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Annie Nieblar, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1891
Date of death: 5 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing endometritis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Endometritis (Uterus); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was a native of Munich, who had been in England for two years. She was confined with her first child in August 1890. The child throve well: it was suckled for two months, and then the mother ceased to suckle it because of increasing weakness though the milk did not fail till some time later. Before her confinement she had enjoyed good health, but soon afterwards she began to suffer from spasmodic abdominal pain. She did not regain her health, and finally took to bed one week before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Selke, 34, Gas stoker

Occupation or role: Gas stoker
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1881
Date of death: 19 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Diabetes (Pancreas); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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: 'His family history is in all respects healthy: no nervous diseases traceable. He is a native of Dantzig [Gdansk, Poland], employed for 6 years 1872-8 in the mercantile service, since then a gas stoker in London. He felt in perfectly good health until about 18 months ago he noticed that he passed an excessive amount of urine and that his appetite and thirst were immoderate. There was no preceding or accompanying mental distress'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, colon, nerve centres, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Sreeves, 59, Plasterer

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1891
Date of death: 16 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Locomotor ataxia
Disease (standardised): Tabes dorsalis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Dr Olsen
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Died at the Atkinson-Morley Convalescent Hospital. This man was a native of Warwickshire, but his peculiar surname was stated to be of remote Indian origin. He had been robust, a total abstained from alcohol till the age of 39, and afterwards a very moderate drinker. There was no history of syphilis, and none of plumbism, and his personal experience of rheumatism was limited to a slight attack 10 years before his death and another 7 years later. About the middle of January 1891 on a very cold day he became thoroughly chilled. From this feeling of coldness he never entirely recovered, the hands & feet remaining numbed. Difficulty of walking was noticed later, and a sensation of ‘tightness round the stomach'. He became an out-patient of this hospital on May 15th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Louis Poletti, 54, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1891
Date of death: 8 Feb 1892
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was a native of Milan and had been in England for three and a half years. In July 1891 he became an in-patient at the Middlesex Hospital for a few weeks where his case was registered as heart disease, probably dilatation, with mitral regurgitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, testes and head
Type of incident: n/a

Amy Bradshaw, 7, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1883
Date of death: 10 Jan 1884
Disease (transcribed): Leprosy. Pleuritis. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Leprosy (Systemic); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Her mother was a native of Oxfordshire, her father of Barbados. They had six children and two had leprosy. The child was of ‘characteristically leprous aspect.’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and skin
Type of incident: n/a

Fidele Bader, 66, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1896
Date of death: 17 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and failure of heart: pleural effusion: thrombosis of pulmonary artery. Carcinoma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Hypertrophy (Heart); Heart failure (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung); Thrombosis (Pulmonary artery); Carcinoma (Stomach) ()
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'The man was a Swiss and spoke English badly. Family history good no history of malignant disease, no previous illness. For last 2 or 3 years suffered from attacks of what seemed to be typical asthma, Dec 24th had a very bad attack of shortness of breath admitted here'. [The medical notes give a different date of admission and date of death to the dates at the top of the page].
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Barbara Purchase, 35, [Wife of] Gas labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Gas labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1887
Date of death: 12 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Recurrent scirrhus of right mamma. 2ndary deposits in skin, right humerus, scapula, most ribs, bodies of dorsal vertebrae and kidney
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Deposit (Skin, arm, shoulder, ribs, spine, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman with 2 children. Six years ago she began to have pain in the right mamma & a tumor formed which was removed at the Cancer Hospital in summer of ‘86. A few weeks ago, her right hand became swollen. A Pole. Cannot speak English well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right upper limb, sternum, ribs, pleurae, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, uterus

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Van Coppenolle, 41, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
Date of death: 22 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Multiple secondary abscesses of the liver from ulceration of the Vermiform appendix
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Ulcer (Appendix);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'No satisfactory history was to be obtained: the patient, whose native tongue was Flemish, spoke English but imperfectly, and was not very clear in his ideas. He attributed his illness to drinking a glass of ices water when hot, 12 days before admission. He had a rigor immediately or shortly after, and commenced to suffer pain in the epigastrium. The second, third, and fourth days he vomited freely. He sweated profusely from the first'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Ferdinand Alletrie, 27, Chef

Occupation or role: Chef
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1908
Date of death: 27 Jul 1908
Disease (transcribed): Stab wound in left chest penetrating the heart
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thorax); Wound (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was a waiter at the Bath Club. He had quarrelled with a colleague who waited for him outside and stabbed him in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, skull and brain
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Ferdinand Pasquier, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1854
Date of death: 10 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Circumscribed pleurisy. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'A Frenchman, who spoke English imperfectly, and stated that he had been taken ill on the 25th with severe pain in his legs. He described this as being very severe indeed for two days & then subsiding & leaving him with a feeling of illness all over, with vomiting of bile’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Ignatius Gabrielski, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852
Date of death: 5 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthysis. Extensive deposit in both lungs. Firm double pleural adhesions. Extensive intestinal ulceration
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A Polish man who could speak no English. He had been suffering for some time from cough, emaciation and latterly had lost his voice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Rodd, 45, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 17 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma and convulsions. Nothing but effusion of fluid in the ventricles and the sub-arachnoid tissues found, with numerous bloody puncta
Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Seizures (Brain); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was a coachman to an English nobleman resident abroad, and about six months before admission had to drive some hours from Berlin to Vienna during very hot weather. On his arrival at Vienna he felt very unwell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Garton, 7 months , Infant

Occupation or role: Infant
Age: 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1865
Date of death: 10 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Encephalocele. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Encephalocele (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This child was admitted with a congenital meningocele.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Hockley, 24, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1870
Date of death: 24 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured bone of skull.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had been thrown from a horse in Hyde Park and was brought into the Hospital insensible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Maria Lenny, 17, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1880
Date of death: 26 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cystic and solid malignant disease of the right ovary, the peritoneum, and the pleurae
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Ovary); Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Four months before admission while lifting a heavy marble slab whose weight was rather beyond her strength, she felt a sudden pain in the right iliac region, as if something had given way. A day or two after swelling in this region was for the first time noticed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and generative organs
Type of incident: n/a

Peter Welch , 40, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1844
Date of death: 25 Sep 1844
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by opium and arsenic. Arsenic detected in the contents of the stomach.
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Spitta, Robert John
Medical notes: The patient was brought to the Hospital after ingesting poison.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Emily Pretty, 47, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1909
Date of death: 15 Nov 1909
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of left femur. Pulmonary embolism. Tabes dorsalis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Embolism (Lung); Tabes dorsalis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had tripped over a cat and fallen to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, bladder, alimentary canal, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Frederick Bradford, 4 months, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1918
Date of death: 26 Aug 1918
Disease (transcribed): Phimosis. Marasmus. Death under anaesthesia (C2F3)
Disease (standardised): Phimosis (Penis); Protein-energy malnutrition; Anaesthesia
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: 'Since birth patient has had difficulty on micturition. Infant weighed 12lbs at birth, and since then has wasted steadily. He was fed on breast, then on Glaxo, then Nestle’s, and on Savory and Moores […] It was decided to circumcise the child in the surgery. Ethyl chloride, followed by CE mixture was administered on open mask. Patient stood the operation well, but about 5 mins after the anaesthetic had been stopped, the breathing became very shallow, and then stopped’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Watson, 26, Plate layer

Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1872
Date of death: 5 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Railway accident. Fractured skull. Brought in dead
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Moberley, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Feb 1898
Date of death: 24 Feb 1898
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: When driving a wedding party to the station the horses shied then bolted into a Bougham and he was thrown on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, pleurae, thymus, lungs, pericardium, heart, intestines, appendix, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Cornwall, 62, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1898
Date of death: 24 Jan 1898
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: This man was crushed between two cans which had collided.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Hope, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1898
Date of death: 4 Feb 1898
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Alberts’ operation
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Operation (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No examination after death
Type of incident: n/a

John Andrews, 32, Chemist

Occupation or role: Chemist
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1898
Date of death: 20 Apr 1898
Disease (transcribed): Malignant growth in nose. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Nose); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: In January of the present year he noticed a protrusion of the right eye and the patient complained of some heat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Emile Bruck, 35, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1897
Date of death: 1 Jan 1898
Disease (transcribed): Perforated duodenal ulcer. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Perforation (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington. Allingham, Herbert William
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: The patient complained of pain in the abdomen in the region of the umbilicus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testicles and toe joints
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Berwick, 9 months , [Child of] Bootmaker

Occupation or role: [Child of] Bootmaker
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1903
Date of death: 21 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous lymphadenitis. Ulceration into left bronchus of caseous gland. Inhalation tuberculosis of left lung. Generalized miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculous meningitis. Tuberculous ulceration of intestines. Absence of thymus
Disease (standardised): lymphadenitis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Ulcer (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain);Tuberculosis (Intestines) ; Ulcer (Intestines) ; Absence (Thymus gland)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: A healthy child until he had chicken pox at four and a half months. He was vaccinated at the same time and had not been well since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

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