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Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1877
Date of death: 6 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular pulmonary phthisis. Laryngeal and intestinal ulcers. Necrosis of thyroid cartilage.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Intestines); Necrosis (Thyroid)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: He had served in the militia in 1870 and contracted a severe coryza which he recovered from, but he never felt well after. The patient was admitted with a cough, dyspepsia, sore throat, dark urine and wasting and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1882
Date of death: 3 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Two days before admission he was attacked with severe pain in the right side, cough, dyspnoea and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 28 May 1878
Date of death: 25 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Fatty, slightly dilated heart. Inflammatory oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Disease (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Oedema (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease. Previous history of good health: was unable to digest fat: which produced vomiting. She came from Ireland to England on Jan. [January] 20th: she grew pale from that time. Frontal headache for five weeks, commencing gradually and steadily increasing in severity. Vomiting after all food, wasting, and profuse sweating for nine days. Confined bowels for six: urine red coloured for five'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 May 1892
Date of death: 26 May 1892
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1871
Date of death: 2 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Atheroma. Strangulated inguinal hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'He had had a rupture 16 years. He wore a truss for 2 years, & then relinquished it, so that none was worn for last 14 years, during which time the bowel frequently came down. July 29 bowel came down after coughing and he could not return it. Bowels had acted that morning, not since’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1885
Date of death: 3 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: She had pain after food for at least six months and pain in the stomach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and fallopian tubes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1872
Date of death: 22 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Kick from a horse two years previously. Abscess of brain. Suppuration in frontal region from carious bone. Pus in cerebral ventricles. Disorganization of right frontal lobe
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Suppuration (Skull); Suppuration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This boy was transferred from the medical wards on account of an abscess discharging from a small opening in the right upper eyelid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1870
Date of death: 13 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Acute Rheumatism.
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic Diseases (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a moderately severe attack of acute articular rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, organs of generation and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Navigator
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1866
Date of death: 14 Jun 1866
Disease (transcribed): Leucocythaemia
Disease (standardised): Leucocythaemia (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: He gave a history of typhus fever followed by swelling of the submaxillary gland and small pox.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1872
Date of death: 24 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of axillary glands. Ovarian cyst. Muscular tumour of uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cysts (Ovary); Tumour (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had had an axillary swelling for a month and slight pain in the breast.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1870
Date of death: 14 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia.
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for three months and for the last six weeks had been forced to give up work. He stated that his illness commenced with anorexia, debility and epigastric pain and heaviness after food. There was much dyspnoea, more especially on exertion and for the last week his legs had been slightly oedemetous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1872
Date of death: 24 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of legs and intestines. Perforation of ileum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 man was admitted into the surgical wards with erysipelas of the legs with ulcers.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, intestines, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1871
Date of death: 3 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of stomach. Haematemesis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haematemesis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man vomited about three pints of blood a week before he came in. He was constipated & had noticed that his motions were very dark in colour’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1882
Date of death: 6 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: For the preceding fortnight he had felt weak and had had some cough with occasional pain over the right flank.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bar House Keeper
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1900
Date of death: 23 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Fusiform aneurism of right part of aorta. Fatty heart. Pneumonia. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient had felt ill for the past five or six months. The breath gradually became shorter with feelings of choking in the throat and pain across the upper part of the chest. His legs later swelled.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Date of admission: 22 May 1878
Date of death: 25 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here, as the body was not examined'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General Dealer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1870
Date of death: 16 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Syphilitic gumma in the liver.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man, who had been a patient in the Hospital two years previously with dropsy, had two fits on the day of his admission. He was unconscious on admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1883
Date of death: 15 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach, liver and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach ); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Since 1876 she had complained of many uterine symptoms and in 1880 she began to feel pain and ‘a tumour about the size of an egg’ in the left hypochondrium with frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1871
Date of death: 5 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John and Noad, Henry Carden
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man, who had long suffered from cough & dyspnoea was suddenly seized with haemoptysis a few days before admission. He was very weak & restless with hot skin. There was great dyspnoea & cough with rusty-coloured sputa. The chest was not examined as he was so ill. There was no improvement & he sank’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1872
Date of death: 25 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Insolatio
Disease (standardised): Sunstroke (Systemic)
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 boy belonged to a training ship, the boys of which had in the morning been reviewed by the Prince of Wales at the Horticultural Garden. He was found lying under some trees insensible and it was stated that he had had sunstroke some years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, larynx and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1868
Date of death: 10 Jun 1868
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: He had been sleeping on the ground for five days before admission and was seized with severe pain in the right side running across to the left.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carpenter
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1888
Date of death: 14 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1890
Date of death: 8 May 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: In January 1890 he had influenza of which the chief symptoms were shivering, headache, abdominal pain and pains in the joints.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, larynx, thyroid, heart, peritoneum, oesophagus, bile duct, rectum, pancreas, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1872
Date of death: 30 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the eleventh dorsal vertebra. Pressure upon and softening of the spinal cord. Paraplegia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Paraplegia (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: The history given by this man was that for nine months he had had pain in the back, always worse on any exercise. Three weeks ago a slight tingling sensation commenced in the soles of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, bones, spinal cord, liver, spleen, kidneys and urethra
Type of incident: n/a