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Florence Barrett, 4, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1873
Date of death: 26 Dec 1873
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: The friends of this child stated that he had been out of health for about eight days with loss of appetite, cough, apparent shivering and occasional sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

William Burrage, 47, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1873
Date of death: 19 Dec 1873
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been attending the Brompton Hospital for three months with a cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Uriah Durant, 42, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1872
Date of death: 5 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Six days before admission this man was taken suddenly with a sharp cutting pain in the left side with some little amount of cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

William Hopes, 27, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1872
Date of death: 21 Dec 1872
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient stated that about a week before admission pain and stiffness commenced in both ankles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium, bones and joints
Type of incident: n/a

William Pettinger, 45, Ironmonger

Occupation or role: Ironmonger
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1873
Date of death: 10 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Bronchitis. Mitral contraction
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He had been out of health for four days before admission with aching of the limbs and shivering. Two days before admission the face became swollen, red and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Till, 19, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1873
Date of death: 30 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Valvular heart disease. Adherent pericardium. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Adherent (Pericardium); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient stated that since he had been twelve years old he had frequently suffered from pain in the joints but there was no history of acute rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, pericardium, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Solomon Day, 38, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1873
Date of death: 28 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of aortic arch. Broncho-pneumonia. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that for about six weeks he had felt ill with pain about the body and a cough which he concluded was a severe cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, larynx, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Portobella Holden, 40, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1873
Date of death: 25 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman stated that for three months she had had swelling of the legs and belly with much cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Hyde, 44, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1872
Date of death: 29 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Hypertrophied heart. Sanguineous apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was a patient in the hospital in April of this year with cephalalgia. From that date up to his admission he had had two slight fits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Carter, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1871
Date of death: 22 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Pulmonary ‘apoplexy’. Dilated & hypertrophied heart. Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Stroke (Brain); Disease (Heart); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This old woman, she looked quite seventy, said she had had pain in the chest for two months. The last six weeks there had been much cough with rusty-coloured expectoration. She likewise complained of pain in the right side of the belly under the ribs. For fourteen days [she] had been spitting up dark blood’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Lomas, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1871
Date of death: 21 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient had been in India for fifteen years and during his residence there his health had been good though he was a very free drinker of spirits. For the last twelve months had had a cough. Three weeks before he came in was drunk more or less for a fortnight, and the cough for which he was admitted commenced a week before he came in. As he was a man of very low habits, his friends knew very little about him’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James McKeckna, 56, Carriage attendant

Occupation or role: Carriage attendant
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1873
Date of death: 20 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Fistula in ano. Phthisis. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Anal canal); Tuberculosis (Lung); Adherent (Pericardium)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was admitted into the surgical wards with fistula in ano.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and rectum
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Bullen, 48, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1872
Date of death: 28 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia. Vomicae. Pleurisy. Phlebitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Phlebitis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient was in comparatively good health up to three weeks before admission when after an attack of shivering, pain came on in the left leg which subsequently became very swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Hoare, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1871
Date of death: 17 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of left internal carotid, middle & anterior cerebral arteries. Extensive cerebral softening. Atheroma
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'The history reported by the friends was that three days before admission she went to get out of bed and fell down. She recovered herself and feeling unwell she came up to London from Norwood by herself and went to her daughter. She then reported what had happened when in the morning her daughter noticed that she had a very strange manner with her, did not answer questions properly, was hardly able to walk, and there was some twitching of the face and limbs. She remained in that state for twelve hours, gradually getting less power of the right side, and of the power of speech. At the end of twenty four hours she was quite insensible, with an occasional twitching of right side, but altering up to the time she was admitted’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Barratt, 29, Barman

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1872
Date of death: 25 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had drunk much of late, especially spirits. Pain commenced about the body two weeks before admission with frequent shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, cranium, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Lane, 64, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1872
Date of death: 24 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Atheroma. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For a month this patient had had swelling of the legs and belly, always worse on walking about and very subject to cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

John Brett, 51, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1873
Date of death: 16 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericarditis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he was in a comparatively good state of health up to two months before admission when the leg and belly commenced to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Webster, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1871
Date of death: 13 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Lymphadenoma of the kidneys & glands. Coagulation of blood in the pulmonary arteries
Disease (standardised): Adenoma (Kidneys, salivary glands); Coagulation (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient had always had good health up to about two years ago when he first kept his bed for pain in the belly with some little swelling. The pain passed off and he was able to get about but the enlargement continued to increase up to admission. Lately he had been very subject to cough, obliging him occasionally to keep his bed. His family were in good health, no history of fever’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Martin, 67, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1872
Date of death: 19 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericarditis. Effusion into pleural cavities. Old blood cysts connected with thyroid body
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Cysts (Thyroid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been out of health for the last two years. Two days before admission she had an attack of bleeding at the nose.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Higgens, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1873
Date of death: 8 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: About five years ago she first found that she began to have pain in the chest with shortness of the breath. The last two years her legs were occasionally swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph White, 35, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Oct 1871
Date of death: 27 Jan 1872
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the thoracic and upper abdominal aorta. Rupture into the left pleural cavity
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Since last March this man had had pain in the back. Six weeks before admission he first felt a kind of palpitation at the pit of the stomach which had been gradually getting worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, diaphragm, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Ward, 42, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1872
Date of death: 18 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Ulcerative endocarditis. Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man stated that he had had good health up to April last when for the first time he felt shortness of the breath, with occasional cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Maidman, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1871
Date of death: 6 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys. Ulcerative endocarditis. Effusion into pericardium & peritoneum. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Endocarditis (Heart); Effusion (Pericardium, peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient, a labourer of very intemperate habits, generally getting drunk twice a week, sometimes three times, always on beer. As a rule he always drank two quarts of beer a day. His health had been good up to five months ago when he suffered much from shortness of breath, with cough and spitting and a sensation of stiffness of the skin of the legs in walking (oedema)’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Stewart, 59, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1872
Date of death: 12 Nov 1872
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Dilated and hypertrophied heart. Effusion into pleurae
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had been in tolerable good health up to six weeks before admission when cough commenced with shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

William Pickernell, 36, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1873
Date of death: 5 Nov 1873
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of the aortic arch
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was perfectly deaf on which account no accurate history could be obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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