Occupation or role: Widow Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 May 1871 Date of death: 22 May 1871 Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs &c Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry 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’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 May 1871 Date of death: 23 May 1871 Disease (transcribed): Suicide by hanging Disease (standardised): Strangulation
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'Was said to have hanged himself by a rope from a tree’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Jul 1871 Date of death: 24 Jul 1871 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Extravasation of blood into & compression of brain. Pyaemia? Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Compression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'He fell head foremost down the height of 15 steps to the ground. On admission was quite insensible’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Iron fitter Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jul 1871 Date of death: 28 Jul 1871 Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture of the skull. Trephine applied. Bone found in brain substance. Extravasation of blood. Softening Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'An iron bolt about 4 tons fell from a height of 50 feet on to vertex of skull’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘permission to examine the rest of the body was refused’)
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871 Date of death: 9 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture of the frontal bone. Laceration of the brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man fell from a scaffold & was brought in dead’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones (‘the viscera were all extremely decomposed & for this reason […] a partial examination was made’)
Occupation or role: Brakesman Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Sep 1871 Date of death: 12 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Contusions. Amputation Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Contusions (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry 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’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871 Date of death: 14 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of 7 ribs. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James Medical notes: 'This man fell 20 feet out of a lift. On admission had much pain over right chest, increased on inspiration. There was also a good deal of dyspnoea and the right chest was but little used, about six of the ribs being broken near the spine’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871 Date of death: 20 Sep 1871 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella (compound). Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James Medical notes: 'On stepping down from an omnibus he fell forwards and struck the right knee, probably on a sharp stone in the road: he could not get up, and was at once brought to the hospital (about ¼ mile). When admitted, was slightly stupid, apparently from drinking’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Nov 1871 Date of death: 2 Dec 1871 Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver & kidney. Extravasation of blood into the peritoneal cavity Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver, kidney); Extravasation (Peritoneum) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This boy was run over by a cab, the wheel of which, it was said, passed over his abdomen. When admitted he was much collapsed and very faint, & complained of much abdominal pain and tenderness’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 64 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jan 1864 Date of death: 28 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of hand. Fractured femur Disease (standardised): Fracture (Hand); Fracture (Thigh) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Case not entered’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Schoolgirl Age: 9 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Feb 1864 Date of death: 5 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Burnt very severely on arms and body Disease (standardised): Burn (Arms, body) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Carman Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Feb 1864 Date of death: 9 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Was admitted in the evening of the 6th February in a state of complete insensibility, respiration blowing, blood running from both ears, from mouth, and some coming forwards under the left conjunctiva; there was a scalp wound leading to exposed bone at the back of the head’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part could be examined’)
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Feb 1864 Date of death: 3 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of leg and ankle. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Fell from a scaffold a distance of forty feet. He was admitted into the Oxford Ward on February 8th with a compound fracture of the right leg. The wound was about an inch in length, and the end of the upper fragment protruded through it’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, legs
Occupation or role: Footman Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Apr 1864 Date of death: 3 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barker, William Levington Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'This patient was cleaning a 3rd story window, when the ladder broke & he was seen to fall into area below. He was brought in at once, insensible, cold, pale’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 May 1864 Date of death: 5 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Fell from the timber carriage on which he was riding, and the edge of the wheel inflicted a large semi-circular wound extending from the forehead just above the middle of right eyebrow to the upper edge of auricular cartilage’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Stoker Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1864 Date of death: 29 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Death from nervous shock (?) Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Shock Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'This patient was stoker on an engine proceeding from Victoria Station, when looking back his head came in collision with one of the arches of a bridge & he was knocked off the engine’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 May 1864 Date of death: 31 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Concussion of spinal cord. Fractured spine? Disease (standardised): Concussion (Spinal cord); Fracture (Spine) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jul 1864 Date of death: 1 Aug 1864 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Amputation Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg, a carriage wheel having passed over his leg’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Child Age: 4 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Sep 1864 Date of death: 22 Sep 1864 Disease (transcribed): Burn Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Bricklayer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Aug 1864 Date of death: 20 Sep 1864 Disease (transcribed): Enlarged cervical glands. Ligature of common carotid Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Cervical glands); Ligature (Carotid arteries) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a large tumour of the neck. He stated that eight months ago after a very bad sore throat he noticed a small lump just below the angle of the jaw’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wound, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Oct 1864 Date of death: 24 Oct 1864 Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Phlebitis. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Married Age: 58 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Nov 1864 Date of death: 20 Nov 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'The history given by the policeman, who brought her in was that she was drunk & fell down an area’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Sale porter Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Dec 1864 Date of death: 8 Dec 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull, laceration of middle meningeal artery Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Central nervous system) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'This man was brought in by a policeman, who had found him lying just inside the park, opposite [?] Gate, about half an hour before admission. His head was lying on the rest stone, & he was on his back (this came out at the inquest)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 74 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Nov 1864 Date of death: 7 Dec 1864 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Unknown); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Married Age: 68 Gender: Female Date of admission: 17 Sep 1864 Date of death: 22 Dec 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of neck of femur Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry and Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, hip
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