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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1881
Date of death: 14 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis. Disease of heart valves
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of family disease. He felt himself quite well until about 6 months ago, when he complained of lassitude & a slight cough, and for the last 4 months, has not been strong enough to do any work'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, pleurae, intestines, brain, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1881
Date of death: 23 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of pia mater and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No family history of tubercular disease. She has herself had excellent health in all respects up to January last. About Jan 10 she felt some chilliness with shivering for a day or two, then a headache wit much cough came on: sputa scanty, colourless, frothy, some night sweats'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1881
Date of death: 14 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Membranous disease of the fauces & airpassages
Disease (standardised): Disease (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her mother is described as having had rheumatic fever, the rest of her relations are very well. She had excellent health & was very strong & vigorous as a girl. In 1879 she had rheumatic fever & spent 2 months in a hospital at Southampton. Much pain & swelling, in knees, elbows & ankles: no redness noticed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Air passages, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, vagina

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1881
Date of death: 18 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the lungs, kidneys, intestines & peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, intestines, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her mother died of 'consumption' at 46. No further history of pulmonary disease. She has had very good health up to Dec 1880 when her appetite fell off, and she had occasional vomiting & much headache. Menstruation continued regular. In Jan 1881 she had severe vomiting for 3 days; not apparently immediately excited by food; vomit consisted mostly of undigested food; no blood; no cough'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lath-render
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1881
Date of death: 24 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Abscess of the liver. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Abscess (Liver); Pleurisy (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'On Feb 14, 1881 he was attacked with sudden & severe diarrhoea which had not left him at the time of his admission. Previous to this attack he had been in fairly good health, though he had lost 2 stone in weight in the last 4 years, & had had slight winter cough. He had never been out of England, & had had no previous attack of diarrhoea. He attributed the present attack to eating some muscles [mussels] on Feb 14'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1881
Date of death: 23 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the ileum. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'His father died of phthisis 3 years ago; the mother is healthy; the rest of the family healthy except a younger sister who is at home with symptoms similar to his own. He has had measles badly; no scarlet fever; no other disease; no history of cough. A week ago he lost his appetite & had much headache, thirst & vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestinal tract

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1881
Date of death: 11 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the meninges, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The family history is healthy both on father's & mother's side. The child has been suckled up to admission but has also had lately portions of its parents' food: no habitual cough. Three months ago it began to have whooping cough from which it has only just recovered. About May 1 its appetite completely failed, it became very restless at night and screamed occasionally violently'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1881
Date of death: 30 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Family history good; he would give no history of disease before 1880. He indulged very freely in alcohol, both beer and spirits. In January 1880 he was admitted as in-patient after a severe attack of epistaxis. His urine contained bile but no albumen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1881
Date of death: 7 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lung
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of heritable family disease. He had no illness as a boy; no history of swollen glands; no excess of diaphoresis; a strong dislike to fat; absence of any cough till about 4 years ago. He came in as an in-patient under Mr Rouse [James Rouse] May 10, 1880 and some abnormality was noticed in the lungs. He was operated on for fistula with considerable relief; the wound was slow in healing. Since then the cough has grown much more severe'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1881
Date of death: 17 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She had smallpox in 1874 but beyond that can give no history of previous illness or discomfort. Menstruation normal. Until 4 days before admission she felt in excellent health: on trying to dress herself in the morning 4 days ago she found her hands and arms too weak to go on: with some difficulty she was helped downstairs and put to bed, where she lay on her back with flexed arms & wrists & much pain in the dorsal spine; she passed her water under her, would not move her arms to feed herself; no vomiting; slight headache; appetite good' no abdominal discomfort'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1881
Date of death: 20 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient had been in very good health until 4 days ago when she was seized suddenly with a shivering fit and left in a prostrate condition from which she has never rallied. Much headache; frequent cough; scanty bronchitic sputa. Bowels not open for 3 days until the day before admission. Great thirst. The scanty evidence from patient and friends shewed no definite symptoms of disease of longer standing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brewer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1881
Date of death: 22 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'An imperfect history was obtainable of a gradual onset of illness about a fortnight before admission characterised by headache, loss of appetite and strength with pain in the back of the neck, and a week later with much diarrhoea. He had been delirious for two nights before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1881
Date of death: 25 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient on admission was not in a condition to give any very definite account of her illness & none other could be obtained. It appeared that about a month before her admission (whilst suckling a child 13 months old) she began to feel languid & suffer from headache; no rigor; headache gradually increased, and a fortnight later diarrhoea began with some abdominal pain & tenderness; thirst, feverishness & restless nights; no solid food taken for 4 weeks; no medical advice; she came up to London from Market Harborough on the day of her admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1881
Date of death: 26 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pericaecal abscess. Multiple hepatic abscesses
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Cecum, liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He gave a history of a very healthy life. For the last 10 years he had been in constant employment as a plasterer. About 3 months before admission he had a sharp attack of pain in the right iliac fossa. This was stopped by the outward application of laudanum & poultices and did not recur. The action of the bowels since then has been regular & painless. He continued his work until 3 days before admission, when a severe rigor came on, repeated occasionally every day since, with much vomiting, and pain starting from right iliac fossa, afterwards more diffuse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1881
Date of death: 20 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal septicaemia. Acute peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was some tubercular history in the family: as a child she had frequent barking cough & swollen glands in the neck. The catamenia [menstruation] appeared at 13 and have of late years been irregular & painful, occurring as a rule every three weeks, & never absent, she says, more than 2 months. About Christmas 1879 she was laid up with 'overwork'. Since then she has been in good health, & has acted as a servant to a crêche. Six days before admission she described herself as feeling quite well. A day later menstruation began with diarrhoea and uch pain: she had several rigors next day and the diarrhoea increased with many feverish symptoms. She denied having noticed during her life any abdominal tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, generative organs, uterus, vagina, ovaries, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1881
Date of death: 22 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of intestine into bladder. Pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Ulcer (Bladder); Pyelitis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About ten days before admission she began to feel headache, nausea and giddiness. Five days later she noticed abdominal tenderness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, larynx, pharynx, peritoneum, spleen, liver, kidneys, intestines and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 years 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1882
Date of death: 7 Feb 1882
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Two days before admission the child grew restless, feverish, refused food and was much troubled with a choking cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, palate, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1882
Date of death: 27 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration and perforation of small intestine
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Five days before admission she began to feel chilly, with vague aching pains all over and much headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, peritoneum and intestinal canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1882
Date of death: 12 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Old empyema. Lardaceous degeneration of most of the viscera
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Amyloidosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He was first admitted in 1876 when he had empyema and was much relieved by thoracentesis and left the hospital with a pleural fistula. He continued to attend for a long time to obtain a solution of iodine to inject into the pleural cavity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1882
Date of death: 5 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Abscess of heart and endocarditis. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Abscess (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Eight days before admission she had a severe rigor with much vomiting. She was living as a cook in a London family and she described the house as smelling offensively of the drainage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1882
Date of death: 7 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of pia mater, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Meninges); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About a fortnight before admission she began to feel headache, anorexia and thirst. A day or two later she noticed that her breath was very short and the headache increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and its membranes, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1882
Date of death: 21 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of the small intestine with perforation of the gut
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About eleven days before admission there were severe symptoms of diarrhoea and some intestinal haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1882
Date of death: 15 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis of lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and meninges
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: During the winter he had much cough and some pain in the right side which laid him up for some weeks. A fortnight before admission the cough became worse and he had a rigor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidney and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1882
Date of death: 5 Jul 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Congestion of pharynx, larynx and lungs
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Congestion (Pharynx); Congestion (Larynx); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About a fortnight before admission he began to feel drowsy and had headache, at times acute.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, tonsils, pharynx, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1882
Date of death: 7 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in lung. Pyaemia following diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Eight days before admission she felt her throat sore and the next day much swollen. On the day before admission she felt no better and during the night she reported that an abscess burst in her throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pharynx and larynx
Type of incident: n/a