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Margaret Warrener, 42, [Wife of] Painter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Painter
Age: 42
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1920
Date of death: 17 Mar 1920
Disease (transcribed): Mesenteric thrombosis. Gangrene of gut. Mitral and tricuspid stenosis
Disease (standardised): Mesenteric ischemia (Intestines); Gangrene (Gastrointestinal tract); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Tricuspid valve stenosis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Neighbour, Philip Morgan
Medical notes: 'History. She had been under treatment as an O.P. [Out-patient] for 3 weeks with dyspnoea and swelling of legs. 24 hours before admission she was seized with acute abdominal pain and distension'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, intestines, pancreas, uterus

Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 54, Insurance acct [accountant]

Occupation or role: Insurance acct [accountant]
Gender: Female
Age: 54
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1923
Date of death: 12 Apr 1923
Disease (transcribed): Septic meningitis. Double mastoid disease
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic); Disease (Mastoid);
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Rhind, Sydney Devenish
Post mortem examination performed by: Schuster, Norah Henriette
Medical notes: 'Three days before admission had severe pain in L. [Left] ear which began to discharge profusely. Went about her work but on day of admission was found unconscious in bed. Never any previous ear trouble or other illnesses. C.O.A. [Condition on admission] Deeply unconscious, but restless and throwing herself about in bed, no aural discharge seen. No head retraction. No paralysis. Reflexes all present and normal. Negative Babinski. No Koenig. No head retraction. Pupils small, equal, and sluggishly reaching to light. Urine normal. T. [Temperature] 103, P. [Pulse] 108, R. [Respiration rate] 24'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Head only'
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 53, [Wife of] Printer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Printer
Gender: Male
Age: 53
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1927
Date of death: 22 Mar 1927
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of Rectum. Pelvic cellulitis. Pelvic peritonitis. Retro-peritoneal cellulitis. Toxic myocarditis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines); Cellulitis (Pelvis, peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Myocarditis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Nicholls, Marriott Fawckner
Medical notes: 'Rectal pain for 6 weeks accompanied by passage of bright blood, pus and mucus on defaecation. Bowels open once daily – costive. C.O.A. [Condition on Admission] Hard carcinomatous ulcer on anterior wall of rectum. Not fixed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, bladder, uterus, alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 50, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1930
Date of death: 29 Mar 1930
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral tumour. Endothelioma
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Taylor, John
Medical notes: Twelve months ago the patient suddenly lost use of her left hand. Numbness gradually spread to the whole of the lest side of the body and she had difficulty in speaking. Two or three weeks ago she had pain and weakness in both knees.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 42, [Wife of] Carpenter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carpenter
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1931
Date of death: 27 Mar 1931
Disease (transcribed): Septic endometritis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Uterus); Endometritis (Uterus); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Kirwan-Taylor, Harold George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holdsworth, Frank Wild
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal, brain, spinal cord, uterus and body
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 42, Cashier

Occupation or role: Cashier
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1942
Date of death: 16 May 1942
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Aplastic anaemia. Agranulocytosis
Disease (standardised): Anaemia, aplastic (Systemic); Agranulocytosis (Cells)
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: P.M. at Westminster Coroner’s Office. See patient’s notes for findings
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 47, Matron

Occupation or role: Matron
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1937
Date of death: 12 May 1937
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: poikilo dermato myositis
Disease (standardised): Dermatomyositis (Muscle, Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No autopsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 29, Packer

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 29
Gender: [No gender stated]
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1938
Date of death: 16 Apr 1938
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Infective endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No autopsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 31, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1935
Date of death: 1 Apr 1935
Disease (transcribed): Duodenal fistula and general inanition
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Duodenum); Inanition (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Colquhoun, Gideon Robert Ernest
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Williams, Garthowen
Medical notes: He had three stones removed from the right kidney by Mr. Fedden in 1932. A urinary fistula followed the operation which was treated by nephrectomy. The fistula persisted in spite of this and he was readmitted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdominal cavity, stomach, duodenum, spleen, liver, kidneys, intestines and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Melrose, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1852
Date of death: 20 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema pulmonum with old cretaceous deposits and bronchitis. White patch on heart. Thick and opaque capsule of liver. Cysts in fallopian tubes and local peritonitis. Fibrous uterine tumours
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Cretaceous deposits (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Liver); Cysts (Fallopian tubes);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with cough and shortness of breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Bell, 40, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 15 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhoids, sloughing of the mucous membrane of the rectum. Liver large. Tubercles & vomicae in the lungs
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Rectum, anus); Sloughing (Rectum); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with three large inflamed & strangulated piles, each of them rather bigger than a large nut, & formed by dilated haemorrhoidal veins with very little mucous membrane covering them. They had come down on the preceding day, accompanied by considerable haemorrhage from the bowel, and the spincter having closed around them he was prevented from getting them back. He was a stableman, debilitated & out of health & had suffered for two years from cough & many of the symptoms of advanced phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Petty, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1848
Date of death: 3 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra with ulceration. Sloughing and suppuration of mucous membrane of bladder. Inflamed kidneys
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Ulcer (Urethra); Sloughing (Bladder); Suppuration (Bladder); Inflammation (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of great suffering from retention of urine, not having passed any for several hours.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Wright, 7, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1863
Date of death: 18 Mar 1863
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: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Margaret McCarthy, 47, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1872
Date of death: 1 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of the skull bones and dura mater. Abscess of the brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Skull); Cancer (Brain); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient was formerly in a blind school having left it six years. She lost her sight when thirteen years old, it went gradually during the space of a year.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Blondell, 54, Cottager

Occupation or role: Cottager
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1865
Date of death: 14 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with the history of having fallen into the fire in an epileptic fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, head and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Allen, 21, Plumber

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1875
Date of death: 5 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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 man had had acute rheumatism five years before his admission, and cough, spitting, dyspnoea and palpitation for twelve months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Middleton, 61, Ladies maid

Occupation or role: Ladies maid
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1882
Date of death: 3 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of spleen and liver. Fracture of ribs
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Spleen); Rupture (Liver); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was admitted collapsed and moribund and died very shortly afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, chest and lungs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Jeffrey, 45, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1884
Date of death: 4 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Peritonitis. Enteritis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Enteritis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: This man had long been ruptured and was in the habit of wearing a truss which, however, had got out of order.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Mary White, 63, Wife

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1883
Date of death: 28 Feb 1883
Disease (transcribed): Intra-capsular fracture of left hip. Bronchitis. Dilated heart. Suppurative arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Hip); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Suppuration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Five weeks before admission the patient had fallen down in her house and injured her left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charlotte Pinder, 67, Shopkeeper

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1887
Date of death: 7 Mar 1887
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Gallstones?
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Gallstones (Gallbladder)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See notes in Medical Register No 280'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Kanard, 56, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1909
Date of death: 4 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Hypostatic pneumonia. Infarct in left kidney. Pancreas fatty and fibrous. Suppurating wound in right groin
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Pneumonia (Lung); Infarction (Kidney); Disease (Pancreas); Suppuration (Groin); Wound (Groin)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The patient had had a right inguinal hernia for some years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, aorta, peritoneum, oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, appendix, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, suprarenals and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Hill, 47, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1901
Date of death: 2 Mar 1902
Disease (transcribed): Generalised malignant disease (columnar celled carcinoma). No definite starting point found
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient had a history of having had a cough for three months, and lately pain in the side on coughing and some dyspnoea on exertion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and pelvic organs
Type of incident: n/a

John Blake, 43, Paper hanger

Occupation or role: Paper hanger
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1918
Date of death: 28 Mar 1918
Disease (transcribed): Polycystic disease of kidneys & liver
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Kidneys, liver)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'Admitted for pain on micturition in penis only of 16 weeks’ duration. Haematuria for 3 days 3 weeks previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

John Butcher, 52, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1919
Date of death: 25 Feb 1919
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Arterio-sclerosis. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain ); Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, [Unknown]
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He was admitted with signs of cerebral haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, ureters, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Richards, 28, Stone mason

Occupation or role: Stone mason
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1916
Date of death: 25 Mar 1916
Disease (transcribed): Perforated duodenal ulcer. Leakage. General peritonitis. Empyema. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Leakage (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had sudden onset of severe pain in the right side of the abdomen about twenty hours before admission, with vomiting. He had had indigestion for the last three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, adrenals, and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

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