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Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1882
Date of death: 7 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of thigh
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
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: Coachman
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1877
Date of death: 30 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the knee joint. Extensive bedsores etc
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Pressure ulcer (Skin);
Admitting doctor: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Fell between Railway carriages and Platform. Symptoms. Much Collapsed – No evidence of Skull injury. Right Femur dislocated at Hip onto Dorsum Ilii. Whole of right buttock occupied by a very large Haematoma which which extended over hip and down thigh'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee joint, hip
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1878
Date of death: 11 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diseased ankle joint. Scrofulous disease of kidney and tubercle of the lung
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Four months ago without apparent cause parts about right ankle became swollen, red and painful – Soon a small sore formed on inner side and has shown no disposition to heal – No syphilis – For years subject to cough and expectoration – No haemoptysis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tobacconist
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1878
Date of death: 4 Aug 1878
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitting doctor: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Three months before admission was seized with acute pain in left knee – In 3 wks [weeks] knee began to swell – Since that frequent starting pains and on any movement great agony. No injury – Always a weakly subject'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, veins
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1893
Date of death: 12 May 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man caught his right foot in a hole and fell forwards, fracturing the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, head, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Fitter
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1904
Date of death: 1 Nov 1904
Disease (transcribed): Fractures of the skull, right olecranon, and right femur. Haemo-thorax. Extensive subperitoneal haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, elbow, leg); Haemothorax (Lung); Haemorrhage (Peritoneum);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident? Violence?

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1878
Date of death: 25 Oct 1878
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of thigh. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Stated to have fallen from a scaffold 50 or 60 feet high. Symptoms Oct [October] 22. Great collapse – Pulse quick and weak – Respiration catchy – Hacking cough – Intense sharp pain in right chest'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, left femur
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Gender: Female
Age: 50
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1878
Date of death: 30 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Rt. [Right] femoral hernia, operated
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh);
Admitting doctor: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was under the care of Physician on account of severe Bronchitis – Nothing was known of the rupture, by herself or anyone else till one morning during an attack of coughing it came down and was strangulated. Vomiting soon set in. Twelve hours later Mr Haward operated'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1893
Date of death: 15 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of fibula. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On Boxing Day the child knocked the leg and soon after began to complain of pain in the leg. In a few days the leg became swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Legs, hip joint, head, brain, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas and liver
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: May 1881
Date of death: May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Periostitis of tibia. Disorganisation of knee joint
Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Leg); Disease (Knee joint)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
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: [No occupation]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1877
Date of death: 6 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Hip disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The child left the Small Pox Hospital about a month before her admission into St George's. During her convalescence from Small Pox an abscess formed over the left temporal region which was opened. She had been experiencing great pain about the right hip, and later swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, abdominal viscera, brain, pelvis and hip joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Artist
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1899
Date of death: 28 Dec 1899
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of right lung (both lobes). Fracture of right thigh
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Roderick, Henry Buckley
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and right thigh
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1876
Date of death: 31 Dec 1876
Disease (transcribed): Diseased knee: amputation:thrombosis of veins
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Knee); Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a history of having had a diseased knee for eleven years. Eleven weeks before admission she fell down and injured the knee. The case was taken from Mr Morgan's notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus and intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1879
Date of death: 13 Dec 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Albuminuric enteritis. Intestinal obstruction. Localised peritonitis. Abscess in the pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Albuminuria (Kidney); Enteritis (Intestines); Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient, a pallid and feeble old man, was admitted with a fracture of the thigh just below the small trochanter and a wound of the right wrist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1879
Date of death: 17 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous tumour in cerebellum. Ventricular dropsy. Asphyxia. Chronic disease of knee joint
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain); Oedema (Brain); Asphyxia (Respiratory system); Disease (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted on account of disease of the left knee of some twelve years standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1889
Date of death: 13 Nov 1889
Disease (transcribed): Amputation through knee joint. Haemorrhage (secondary)
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient was admitted on October 23rd with a chronic ulcer of the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1900
Date of death: 10 Oct 1900
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of thigh. Cachexia
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Leg); Cachexia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Surgical Notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1879
Date of death: 9 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Removal of exostosis from the tibia. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Exostoses (Leg); Operation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Stirling, Edward Charles
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted on account of an exostosis on the upper part of the left tibia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, blood, liver, spleen, brain, veins, glands, tongue and tonsils
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1880
Date of death: 23 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Compound fractured leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William 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: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1892
Date of death: 6 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The accident was caused by a lift giving way, and he came down from the loft to the bottom of a high building.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Limbs, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, intestines, vermiform appendix, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart and aorta
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1892
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of the skull. Dislocation of left hip
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Dislocation (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Medical notes: Not seen by surgical registrar. Brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 85
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 31 Jul 1895
Disease (transcribed): Intracapsular fracture of hip. Calculus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Hip); Calculi (Urinary tract)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination required
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jun 1898
Date of death: 12 Jun 1898
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of basis cranii. Fracture of pelvis of humerus, of femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Pelvis); Fracture (Humerus); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: The patient was said to have fallen down from an open window on the second floor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, skull and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bookmaker
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1900
Date of death: 19 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes, gangrene, amputation
Disease (standardised): Diabetes Mellitus (Pancreas); Gangrene (Foot); Amputation (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Post mortem examination performed by: Vellacott, Philip Northcott
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with gangrene of the right foot which had begun a week before as a small black spot. He complained of numbness, pins and needles and pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, arteries, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a