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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1877
Date of death: 15 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient stated that in December he felt chilly and began to cough. The cough increased with dyspnoea and expectoration then diminished. During the first week only he had shivering and night sweats.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk in holy orders
Gender: Male
Age: 62
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1903
Date of death: 19 Mar 1904
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis – Myocardial degeneration (fibroid) and cardiac dilatation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See med. [medical] notes No. 1617.04 [1904]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Warehouseman
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1898
Date of death: 22 Mar 1898
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Bottomley, Francis Carr
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: This patient had had two previous severe attacks of bronchitis. The present illness commenced with cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, intestines and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1872
Date of death: 23 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas faciei. Fatty heart. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man stated that for the last six months he had had pain in the chest which always became much worse after food, and of late he was subject to cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1875
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral apoplexy. Atheroma of arteries
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was seized suddenly with insensibility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1891
Date of death: 21 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Mitral reflux. Pericardial effusion. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This boy was sent here from the Victoria Hospital for Children (the wards of which were being closed). He had been there for ten weeks, and, it was said, was admitted with his first attack of rheumatism'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gamekeeper
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1888
Date of death: 10 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Vegetations of the mitral valve. Stenosis of the mitral valve. Embolism of the right middle cerebral artery
Disease (standardised): Vegetation (Heart); Disease (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child lived at a village near Amersham in Buckinghamshire. She was in good health till July 1887 when she had acute rheumatism. On Christmas day 1887 she suddenly lost the power of moving her left arm and leg. She recovered power in her left leg so that she was able to walk about: the arm improved more slowly’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, abdomen, thorax, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Paper stainer
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1904
Date of death: 13 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Adherent pericardium. Recent acute endocarditis. Oedema. Nutmeg liver. Cardiac lungs and spleen
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver); Disease (Lungs, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'At the age of 13 the patient had rheumatic fever & chorea, and shortly after this began to suffer with morbus cordis. He was treated in the hospital for the first six months of 1902, for mitral stenosis & regurgitation, pleurisy with effusion on the left side, and pericarditis; there was considerable hypertrophy of the heart, & some dilation. Anaemia & dyspnoeic attacks were also features of the case’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Piano maker
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1902
Date of death: 30 Mar 1902
Disease (transcribed): Infective endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Medical Notes 487. 02
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1897
Date of death: 7 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Aortic and mitral reflux
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Heart); Aortic valve insufficiency (Heart); Mitral valve insufficiency (Heart) ()
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1880
Date of death: 23 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Mitral valve disease and bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: He was admitted in a state of extreme cyanosis and there was considerable oedema of the legs and body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1844
Date of death: 29 Apr 1844
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy of the Pons with considerable effusion into the ventricles and in the subarachnoid cellular tissue. Left ventricle hypertrophied. Kidneys mottled and granular.
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain ); Hypertrophy (Brain ); Mottled, Granular (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was a man of very intemperate habits and had been drinking freely. He fell down suddenly in a fit of insensibility and was brought to the Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1870
Date of death: 27 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Morbus Cordis.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient stated that she had suffered from disease of the heart for a year, and for the last month had had dropsy of the legs and abdomen. She had had acute rheumatism three times, the last attack 20 years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Photographer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1867
Date of death: 12 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Fibrous degeneration of lungs. Early cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Fibrosis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: For two years he had been unable to exert himself much, on account of the palpitation and dyspnoea following exercise. He had suffered for four months from cold and one attack of haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1892
Date of death: 13 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Acute endocarditis. Double hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Three weeks before her admission into the hospital she was attacked by what a medical man diagnosed as influenza, but it was very possible that the girl was also suffering from acute rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenal bodies, kidneys, bladder, uterus and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1893
Date of death: 24 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Aortic reflux
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man became suddenly faint while driving his cab, and died before admission here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1914
Date of death: 26 Mar 1914
Disease (transcribed): Acute bronchitis. Bronchopneumonia. Dilated heart. Thrombosis of left internal carotid and left mid cerebral arteries. P. Influenzal pneumonia. Softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Thrombosis (Arteries); Influenza, human (Respiratory tract); Pneumonia (Lung);Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stanfield
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had increasing shortness of breath, with palpitations and faintness for a fortnight, with swelling of legs for a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, uterus, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1899
Date of death: 17 Mar 1899
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer. Pulmonary embolism
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Pulmonary embolism (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'About 3 wks [weeks] before admission patient complained of epigastric pain after food followed by vomiting in about an hour. On Mar [March] 5th about 1 hr: [hour] after tea she vomited about half a teacupful of blood. There had been no milaena. Bowels regular. Catamenia regular. She had had dyspnoea 3 years before but had not suffered in this way since. Nothing else noteworthy in her family or previous medical history'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hotel porter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1901
Date of death: 22 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic cirrhosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for dyspnoea and oedema of the legs with some ascites.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, testes, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Coachman
  Age: 56
  Gender: Male
  Date of admission: 26 Jan 1907
  Date of death: 29 Mar 1907
  Disease (transcribed): Aortic regurgitation (due to old acute endocarditis). Multiple empyemata [Resection of portion of rib and drainage]
  Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Empyemata (Thorax); Resection (Rib); Drainage (Thorax)
  Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
• Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
  Medical examination performed by: n/a
  Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
  Medical notes: n/a
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals and genito-urinary organs
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1855
Date of death: 28 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Hypertrophy and dilatation of Heart
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had enjoyed excellent health until eighteen months ago when he was attacked with what he called 'slight bronchitis' which he had never been able to shake off.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, heart and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a