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Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1898
Date of death: 3 Mar 1898
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from a hernia thirteen years ago which had been operated on at Kings College Hospital. The day before admission a rupture appeared on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, testicles, stomach and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1898
Date of death: 14 Apr 1898
Disease (transcribed): Perforated appendix. General peritonitis. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: She was taken ill on April 8th with vomiting and great pain in the lower part of the right side of the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only partial examination allowed
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 90
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1898
Date of death: 29 Nov 1898
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the prostate. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Prostate); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 unable to pass urine on the evening of the 27th November.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Partial examination only permitted
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Gender: Female
Age: 27
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1899
Date of death: 22 Jan 1899
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis after operation for intussusception
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Intussusception (Intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Not seen by Sl. Rr. [Surgical Registrar]. Acute intussusception: 5 days: Laparotomy: resection of 5 ft of gangrenous gut. Death 30 hrs [hours] after opn [operation]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Gender: Female
Age: 34
Date of admission: 7 Jun 1899
Date of death: 24 Jun 1899
Disease (transcribed): Recurrent perityphlitis: laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Perityphlitis (Caecum); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
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: Carman
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1899
Date of death: 16 Jun 1899
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous perforating appendicitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Gangrene (Appendix);
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: 'Typical history of acute perityphlitis: with one slight attack 6 months previously. General health always good. June 11 the attack commenced with intense pain in caecal region – vomiting – repeated frequently'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1899
Date of death: 3 Nov 1899
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous appendicitis. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Appendix); Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
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: 'History difficult to obtain. Pt [Patient] (originally a healthy woman, suffering from slight dyspepsia for a few weeks off and on), was seized on Oct [October] 28 with severe pain in the pit of the stomach followed shortly by vomiting repeated several times. The pain persisted until admon [admission] on Oct [October] 29'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Door keeper
Gender: Male
Age: 63
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1903
Date of death: 21 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer. Laparotomy. Gastro enterostomy. Leakage. General peritonitis. Septic inhalation Bronchopneumonia with oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Gastroenterostomy (Stomach, intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Sepsis (Lung); Oedema (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: 'History. I.P. [In-patient] in June last under Dr Rolleston: see M.R. [Medical Register] 826.03 [1903]. Readmitted under Dr Ewart on Dec [December] 16. Patient's illness practically dated from 9 years before admission. He then first began to suffer from epigastric pain and vomiting. During the 9 years he had had about 12 attacks, lasting from 3-4 weeks. The pain came on 3 hours after food and was relieved by vomiting. Early in November, the pain and vomiting recurred. On [December] 12, he vomited about Oiss [1.5 pints] of coffee ground material, ¼ hour after taking some warm milk'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1904
Date of death: 2 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Perforated gastric ulcer. General peritonitis. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
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: 'History. Dec [December] 27th onset of sudden severe pain across the centre of the abdomen: no vomiting: patient took to bed. 28th pain rather better. 29th pain increasing. 31st pain very acute: vomiting commenced. Morphine given: bowels constipated. Treated for 1 month previously for dyspepsia'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Gender: Female
Age: 10/11 days
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1904
Date of death: 16 Feb 1904
Disease (transcribed): Septic infection of umbilicus. General peritonitis. Thickening of inner coats of rectum
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Umbilicus); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Rectum);
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: 'History. Sent up from York Road dying-in Hospital, as a case of imperforate anus. The child had had no action of the bowels since birth, and had vomited 3 times, the vomit being said to have ressembled [sic] meconium. No other symptoms'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1904
Date of death: 23 Feb 1904
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the vermiform appendix. General septic peritonitis. Laparotomies
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sepsis (Systemic); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'History. History of acute symptoms for 3 days: acute abdominal pain, mostly in the epigastrium and R. [Right] iliac fossa: vomiting once at the onset, and once on the following day: absolute constipation for 3 days, in spite of purgatives and enemata. No previous attacks. Always very constipated'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Draper's assist[ant]
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1904
Date of death: 11 Apr 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis and general peritonitis: Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engine cleaner
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Date of admission: 16 May 1904
Date of death: 7 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Portal pyaemia. Pylephlebitis. Abscesses in liver and spleen. General septic peritonitis. Appendicectomy
Disease (standardised): Thrombophlebitis (Portal vein); Abscess (Liver, spleen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sepsis (Abdomen); Appendectomy (Appendix);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Confectioner
Gender: Male
Age: 68
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1904
Date of death: 13 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Excision of portion of Rectum. Fatty heart. (Old endocarditis). Cystitis (Hypospadias). Pyelitis. Gall stones
Disease (standardised): Operation (Intestines); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Cystitis (Bladder); Hypospadias (Urethra); Pyelitis (Kidney); Gallstones (Bladder);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1904
Date of death: 13 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous appendicitis. General peritonitis. Appendicectomy
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Appendix); Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Appendectomy (Appendix);
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: 'History. July 9. Pain in R. [Right] iliac fossa and vomiting: no apparent cause. 10. Pain continued: vomited twice. 11. Pain worse: no further vomiting. Bowels opened once each day naturally. No previous attacks: no previous illnesses'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Motorman
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1904
Date of death: 31 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis and abscess: laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Abscess (Indeterminate); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1904
Date of death: 26 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis and general peritonitis: appendicectomy
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Appendectomy (Appendix);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Apprentice
Gender: Female
Age: 15
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1904
Date of death: 27 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis with a perityphlitic abscess. General septic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Abscess (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sepsis (Systemic);
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: 'History. July 22. Pain in R. [Right] iliac fossa: no apparent cause: gradually became severe: patient took to bed. 23. Vomited in the morning: pain continued. 24. B.O. [Bowels?] slightly after medicine, but never again: No vomiting. 25. Swelling discovered in R. [Right] iliac fossa. No morphia. First attack: no other illnesses'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Telegraph boy
Gender: Male
Age: 15
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1904
Date of death: 9 Aug 1904
Disease (transcribed): Perforative appendicitis. General septic peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'History. H.S. [House Surgeon] reports 'Boy has been treated for 7 days for abdominal pain: treatment mainly opium. Vomiting occurred on Aug [August] 7th: Bowels confined since 6th. First attack. Previous health excellent'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 58
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1904
Date of death: 15 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. Perforation of appendix. Subcaecal abscess. Early general peritonitis. Paralysis of gut
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Perforation (Appendix); Abscess (Caecum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Paralysis (Intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Dressmaker
Gender: Female
Age: 9
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1904
Date of death: 5 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis and general peritonitis: Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Gender: Female
Age: 55
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1904
Date of death: 24 Oct 1904
Disease (transcribed): Laparotomy. Hysterectomy. Early general peritonitis. Paralysis of gut. Fatty heart. Cardiac dilatation and failure
Disease (standardised): Laparotomy (Abdomen); Hysterectomy (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Paralysis (Intestines); Disease (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Heart failure (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gun polisher
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1904
Date of death: 6 Oct 1904
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. General peritonitis, and Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Widow
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1904
Date of death: 1 Dec 1904
Disease (transcribed): Perforative appendicitis. General purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
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: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Oilman
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1904
Date of death: 28 Dec 1904
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral sinus thrombosis at the Torcula. Cerebral congestion. ? Epilepsy. Traumatism to arch of R. [Right] Temple and nose. Gall stones
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Epilepsy (Brain); Gallstones (Bladder);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident? Violence?