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Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1864
Date of death: 11 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Inflamed legs, with sloughy sores
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Williams, Charles Theodore
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient admitted May 25th with inflamed leg & sloughing of the cuticle’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1845
Date of death: 10 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Burn extending over legs, thighs, abdomen etc. Larynx & pharynx only part examined, nothing remarkable
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'The clothes of this patient caught fire, and when admitted it was found that the whole thickness of the eutis had been destroyed for a great extent upon the legs, thighs, body, arms and neck’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, larynx

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1845
Date of death: 16 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive compound fracture of the leg, extending into the ankle-joint, with suppuration in the joint
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Ankle)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient fell from the top of a hay rick, alighting upon his feet and was brought to the hospital, a distance of 14 miles in a cart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1870
Date of death: 16 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had lived intemperately and had had delirium tremens several times, the last attack three months before the accident. He was kicked on the left leg by a horse, producing a compound comminuted fracture of the left tibia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsule
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1877
Date of death: 6 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1845
Date of death: 19 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with extensive laceration of the cerebrum & cerebellum, produced by a chisel
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Admitted at a quarter to three PM. It appeared that a chisel had fallen upon his head a distance of 70 or 80 feet, and that the point had penetrated almost perpendicularly into the brain. A portion of the brain protruded upon his admission, and there was some oozing of blood from the wound. He was in a state of complete collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1845
Date of death: 19 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee joint. Amputation of thigh. Low pneumonia and incipient 2ndary deposit in spleen
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Thigh); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Spleen)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that 12 months before her admission she struck her knee, and it was then followed by slight swelling of the joint. Six weeks ago she again struck and it became again swollen and painful. It was never sufficiently painful to cause her to discontinue using it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1845
Date of death: 25 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull, with laceration of the brain. Tubercular & setaceous deposits in mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Tuberculosis (Mesenteric glands)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad was thrown from a horse shortly before his admission and was reported immediately afterwards to have been sick’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1856
Date of death: 1 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the Uterus
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A married woman who stated that her illness began eighteen months ago by profuse monthly discharge, followed ten weeks ago with severe pains in the back and thighs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1864
Date of death: 23 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
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: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1845
Date of death: 26 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn. Mucous surface of duodenum slightly increased in vascularity. Other viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an extensive burn situated upon the right arm, right side of the chest, neck and face, and apparently in many places having destroyed the whole thickness of the skin. Her clothes had caught fire shortly before her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1845
Date of death: 28 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg, with extensive suppuration. Pleurisy in right side, and 2ndary deposits in both lungs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to be in the habit of drinking. Whilst in a state of intoxication he fell down stairs, and was brought to the hospital stunned by the fall and with a compound fracture of the right tibia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 06 Sep 1847
Date of death: 06 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the cervical vertebrae. Compression of chord. Sudden death after a few hours.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Death, sudden (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: On examination it was found that the whole body and extremities up to the clavicles were completely paralysed. These symptoms had followed a fall from a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, spinal chord, blood and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1845
Date of death: 28 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine with softening of the spinal chord. Extensive ruptures, perfectly united, about the liver and right kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Rupture (Liver, kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have been subject to fits of giddiness for several years and it was supposed to be during one of these that he walked forwards off a hay rick about 30 feet high. He was reported to have fallen upon his back across a large piece of wood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 04 Aug 1847
Date of death: 07 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Flabby heart. Medullary disease of bronchial glands and lungs. Ascites. Small malignant tubercles under peritoneum. General peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from ascites. She had suckled her child up to two months ago, when gradually increasing debility warned her that it was necessary to give up suckling. About this time her legs began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 04 Aug 1847
Date of death: 10 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive abscess round the knee joint. Secondary abscesses of lungs. Kidneys enormously enlarged.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This patient was admitted for considerable enlargement of the right knee joint of nine months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right extremity, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1847
Date of death: 12 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pleuritic adhesions of hydrothorax. Dilatation and hypertrophy of left ventricle and fatty heart. Ascites. Thickened peritoneum. Liver diseased. Kidneys granular, the left contracted. Spleen softened.
Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Thickening (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Disease (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted suffering from anasarca of long duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1845
Date of death: 29 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Large fibrous tumour of the uterus blocking up the pelvis, ulcerating and destroying the walls of the vagina both posteriorly and anteriorly and destroying the neck of the bladder. Other viscera healthy
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Ulcer (Vagina, bladder)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Sarah Few, a married woman, of a sallow complexion and emaciated, had had a child 13 years before her admission into the hospital. She stated that she had had some discharge from the vagina for two or three years and the the blood discharged in menstruation had contained during that time some coagula. 15 months ago she found that she was becoming weaker and losing flesh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 07 Sep 1847
Date of death: 14 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with extensive suppuration and fracture of the base of the skull.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Suppuration (Head); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This patients injuries were caused by a wheel of a heavily laden cart passing over the side of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1847
Date of death: 14 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of skull. Extensive extravasation of blood internally with laceration of brain.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: On admission this patient was in a state of complete insensibility. The injury was caused by his falling from a scaffold about eight feet from the ground, upon which his head struck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and heart
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1877
Date of death: 30 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Injury to ankle. Delirium Tremens. Cerebral and pulmonary congestion. Granular kidney. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Injury (Ankle); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: On the day before admission the patient was kicked by another man on the right ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1844
Date of death: 8 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and denudation of bone. Extensive inflammation between the bone and the dura mater with effusion of pusiform fluid both in the cavity of the arachnoid & in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Suppuration in the orbits. Softening of brain. 2ndary deposits in lungs. Kidneys mottled
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Softening (Brain); Deposit (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient fell from a scaffold about 32 feet high and was stunned for half an hour after the fall. When admitted, a lacerated wound presented itself upon the right temple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, orbits, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1845
Date of death: 17 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the spleen, from a fall, with slight laceration of the liver, and effusion of blood into the peritoneum. Lungs loaded with red, frothy serum and partially solidified. Other viscera healthy, except slight thickening of mitral & aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Spleen, liver); Effusion (Abdomen); Disease (Lungs, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have fallen a distance of twenty feet and to have struck his side against a pole. After the injury he remained insensible for some time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1877
Date of death: 3 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured Tibia. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
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: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1845
Date of death: 17 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ulcers on leg. Red hepatisation of inferior lobe, left lung. Dilatation with softening of heart. Old umbilical hernia. Kidneys granular with chronic inflammation and effusion of a patch of lymph in one of the pyramids of Malpighi
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Hepatisation (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an ulcer near the great toe of the right foot and erysipelalous inflammation of the skin of the leg. There were also several abscesses in the cellular membrane of the limb’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a