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Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1875
Date of death: 24 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
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: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1879
Date of death: 14 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart (mitral stenosis). Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Not given, as the body was not examined
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Waitress
Age: 2 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1886
Date of death: 15 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of the lungs. Atelectasis
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lung); Atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Milne, G.H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The child was born in the Hospital on February 28th 1886 and was obviously premature, small and weakly. He was fed by hand and was unable to take more than a few spoonsful of nourishment daily.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal bodies, bladder and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1900
Date of death: 17 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation and hypertrophy. Mitral stenosis. Bronchitis. Pleural and Peritoneal Effusions
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Pleural effusion (Pleura); Effusion (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: On admission the patient complained of difficulty in swallowing, cough and pain between the shoulders.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary tract and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Daughter of] Waiter
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1915
Date of death: 7 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Acute bronchitis. Broncho-pneumonia. Heart failure
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: About March 1st the child had an attack of measles. She made a good recovery but on March 16th she developed a cough and became short of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1895
Date of death: 2 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia and collapse of lungs
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Pulmonary atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: For the last three weeks the child had been ailing and refusing its food. Four days before admission it had a convulsion and since then it had been very short of breath and had a cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, intestines, stomach, pancreas and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1852
Date of death: 21 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Tubercles of lungs?
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1850
Date of death: 2 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Emphysema. Paracentesis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung); Paracentesis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient had passed through a very severe attack of confluent small pox only seven weeks before admission, and his convalescence was scarcely complete when he began to have cough and severe pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1862
Date of death: 13 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: For the last two years she had suffered with cough and thick expectoration occasionally tinged with small traces of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880
Date of death: 25 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: About the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1907
Date of death: 30 Mar 1907
Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis. Dilated right heart. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: For fourteen years she had suffered from bronchitis. This became worse after her first confinement fifteen years ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, peritracheal and peribronchial glands, larynx and cords, tonsils, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and genitalia
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation listed]
Age: 1 year 4 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1903
Date of death: 5 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema with collapse of the lungs. Petechial haemorrhages on the lungs. ? Asphyxia. Enlargement of vessels supplying basal ganglia of brain. ? Convulsions
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Atelectasis (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung); Asphyxia (Systemic); Enlarged (Blood vessels); Seizures (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Devitt, Herbert Pye-Smith
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The child looked fat and healthy on admission, except during paroxysm of coughing when there was much distress, recession, cyanosis and well marked whoop.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thymus, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, portal vein, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845
Date of death: 14 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Chronic affection of the bladder, ureter etc. with mottling & granular degeneration of the kidneys. Large foul abscess in the left loin & extensing along the psoas, into the groin. Recent pleurisy & peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Bladder, ureter, kidneys); Abscess (Loin, groin); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This person had attended the hospital occasionally for many years past, and had been in the habit of having catheters introduced as an out-patient. When he applied in the 9th of April he was suffering from the usual symptoms of retention of urine and stated that he had not passed any water for twenty four hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1848
Date of death: 12 May 1848
Disease (transcribed): Hooping cough. Purulent bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Whooping cough (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given.
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: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1844
Date of death: 30 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis. Haemoptysis. Scrofulous Kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: At his admission he had a cough with purulent expectoration tinged with blood; there was considerable difficulty of breathing with severe pain extending across the chest and down the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1877
Date of death: 15 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient stated that in December he felt chilly and began to cough. The cough increased with dyspnoea and expectoration then diminished. During the first week only he had shivering and night sweats.

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

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1894
Date of death: 29 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Acute congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient had been ruptured for 20 years. Had always worn a truss. 4 days ago the rupture came down beneath truss and could not be returned. There was much pain and tenderness but he was not sick. Mar 27th H.S. [House surgeon] reported an irreducible left ing [inguinal]: hernia rather tense and tender. Slight impulse on coughing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1890
Date of death: 3 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The man was in good health until February 26th when he began to have abdominal and thoracic pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1855
Date of death: 28 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Both Lungs
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A month before admission she went to attend a neighbour in confinement and caught cold by remaining up all night. A fortnight before admission the cold became even more severe, a cough with slight expectoration came on, and then her appetite began to fail. She had shivering and pain in the loins.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1861
Date of death: 8 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis. Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man, who had known better days, had been of most drunken habits. He had never had any symptoms of asthma or any pulmonary complaint, until his last illness. At 11 o’clock on the morning of admission he was seized with diarrhoea, and was at once brought to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883
Date of death: 18 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia. Empyema. Castration
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Castration (Gonads)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had long had a hernia on the right side of the scrotum and since September last the right testis began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1879
Date of death: 15 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Labio-pharyngeal paralysis. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Pharynx); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The symptoms developed gradually from the beginning of December 1878. The thickness in her throat and the weakness of the legs were noticed first. The affection of the arms, lips and speech did not attract attention until a fortnight or so later.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1885
Date of death: 1 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This patient was near delirious when admitted. He was subject to winter cough for at least twenty years and had two separate attacks of inflammation of the lungs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Postman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1916
Date of death: 24 Apr 1916
Disease (transcribed): Subphrenic abscess. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He had been treated for pain in the left chest for the past month. Apparently the trouble followed an attack on influenza.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, bladder, alimentary canal and intestines
Type of incident: n/a