with his work. Constant pain in the back, cough & headache, oedema noticed a fortnight ago; dyspnoea has slowly increased, no thoracic pain' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jun 1881 Date of death: 20 Jun 1881 Disease (transcribed): Chronic nephritis Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship 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'
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 36 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jun 1881 Date of death: 20 Jul 1881 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Adherent pericardium. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith Post mortem examination performed by: Zimmerman, Benjamin Frazier and Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'He was an in-patient in this hospital in 1880. Since his discharge he has done work in the iron trade for six months in the last year, and has been stopped frequently by oedema & dyspnoea. He was in great distress for several days before admission' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, bladder
Occupation or role: Blacksmith Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jul 1881 Date of death: 5 Aug 1881 Disease (transcribed): Aortic disease. Granular kidneys. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta, kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas Medical notes: 'Had always enjoyed excellent health & not subject to colds. He had been laid up with bronchitis for 6 months, was treated at St Mary's Hospital where he got better, but a month or two before admission became worse & symptoms had increased greatly the last weeks before he became an in-patient' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Occupation or role: Packer Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880 Date of death: 25 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: About the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a