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Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1862
Date of death: 20 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted having fallen from a window down into the area below, a distance of twelve feet, pitching upon his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 42
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1854
Date of death: 24 Jul 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine. Fractured sternum
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Fracture (Rib cage)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had fallen off a hayrick, a height apparently of about 20 feet, early in the morning of the day of admission, but was not brought here till the evening, the accident having happened some miles oout of town. He was a man of great size & weight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1855
Date of death: 21 Jan 1855
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of Femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted on account of an injury to the right thigh from falling out of bed. She was in the last stage of senile decay and extremely emaciated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right hip joint
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1856
Date of death: 6 Aug 1856
Disease (transcribed): Compressed comminuted fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had fallen from a scaffold, a height it was said of about 25 feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1858
Date of death: 5 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Simple fracture of the skull; rupture of the middle meningeal artery
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'On the evening of his admission, it was reported by eye witnesses that he had been run over by some vehicle, & supposed to have ben trodden on by the horse. On examination the face was bruised, there was a small scalp wound, not reaching the bone, on the upper & back part of left side of head no depression of bone could be found’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 21 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1859
Date of death: 23 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mesenteric disease. Incipient rickets. Diseased liver. Old burn
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Abdomen); Rickets (Bones); Disease (Liver); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with an extensive burn of the left arm, extending from the shoulder to the back of the hand. It was cut very deep, except in one part about the middle of forearm. She was also evidently suffering from tabies mesentericus which was supposed to have existed for 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1859
Date of death: 22 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the thigh. Diffuse cellular inflammation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Inflammation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man was admitted for compound fracture of the left thigh, having fallen from a scaffold forty five feet from the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right thigh, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857
Date of death: 25 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Strumous disease of the knee. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Leg); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This child had been twice in the hospital before and been to Margate, where his condition had somewhat improved.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and right knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1853
Date of death: 16 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Injury to the head. Exposure of bone. Trephining. Pus external to dura mater also in the sub-arachnoidean tissue. Secondary lobular pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Trephining (Skull); Suppuration (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient had been for two weeks under the care of the House Surgeon for phagadena.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1861
Date of death: 14 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Injury to head and spine
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Injury (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Venning, Edgcombe
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1853
Date of death: 16 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the skull with depression. Blood, recent fibrin, and purulent fluid under the arachnoid. Bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Fibrin (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy had been driving a cart up to town and had fastened the reins around his wrist. The horse, taking fright, upset the cart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1858
Date of death: 15 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Extensive injury to the soft parts, & fracture, of the lower extremity
Disease (standardised): Injury (Legs); Fracture (Legs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of collapse, the subject of extensive injury of the lower limb due to the accidental action of machinery’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1858
Date of death: 3 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1857
Date of death: 30 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: He was at work on a scaffolding insecurely made, which giving way he was precipitated to the ground a distance of about thirty five feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1856
Date of death: 30 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with paralysis of the lower extremities and angular curvature of the spine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1860
Date of death: 30 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Acute necrosis of bones of foot
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right foot, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1860
Date of death: 11 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Very shortly before admission this patient was getting from the top of an omnibus, when his toe caught in the open part of the step, he could not disengage his foot, the whole weight of the body hanging upon it. As soon as he was removed from this position he was brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1857
Date of death: 16 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of right leg. Softening of heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Softening (Heart); Softening (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: He was brought to the hospital with a compound fracture. It appeared from his account that the leg had become jammed between the saddle of a pony his was riding and the wheel of a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1860
Date of death: 9 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1853
Date of death: 27 Jun 1853
Disease (transcribed): Lumbar abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body at the request of the friends was not examined.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1862
Date of death: 16 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a state of partial insensibility. He had fallen off a ladder, some fourteen feet, to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 10 May 1854
Date of death: 12 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs. Ulcerated epiglottis. Ulcerations of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Leg); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Gray, Henry
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted under the surgeon by some mistake. He had laboured under pulmonary phthisis for about a year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1859
Date of death: 3 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Injury to the brain. Fractured radius and clavicle (and ? Ribs)
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Injury (Brain); Fracture (Arm); Fracture (Clavicle); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Therefore the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 7
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1853
Date of death: 11 May 1854
Disease (transcribed): Disease of cervical vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Disease (Vertebrae)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not reported’
Post mortem notes: 'The body was removed unexamined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1860
Date of death: 29 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation & hypertrophy of the skull. Chronic arachnitis. Trephining. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Arachnitis (Brain); Trephining (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was at work at the railway bridge at Pimlico, when a stone about the size of a man’s fist fell 30 feet onto his head. He was picked up insensible & conveyed here with as little delay as possible. On admission he was just recovering from his concussion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident