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Joseph George, Coachman

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

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charles Henley, 46, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1868
Date of death: 27 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of hydatid cyst of lung. Pneumo-haemo-thorax. Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis (Lung); Rupture (Lung); Pneumohaemothorax (Lung); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The patient had fallen off a cab and the horses fell over on to him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Lewis, 32, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1863
Date of death: 26 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of cervical vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He fell from a scaffold a distance of twenty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Smith , 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1844
Date of death: 27 Jul 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the Ilium, suppuration between fragments. Kidneys granular. Old adhesions of pericardium and pleura.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Suppuration (Pelvis); Granular (Kidney); Adhesions (Heart); Adhesions (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: In consequence of a fall from some steps about 8 feet in height, the patient received a fracture of the crest of the Ilium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Frederick Trottman, Iron fitter

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’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas Bateman, 62, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1873
Date of death: 26 Jun 1873
Disease (transcribed): Bruise of thigh. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Bruising (Leg); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was struck and knocked down by the wheel of a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Hester J Howlett, 7, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1866
Date of death: 17 Jan 1866
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: n/a
Medical notes: Not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Garrard, 52, Milkman

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1870
Date of death: 16 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); 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: This man had lived intemperately and had had delirium tremens several times, the last attack three months before the accident. He was kicked on the left leg by a horse, producing a compound comminuted fracture of the left tibia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsule
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Parker, 73, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1873
Date of death: 9 Jul 1873
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of the middle meningeal artery. Trephining
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Trephining (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: The patient was thrown from a carriage on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Henry Astley, 25, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1877
Date of death: 6 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Beckingham, 25, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1867
Date of death: 6 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient was kicked by a horse on the forehead on the 29th May last.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Holmes, T.: A System of Surgery, Theoretical and Practical, in Treatises by Various Authors, Vols. I-IV

Inscription on title page (Vol I): ‘London Hospital Medical Library 1904’

Four volumes: I (General Pathology); II (Local Injuries. Diseases of the Eye); III (Operative Surgery; Diseases of the Organs of Special Sense, Respiration, Circulation, Locomotion, and Innervation); IV (Diseases of the Organs of Digestion, of the Genito-Urinary System, of the Breast, Thyroid Gland, and Skin; Appendix of Miscellaneous Subjects)

John Sims, 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 06 Sep 1847
Date of death: 06 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the cervical vertebrae. Compression of chord. Sudden death after a few hours.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Death, sudden (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: On examination it was found that the whole body and extremities up to the clavicles were completely paralysed. These symptoms had followed a fall from a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, spinal chord, blood and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Sarah Ann Meacock, 37, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1863
Date of death: 31 Jul 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture at base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman fell from a first floor window while in a state of intoxication.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, heart, kidneys and suprarenals
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Edward Randell, 5, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 07 Sep 1847
Date of death: 14 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with extensive suppuration and fracture of the base of the skull.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Suppuration (Head); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This patients injuries were caused by a wheel of a heavily laden cart passing over the side of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Edward Alger, 61, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1873
Date of death: 27 Jan 1873
Disease (transcribed): Injury to head
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head)
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
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Bednell, 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1847
Date of death: 14 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of skull. Extensive extravasation of blood internally with laceration of brain.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: On admission this patient was in a state of complete insensibility. The injury was caused by his falling from a scaffold about eight feet from the ground, upon which his head struck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and heart
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Henry Westlake, 38, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1877
Date of death: 30 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Injury to ankle. Delirium Tremens. Cerebral and pulmonary congestion. Granular kidney. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Injury (Ankle); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: On the day before admission the patient was kicked by another man on the right ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

James White, 32, Cabman

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1876
Date of death: 28 Jul 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage and bruising
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: A heavy man, he was seen to fall suddenly off his cab and when picked up was found to be quite insensible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Fritz Killerby, 1 year 10 months , Child

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 1 year 10 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1865
Date of death: 26 Jun 1865
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: n/a
Medical notes: Case not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Michael Greamy, 65, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1877
Date of death: 3 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured Tibia. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain)
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: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

William Tutte, 54, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1876
Date of death: 1 Aug 1876
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of lungs, liver and spleen
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lung); Laceration (Liver); Laceration (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient when admitted was very much collapsed but conscious. He stated that he had fallen down several stairs into a stable.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Face, thorax, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Alfred Hall, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1873
Date of death: 8 Aug 1873
Disease (transcribed): Contusion of thumb. Phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Contusion (Thumb); Phlebitis (Veins); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: It was stated that this boy poisoned his right thumb having previously bruised it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Ann Bentley, 31, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1870
Date of death: 20 Jul 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
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 if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

John Dennie, Labourer

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’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

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