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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1901
Date of death: 26 Apr 1901
Disease (transcribed): Posterior basic meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The mother stated that the child gradually became unconscious three weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1895
Date of death: 15 Apr 1895
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
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 examination made post mortem
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1903
Date of death: 26 May 1903
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma caeci. Ileo-colostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Ileocolostomy (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 May 1905
Date of death: 24 May 1905
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis and regurgitation. Aortic regurgitation. Tricuspid stenosis. Enteroptosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Enteroptosis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'At the age of 23 and again at 35, this patient had rheumatic fever; signs of cardiac failure appeared in 1901 and again in 1903, but she recovered from these attacks. One of her sisters suffered with rheumatism, but otherwise her family history was good’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1907
Date of death: 21 May 1907
Disease (transcribed): Septicaemia following burn. Epilepsy
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Burn (Skin); Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Spriggs, Edmund Ivens
Medical notes: The patient was reported by her husband to have been seized by an epileptic fit and to have fallen forwards into the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852
Date of death: 26 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of cartilages of knee. Bronchitis. Amputation of thigh four days before death. Secondary pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Knee); Bronchitis (Lung); Amputation (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The friends objected to any examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 43
Date of admission: 27 May 1854
Date of death: 9 Jun 1854
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Pericardium); Pleurisy (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitting doctor: Nairne, Robert
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a very severe attack of acute [?], which he said had commenced 3 days before, after he had felt very stiff in his joints for a week previously. He had experienced a similar attack of the same kind 24 years before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1857
Date of death: 24 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1864
Date of death: 30 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient was on his admission suffering extreme dyspnoea. He had been troubled with cough continuously for six months, attended with profuse spitting, and had wasted rapidly’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1868
Date of death: 22 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): Croup. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1875
Date of death: 29 May 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man stated that he had suffered for a long time from headache and seven days prior to his admission found that his speech was affected and he dragged his left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1887
Date of death: 19 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient was of a phthisical family, and had never been strong. Her right knee-joint was excised by Mr Pick in 1884'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1888
Date of death: 25 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cerebellar tumour. A few scattered meningeal tubercles. Adherent pericardium with nodular deposits on posterior surface of left ventricle
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Disease (Heart); Deposit (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient’s mother said that she had more than once fallen down in the street and had been unable to get up, but no particulars could be obtained. For 2 days before her admission the child was said to have had a cold. She was kept in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, skull, abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, intestines, stomach, duodenum, pancreas, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 2 4/12
Date of admission: 3 May 1899
Date of death: 3 May 1899
Disease (transcribed): Collapse of lung: bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Collapse (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Not seen by Medical Registrar'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Window cleaner
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 May 1913
Date of death: 1 Jun 1913
Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis. Haemoptysis. Arterio venous aneurysm in lung. Pregnancy. (? Death from shock of haemoptysis)
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Aneurysm (Lung); Pregnancy (Uterus); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This woman had had a winter cough since childhood. She had an haemoptysis three months ago, pleurisy two years ago and a large haematemesis on the morning of admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, infratracheal glands, larynx, tonsils, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and uterus. The uterus contained a male foetus of between four and a half to five months development
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Scripture reader
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1911
Date of death: 20 Jun 1911
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Cerebral abscess
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1917
Date of death: 26 May 1917
Disease (transcribed): (Primary carcinoma of left ovary removed in Nov 1916). Secondary growths in liver, lungs & abdominal glands. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Ovary); Growth (Liver, lungs, glands); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Shepherd, Alan
Medical notes: 'The child was first admitted under Mr Fedden (Walter Fedde Fedden) in October 1916 when the left ovary & tube were removed with an ovarian tumour. Dr Trevor [Robert Salisbury Trevor] reported as follows: The tumour is […] malignant growth. Histologically carcinomatous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1912
Date of death: 18 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coach builder
Age: 28
Date of admission: 19 May 1920
Date of death: 17 Jun 1920
Disease (transcribed): Chronic nephritis (granular contrasted kidneys ) and uraemia
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Uraemia (Kidney);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'History. He first had an attack of nephritis in the trenches in France in 1915. For the past month he had pain in the back, dyspnoea, oedema and vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary vessels, pericardium, heart, coronary vessels, peritoneum, liver, gallbladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, generative organs, stomach, intestines, appendix

Type of incident: n/a