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Archie Marshall, 11, [Child of] Bootmaker

Occupation or role: [Child of] Bootmaker
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1888
Date of death: 25 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Vegetations on mitral valve. Hypertrophy of both sides of the heart. Splenic & renal infarctions
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Infarction (Spleen, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The boy had had two attacks of rheumatic fever, the first 2 years, the second one year before he came to St George’s. He gave no history of earlier complications during the attacks. He had not had chorea. He began to suffer from cough and dyspnoea and went to the Victoria Hospital for Children where mitral disease was diagnosed. He was treated with digitalis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, brain, ears

Type of incident: n/a

Frank Stephenson, 18, Milk carrier

Occupation or role: Milk carrier
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1888
Date of death: 30 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic internal hydrocephalus
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Medical notes: 'Fell downstairs on April 4 & struck the right side of his forehead. Was unconscious for a few minutes. Vomited from time of accident up to admission on the 7th & complained of a great deal of giddiness’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Arthur Lamb, 15 months, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 15 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1888
Date of death: 28 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Scald of right upper extremity. ?Shock
Disease (standardised): Burn (Arm); Shock
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Medical notes: 'Has never had any convulsions. On the 23rd inst. he put his hand into a bucket of boiling water & got severely scalded. He was brought up as OP [out-patient] & treated, admission being refused. On the 28th his grandmother brought him up & said he had eaten almost nothing since the accident & had been vomiting everything the day before & that morning’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right arm, brain, thorax, heart, lraync, trachea, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Clement Griss, 24, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1888
Date of death: 28 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Lithotomy. Pelvic cellulitis. Hypertrophied bladder & dilated ureters with diminution of renal cortex
Disease (standardised): Lithotomy; Cellulitis (Pelvis); Disease (Bladder, ureters, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Medical notes: 'Had suffered from haematuria at intervals during the last 2 years. Had been sounded for stone but none found. Has also suffered from incontinence of urine, especially at nights for last 2 years. For the 3 or [4] weeks preceding admission has passed an increased quantity of blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pelvis, genital organs, ureter, kidneys, rectum, bladder, chest, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Guyatt, 40, Laundry maid

Occupation or role: Laundry maid
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1888
Date of death: 28 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Hemorrhage into pons and 4th ventricle. Chronic Bright’s disease
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Medical notes: 'When in South Kensington Street on afternoon of 28th [inst] [she] felt ill & requested porter to fetch her a cab. Soon afterwards she became unconscious & was brought to hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver, oesophagus, intestines, uterus, ovaries (‘Inquest case’)

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Wanstall, 53, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1888
Date of death: 2 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Stricture
Disease (standardised): Stricture
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry and Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes and medical transfers’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No PM examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Frank Dennis, 17, Engine fitter

Occupation or role: Engine fitter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1888
Date of death: 3 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of upper jaw
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Jaw)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Medical notes: '[No history] of heritable diseases. About Xmas ‘87 had pains in his head & attacks of shivering. Soon afterwards a swelling came on left side of neck & gradually got larger. At the same time there was swelling of the gums & several teeth were extracted; a swelling formed by the side of the gum & burst discharging much matter’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Skull, brain, lungs, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Brown, 37, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1888
Date of death: 4 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs. Deep ulceration of epiglottis & larynx
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Epiglottis, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William and Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, pharynx, larynx, heart, abdomen, kidneys, spleen, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Goddard, 62, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1888
Date of death: 30 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s disease from granular, contracted kidneys. Heart hypertrophied & dilated. Small foci of cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a gardener and 62 years of age. He said he had not had gout. He had often, however, had slight ‘rheumatic’ pains during the last twelve years of his life. He had typhus fever about 22 years old and erysipelas when he was about 32. For 10 years his sight had been bad’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, gall bladder, spleen, stomach, intestines, brain, eyes

Type of incident: n/a

David Sullivan, 31, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1888
Date of death: 4 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not examined’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No PM examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Thorn, 48, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 1 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Compression of left cerebral hemisphere by blood clot under or within the dura mater
Disease (standardised): Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man could give no clear history of himself. He said he had suffered from gout some years before his admission. He was a fairly well-nourished man. When he came into the hospital he was evidently ill, had a fatuous expression of face, was in an apathetic mental state and had a great lack of intellectual power’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Sidney Stevens, 8, [Child of] Omnibus conductor

Occupation or role: [Child of] Omnibus conductor
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1888
Date of death: 6 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of pelvis
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Surgical notes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Susan Mercer, 81, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 81
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1888
Date of death: 5 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured neck of femur. Bedsores
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical register’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Frankham, 38, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1888
Date of death: 8 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Right pleuro-pneumonia in stage of red hepatization
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was a coachman and generally lived in Paris. He said that for six or seven years he had suffered from bronchitis every winter, and was once laid up for some weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Morton Warren, 23, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1888
Date of death: 8 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Almost complete consolidation of left lung by yellow tubercle, with vomica in upper lobe
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Three years before he came to the hospital the patient had rheumatism and was laid up in bed for about 2 months. There was no history of scarlatina. Three weeks before he came in he began to suffer from cough and headache: during the week before his admission he lost much flesh: he had no night sweats. For 2 days before he came in he had much diarrhoea: he was able to work till he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testes, stomach, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Ernestine Littlewood, 35, [Wife of] Sword polisher

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Sword polisher
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1888
Date of death: 7 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bright’s disease, chronic
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had been married for 10 years. She had had two children who were alive and healthy, and 1 miscarriage. Her last child was born seven years before she came to the hospital. She said she had not had either gout or rheumatism. For 2 months before her admission she had been disturbed at night to pass water, at first 2 or 3 times, latterly 5 or 6 times’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Hamblin, 39, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1888
Date of death: 12 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of testis. Secondary growths in lumbar glands, liver, parotid
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Testicles); Growth (Lumbar glands, liver, parotid glands)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Chancre about 1874 followed by constitutional syphilis. About 2 months ago he suffered great pain about the bottom of the stomach & was treated for ‘inflammation of the bowels’. He has latterly been under treatment for syphilis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, kidneys, pancreas, spleen, liver, testes, pleurae, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Day, 46, Hawker

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1888
Date of death: 9 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis. Atheroma of 1st part of aorta and of sinuses of valsalva. Small aneurism in right sinus. Hemorrhagic eruption about face
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Aneurysm (Aorta); Haemorrhage (Face)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he had never suffered from rheumatism and had not had scarlatina. Two years before his admission he had some illness, the nature of which was not clear. He was laid up in bed for 4 days. He had had, he said, no other illness. For six months before he came in he suffered from pain in the back, and for 3 months he had lost flesh. For 2 months he had purpuric spots on his legs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Face, neck, heart, lungs, kidneys, bladder, testes, lives, spleen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

William Witts, 1, [Child of] Soldier

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1888
Date of death: 9 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was the only son of his mother, who was healthy. She said that the patient’s father was delicate and that his lungs were supposed to be weak. The infant had thrush when 5 weeks old, and when six months of age he had bronchitis and hooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

John Harris, 46, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1888
Date of death: 12 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a labourer. He said that when he was a child he suffered from inflammation of the lungs. He had been in good health from that time, except that he had occasional rheumatic pains’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Larynx, pleurae, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder

Type of incident: n/a

Edith Vincent, 9 months, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1888
Date of death: 13 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Ulceration of large intestine
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child who was 9 months old had diarrhoea for 3 or 4 days before her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Black, 15, Kitchen maid

Occupation or role: Kitchen maid
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1888
Date of death: 14 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The girl was a native of Argyleshire, but she had lived in London for two years. For two months before she came to the hospital she had suffered from cough and dyspnoea, had been much troubled with diarrhoea and had lost flesh. She did not take to her bed till about four days before her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Scott, 58, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1888
Date of death: 11 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Effusion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of rheumatism nor of scarlatina. She had been married for 35 years and had thirteen children and two miscarriages. Of the children eight survived and five died young. The woman had suffered for two years from cough and dyspnoea. Six weeks before she came in she had oedema of the legs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder

Type of incident: n/a

Miles Hellery, 50, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1888
Date of death: 15 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
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: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Mary Luker, 29, [Wife of] Painter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Painter
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1888
Date of death: 15 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was 29 years of age and was married at the age of 20. She had had 3 children, one of whom was living. One died of bronchitis and one of some unknown disease. She had never had scarlatina nor rheumatic fever, but she had occasional slight articular pains. Three weeks before her admission she had a child. The labour was normal
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Larynx, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestines, uterus, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

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