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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1841
Date of death: 15 Sep 1841
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous affection of lungs etc, and of liver and of uterus
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Lungs, liver, uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1857
Date of death: 24 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1890
Date of death: 16 Nov 1890
Disease (transcribed): Chronic parenchymatous nephritis. Acute attack
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney)
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: On September 26th 1890 she was in her usual health and did a day’s washing. Next morning on waking she found that she was greatly swelled all over, and her urine was full of blood and scanty. She vomited frequently that day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1912
Date of death: 1 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction from cicatrical contraction of gut. Perforation of ileum. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Contraction (Gastrointestinal tract); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This patient was operated on for a strangulated femoral hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Local examination of abdomen only made
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1879
Date of death: 5 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Chronic pneumonia with tubercle. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Very little to be obtained from the patient, who was unwilling to be questioned. She said she had had a cough, with attacks of dyspnoea at times, ever since she remembered. She had been losing flesh and sweating much at night for twelve months, and the appetite was very deficient.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1869
Date of death: 30 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of breast. Amputation. Cancer in bronchial glands and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Nine months before admission this patient noticed a little hard lump in the left breast, which has since rapidly got larger and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1873
Date of death: 26 Jun 1873
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This girl was in good health until about four months before admission when she began to suffer from pain in the abdomen and left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, brain, pleurae, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carpenter
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1909
Date of death: 1 Dec 1909
Disease (transcribed): Exophthalmic goitre. Diabetes. Follicular enteritis. Early peritonitis. Persistent thymus
Disease (standardised): Graves disease (Thyroid gland); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Enteritis (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Persistent (Thymus gland)
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 fairly well until eighteen months ago when she developed epigastric after food.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, thymus, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys, supararenals, bladder, peritoneum and vessels
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter
Age: 8 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1911
Date of death: 17 Aug 1911
Disease (transcribed): Acute gastro-entero-colitis
Disease (standardised): Enterocolitis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: She was admitted moribund with a history of diarrhoea and vomiting for one week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1881
Date of death: 9 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She describes herself as never having been in good health but never having had any severe illness: no scarlet fever. She has had 10 children & 5 miscarriages; has had much flooding and vomiting in her confinements, the last of which was 4 years ago. She has been laid up since then with occasional oedema; has had much vomiting & a bad appetite'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Stableman
Age: 5 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1900
Date of death: 9 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Posterior basic meningitis. Hydrocephalus. Spinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Hydrocephalus (Brain); Meningitis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was first taken ill on November 14th with a ‘stiff neck’ which the mother attributed to ‘catching a cold’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1857
Date of death: 5 Sep 1857
Disease (transcribed): Contusion of chest and loins. Fractured clavicle. Bruise of intestine
Disease (standardised): Contusion (Thorax); Contusion (Abdomen); Fracture (Clavicle); Bruising (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left clavicle, cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and vessels
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1880
Date of death: 21 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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: For almost twelve months she had noticed palpitations, shortness of breath and morning nausea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1859
Date of death: 25 Aug 1859
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of both hips and of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Both knees were drawn up and the thighs fixed immovably in that position from disease of the hip joint of long standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joints, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Gender: Female
Age: 62
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1906
Date of death: 29 May 1906
Disease (transcribed): Diabetic gangrene
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Gangrene (Pancreas);
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
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: Caretaker
Age: 81
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1901
Date of death: 14 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Extracapsular fracture of the right hip. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Hip); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient slipped down whilst crossing a street and fell on the right hip. She also suffered from cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, adrenals and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1849
Date of death: 2 Oct 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hepatization of the lower lobes of both lungs. Heart healthy. Ascites. Peritoneal adhesions. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Hepatisation (Lungs); Ascites (Peritoneum); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Some four or five weeks after her last confinement this patient had an attack of what she was told was inflammation of the liver, attended with severe pain especially on the right side of the abdomen. She had had an ordinary labour, and had got about again well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Horsekeeper
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1905
Date of death: 15 Oct 1905
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Date of admission: 3 May 1854
Date of death: 2 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This girl had been ill some days before her admission, but no exact date could be assigned, and she had been out of sorts previously. She was in a very depressed state with a remarkable dusky flush on each cheek, and a rapid pulse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1875
Date of death: 14 Feb 1875
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This child came in with its mother who was suckling it. On the 13th it had a convulsion, and another on the 14th.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidney and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Marble painter
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1881
Date of death: 12 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1864
Date of death: 19 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Perforation of bowel by stricture
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Stricture (Bowel)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'On the 15th instant after great exertion was suddenly seized with the symptoms of strangulated hernia, and on retiring to rest, she noticed a small swelling on the right femoral region. She continued to suffer the umbilical pain, and to vomit till the 18th shen she was admitted’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 5 months
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1899
Date of death: 10 Apr 1899
Disease (transcribed): Generated miliary tuberculosis. Prime focus bronchial gland
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, miliary (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'In the absence of friends no history was obtainable. On admission she was a well nourished child, unconscious. Head large, fontanelle open, slightly bulging, pulsation not felt. There was no retraction or stiffness of the neck'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1845
Date of death: 3 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Small open foramen ovale. Peritonitis (old and recent). Extravasations of blood in both ovaries which were united to the sides of the pelvis. Uterus very hard. Cetaceous deposit in the spleen
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Ovaries, uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas and Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient had attended the hospital as an outpatient for three months previous to her admission. During that time she was affected with an inflamed bursa over the right knee pan’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1903
Date of death: 5 May 1903
Disease (transcribed): Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis. Fibro-caseous type with much Cavitation. Fatal haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
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 necropsy
Type of incident: n/a