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Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1880
Date of death: 4 Dec 1880
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1919
Date of death: 24 Feb 1919
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, [Unknown]
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: She had always been breathless. She had a winter cough which was worse the last week with swelling of the legs of a few days duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1848
Date of death: 15 Jul 1848
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated umbilical hernia. Operation.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an umbilical hernia of about the size of a child's head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1865
Date of death: 27 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1889
Date of death: 8 Jun 1889
Disease (transcribed): Perityphlitis. Perforation of the caecum. Pulmonary embolism
Disease (standardised): Perityphlitis (Caecum); Perforation (Caecum); Embolism (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: On May 6th she fainted and had some abdominal pain. She felt herself to be seriously ill on May 9th and had severe abdominal pain on the 11th.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, spleen, liver, stomach, kidneys and abdominal vessels
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s maid
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1864
Date of death: 3 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Admitted on account of a small fatty tumor situated on the posterior border of the left axilla. The tumor was removed on April 14th, the patient being under the influence of chloroform’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was not examined. The post mortem here recorded belongs to a person of similar name, No 137’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1869
Date of death: 16 Mar 1869
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1879
Date of death: 30 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Low pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient in the evening and she was dead before the Registrar’s visit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1865
Date of death: 22 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1848
Date of death: 4 Aug 1848
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Menorrhagia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Handfield Jones, Charles
Medical notes: This woman presented on admission a most remarkably blood less aspect.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chambermaid
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1906
Date of death: 6 May 1906
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer opening a branch of coronary artery to the stomach. Haemorrhage. Fatty degeneration of heart
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Stomach); Disease (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'P.H. [Previous History]. Said to have been suffered from gastric ulcer and haematemesis three years ago. P.I. [Present Illness]. Severe epigastric pain and sickness immediately after food past three weeks. Two days before admission began to vomit blood in large quantities this continuing till day of admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1890
Date of death: 23 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of both femoral veins, left innominate by internal jugular veins
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The woman had borne three children. The last confinement was on March 9th 1890, and she kept to her bed for a month afterwards. On April 9th she was suddenly stricken with left hemiplegia without loss of consciousness, from which she had recovered a fortnight before admission. About that time she had pain in the groin followed by swelling of the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, heart, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, peritoneum, intestines, vermiform appendix, suprarenals, pancreas, bladder, spleen, liver, kidneys, uterus, ovaries and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1879
Date of death: 16 Dec 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid tubercle of the lung. Old aneurysm of the aorta filled with consolidated fibrin
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About seven months before admission she had to give up work on account of weakness, emaciation and dyspnoea. This was referred to as bronchitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus and spinal column
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1874
Date of death: 7 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Crushed legs
Disease (standardised): Crushed (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1875
Date of death: 25 Jul 1875
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the descending colon. General peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman stated that three weeks before admission the bowels had been confined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Children’s nurse
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1902
Date of death: 25 Sep 1902
Disease (transcribed): Suppurating hydatid cyst of liver
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Liver); Cysts (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar. See Medical Notes 1281.02
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and pelvic organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Charwoman
Age: 1 year 5 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1907
Date of death: 28 Jan 1907
Disease (transcribed): Caseous tuberculosis of bronchial glands. Broncho pneumonia. Generalized miliary tuberculosis with tuberculous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The child had a cough for four weeks, worse of the past ten days. Also sleepless, refused food and vomited persistently.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, thyroid, trachea, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, alimentary tract, liver, gall bladder and bile ducts, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, urino-genital organs, brain and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 77
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1860
Date of death: 19 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver & kidneys. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidneys); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'A charwoman. For a month before she came in she had suffered from swelling of the legs and belly, and pain in the right shoulder supposed to be rheumatic. When she came in the belly was distended with flatus’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1891
Date of death: 13 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of spine. Psoas abscess. Asthenia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Spine); Abscess (Hip); Asthenia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
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 post mortem examination'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1866
Date of death: 17 Jun 1866
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman was walking with a young child on the day before admission, when she suddenly fell down in an apoplectic fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 39
Date of admission: 22 May 1878
Date of death: 25 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here, as the body was not examined'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1869
Date of death: 5 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Embolism of small cerebral arteries (?)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Embolism (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This was was admitted in October 1866 with erythema rheumatism of both legs and at that time a prolonged mitral murmur was detected. The heart was then hypertrophied.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Female
Age: 48
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1878
Date of death: 23 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcers. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Jan [January] 22nd 5 p.m. Admitted: - delirious. Temp. [Temperature] 104.2. Obese, florid, healthy of aspect. Complains of various pains about the abdomen and trunk; of frontal headache and slight cough. Says the bowels were opened once today, thrice yesterday, twice the day before. Tongue dry, brown, and rugged. P. [Pulse] 138 very weak'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1915
Date of death: 18 Nov 1915
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of pancreas. Ascites. Portal vein obstruction. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas); Ascites (Abdomen); Obstruction (Portal vein); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For three months the patient had complained of pain in the epigastrium immediately after food and relieved by the passage of wind.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, pericardium, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, genital organs and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a