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Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1862
Date of death: 19 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This child was admitted under the surgeons for supposed disease of the spine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 65 or 77
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1863
Date of death: 31 May 1863
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of leg. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: For the last two months she had had a ulcer, the size of the palm of the hand, over the right knee joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, blood and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1863
Date of death: 20 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian disease. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ovary); Operation (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She became an in patient under Dr Page for an abdominal tumour which had made its appearance about eight months before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and uterine organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Whalebone cutter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1863
Date of death: 19 Feb 1863
Disease (transcribed): Abscess bursting into urethra. Extravasation of urine. Malignant disease of bladder
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Urethra); Extravasation (Bladder); Cancer (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from stricture for about five years, and had had an attack of retention of urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1866
Date of death: 2 Jun 1866
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in prostate. Effusion of urine
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate); Effusion of urine (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was an in patient some years ago with some urinary affection, the exact nature of which could not be ascertained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1866
Date of death: 21 Jun 1866
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of prostate
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had suffered from stricture for ten years. Three days before admission a swelling appeared in the perineum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1867
Date of death: 8 Nov 1867
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: A brick fell from a scaffold about fourteen feet high and struck the patient on the top of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845
Date of death: 7 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella. Erysipelas, with diffuse cellular inflammation of leg & suppuration in knee joint. Secondary deposits in lungs with pleurisy & pneumonia, & bronchitis. Deposition, apparently of lymph, in cortical structure of one kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Leg); Deposit (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'He was first admitted on the 4th of March with a transverse fracture of the right patella, caused by direct violence. When admitted there was some swelling but no pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1845
Date of death: 25 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the 11th dorsal vertebra. Softening of spinal marrow. Inflammation of mucous membrane of left kidney. Extensive ulceration of bladder; large foul abscess between bladder and rectum with a false passage in the urethra. Red hepatisation of lower lobe of left lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Softening (Spine); Inflammation (Kidney); Ulcer (Bladder); Abscess (Bladder, rectum); Hepatisation (Lungs)
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 fell a distance of about 30 feet from a ladder, upon his back and was admitted 24 hours after the accident. Upon examination a depression was discovered at the lower part of the dorsal region in the spinous processes and the complained of much pain at this point’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1845
Date of death: 31 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Bronchial glands scrofulous. One crude tubercle in right lung. Large quantities of scrofulous matter in the pelvic cellular tissue in the neighbourhood of the uterus itself and in the fallopian tubes. Lungs congested and in parts condensed. Old adhesions.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Pelvis); Tuberculosis (Uterus, Fallopian tubes); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an abscess on the foot of nine months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Sep 1846
Date of death: 4 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Double fracture of thigh. Diffuse cellular inflammation of right leg and arm. Union of one fracture gave way after attack of erysipelas.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Inflammation (Leg); Inflammation (Arm); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This man was admitted after having fallen a few feet from a ladder with a simple fracture of the femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, upper extremity and lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1851
Date of death: 25 Nov 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in perineum. Lengthened stricture of the urethra of a firm cartilaginified character & extirpation[?] of a small calculus therein. Abscess in each lateral lobe of the prostate, one of them opening into urethra
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Perineum); Stricture (Urethra); Calculus (Urethra); Abscess (Prostate)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'He was admitted on account of a swelling in the perineum, and difficulty in making water, which had existed for 3 days. The swelling was hard & red on the surface, and this hardness & redness extended also up both sides of the scrotum. It was excessively painful and he had had no sleep for 2 nights’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852
Date of death: 18 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia with operation. Removal of portion of omentum and the appendix caeci which was ulcerated, by ligature. Fatal peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1852
Date of death: 29 Oct 1852
Disease (transcribed): Psoas abscess. Destruction by ulceration of parts forming the right hip joint
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Psoas muscle); Ulcer (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted with the history of phthisis, viz bloody sputa, cough and gradual emaciation
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Surgeon
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1852
Date of death: 23 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever followed by abscess near the prepuce. Diseased kidneys. Bladder with abrasion of the mucous membrane and pouched
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Abscess (Penis); Disease (Kidney); Abrasion (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was a surgeon in the navy. He was admitted on account of a haemorrhage from an incision which his medical attendant had thought it necessary to make.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1852
Date of death: 30 Dec 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the cranium. Laceration of the brain. Pus in the arachnoid cavity
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Suppuration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He was amusing himself on Christmas Day by shooting birds, when the gun struck him on the forehead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1853
Date of death: 11 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess of the lung. Pericarditis. Encephaloid tumor of the occipital bone and dura mater
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Tumour (Skull); Tumour (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of a small tubercle in the right side of the face just below the eye.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, neck and face
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1853
Date of death: 4 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Scrofulous destruction of a knee joint. Peculiar accumulation of fat in the superficial fascia of the scrotum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Leg); Fat (Scrotum)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This man was admitted on account of disease of the right knee, but was suffering with extensive disease of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee joint, scrotum, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1847
Date of death: 07 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with grey hepatisation. Ulceration of cartilages of both hip joints with enormous collections of pus burrowing up into cavity of abdomen and down both thighs. Diseased knee joint.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Ulcer (Hip joint); Suppuration (Abdomen); Suppuration (Leg); Disease (Knee joint)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted the Physician with acute Rheumatic inflammation of the knees, the left being much the worst of the two.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1847
Date of death: 27 Mar 1847
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the leg. Secondary abscesses of lungs. Inflammation of and pus in the femoral vein. Old disease of hip with dislocation on dorsum ilii and complete ankylosis.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Abscess (Lung); Suppuration (Veins); Disease (Hip); Ankylosis (Hip); Dislocation (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that he had in his occupation, walked much with heavy weights. Two or three weeks before admission, after a hard days work, swelling of the feet and ankles obliged him to lay up, and rigors and pain shortly came on.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1847
Date of death: 25 Apr 1847
Disease (transcribed): Blood tinged fluid in abdomen. Recent peritonitis. Twisting and strangulation of small intestine after reduction of inguinal hernia.
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Strangulation (Intestines); Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was brought to the Hospital with symptoms of strangulated inguinal hernia. When admitted he was in a dying state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1847
Date of death: 16 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis with effusion of pus after removal of a large ovarian cyst
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with considerable swelling of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 08 Sep 1847
Date of death: 26 Oct 1847
Disease (transcribed): Inflamed bladder with ulceration through its coats communication with extensive burrowing abscess, which produced disease of hip joint.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Bladder); Ulcer (Bladder); Abscess (Bladder); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in on account of a hard and very defined swelling in the left groin occupying a space of five or six inches in diameter.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1848
Date of death: 12 Apr 1848
Disease (transcribed): Extensive erysipelas following an old ulcer of the leg.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Ulcer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a large foul ulcer on the right leg. It had existed for several weeks and did not appear to have followed any injury.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1848
Date of death: 6 Jun 1848
Disease (transcribed): Operation for scirrhus of breast. Erysipelas. Pus in elbow joint. Flabby heart. Fluid blood. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Operation (Breast); Erysipelas (Skin); Suppuration (Elbow); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Copestake, Thomas Goodall
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: Admitted with a tumour occupying the right breast, she stated that it began five months ago as a small lump and not very painful, but gradually increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and upper extremity
Type of incident: n/a