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Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1907
Date of death: 27 Oct 1907
Disease (transcribed): Malignant lympho-sarcoma disease of stomach. Chronic peritonitis and right sided pleurisy with effusion
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had increasing weakness for three months with progressive enlargement of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Photographer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1897
Date of death: 15 Dec 1897
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of mouth
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Mouth)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
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 examination after death'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1912
Date of death: 12 Jan 1912
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of pyloric end of stomach. Haematemesis from ulceration of a gastric vessel. Posterior gastro jejunostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Haematemesis (Upper gastrointestinal tract); Ulcer (Stomach); Gastric bypass (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: In September 1911 a posterior gastro jejunostomy was performed for pain caused by carcinoma of the pylorus. The patient made a good recovery but the pain returned with great severity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, liver, spleen, pancreas, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Mail driver
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1908
Date of death: 18 Jan 1908
Disease (transcribed): Disseminated malignant disease. (Growth removed 3 ½ years ago from tongue reported on as simple papilloma. Recurrence. Half tongue removed in July last. Report inflamed simple papilloma]
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Tongue); Operation (Tongue)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had a growth removed from his tongue in August 1907. He felt quite well until Christmas 1907 when he noticed a lump in the right side of the neck which seemed to come up suddenly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1889
Date of death: 27 Nov 1889
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of bladder. Obstruction to ureters. Hydronephrosis (Endocarditis ulcerative)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder); Obstruction (Ureter); Hydronephrosis (Kidney); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The day before admission he noticed his urine was very dark and full of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, urinary trach and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1893
Date of death: 8 May 1893
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of the bladder
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder)

Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On January 2nd the patient noticed blood in his water and had been passing blood on and off ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Perineum, bladder, pancreas, kidneys, liver, spleen, pleurae, lungs, bronchi, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1912
Date of death: 9 Sep 1912
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of bronchus. Secondary growths in brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had sudden pain in the right forearm four days ago followed by steadily increasing weakness in that limb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, prostate, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manager
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Aug 1902
Date of death: 3 Sep 1902
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma vesicae
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
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: Woodman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1902
Date of death: 10 Feb 1903
Disease (transcribed): Pachypleuritis neoplastica (primary endothelioma of right pleura). Growth by extension into body of 12th dorsal vertebra, lung and diaphragm. Secondary growths gastro-hepatic omentum. Pleurisy. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pleura); Cancer (Spine); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Diaphragm); Cancer (Intestines); Pleurisy (Pleura);Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with history of pain in the back and abdomen for three months with rapid loss of flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, infratreacheal glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and spinal column
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1913
Date of death: 8 May 1913
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of rectum. Abdomino-perineal excision. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Excision (Abdomen); Excision (Perineum); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Oram, Evelyn Henry Bardens
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: He had increasing constipation for six months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, bronchi, pericardium, heart, aorta, oesophagus, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, bladder and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 46
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1920
Date of death: 23 Mar 1920
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease mediastinum and invasion of Rt [Right] lung – septic bronchopneumonia and empyema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Mediastinum); Disease (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic); Empyema (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'Present illness. For a month he had suffered with cough, pain in the chest and haemoptysis. Has had 'weak lungs' since he was gassed in 1916'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, mediastinum, pulmonary vessels, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, testicles, stomach, intestines, appendix

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dustman
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1918
Date of death: 12 Mar 1918
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of oesophagus opening the right bronchus. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: 'Difficulty in swallowing for 2 months. Could not swallow even fluids for last week. Getting very thin. He worked until 5 days ago, when he felt too weak to go on. No pain. Slight cough. Bowels regular’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bottle dealer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1913
Date of death: 9 Sep 1913
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach. Gastrectomy. Death from shock
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Gastrectomy (Stomach); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For four months this man had been troubled with vomiting which of late occurred some three hours after every meal.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1903
Date of death: 4 Oct 1903
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the gall bladder. Secondary growths in the liver and left kidney. General suppurative peritonitis. Oedema of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Gall bladder); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidney); Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of indigestion, heartburn and pain in the chest and back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, bronchi, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and genito-urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1885
Date of death: 13 Dec 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum. Recto vesical fistula. Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Fistula (Intestines); Extravasation of urine (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Five months ago he began to have almost constant desire to micturate and he noticed that the urine had a very foul smell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, intestines and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commercial traveller
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1914
Date of death: 29 Mar 1914
Disease (transcribed): Malignant growth involving stomach and portal vein. Aspiration pneumonia. Tape worm
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Veins); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung); Cestoda (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had increasing debility with epigastric pain occurring directly after food for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1908
Date of death: 17 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the pancreas. Cerebral haemorrhage (subdural)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, pericardium, aorta, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, alimentary canal, mesenteric glands, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, prostate and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1881
Date of death: 24 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of pelvis
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'The boy had his left thigh amputated at the left hip joint on March 13th for a sarcomatous tumour involving the upper half of the femur and infiltrating the capsule of the joint. Its growth was attributed to a fall received a year before admission. The ordinary operation of cutting the anterior flap by transfixion was impossible on account of the connections of the tumour'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer’s assistant
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1916
Date of death: 16 Apr 1916
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral tumour
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He had been in poor health since the death of his wife and sister twenty months ago. He had frequent attacks of giddiness and faintness for the last three months and the sight rapidly failed. He had headaches for some months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1845
Date of death: 31 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in lungs, in sub-pleural cellular tissue, in intestines, kidneys & mesenteric glands. Extensive inflammation of the sub-arachnoid cellular tissue with white softening of the central part of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, tissue, intestines, kidneys, mesenteric glands); Inflammation (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had ‘caught cold’ in the December before his admission and shortly after an abscess made its appearance without any very evident cause upon the back of the hand. Three months after this some abscesses made their appearance near the right shoulder and a few weeks after the left shoulder became similarly affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway clerk
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1903
Date of death: 19 Jun 1903
Disease (transcribed): Pyloric carcinoma. Gastroenterostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Gastroenterostomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Gender: Male
Age: 77
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1904
Date of death: 9 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the pancreas (head). Secondary deposits in the liver
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Pancreas, liver);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
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: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1900
Date of death: 27 Jul 1900
Disease (transcribed): Biliary obstruction. Carcinoma of ampulla of vater
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Bile ducts); Cancer (Bile ducts)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Ten weeks before admission the patient had pain in the abdomen after dinner. A week later he became jaundiced and the urine was a dark colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas and duodenum, urinary tract, alimentary canal and kidneys. The post mortem contains a report by humphry davy rolleston ‘primary carcinoma of the ampulla of vater with report of a case presenting some features of interest’
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sailor. Postman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1916
Date of death: 20 Mar 1916
Disease (transcribed): Primary malignant mucoid endothelioma (carcinoma) of the peritoneum. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: There had been gradual increase in size of the abdomen for the last five years, but especially during the last fifteen months. He was discharged from the Navy five years ago with a growth of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, prostate and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a