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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1858
Date of death: 11 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Diseased kidneys. Umbilical hernia
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Disease (Kidneys); Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted under the surgeon for umbilical hernia from which she had suffered many years. She had also pinging[?tinnitus] & sickness, with violent delirium & she was pulseless at the wrist. This sickness &c came on the day before admission. Her legs & arms were somewhat anasarcous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1858
Date of death: 12 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatinal dropsy
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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: Waiter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 April 1855
Date of death: 9 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been accustomed to live freely, and had been suffering for more than a year from shortness of breath; but it was not until a month before admission that he gave up his situation as Waiter in a Tavern, on account of severe pain in the chest, palpitation and general feeling of weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1855
Date of death: 5 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Disease Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman had been subject to cough and spitting of blood at various times during the last two years. Eleven months ago she had a miscarriage and had been much worse since that time. She was very weak and unable to stand. She complained of pain in the lower part of the abdomen, loss of appetite and great thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1858
Date of death: 15 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound of the hip joint. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hip); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on Friday evening, January 8th at 11 ¼pm. Carrying a loaded gun (at Ealing) carelessly and near the ground, the charge consisting of some dozen of shot, was accidentally driven into his thigh by the sudden entanglement of the trigger’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1857
Date of death: 16 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit in pleura, peritoneum, liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been feeling weaker and getting thinner for six weeks. He complained of pain at the lower part of the abdomen with nausea, occasional vomiting and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Furnace repairer
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1856
Date of death: 16 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Diseased Kidneys. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was employed in repairing furnaces and was constantly exposed to varying temperatures. By this means he caught cold three weeks before admission. He began to cough, his arms and legs swelled and his water became dark.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1857
Date of death: 17 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pleurisy. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man had been suffering from pain in the right side five of six weeks, which gradually become more violent and was accompanied by cough and pain in the left side also.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 22 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: This man had been for a little time under the care of the surgeons for fistula, but the disease in the lungs being very extensive he was quickly transferred to the medical wards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1856
Date of death: 13 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted with violent pain in the left side, brought on as he stated by exposure to the cold whilst at work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1857
Date of death: 24 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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: Wharfinger
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1856
Date of death: 27 Jun 1856
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 man was exposed to the cold and damp of the river constantly. He came in suffering from cough, profuse night sweats and copious expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 27 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This man was admitted with bronchitis symptoms and after he had been in the house a short time he was found to be phthisical.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1857
Date of death: 22 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the intestines and peritoneum with perforation of the great intestine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This woman was in the hospital during the last two months of 1856 for amenorrhoea and pain chiefly limited to the hypogastric region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1858
Date of death: 5 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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: Under butler
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1857
Date of death: 5 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Arachinitis. Effusion into the ventricles. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This man was admitted for what was at first state supposed to be delirium tremens, but no history of any intemperate habits could be obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1858
Date of death: 7 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in tissue after diffuse inflammation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Tissue); Inflammation (Tissue); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'An unhealthy-looking woman who was so deaf that it was impossible to carry on conversation with her. The friends who brought her said that siz weeks ago she was slightly jaundiced & attended by a doctor for ‘enlarged liver’. On feeling somewhat over the attack she was observed to be still very weak & languid & a month later she had violent rigors followed by delirium which continued with pyrexia for three days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left leg, left hand, right foot, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1857
Date of death: 9 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the rectum. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Rectum); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This woman had been for many weeks under the care of the surgeon for stricture and incurable disease of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1858
Date of death: 17 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis. Psoas abscess
Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain); Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman was not able to give any clear statement of her own case. It was ascertained that she had been out of health a fortnight but had been worse for a week. She was not delirious until the night of 10th’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, spinal column

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 April 1855
Date of death: 24 May 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased Kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: When this patient was admitted she was suffering from slight fever. She had been ill four days and complained of giddiness, want of sleep and headaches which came on towards morning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1858
Date of death: 22 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Strumous peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A wretchedly emaciated & half-starved child who had been ailing, according to the account of some relatives, for about five months. His pulse was very feeble, tongue foul, skin hot & dry & the abdomen tumid’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1856
Date of death: 22 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposits in the Brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: According to the account given by the friends, this girl was quite well when she came to London three weeks ago to attend a school in Sloane Street. In little more than a week she began to complain of pain in the head, was sometimes sick and used to scream in the night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1857
Date of death: 19 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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: Clergyman’s daughter
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1858
Date of death: 26 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sore throat
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This little girl was the daughter of a clergyman in the neighbourhood whose family have all had sore throat affection which has proved fatal. On Thursday the 24th three of the children were buried; on the Friday the mother sank; and the subject of the present notice died on Saturday the 26th. She had been four days visiting at Sydenham. When she left home two of the family were already dead’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 April 1855
Date of death: 16 Jun 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: For a fortnight she had suffered from violent cough, pain in the left side and shortness of breath. She perspired much at night and had lost much flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and trachea, and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a