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Occupation or role: Broker
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1871
Date of death: 30 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Reduction. Gangrene of portion of gut. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Reduction of hernia; Gangrene (Gut); Operation

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Vasey, Charles Lyon and Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Canton, Frederick
Medical notes: 'This patient had right inguinal hernia for 10 years and was always able to return it himself. Four days before admission the hernia which had come down became very painful. He returned it without much difficulty but began to vomit immediately and continued to do so until he was admitted into the hospital’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1847
Date of death: 01 Nov 1847
Disease (transcribed): Recto-vaginal fistula. Operation under influence of ether. Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Intestines); Fistula (Vagina); Operation (); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This case is not reported, as the body was removed without examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1870
Date of death: 10 Aug 1870
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of urine. Infiltration and suppuration of areolar tissue of abdomen. Pericarditis. Granular kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Extravasation of urine (Bladder); Suppuration (Abdomen); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (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: The patient have a very indistinct account of himself, but as far as could be ascertained, he had suffered from stricture several years, and had had the scrotum and adjacent parts swollen about a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845
Date of death: 24 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Effused blood into both cavities of pleura. Ruptured kidney. Effused blood behind peritoneum. Rupture of brain with effused blood into its substance. Effusion of blood into arachnoid cavity. Dislocation of hip-joint
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Effusion (Lungs, abdomen); Rupture (Kidneys, brain); Dislocation (Hip)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'A roll of lead had fallen upon this patient shortly before his admission, and knocked him through a trap door into a cellar. When admitted he was partially sensible but in a state of great collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1863
Date of death: 19 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of arm
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Smith, H Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Six days before admission the patient strained his arm while carrying some timber.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1846
Date of death: 19 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Sloughing cellular tissue of scalp. Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain. Rupture of sinus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Sloughing (Head); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Rupture (Sinus)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This boy had fallen head foremost on some stones from a height of fourteen feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1880
Date of death: 1 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous cellulitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Tissues); Cellulitis (Tissues); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For many years ulcers had existed on both legs, and at some times the skin around became inflamed and eczematous. A week before admission he received a slight blow on the right leg
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, lungs ,heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1873
Date of death: 2 Sep 1873
Disease (transcribed): Cellulitis of arm. Sloughing. Amputation at shoulder joint. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Arm); Sloughing (Arm); Amputation (Arm); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy. Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: The patient fell down and truck her left arm against a bed stead causing a slight wound.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1874
Date of death: 16 Dec 1874
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin )
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1846
Date of death: 19 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Petechiae. Anasarca of legs. Congestions and oedema of lungs. Blood generally fluid. Large and rounded liver and granular enlarged spleen with abscess and fibrinous deposits in structure.
Disease (standardised): Petechiae (Skin); Oedema (Leg); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Spleen);Abscess (Spleen) ; Fibrin (Spleen)
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 admitted suffering from anasarca, cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1845
Date of death: 24 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Mortification. Adhesion of pleura. Inflammation of lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Mortification (Leg); Adhesions (Lungs); Inflammation (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Shortly before the admission of this patient a cart had passed over his leg making a wound over the upper part of the tibia, from which a considerable quantity of blood escaped. It was subsequently ascertained that the tibia and fibula had also been fractured by the accident. He was in a state of much debility in consequence of having lived very badly for some time previous to his admission in to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1847
Date of death: 31 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of kidneys. Inflamed bladder. Enlarged prostate gland. False passages.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Kidney); Inflammation (Bladder); Enlarged (Prostate)
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 in a very weakly emaciated condition with diseased prostate of six years standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1845
Date of death: 21 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of the pleurae. Phthisis. Ulceration of small intestine. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted labouring under cough of nine months’ duration, accompanied by profuse purulent globular expectoration, haemoptysis, diarrhoea, night sweats and extreme emaciation & debility. She was very hoarse & reported that she had been so about three months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 06 Oct 1847
Date of death: 29 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous ulceration of oesophagus into cavity of pleura. Pneumonia and hepatisation of lung.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Ulcer (Oesophagus); Cancer (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Five months before admission this patient experienced the first symptoms of the disease, in pain of a darting character extending upwards from the epigastrium towards the throat, frequent vomiting, expectoration and dysphagia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1864
Date of death: 16 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg & ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This man was crossing road, when a carriage that was passing, knocked him down & passed over. He was brought in collapsed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1846
Date of death: 17 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Case is omitted as the body was not examined after death.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1868
Date of death: 2 Aug 1868
Disease (transcribed): Peri-caecal abscess. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Abdomen); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The history this patient gave was that four months ago she noticed pain in the right hip, which had been getting worse lately.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blindmaker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1873
Date of death: 1 Sep 1873
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He had been suffering from inguinal rupture of the left side for the last thirty years, originally caused by jumping.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1846
Date of death: 15 Oct 1846
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Congestion of the brain. Congestion and slight oedema of lungs. Blood fluid. Considerable ulceration of small and large intestines and enlarged mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Congestion (Brain); Congestion (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Enlarged (Mesenteric gland)
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 patient was admitted labouring under symptoms of fever, with ulceration of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1847
Date of death: 29 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Renal anasarca
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Kidney)
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 case is not reported, in consequence of the removal of the body without examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined at the request of friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1856
Date of death: 21 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Retention of urine. Puncture of bladder. Diffuse cellular inflammation in pelvis. Enlarged Prostate.
Disease (standardised): Retention of urine (Bladder); Puncture (Bladder); Inflammation (Pelvis); Enlarged (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had had difficulty in passing water for a very long time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1863
Date of death: 16 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
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: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1856
Date of death: 20 Sep 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg (compound). Amputation. Pyaemia. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted in consequence of some accident in which he had sustained a compound fracture of the right leg. This was the result of the fall of a heavy iron box across his legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower extremities, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1868
Date of death: 1 Aug 1868
Disease (transcribed): Compound dislocation of ankle
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: N/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1861
Date of death: 25 Sep 1861
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of bladder
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Venning, Edgcombe
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of severe inflammation in the bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, bladder and spine
Type of incident: n/a