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Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1897
Date of death: 8 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with effusion
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Effusion (Indeterminate) ()
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
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 examination post mortem allowed'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1909
Date of death: 10 Jan 1910
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis and reflux. Tricuspid stenosis. Hydrothorax. Hydropericardium. Ascites. Gastrectasis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung); Hydropericardium (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Gastrectasis (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted on 6th September 1909. He had had languor, dyspnoea and palpitation, apparently only for a fortnight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1912
Date of death: 7 Jan 1913
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia (right long, upper, mid and lower lobes)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: Sudden onset of pain in the right side of chest, worse on breathing and coughing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1855
Date of death: 14 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Lobular Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: At the time of admission the child's skin was dusky and beginning to get cold, and the lungs were entirely obstructed. The mother reported that the child had always been delicate and had had a cough for some weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1858
Date of death: 8 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined therefore the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1859
Date of death: 12 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was sent to the hospital by a general practitioner in order that he might be treated for a supposed strangulated hernia. His antecedents were as follows. For three years he had been getting thin and suffering from cough, emaciation and occasional haemoptysis. He had been for three months in the hospital for consumption’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864
Date of death: 7 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1868
Date of death: 11 Jan 1868
Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee. Phthisis.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The patient had been in the Hospital at the beginning of the previous year with Phthisis. Six weeks after he went out the right knee began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1882
Date of death: 12 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of larynx. Asphyxia. Laryngotomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Asphyxia (Systemic); Laryngotomy (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: There had been very distinctive syphilitic ulceration of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lastmaker
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1886
Date of death: 6 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had enjoyed good health up to '83 when she contracted bronchitis, which had recurred every winter since'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, uterus
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer’s assistant
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1902
Date of death: 15 Jan 1903
Disease (transcribed): Malignant carcinoma stenosis of pylorus. Gastro-jejunostomy. Septic bronchopneumonia. Brown atrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Gastric bypass (Stomach); Sepsis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Three months before admission he had vomiting with loss of flesh and general weakness commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, portal vein, bile duct, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suparenals, bladder, testes, alimentary canal and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 16 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1907
Date of death: 12 Jan 1908
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for cough, shortness of breath, drowsiness and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurisy, lungs, air tubes, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1847
Date of death: 12 Jan 1848
Disease (transcribed): Secondary abscess of lung, shoulder and hip joints. Fistula in ano. Inflammation of rectal veins. Inflammation of mucous membrane of the rectum.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lung, Shoulder, Hip); Fistula (Anal canal); Inflammation (Veins); Inflammation (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that she had a fistula in ano for six or seven years but that it had caused little inconvenience until three years after its first appearance when it became inflamed. Six weeks previously to her admission she miscarried.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1863
Date of death: 11 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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: Painter
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1873
Date of death: 13 Jan 1874
Disease (transcribed): Injury to hip. Granular kidneys. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Injury (Hip); Disease (Kidney); Hydrothorax (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man had had a fit and fell off the curb stone on to his right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and femur
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1872
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1869
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: No history was obtained in this case.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 6 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of neck. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Neck); Pleuropneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
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: Fitter
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1903
Date of death: 7 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Empyema. Pleurisy with effusion. Pyaemia. Chronic ulcer of stomach. Dilatation of stomach
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Empyema (Lung); Pleurisy (Lung); Pleural effusion (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic); Ulcer (Stomach); Dilatation (Stomach);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'History – I.P. [In-patient] Nov [November] 30 – Dec [December] 16th for gastric ulcer: see medical notes no. 1730.03. Present illness started suddenly on Dec [December] 19th; a rigor and dyspnoea occurred: and on Dec [December] 21st feverishness and pain in the right side was noticed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 6 weeks
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1912
Date of death: 11 Jan 1912
Disease (transcribed): Capillary bronchitis. Broncho pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This child had a cough for three days, anorexia for one day, dyspnoea and cyanosis for a few hours.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thymus, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1894
Date of death: 9 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Commencing tuberculosis.
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'This child had measles shortly before last Christmas - and suffered from cough, continually, since then - no hooping had been noticed, although a brother was suffering from Hooping Cough. There was no history of tubercular symptoms in the family. The child had never had fits nor any previous illness. […] Soon after admission a general convulsion took place. The child died shortly afterwards'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1889
Date of death: 4 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
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: No P.M. examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1852
Date of death: 25 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood in the substance of the lung. Fibrous thickening and consolidation of a portion of the hearts parietes
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted in a state of extreme exhaustion. She was alleged to have been spitting blood all the week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861
Date of death: 11 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had for three of four months suffered from palpitations, cough with expectoration, and slight oedema.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1855
Date of death: 30 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head. Arachinitis. Pus in left lateral sinuses. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Arachnoiditis (Meninges); Suppuration (Nose); Sepsis (Systemic)
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 was originally admitted on 1st March following a kick from a horse, which had inflicted two wounds on the scalp which exposed the bone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right shoulder joint.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident