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Occupation or role: Married
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1865
Date of death: 26 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Artificial (Anal canal)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had been ruptured for thirteen years, for which she had sometimes worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hernia, chest and abdominal viscera
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1848
Date of death: 21 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro pneumonia with adhesion of the pleura. Extensive ulceration of bowels. Enlarged mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Adhesion (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was attacked about a fortnight before with rigors, and all the usual symptoms of fever, followed in a short time by cough and pain in the left side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Builder
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1866
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of aorta. Blood extravasated into the pericardium
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Arteries); Extravasation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was brought in having fallen from a scaffold twenty feet high.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1874
Date of death: 19 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Abscess over the ankle joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: Six months ago he noticed a slight swelling on the right outer ankle and pain on the outer side of the foot which gradually increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, bones and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 03 Mar 1847
Date of death: 26 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Compressed lung from thickening of pleura. Specs of atheroma on aorta. Cirrhosis of liver with ascites.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Compressed (Lung); Plaque, Atherosclerotic (Arteries); Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur. Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient whose whole appearance was indicative of ill-health was admitted with an abscess over the sacrum, the result of an injury received some time previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1848
Date of death: 21 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg followed by gangrene. Diseased kidneys and spleen.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Gangrene (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an oblique compound fracture of the tibia. Whilst walking on the kerb stone, he tripped up and fell with his left leg under him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1879
Date of death: 2 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia (operated). Incipient ulceration
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Ulcer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been ruptured two years. Four days before admission the gut came down and could not be reduced and vomiting almost directly followed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1867
Date of death: 3 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): Necrosing tibia. Osteo-myelitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Bone); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient stated that after a fever which he had five moths ago, the right leg became painful and swollen, and an abscess formed in it and burst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1847
Date of death: 16 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Caries of 10th dorsal vertebra. Pneumonia. Pus in cavity of pleurae.
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Pleural cavity)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with symptoms of incipient disease of the spine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and spine.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1848
Date of death: 16 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Extensive pneumonia with hepatisation after attempt of drowning.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Drowning
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was brought to the Hospital suffering the effects of submission in the water. He had thrown himself into the water and was shortly after recovered.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 74
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1847
Date of death: 18 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Slight peritonitis. Gangrene of the gut.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Gangrene (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The history stated that this patient had suffered from a severe cough for some time.
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: 22 Dec 1846
Date of death: 05 Jan 1847
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and inflammation of lung with extravasation and consolidation. Blood fluid. Extensive ulceration of bowels.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Inflammation (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was seized about ten days before admission, with the ordinary symptoms of fever. Rigors occurred, and were soon succeeded by cough and pain in the chest, loss of appetite, thirst and a hot dry skin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1845
Date of death: 9 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Body far advanced in decomposition in 34 hours. Diabetes. Diffuse cellular inflammation of both arms. Viscera so far advanced in decomposition that it was impossible to ascertain what organic changes they had undergone.
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Systemic); Inflammation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was in the Hospital about seven months ago, suffering from Diabetes. At that time the symptoms of the disorder had existed about nine months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and superior extremities
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1848
Date of death: 13 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Foul abscess in connection with ulceration of the appendix and caeci. Pulmonary extravasation.
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Extravasation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman reported that she was seized about a week since with vomiting, purging and pain in the lower part of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1865
Date of death: 19 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after amputation of arm
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Amputation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A short time before admission she was running down stairs when her foot caught in a hole in the matting and she fell down three steps.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, arm and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1847
Date of death: 17 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive ulceration of body and arms following a burn
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Systemic); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an extensive burn of the face and upper extremities, caused by her clothes catching fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1848
Date of death: 12 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Extensive slough over the sacrum. Pericarditis and endocarditis.
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Spine); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of great exhaustion with two large sloughing sores on his back. He had been suffering severely from Rheumatism for several months and for the last five weeks had been in the Chelsea Workhouse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1848
Date of death: 12 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Extensive erysipelas following an old ulcer of the leg.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Ulcer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a large foul ulcer on the right leg. It had existed for several weeks and did not appear to have followed any injury.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1846
Date of death: 2 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Oedema of lungs. Mottling degeneration of the kidneys. Congestion of liver. Oedema of inferior extremities
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering more or less during the last six months from general anasarca which at first was confined entirely to the inferior extremities, but as it gradually increased, involved all parts of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoe maker
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1872
Date of death: 5 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Lithotomy. Cystitis. Pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Lithotomy (Bladder); Cystitis (Bladder); Pyelitis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had suffered from pain, cystitis and haematuria for about five years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1847
Date of death: 15 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Case omitted, owing to the removal of the body without examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1848
Date of death: 8 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Suppuration in substance of omentum.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1848
Date of death: 5 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the brain, and arachnoid. Tubercles in lungs. Pneumonia and hepatisation
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The mother of this child reported that she had been suffering about fourteen days with pain in the head and feverish symptoms of a serious nature for which she had called in medical advice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1877
Date of death: 2 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Superficial burn. Pulmonary congestion.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The case was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestinal canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1867
Date of death: 26 Mar 1867
Disease (transcribed): Oedema of lungs. Fatty heart. Fluid in brain
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Fluid (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: No history could be obtained from this patient. The dorsum of the foot and great toe were red and swollen, and his manner was very strange.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a