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Angelo Pennington, 50, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1872
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous nodules in the walls of the heart. ? Syphilitic
Disease (standardised): Fibrous nodules (Heart); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Ragner, 49, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1877
Date of death: 20 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease. Granular kidney. Bronchitis and emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had never been free from cough, which increased, with dyspnoea, every winter. She had also suffered throughout her life from pain in the chest and from frequent slight haemoptysis for fourteen years. Her legs began to swell early in the march. A week later she brought up a quarter of a pint of bright blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach and douglas' pouch.
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Green, 42, Fishmonger

Occupation or role: Fishmonger
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1879
Date of death: 13 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Fatty, dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was subject to colds and to foul nasal discharge. Dyspnoea commenced about ten weeks before admission with a slight cough, after exposure to cold and wet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Watson, Organist

Occupation or role: Organist
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1871
Date of death: 25 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of a large aneurysm of the abdominal aorta into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man was sent up from the country complaining of great pain in the right side, extending down the thigh, which had been ascribed to rheumatism. He was in a state of great excitement & suffering & no further history could be obtained’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Mortlock, 57, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1877
Date of death: 25 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with oedema of five weeks standing, cough of six weeks and dyspnoea with palpitation of two months date.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, douglas' pouch and uterus.
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Floyd, 47, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1886
Date of death: 18 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Heart dilated and hypertrophied. Pericarditis. Oedema. Ascites. Fluid in pleurae. Oedema and congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Oedema (Systemic); Ascites (Abdomen); Fluid (Pleura);Oedema (Lung) ; Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was a carman of fairly temperate habits whose first illness was gout in 1880. He had had a winter cough for the last four winters, but had never been laid up until October 1885 when he had bronchitis. He had bronchitis on and off ever since and oedema of the legs came on three weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and caecum
Type of incident: n/a

Emma Howlett, 27, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Date of admission: 3 May 1878
Date of death: 14 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis – Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Stroke (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Family history of cancer and consumption. Never robust: intolerant of fat: various digestive disturbances: headaches: winter coughs from childhood: rheumatic pains. Catamenia irregular since first confinement at 21. Constant and gradually increasing cough for 8 or 9 years. Palpitation on exertion for three. Dyspnoea since last confinement (16 mo [months]). Haemoptysis to the extent of ½ pt [pint] 15 mo [months] and 10 ½ mo [months] before admission. Severe dyspnoea and palpitation for 6 mo [months]. No oedema. Diarrhoea for 3 wks [weeks]: since weaning her last child'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Ebenezer Groom, 36, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1876
Date of death: 7 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was first admitted on March 28th having had a severe attack of vomiting and sickness with slight cough and dyspnoea during some very foggy weather three months previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleural cavities, lungs, heart, liver, peritoneum, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

James Clark, 53, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1879
Date of death: 19 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The history was purely of attacks of gout for thirteen years, after the termination of one of which, a month before admission, the ankles began to swell and the urine became scanty and high coloured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Smith, 25, Warehouseman

Occupation or role: Warehouseman
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1873
Date of death: 5 Jun 1873
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis (old). Valvular disease and hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (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: For eight years this man had been subject to shortness of the breath and cough on any exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Morgan Jenkins, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1871
Date of death: 29 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man eleven months before admission was exposed to cold & wet, followed by dropsy with scanty dark urine & much lumbar pain. He then came to the hospital as out-patient but there was only slight improvement & he became very weak’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Summers Neal, 26, Gas fitter

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1885
Date of death: 19 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Aortic incompetence. Dilatation and hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Adherent (Pericardium)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had slight rheumatism in this hospital in 1878. Three months before this admission he suffered from dyspnoea, with cough and slight haemoptysis just prior to admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Stacey, 77, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 77
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1877
Date of death: 11 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Cardiac dilatation and valvular disease. Granular kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was somewhat deranged in intellect, and little could be got out of him except marvellous narrations about his past life.'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain.
Type of incident: n/a

George Dadley, Undertaker

Occupation or role: Undertaker
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1871
Date of death: 2 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Phoebe Ann Matthews, 66, Nurse

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1886
Date of death: 20 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar. Brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Fielder Mercer, 49, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1875
Date of death: 23 May 1875
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Dilatation of valve
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Hopkinson, Barkeeper

Occupation or role: Barkeeper
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1871
Date of death: 3 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Atheroma. Sanguineous apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Stroke (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had been the subject both of gout & rheumatism, & since the preceding autumn had been more or less dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Joints, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elleanor Appleton, 13, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1885
Date of death: 13 May 1885
Disease (transcribed): Encysted empyema. Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Cysts (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Schachl, Frank F
Medical notes: Mother died of heart disease. She had rheumatism when eight and eleven. Pains began in the left side and back having caught a cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

William Gregory, 50, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1874
Date of death: 4 Oct 1874
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man fever (Typhoid?) eight years ago, followed by cough and spitting from which he recovered. He had a similar attack last May and the present attack commenced a fortnight ago with cough, spitting and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Harris, 52, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1884
Date of death: 17 Jan 1885
Disease (transcribed): Mitral and aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: She had had rheumatic fever 31 years ago, and had had two attacks of rheumatism since, being three times in St Bartholomew’s Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Foley, 18, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1872
Date of death: 1 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Peri-endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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 woman stated her illness a week back when loss of appetite with pain in the feet commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

George Leedham, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1871
Date of death: 21 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought in in a very exhausted state. His abdomen & lower extremities were much swollen & he was suffering from great dyspnoea. No physical examination could be made. He died suddenly three days after admission’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Bateman , 50, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1877
Date of death: 21 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Cardiac hypertrophy with dilatation. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been a healthy man but a very hard drinker. The recent history included swelling of the legs, cough and wheezing and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Jesse Savage, 37, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1872
Date of death: 3 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous induration of the lungs (? Syphilitic). Hypertrophy of the right ventricle of the heart. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Induration (Lung); Syphilis (Systemic); 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: The history given by this man was that since Christmas he had had a cough with a sensation of weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Quarterman, 39, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1880
Date of death: 1 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma of aorta and disease of the aortic valves. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: Two years ago she had ‘rheumatic fever’, from which time she has suffered much from shortness of breath and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

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