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Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1865
Date of death: 1 Feb 1865
Disease (transcribed): Condylomata. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Condylomata (Genitalia); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1864
Date of death: 26 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Cut (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: Suicide?

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1864
Date of death: 20 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of breast. Enteritis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Breast); Enteritis (Intestines); Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with the history that she was confined a month ago, she suckled her child for a ten days. Ten days after her confinement, from the nipple having been sore, she gave up suckling & the breasts became enlarged & painful. They afterwards burst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1864
Date of death: 16 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scald. Capillary bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1864
Date of death: 31 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs. Laceration of lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted at 12.50pm with the history that he was crossing the road, when he was knocked down by the shaft of a light cart, the wheel then passing over his body’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1864
Date of death: 14 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis & collapse of lungs
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen (‘the uterus contained a foetus, which was judged to have attained about the 5th month of its development’)

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1864
Date of death: 14 Jul 1864
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. False passage. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Prostate); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1864
Date of death: 23 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia, strangulated but relieved by operation. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Died from a low form of pneumonia. Case not entered’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1864
Date of death: 5 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of leg. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Was admitted on February 22nd with a sloughing ulcer about 5 inches in length over the left tibia. This patient had been confined for about a year in a lunatic asylum, from which place she received her discharge a few days before her admission into this hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 3 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of skull. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Skull); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Contracted syphilis in 1858, & was not put under the mercurial treatment: a secondary eruption appeared in 1860, and in 1862 several nodes formed in various parts of the skull, but disappeared under treatment. He was salivated in 1859 for a sore on the penis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1863
Date of death: 18 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Synovitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Synovitis (Joints); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She stated on her admission that she had enjoyed good health until three weeks ago about which time she noticed that her left knee was painful and that it was larger than the other.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and left knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cloak maker
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1863
Date of death: 7 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Poisoned finger. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Poisoned (Finger); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
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: Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1863
Date of death: 19 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Disease of kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: About fourteen days before admission he had retention of urine which was relieved by a catheter.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1862
Date of death: 18 Sep 1862
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic ulceration of fauces. Death from exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Ulcer (Pharynx); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This case was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Infant
Age: 14 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1861
Date of death: 12 Nov 1861
Disease (transcribed): Blister on chest. Secondary abscess in lung.
Disease (standardised): Blister (Thorax); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Venning, Edgcombe
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a large wound. The mother gave the following history, that a fortnight prior to admission she took the child to the Kensington Dispensary on account of some affection of the chest, for which a blister was applied.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860
Date of death: 20 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Excision of sebaceous tumours of scalp. Diffuse inflammation of scalp. Diphtheritic inflammation of pharynx. Erysipelas of face
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Diphtheria (Pharynx); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital with 3 small sebaceous tumours of the scalp, which had existed for some years. Latterly they had [been] increasing in size & he was anxious to have them removed. He was a footman and although not a drunkard he had been in the habit of drinking a considerable amount of beer & spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1856
Date of death: 27 Apr 1856
Disease (transcribed): Laryngotomy. Oedema and sloughing of fauces in salivation
Disease (standardised): Laryngotomy (Larynx); Oedema (Pharynx); Sloughing (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man had been under the case of a medical man about a month before his admission on account of inflammation of the lung.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1844
Date of death: 5 Dec 1855
Disease (transcribed): Arachnoiditis after an injury of the head. Secondary inflammation and deposits in the lungs.
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Meninges); Inflammation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1852
Date of death: 6 Feb 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of the dorsal vertebrae with softening of the cervical bones. Abscesses in connection with the spinal column at posterior part of thorax. Urgent dyspnoea and dysphagia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Spine); Abscess (Spine); Dyspnoea (Lung); Deglutition disorders (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He had been subject for many years to a scrofulous affection and there were marks of old ulceration in the neck and under the angle of the jaw.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, interior surfaces of cervical vertebrae and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1851
Date of death: 10 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fever with ulceration of the mucous membrane of the ileum. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Congestion (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: 'It was difficult to obtain any distinct account of his symptoms from this patient. His manner was hesitating and his speech slow, his face flushed, expression of countenance dull & heavy, pulse 136, skin inclined to be cold. It appeared that he had come up from the country about 3 months before, had been ailing ever since, & had some sort of illness 3 or 4 weeks ago by which he had been confined to bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1851
Date of death: 21 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Large stone in bladder. Lithotrity. Inflammation of bladder & urethra, with an ulcerated opening in the front part of the latter, & a foul abscess. Inflammation of right kidney etc. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Partial softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Calculus (Bladder); Operation (Bladder); Inflammation (Bladder, urethra, kidneys); Abscess (Urethra); Pneumonia (Lungs); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient who was a shoemaker & a native of Kent, was admitted with symptoms of stone in the bladder, there being slight pain in the perineum particularly after the evacuation of the urine, & occasional attacks of retention which he stated to be invariable preceded by the passage of blood with the water’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, urethra, thorax, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1851
Date of death: 11 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Emphysema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'An exceedingly pale-faced man who applied first for relief as an out-patient on 14th January, complaining of pain across the loins, and headache, with white tongue & confined bowels. He said his health had been failing for a year past, but no cause could be discerned for his ex-sanguine condition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1851
Date of death: 8 Feb 1851
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughing wound of the scalp. Exposure of both parietal bones. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Two hours before his admission this old man, who was a carpenter, fell from the joists of a building, & struck the top of his head against a piece of wood which as on the ground. He was but slightly stunned tho’ he fell from a height of several feet. There was considerable haemorrhage (from the wound) which produced extreme exhaustion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1851
Date of death: 12 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diarrhoea. Right lung hepatized. Ulceration of mucous membrane of caecum & peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Hepatization (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient said she had been ailing about a [fortnight] commencing with cough, headache, pains in the limbs &c. 5 days before admission she had a severe shivering followed by great heat of skin, but not perspiration. She complaining of a feeling of general debility with loss of appetite and much thirst, & pain in the abdomen. The bowels have acted 9 times during the last 24 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a