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Occupation or role: Mason’s labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1857
Date of death: 25 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver. Fracture of the base of the skull, of the jaw (with dislocation) of the ribs on both sides and of the femur
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver); Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Jaw); Dislocation (Jaw); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: With some other men he was assisting to roll along stone, and he had seemed the first roller for the purpose of putting it behind, when by some means the stone slipped over and fell upon him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right thigh, cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1856
Date of death: 2 Jun 1856
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated lung. Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lung); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This child was run over by some vehicle during the rejoicing in celebration of the conclusions of peace with Russia. The wheel had passed over her chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1879
Date of death: 12 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Deep burn. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This child was admitted on account of a deep scald extending over the neck, throat, shoulder and arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1868
Date of death: 5 May 1868
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of bladder
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: While drunk he fell on to his abdomen and had pain over the lower part.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1855
Date of death: 15 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Extensive comminuted fracture of the skull, with depression
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been driving a waggon, and by some accident was thrown down under the forewheel which passed over his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1870
Date of death: 10 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Wound on forehead. Meningitis. Apoplexy. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Meningitis (Brain); Stroke (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was brought into the Hospital in a semi-comatose state in which he had been found. There was a small scalp wound over the right eye, no other mark or injury. His appearance and expression were that of a man very drunk.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 4 May 1878
Date of death: 4 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Compd. Fract. [Compound fracture] Leg. General injuries
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Fracture (Leg); Wound (Indeterminate);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1871
Date of death: 22 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This man was brought in, insensible, breathing stertorously, pulse scarcely perceptible, and with an extensive fracture of the skull. He died shortly after admission’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1881
Date of death: 23 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 37
Date of admission: 6 May 1854
Date of death: 14 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg into the ankle joint
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman, who seemed to have lived lately in a dissipated manner, was admitted in the evening in consequence of an accident which had occurred shortly before at a few miles from London. The injury was the alleged result of the violence of a man who attacked her in the road & threw her down, jumping on her afterwards, but the correctness of her story appeared very doubtful’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left lower extremities, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 6 May 1878
Date of death: 11 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Injury to brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 6
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1854
Date of death: 17 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine (fracture and displacement of the laminae and pedule of the last dorsal vertebra)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitting doctor: Tatum, Thomas
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This little boy had fallen off a large stone [?], on to the top of which he had climbed, & when admitted was found to have entirely lost both sensation & the power of motion in the lower extremities’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Newsagent
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1885
Date of death: 30 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Not examined. F? Femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
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: Painter
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1860
Date of death: 7 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A house-painter, a hard drinker. He had been ill for a month, suffering from boils or superficial abscesses about the nates. In getting out of bed, a week ago, he slipped and broke several ribs on the left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1852
Date of death: 19 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Superficial wound across the elbow, followed by much constitutional disturbance, tremor and low delirium. Violent delirium. Coma preceded death. Pus in the veins. Fluid blood. Softening of a portion of the left cerebral hemisphere and congestion of the membranes. Wet brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Tremor (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Coma (Brain); Suppuration (Veins); Fluid (Blood);Softening (Brain) ; Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She seemed to have been of very dissipated habits for a long time and had been drinking more than usual for some weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins of arm, blood, cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1852
Date of death: 23 Jun 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injury from the fall of earth. Fracture of the pelvis. Bruising of the intestines. Extravasation into the substance of the lung. Diseased kidneys. Old peritoneal and peritoneal adhesions
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Bruising (Intestines); Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was working on a railroad near a bank of earth which fell and completely buried him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, cranium, spinal column and left shoulder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1871
Date of death: 26 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of lower jaw. Fractured ribs. Comminuted fracture of right scapula. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Jaw, ribs, shoulder); Pneumothorax (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'His horse ran away, and he was thrown under the wheels of a dray, which passed over jaw & right shoulder’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, thorax, abdomen, scapula

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Driver
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1865
Date of death: 29 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Injuries to limbs. Amputation of arms
Disease (standardised): Injury (Leg); Injury (Arm); Amputation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was crossing the line when he was knocked down by an express train.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Limbs, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1884
Date of death: 22 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The man died a few moments after reaching the ward. He fell from a brake. He had no external injuries.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1852
Date of death: 1 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture with extensive displacement of the last dorsal vertebra, with immediate and permanent loss of sensation and the power of motion. Ulceration of the bladder and perforation owing to retention of urine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Displacement (Spine); Paralysis (Spinal cord); Ulcer (Bladder); Perforation (Bladder); Retention of urine (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had fallen on the day of his admission a height of about twenty feet from a scaffold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and spinal column
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1852
Date of death: 13 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the ribs. Fracture of the femur, in to the knee joint. Slight rupture of the liver
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was brought to the hospital having a short time previously fallen out of a window, a height of almost thirty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1858
Date of death: 15 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound of the hip joint. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hip); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on Friday evening, January 8th at 11 ¼pm. Carrying a loaded gun (at Ealing) carelessly and near the ground, the charge consisting of some dozen of shot, was accidentally driven into his thigh by the sudden entanglement of the trigger’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 80
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1852
Date of death: 18 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the upper part of femur. Old tubercle in lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with the usual symptoms of fractured neck of the thigh bone on the left side. It appeared that she had fallen down as she was getting into bed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left hip joint
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1855
Date of death: 15 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fractured Ribs. Hypertrophy and Dilatation of the Heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of fractured ribs. The injury was received on the day of admission from a cab. He had an old cough and complained a good deal of difficulty breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1856
Date of death: 17 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This child was said to have been always very weak and ailing. A month before admission she had burnt the left arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident