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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 weeks
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1890
Date of death: 30 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Commencing peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was born on November 16th at the full period of gestation. It was brought to the hospital two days later because no action of the bowels had occurred.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1890
Date of death: 1 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (double)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For about a fortnight before admission he had been depressed and complaining of pains in the loins and chest. There was some cough but no real shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial tubes, bronchial glands, laryngeal cartilages, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Indoor servant
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1890
Date of death: 30 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He had haemoptysis for the first time two years before admission, and for the second time a year later. Both trivial in quantity. On November 13th he brought up suddenly a large quantity of blood and was admitted almost immediately afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, vesicula seminalis, prostate, bladder, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1890
Date of death: 28 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of duodenal ulcer. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Duodenum); Ulcer (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man had always had good health until three months before admission when he had a fall which rendered him unconscious for a time. Since then he had not been himself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, testes, kidneys, pleurae, bronchial glands, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1890
Date of death: 29 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Early interstitial nephritis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: In September 1889 he was an inmate of a surgical ward in this hospital for an epithelioma of the lower lip which was excised. At the beginning of September 1890 the feet and genitals swelled a little, but this swelling passed off. For a fortnight before admission he had been short of breath and weak generally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, prostate, kidneys and big toe joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1890
Date of death: 24 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: His health was good till Christmas 1889 when he had influenza and sharp pain in the chest. After this he had much cough and expectoration for three months. For six weeks before admission he had suffered from frequent epistaxis, much cough, blood tinged expectoration and great loss of flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminalis, testes, suprarenals, pancreas, spleen, intestines and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Box maker
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1890
Date of death: 24 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatous ulcer of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Five months before admission he began to suffer from epigastric pain, chiefly at night, and three months later from flatulent distension of the stomach after food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, bronchi, thyroid gland, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, oesophagus, stomach, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, liver, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1890
Date of death: 26 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was an Irish labourer. He said he was perfectly well till Christmas 1889 when he was attacked by influenza and never completely recovered his strength. For five months before admission he had suffered greatly from cough and emaciation, and for four months had had profuse diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, vesicula seminalis, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1890
Date of death: 20 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He had been subject to bronchitis and asthmatic attacks for eleven years, and for the last three winters he had been laid up and liable to oedema of the legs. In March 1888 he was admitted into this hospital with bronchitis. He had fair health during the summer of this year, but for a fortnight before admission had been extremely short of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, prostate, kidneys, testes, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1890
Date of death: 21 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man had had a sedentary life as a clerk, and described himself as having always been stout and a ‘full liver’. He had drunk very freely of beer, and to a more moderate extent spirits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, intestines, suprarenals, bladder, spleen, liver, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1890
Date of death: 22 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of rectum (cylindrical celled epithelioma)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This patient was transferred from the physician on account of a malignant growth of the rectum high up. For the past seven months he had suffered from the symptoms of malignant disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, pericardium, heart, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, testes, kidneys, liver, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1890
Date of death: 20 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Perimetritis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Parametritis (Broad ligament); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Lawson, Hugh
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was quite well in August 1889, but since then had had pain in the lower abdomen off and on with occasional thick white discharge. She also noticed that her stomach swelled at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis, suprarenals, liver, spleen, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1890
Date of death: 19 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For about three weeks before admission he had been out of health but going about as usual. These was no diarrhoea, but the motions were loose and light coloured. During this time he ate a large number of apples.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, spleen, liver, pancreas, kidneys, testes, pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1890
Date of death: 20 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Biliary calculus in common bile duct
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bile ducts)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: In the beginning of 1890, after feeling weak for ten days, he became jaundiced, and the jaundice persisted. There was no history of any pain, or other symptoms of biliary colic. A fortnight before admission he consulted Sir Andrew Calrke, who gave him a month to live.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, intestines, kidneys, bladder, prostate, pancreas, spleen and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1890
Date of death: 20 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The boy was well till February 1890 when he was attacked by rheumatic fever and laid up in bed for three weeks. Five weeks before admission shortness of breath appeared and swelling of the feet. Severe epistaxis occurred a fortnight later.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, testes, bladder, kidneys, intestines and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1890
Date of death: 14 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Caries of tarsus
Disease (standardised): Caries (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Seven weeks before admission his foot became rubbed over the metastasis phalangal part of the great toe and a blister formed. Then erysipelas set in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left foot, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, kidneys, testes and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1890
Date of death: 18 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: While in Scotland with her mistress she was taken ill. For three weeks she was out of sorts with no definite symptoms but vomiting, which was sometimes violent. The bowels were irregular and inclined to constipation. The mistress noticed that the tongue was peculiar, and becoming alarmed about her condition sent her to London.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, ovaries, kidneys, intestines, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1890
Date of death: 19 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For six weeks before admission she had been rather bronchitis, and for three weeks she had recognised the fact that she was seriously ill and had been frequently shivering and sweating. She lost her voice within the last two days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Intestines, spleen, liver, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries, uterus, lungs, larynx, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1890
Date of death: 16 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Chronic parenchymatous nephritis. Acute attack
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On September 26th 1890 she was in her usual health and did a day’s washing. Next morning on waking she found that she was greatly swelled all over, and her urine was full of blood and scanty. She vomited frequently that day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cat’s meat man
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1890
Date of death: 13 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (Left). Phthisis. Aortic reflux
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He was a man of average strength, and enjoyed excellent health till two and a half years ago when he changed his occupation of a bricklayer’s labourer for that of a cat’s meat man, on account of failing strength. The weakness increased, and for eighteen months he had been suffering from shortness of breath, epigastric discomfort and flatulence.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, bladder, testes, suprarenals, kidneys, tongue, head, ears and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab fetcher
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1890
Date of death: 10 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Right apex. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On November 5th he complained of feeling cold and of pain in one side but there was no rigor. He took to bed the next day, and was a little light headed on November 8th. On November 9th he came up to the hospital with signs at the right apex resembling those of phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, tonsils, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, testes, bladder, prostate, penis, brain and ears
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1890
Date of death: 12 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Basal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was fat and well, and apparently possessed of normal vision, till October 19th, when she was feverish and vomited and was thought to have pain in the head. She got no better, and on October 23rd she had a transient convulsion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, eyes, ears, pleurae, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, rectum, liver, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, ovaries, kidneys and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1890
Date of death: 12 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (Right)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On November 2nd he vomited freely green material and felt unwell, but went about his work until November 6th. On the night of November 6th he shivered violently and have severe stitch on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, testes, kidneys, head, brain, middle ears and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hall porter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1890
Date of death: 5 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic and renal cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For fifteen years he had been a hall porter at the Hogarth (which is much frequented by Scotchmen); and here, where his hours of duty numbered 14 ½ in the day, he acknowledged having contracted the habit of drinking whiskey at odd times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, testes, kidneys, brain, joints, pleurae, lungs, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chair packer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1890
Date of death: 6 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Aortic aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For about twelve months he had noticed a knob on the sternum about the size of a walnut, though this gave him no inconvenience or anxiety, and he continued to work as usual. At the beginning of August of this year the tumour began to rapidly increase in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pericardium, heart, pleurae, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, lungs, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, pancreas, suprarenals, testes, liver, spleen, kidneys, toe joints, brain and ears
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a