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Caroline Roberts, 18, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1892
Date of death: 9 May 1892
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary thrombosis
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: She was said never to have known a day’s illness until April 27th when she was attacked by pain in the side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary artery, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, right suprarenal, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Barltrop, 52, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1893
Date of death: 1 May 1893
Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man began to suffer from haemoptysis four days before his admission here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, spleen, pancreas, liver, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Bernard Baston, 1 year 5 months , [Son of] Greengrocer

Occupation or role: [Son of] Greengrocer
Age: 1 year 5 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1915
Date of death: 7 Jun 1915
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative stomatitis. Toxaemia. Broncho-pneumonia. Convulsions
Disease (standardised): Stomatitis (Mouth); Ulcer (Mouth); Toxaemia (Blood); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Seizures (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Ten days ago the child had a cold, and measles developed a week ago with well marked rash.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

David Akers, 66, Potman

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1916
Date of death: 27 Jun 1916
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma gulae. Septic pnuemonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He had dysphagia for the last three weeks and had lost considerable weight for the last two weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal, oesophagus, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Tate, 8, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1914
Date of death: 3 Jun 1914
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of brain. Status lymphaticus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Lymphatic diseases (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Ewart, George Arthur
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: While chasing a ball, he was knocked down by a car and thrown against the pavement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, cranium, brain and glands
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Albert Cooke, 40, Manservant

Occupation or role: Manservant
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1913
Date of death: 2 Jun 1913
Disease (transcribed): New growth in left kidney invading left renals vein and left vena cava. Metastases in liver and glands. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney); Cancer (Veins); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield. Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For the last two years he had had three attacks of what appeared to be renal colic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, prostate and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Lovett, 63, [Wife of] Clerk

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Clerk
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1921
Date of death: 2 Jun 1921
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Golla, Frederick Lucien
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

Eliza Higgs, 57, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1895
Date of death: 15 Apr 1895
Disease (transcribed): Post peritoneal growth
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Six months previous to admission she began to vomit about an hour after food and also waste. Her abdomen and legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, rectum, ovaries, uterus, joints and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Gertrude Hutchinson, 22, [Child of] Musician

Occupation or role: [Child of] Musician
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1909
Date of death: 2 May 1909
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of spine. Kyphosis in mid dorsal region. Scoliosis. Right heart hypertrophy and dilatation
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine); Kyphosis (Spine); Scoliosis (Spine); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from dyspnoea and swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, stomach, intestines, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Mabel Houghton, 13, [Child of] Charwoman

Occupation or role: [Child of] Charwoman
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 May 1907
Date of death: 21 May 1907
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
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

[Name redacted], 63, [Wife of] Carpenter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carpenter
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1926
Date of death: 25 Jun 1926
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
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 autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 53, Leather worker

Occupation or role: Leather worker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1931
Date of death: 11 Jul 1931
Disease (transcribed): Carcinomatosis ? Primary in liver
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Gainsborough, Hugh
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: He had pain in the right side and slight cough for a month. Pain was worse on coughing and respiration. He was in bed and treated by a doctor since five days ago when fever developed. There was very little sputum, no haemoptysis. He had rheumatism in the right shoulder all winter and insomnia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 60, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1932
Date of death: 28 Aug 1932
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and failure
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Taylor, John
Medical notes: He was admitted cyanosed and in heart failure, and died soon afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder and brain
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 52, Compositor

Occupation or role: Compositor
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1938
Date of death: 9 Sep 1938
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Carcinoma larynx
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Cancer (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Colledge, Lionel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Teare, Robert Donald
Medical notes: He had had hoarseness for five years. More recently he had shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, lungs, heart, aorta, stomach, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

George Murram, 20, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1845
Date of death: 20 Jun 1845
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, with pneumo-thorax (left side). Ulceration of intestine, especially of appendix coeci
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted complaining of dyspnoea, ocugh & pain in the chest. He stated that he had suffered from cough during the last six months, but that the great pain in the chest & dyspnoea had only existed about three weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Maria Ratigan, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1846
Date of death: 7 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia. Old adhesions. One tubercular deposit in right kidney
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared from the account of the patient’s mother, that for two months she had been suffering from debility, cough and some little dyspnoea, and within the last fortnight had been delirious at night, and occasionally also during the day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Williams, 35, Bootmaker

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1856
Date of death: 24 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pleuropneumonia (Lung, Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: Eight days before his admission he was seized with violent pain in the bowels which was supposed by his medical attendant to result from constipation as he had had no evacuation for five days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Monk, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1843
Date of death: 3 Aug 1843
Disease (transcribed): Extensive rupture of liver. Laceration of intercostal muscles.
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver); Laceration (Intercostal muscles)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Patient died 10 minutes after his admission into the Hospital; the shaft of a cart struck him on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Tice, 30, Malster

Occupation or role: Malster
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 May 1861
Date of death: 13 Jun 1861
Disease (transcribed): Insanity. Delirium Tremens. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Insanity (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Cystitis (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was much addicted to ‘old ale’ and had been ‘long of dissolute character’. Eight weeks before he came into the hospital he discovered a considerable loss in business which ‘preyed upon his spirits’ and he ‘became eccentric in his behaviour’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Lyndsey, 34, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1864
Date of death: 31 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Concussion of spinal cord. Fractured spine?
Disease (standardised): Concussion (Spinal cord); Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Alfred Dunn, 2, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1873
Date of death: 20 Jun 1873
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull. Meningitis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung)
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 child fell from a window on to his head a distance of about ten feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Bidwell , 65, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1877
Date of death: 17 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull: laceration of the brain. Pneumonia. Granular Kidney.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had fallen off a timber cart pitching on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, skull, brain and ribs.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Ann Hayman, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1871
Date of death: 16 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Parturition. Adherent placenta. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Childbirth Adherent placenta; Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John
Medical examination performed by: Barnes, Edgar G.
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'For the last two years, this woman has been suffering from intense anaemia, caused apparently by rapid successive pregnancies. For the last two months of pregnancy, her lower extremities and external organs of generation have been intensely swollen from oedema, & her appearance has been very sallow. On July 2nd she was confined. The labour was perfectly natural as far as the birth of the child was concerned, but the placenta was retained’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Jonathan Worboys, 63, Gas stoker

Occupation or role: Gas stoker
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1879
Date of death: 7 May 1879
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John H. Ewart, William
Medical notes: Clinically this case presented no points of particular interest. The history was of cough for the last seven winters, associated with dyspnoea for two.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Rowe, 1 year 6 months, [Child of] Tobacconist

Occupation or role: [Child of] Tobacconist
Age: 1 year 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1886
Date of death: 28 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had only been ill twenty four hours. When brought up to the Hospital the child was much collapsed, almost too feeble to cry.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Permission was obtained to examine the larynx, pharynx and oesophagus. No thorough examination was allowed.
Type of incident: n/a

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