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Occupation or role: General Servant
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1870
Date of death: 31 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Suppression of urine. Convulsions. Great dilatation of the stomach.
Disease (standardised): Suppression of urine (Bladder); Seizures (Brain); Dilatation (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman stated that her catamenia had been absent for fourteen months, and that since that time she had been very sick periodically and had vomited small quantities of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, stomach and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1872
Date of death: 1 Mar 1872
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Fractured skull. Extensive haemorrhage. Laceration of the brain. Tubercles
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was brought to the hospital in an insensible state, the people who brought him stated that he had been found in some church in that condition but appeared to know very little about it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, bones, cerebrum, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7 years 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1872
Date of death: 27 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: It was stated by the friends of this boy that about two months ago he had had a blow on the head and about fourteen days ago he began to complain of pain in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1872
Date of death: 30 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the eleventh dorsal vertebra. Pressure upon and softening of the spinal cord. Paraplegia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Paraplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given by this man was that for nine months he had had pain in the back, always worse on any exercise. Three weeks ago a slight tingling sensation commenced in the soles of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, bones, spinal cord, liver, spleen, kidneys and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1872
Date of death: 1 Jan 1873
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: No history could be obtained in this case, the patient having no friends. He was a helper in some stables and was found lying amongst some straw in an insensible state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sawyer
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1866
Date of death: 2 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Diabetes mellitus. Erysipelas. Uraemia. Convulsions
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Erysipelas (Skin); Uraemia (Kidney); Seizures (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward. Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He was first attacked by erysipelas followed by general debility and for three weeks before admission he noticed that the quantity of urine passed was very great.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, thorax, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1866
Date of death: 17 Dec 1866
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
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: This woman had been in bad circumstances for some time and she was seized with a fit on the 5th in the evening.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1875
Date of death: 23 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous disease of mesenteric glands. Cerebritis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Mesentery); Cerebritis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This boy complained of pain in his head and when he was first seen by the physician he was considerably emaciated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1851
Date of death: 3 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Delirium & stupor. ‘Wet brain’ & much sub-arachnoid fluid. Miliary tubercular deposits in both lungs. Old double pleurisy. Recent pleurisy on the right side. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Delirium (Nervous system); Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'Was admitted in a state of perfect unconsciousness, but very noisy & excited. Of the nature of his previous illness no distinct account was obtained, but it was alleged that having been out of health for 4 or 5 months he had been rather suddenly seized on the day before his admission with delirium and had been insensible ever since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: n/a
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1851
Date of death: 12 Oct 1851
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma & delirium. Jaundice. Almost universal destruction of the true texture of the liver accompanied by the deposition of much fat
Disease (standardised): Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Nervous system); Jaundice (Skin); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William and Bence Jones, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad stated that his illness was only of a week’s duration, during which he had suffered from sickness & pain at the pit of the stomach and his skin had been of a yellow hue, his water had been of a darker colour than usual, he believed as long as a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1851
Date of death: 25 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation, as well recent, as of older standing in various parts of both temporal bones, accompanied by intense delirium. Nothing more than great redness of the minute cerebral vessels found
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman was originally admitted on the 25th June last. She had felt pain about the left ear 9 weeks before that time, and about the same time a swelling showed itself behind the ear, which burst 4 weeks afterwards. The discharge was at first watery, afterwards purulent. The pain was relieved by the establishment of the discharge’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1851
Date of death: 16 Dec 1851
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Congestion, almost amounting to ecchymosis, of centre of corpora striata & pons variolii
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Congestion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was brought to the hospital in a comatose state and nothing of any importance was learned as to his former condition or history’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1852
Date of death: 18 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Death by coma. Extravasation of blood into the substance of left optic thalamus and both lateral ventricles. Softening of central white parts of the brain. Diseased kidneys. Atheromic state of the arteries in body. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Coma (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Softening (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Fluid (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She was reported to have fallen down in a fit while engaged at the washing tub.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 30 Mar 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Diarrhoea. Vomiting. Coma. Ulceration of intestines. Engorgement and friable state of the lungs. Fluid blood
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Diarrhoea (Intestines); Vomiting (Stomach); Coma (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Lung);Fluid (Blood)
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 patient had been ill only eight or nine days. He had been seized with shivering, pain in the head and in limbs, with some soreness of throat, diarrhoea and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1852
Date of death: 1 Jul 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture with extensive displacement of the last dorsal vertebra, with immediate and permanent loss of sensation and the power of motion. Ulceration of the bladder and perforation owing to retention of urine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Displacement (Spine); Paralysis (Spinal cord); Ulcer (Bladder); Perforation (Bladder); Retention of urine (Bladder)
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 had fallen on the day of his admission a height of about twenty feet from a scaffold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and spinal column
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1852
Date of death: 21 Sep 1852
Disease (transcribed): Hemiplegia. Softening of and extravasation of blood into the brain
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Softening (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She was admitted in a hemiplegic condition with no sensation or motion existing on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1852
Date of death: 3 Nov 1852
Disease (transcribed): General paralysis. Extreme dilatation of ventricles with clear fluid. Softening of white central parts of the brain. Solidification of the lung
Disease (standardised): Paralysis (Brain); Disease (Brain); Solidification (Lung)
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 man had been under treatment for some little time on account of stiffness and feeling of weakness and numbness in both legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1853
Date of death: 1 Mar 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Congested kidneys. Ulcerated intestine. Epileptic fit had occurred
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Congestion (Kidney); Ulcer (Intestines); Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient had been ill three weeks and confined to bed a week. His illness had commenced with headache and shivering, loss of appetite and thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1853
Date of death: 24 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral symptoms. Extensive serous effusion in the cerebral ventricles. Slight consolidation of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Consolidation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Wilson in the early part of September 1851 labouring under a recent cerebral affection.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1854
Date of death: 30 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Effusion into brain. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Effusion (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'Admitted in a very wandering and delirious state, and reported to have been ill 3 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1854
Date of death: 9 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phagedoena connected with fistula in ano. Congested brain
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Anus); Congestion (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 19th of Feb on account of a fistula in ano, the extreme opening of which had been only recently established’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pelvis, thorax, cranium

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 67
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1854
Date of death: 8 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into subarachnoid tissues of brain & into lateral ventricles. Diseased valves of the heart
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitting doctor: Bence Jones, Henry
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital about 2.45pm having been found in the watercloset in a perfectly unconscious state an hour previously. His breathing was thick, & attended with puffing of the cheeks during each expiration. He was twice sick. He never recovered from his comatose state & died in about 4 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 76
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into brain. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman was brought in by a policeman from Chelsea. She was found in a comatose condition, was speechless & had lost all power in the right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, left ventrible, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Tallow chandler
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1855
Date of death: 24 Jun 1855
Disease (transcribed): Eczema. Coma. Unusual amount of fluid in cerebral ventricles.
Disease (standardised): Eczema (Skin); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was a tallow chandler, and had in consequence been much exposed to wheat. Lately he had been subject to eczema of which he had several attacks. The attack which caused his application to the Hospital had lasted about five months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1857
Date of death: 15 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Softening of central white part of brain
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man stated that he was suddenly attacked with pain in the frontal region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium and spinal column
Type of incident: n/a