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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1845
Date of death: 7 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull, with extensive contusions and laceration of the cerebrum. Other parts healthy
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'About an hour and a half before admission this patient was running behind a carriage, when he suddenly lost his hold and fell with great violence upon the road. Another carriage which was passing immediately afterwards passed over his leg but it was said did not touch his head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1847
Date of death: 27 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Distorted bones of lower extremities. Scalp wound with diffuse inflammation of cellular tissue. Exposure of skull with extravasation of blood and diffuse inflammation of membranes of brain. Secondary abscesses of lung. Old pericarditis. Enlarged and diseased aorta.
Disease (standardised): Distorted bones (Leg); Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Exposure (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Abscess (Lung);Pericarditis (Heart) ; Disease (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1870
Date of death: 6 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of fibula. Crushed leg.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1888
Date of death: 7 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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 (inquest case)’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1908
Date of death: 4 Jun 1908
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had fallen twelve feet from a scaffolding at the South Kensington Natural History Museum. He fell on to his head on a stone floor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, liver, lungs, trachea, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Greengrocer
Age: 1 year 4 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 May 1903
Date of death: 6 Jun 1903
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative lymphadenitis. Septicaemia. Rickets
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Lymph nodes); Lymphadenitis (Lymph nodes); Sepsis (Systemic); Rickets (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: This child had double otorrhoea for several weeks and a swelling was noticed in the left side of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Meninges, ears, brain, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, glands, thymus, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and genito-urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Charwoman
Gender: Male
Age: 12 months
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1906
Date of death: 13 Jun 1906
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Empyema – Broncho-pneumonia – Dilated heart . Rickets
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Empyema (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Rickets (Bones);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'P.H. [Previous History] Month ago fell some distance on its back ever since then has kept legs drawn up on abdomen. Attended for pneumonia and as it did not improve sent up to hospital. Diarrhoea 1 week'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1893
Date of death: 12 May 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man caught his right foot in a hole and fell forwards, fracturing the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, head, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1849
Date of death: 13 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous caries of the hip. Ulcerated cartilages. Partial dislocation. Abscesses. No tubercles in the lungs or other organs
Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Ulcer (Hip); Dislocation (Hips); Abscess

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted with a large abscess situated on the outer side of the upper part of the left thigh at some little distance below the great trochanter. He was of strumous aspect & stated by his mother to have always been a feeble, delicate child, & it appears from her account that for upwards of three years he had suffered from lameness, pain in the hip & knee & other symptoms of chronic disease of the left hip’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1844
Date of death: 27 Jul 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the Ilium, suppuration between fragments. Kidneys granular. Old adhesions of pericardium and pleura.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Suppuration (Pelvis); Granular (Kidney); Adhesions (Heart); Adhesions (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: In consequence of a fall from some steps about 8 feet in height, the patient received a fracture of the crest of the Ilium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1849
Date of death: 14 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Lacerated meningeal artery. Extravasation of blood between bone & dura mater. Extravasation beneath the arachnoid & in the substance of he surface of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man fell from the box of a cab while in a state of intoxication & was picked up insensible. He was admitted very soon afterwards completely deprived of sense & volition & it was ascertained from the persons who accompanied him to the hospital that he had not spoken or shown any signs of consciousness since the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1853
Date of death: 9 Aug 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the bones of the skull involving the left side as well as the base. Bruising of the brain. Laceration of dura mater. Recent lymph at base of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Bruising (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Lymph (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wyndowe, Samuel Jardine
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient was admitted having been thrown out of his cart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 16 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased vertebrae & hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Vertebrae, hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Three years before admission this man was attacked with pain in the right knee-joint, after a few weeks it became to severe that he went into St Mary’s Hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right thigh

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1876
Date of death: 19 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the right side and base of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This small child was brought in having been thrown out of a cart and the horse having fallen on the top of him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1894
Date of death: 25 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine and of ribs. Rupture of spleen - liver - kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Fracture (Ribs); Rupture (Spleen); Rupture (Liver); Rupture (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient was not seen by Reg [Registrar]. H. S. [House surgeon] reported. Patient was crushed between a cart and a wall. Was collapsed on admission. There was fractured ribs on both sides. He became cyanosed and was bled to [4 oz] then leeches were applied. The respiratory embarrassment increased and he died in about 4 hours'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spine, ribs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Plasterer
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 16 May 1904
Date of death: 17 May 1904
Disease (transcribed): Laryngitis with ulceration of soft palate (? Syphilitic.) and epiglottis and vocal chords. Tracheotomy. Asphyxia
Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx, epiglottis, vocal cords); Ulcer (Palate, soft); Syphilis (Systemic); Tracheotomy (Trachea); Asphyxia (Respiratory system);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient admitted on May 16th for sore throat. Trouble in the throat had been present 18 months and had been getting steadily worse. She had occasionally bought a bottle of medicine for it (!) but had never consulted a doctor. Loss of voice 4 months. Her hair had been falling out recently. Patient had had one child and no miscarriages'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1843
Date of death: 21 Aug 1843
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Rifleman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1917
Date of death: 15 Jun 1917
Disease (transcribed): Shrapnel wound of spine & cord
Disease (standardised): Wound (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine

Type of incident: War

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852
Date of death: 20 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid carcinomatous tumours in connection with the ribs outwardly, as well as inwardly pressing considerably upon the lung, also carcinoma of bronchial glands. Enlargement of the right leg with softening coagula within the veins thereof and at lower part of v. cava inf.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ribs); Cancer (Lung); Enlarged (Leg); Coagula (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He admitted that he had been of dissipated habits. His complaint was of pain in the right side with some swelling under the pectoral muscle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1847
Date of death: 28 Jul 1847
Disease (transcribed): Right kidney converted into cyst. Inflammation of ilium with exostosis. Disease of hip joint.
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Kidney); Inflammation (Hip); Exostosis (Hip); Disease (Hip joint)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a chronic abscess about the size of an ostrich egg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1872
Date of death: 13 Jul 1872
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had his right foot violently twisted in a struggle, the result being a compound fracture of the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae and stomach
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1888
Date of death: 8 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Vegetations along free border of mitral valve. Cerebral embolism. Old kidney infarcts
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Vegetation (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels); Infarction (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no history of rheumatism nor of scarlatina. For nine months before she came to the hospital she suffered much from neuralgia, and for 2 months before she came the pain was very severe. Four months before her admission she ‘grazed’ her left foot, the wound did not heal. For 3 days before she came in she had oedema of the legs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, thorax, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1891
Date of death: 1 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'The man was crushed by a lift. On admission was too bad to make a thorough examination. The patient was very collapsed & great difficulty in breathing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: Trauma / accident