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Occupation or role: Publican
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1887
Date of death: 14 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of brain; fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: '[No history] could be obtained, excepting that he is said to have got into trouble over money matters & to have placed a pistol in his mouth & to have pulled the trigger'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1890
Date of death: 11 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient was a child aged 10 months. Her mother brought her to the hospital in the night of the 8th and apparently took no further interest in the case.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs and trachea
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1886
Date of death: 29 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart. Aortic incompetence. Mitral dilatation. Haemorrhage into cardiac walls. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had always been well up to 1878 when he had acute rheumatism. For the last six months he had had shortness of breath with occasional cough and sternal pain for the last six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1887
Date of death: 14 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Little was known of the patient except that she had been vaguely unwell when she travelled from Scotland to her situation in London on Ap 1st'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1889
Date of death: 5 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: She was sent to St George’s with a letter from her medical attendant. He said that he was called in on April 1st when he found that she had pleurisy with effusion and congestion of the right lung.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Warehouseman
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1890
Date of death: 15 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The man began to feel ill in April 1888. The first symptoms were hunger, thirst and loss of flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, bladder and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1886
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Haemorrhage into the lung
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1887
Date of death: 15 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient's mother was rheumatic, but he himself has never had more marked rheumatism than pains in the back & shoulders. Measles was the only specific fever he had had'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Time keeper
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1890
Date of death: 15 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Cirrhosis of liver (coarse)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: Two years before his admission the man was laid up for a week with cough. He had no other illness until March 8th when he began to feel weak. The chief symptoms was cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Army pensioner
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1887
Date of death: 15 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis and sequelae
Disease (standardised): Stenosis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had served 11 years in Royal Horse Artillery, part of the time in India, but beyond slight muscular rheumatism had had good health'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1889
Date of death: 5 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Brights disease with ascites from pale granular contracted kidneys
Disease (standardised): Glomerulonephritis (Kidney); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He had many attacks of gout, about fifteen altogether. In 1888 the patient had puffiness under his eyes for a week, and swelling of his legs for three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, brain and eyes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1886
Date of death: 29 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia (grey hepatisation)
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had rigors on March 21st when cough came on and pain in the right axilla from the 22nd.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1889
Date of death: 5 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Twenty days before his admission he was in Rome. He returned via San Remo, Cannes and Bologne. After his return he lived at 35 Chesham Place, Belgrave Square where he slept below ground. Four days after his return to London he had an attack of shivering followed by pains in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, abdomen, thorax, heart, trachea, bronchi, intestines, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, tongue, palate and pharynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Van boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1888
Date of death: 2 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism with heart disease. Pericarditis. Disease of mitral and aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Gamgee, Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'IP [in-patient] 1887. Notes not now at the hospital. After leaving the hospital the patient was able to walk about & was fairly comfortable, but scant of breath. When he came into the hospital, he was very anaemic. The symptoms for which he sought relief were ‘pain at the heart’ and shortness of breath. There was no oedema’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, heart, pericardium, larynx, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1886
Date of death: 29 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (mixed form: lobar and lobular)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: When quite young he had dyspnoea on exertion or when in dusty places, and every winter he had bronchitis with attacks of dyspnoea which became worse every year. For six months prior to admission he had emaciated much with pains in the chest and back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1887
Date of death: 16 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had been a soldier & was said to have had a sunstroke in Aden [Yemen]. Subsequently he was a road sweeper of intemperate habits'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 12 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Aortic disease. Dilatation or aorta and atheroma. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Dilatation (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: Died at Wimbledon
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1887
Date of death: 18 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Granular (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient, who was a painter, was not known by his wife to have had colic gout or any other illness. There was no history of alcohol or syphilis'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chambermaid
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1886
Date of death: 31 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Thickening of the mitral valve
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Oedema of the legs had existed for two months, varying in amount, with slight oedema of the eyelids and cough with increasing dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1890
Date of death: 17 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Newton, Reginald Frederick Henry
Medical notes: He had had syphilis but no secondary symptoms. His chief complaint was that he spat up blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Porter
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1886
Date of death: 1 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She had had no previous illness of any gravity, but had had bronchitis for two months. She had a rigor on the 20th March, with pain since then in the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1888
Date of death: 2 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of an ulcer in the vermiform appendix. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 boy was generally in good health. On March 21st he had acute abdominal pain. On the 22nd, 23rd & 24th vomiting, on the 25th he was weak, his bowels were open’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1889
Date of death: 7 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (red hepatisation) of right lung upper and lower lobes and left lung lower lobe
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: On March 24th he began to have a cold in the head of which the symptoms were sneezing, running of the eyes and nose and some cough.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, bronchial tubes, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1887
Date of death: 19 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis and sequelae
Disease (standardised): Stenosis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted in a moribund condition & not examined'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1888
Date of death: 2 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis with collapse of left lower lobe of lung. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Collapse (Lung); Disease (Heart)
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 had suffered from rheumatism ‘years ago’. She was not good at dates. Two years before admission she had had bronchitis. For a week before she came in she suffered much from cough and shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, pericadium, heart, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver

Type of incident: n/a