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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1860
Date of death: 28 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Fatty heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Thigh); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: '2 years ago this patient was attacked with pain in the right knee & very shortly after the joint began to swell. He had very little treatment & continued to go about until about a year ago, when he had a few blisters applied. 10 months ago the swelling much increased, he had almost constant pain & occasional darting of the limb at night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1860
Date of death: 23 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine & ribs. Rupture of the pleura
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, ribs); Rupture (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of extreme collapse. The wheel of a waggon having passed over his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1860
Date of death: 30 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Old ulceration from burn. Double pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer Burn (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large sloughing ulcerated surface on the back of the right elbow […] of more than a years’ standing. She was an excessively thin, cachetic-looking girl, & had never menstruated since the original accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1860
Date of death: 16 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Clot in uterine vein. Deposit (?secondary) in brain
Disease (standardised): Miscarriage (Uterus); Clot (Blood vessels); Deposit (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rouse, James
Medical notes: 'This woman, whose name was not Guthrie but Catharine, was the mother of 8 children. A fortnight before her admission she miscarried of a 2 months foetus, having up to that time enjoyed, as far as could be ascertained, perfectly good health. The abortion was attended with much haemorrhage, but she went on pretty well until 2 days before her admission, when she became delirious. She had been much neglected during her illness, and the precise manner of her seizure could not be ascertained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1860
Date of death: 18 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Amputation of two fingers. Haemorrhage. Diathesis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Amputation (Finger); Haemorrhage; Disease susceptibility
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: '10 days before admission this boy was out fishing when his companion struck the back of his right hand with a fishing rod’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1860
Date of death: 21 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Pollock, George
Medical notes: 'This patient had had an umbilical hernia for some years & she had never worn any support for it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1860
Date of death: 24 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease, recurring after amputation, in the lungs, brain & kidney. Polypus nasi (?malignant)
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Lungs, brain, kidneys); Amputation; Polyps (Nose)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted in a state of almost insensibility with a malignant polypus […] He was perfectly unable to speak but he appeared at times to understand when he was spoken to. His wife stated that about a week [previous to] admission she had noticed that he was not himself, but his inability to speak had only existed two days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1860
Date of death: 16 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver and around the bladder. Inflammation of the bladder. Distended and inflamed kidneys
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Liver, bladder); Inflammation (Bladder, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to bladder symptoms for the last 20 years, the result of a stricture of the urethra. For the last 12 years he had passed a catheter regularly for himself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1860
Date of death: 7 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Operation for femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Pollock, George
Medical notes: '12 years before admission this patient had a bag of flour fall on him which freed down a hernia on the right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1860
Date of death: 22 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of foot. Abscess in ankle & tarsal joints. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Foot); Abscess (Ankle); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'One the 17th of this month his boy tripped over a stone & sprained his left ankle, he walked home, went to bed & was attended by a medical man who ordered poultices. On the 18th he complained of much pain in foot & there was considerable swelling. During the evening he became delirious’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left foot

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1860
Date of death: 27 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bruise of brain. Rupture of liver
Disease (standardised): Bruise (Brain); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was driving a water cart. When the horse made a sudden dart, the man was thrown down backwards, his feet being caught by some rope attached to the cart, his body being between the wheel of the cart & the horse, & his head was dragged along the road for some yards’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1860
Date of death: 17 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene. Diseased heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene; Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About 9 weeks before admission he rubbed a sore place on the great toe of the right foot with an ill-made shoe, which continued to encrease in size until his admission into the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1860
Date of death: 26 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation & gangrene of the arm. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm); Gangrene (Arm); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Seven days before admission he had a very small cut over the last phalanx of the thumb on its inner surface, three nights after great pain came on together with redness & swelling which extended up to the shoulders’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1860
Date of death: 1 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Diffuse inflammation along the sheats of the cord. Psoas abscess. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Inflammation (Spinal cord); Abscess (Psoas muscles); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Two years before admission he wrenched his back & had occasionally suffered since that time with pain & stiffness. Ten months before admission he was suddenly seized with acute pain in the right lower extremity, followed in a few minutes by the same pain in the other extremity, which prevented his standing up. He went into Winchester Hospital, 3 months before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1860
Date of death: 10 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing of labium &c. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Genitalia); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was placed at school at Hammersmith by her relatives. It appears from the account given by the child that they were half-starved & never washed except about the face and hands’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1861
Date of death: 16 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene. Aneurism
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Aneurysm (Vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A week before admission the patient had been suffering considerable pain in the right foot and noticed that the middle toes were very dark in colour and that she had no sensation in them. A few days later the whole foot was painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1861
Date of death: 20 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of skull. Arachinitis
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Skull); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission she was struck on the head by a shovel. She was knocked down and was rendered unconscious for a few minutes. She lost a considerable amount of blood. She went to Middlesex Hospital when on examination a scalp wound exposing bone was discovered. Three days after the injury she had rigor followed by sweating and fever. A week after the accident the right fore arm became swollen and red, with inability to extend the fingers.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen. The uterus contained a foetus, about 5 months old
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1861
Date of death: 7 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ulcers on the leg. Diseased heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with an ulcer of the left leg. She was suffering from heart disease and dropsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1861
Date of death: 17 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the neck of the femur. Bedsores. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin); Deposits (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had tripped on a piece of carpet and fell to the ground. On admission it was found that she had fractured the neck of the right femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and hip joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 7 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in iliac fossa. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hip); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Two weeks before admission the patient was carrying a sack of coals on his back when he slipped and fell, striking himself violently on the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1861
Date of death: 20 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Operation for umbilical hernia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital in a state of collapse having a large umbilical hernia of some days standing
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1861
Date of death: 2 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation and sloughing of the arm
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm ); Sloughing (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital with fractured ribs and elbow caused by a blow from the handle of a lathe.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and blood vessels
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1861
Date of death: 15 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Fever
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The child was admitted into the Hospital with symptoms of a stone in the bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1870
Date of death: 2 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the femur. Operation. Osteomyelitis. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Five years before admission, the patient had inflammation and swelling of the right thigh bone, no cause assigned. An abscess formed and some bone came away from an opening at the outer side of the femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Exterior of body. No further examination of the body was permitted
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1871
Date of death: 14 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'She had had a rupture 2 years, & worn a truss for a time but not for the last 3 months. No distinct history of when the bowel came down’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: n/a