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Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Date of admission: 17 Oct 1899
Date of death: 26 Oct 1899
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1852
Date of death: 27 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Delirium and coma. Much fluid in the ventricles and under the arachnoid. Scrofulous deposits in the lungs, spleen and bronchial glands. Vomicae in the lung. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Delirium (Brain); Coma (Brain); Fluid (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Spleen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient had been ill a week and was admitted with a hot and dry skin, foul tongue and in a state of stupor and drowsiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1873
Date of death: 28 Mar 1873
Disease (transcribed): Injury to head
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 16 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1860
Date of death: 9 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Acute bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1881
Date of death: 21 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of meninges, lungs, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, kidneys)
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: 'No history of disease in the family. He has himself been in good health until the winter of 1880-81 when he was frequently laid up by coughs & lost strength. In April he began to feel some pain in the right flank, increased by coughing & sneezing. Frequent night sweats; no haemoptysis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1844
Date of death: 8 Dec 1844
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Lithotomy. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the Pelvis and Peritonitis. Right kidney wasted with dilated pelvis and infundibula. Left kidney enlarged. Pelvis and infundibula dilated.
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Lithotomy (Bladder); Inflammation (Pelvis); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Dilatation (Pelvis);Dilatation (Pituitary gland)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1895
Date of death: 24 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient was too ill to be examined. His friends gave a history of the symptoms of phthisis extending over four years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, abdomen, appendix, intestines, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes, cranium, brain and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1894
Date of death: 26 Jul 1894
Disease (transcribed): Aortic disease of valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Colvin-Smith, Robert Curzon Mollison
Medical notes: 'No family history. Denies ? [syphilis]. Five weeks ago attacked with dyspnoea coming on gradually. Some slight cough with frothy phlegm. He has had much palpitation with pain running down the left arm. Alcohol four ale viii per diem. No spirits'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1882
Date of death: 24 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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: He reported considerable alcoholic excess but no previous illness until nine months before admission when he began to notice much cough with purulent sputa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1889
Date of death: 17 Jul 1889
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Veale, Herbert Prior
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, spleen, stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, cranium, brain, eyes, middle ears and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Ry [Railway] labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 50
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1899
Date of death: 4 Nov 1899
Disease (transcribed): Apical pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Patient was admitted with a history of cough for 'many years', which had been growing worse for some 6 wks [weeks], with expectoration occasionally streaked with blood. He had not laid up till admission. There was no history of acute onset. He had had pleurisy about 8 years before and admitted being a free drinker'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1912
Date of death: 26 Jan 1912
Disease (transcribed): Advanced pulmonary phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man had shivering, dizziness and dyspnoea for a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tile fixer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1908
Date of death: 17 Nov 1908
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Spriggs, Edmund Ivens
Medical notes: Eleven days before he had run a nail into the sole of his foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1896
Date of death: 26 Jul 1896
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Disseminated. Catarrhal and fibrinous
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient had rheumatic fever two or three years before admission and several slight attacks of rheumatism three months before admission wit pains in the joints. Two months ago he was laid up with pains in the lower part of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, intestines, appendix, rectum, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1870
Date of death: 19 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of mucous membrane of Larynx. Suppuration of soft tissues around the Epiglottis.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Suppuration (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for 12 months. He had been passing blood by the bowels. Three years before he had fallen a considerable height.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines and muscles
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 33
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1898
Date of death: 3 Jan 1899
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Central nervous system);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney, Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Family and personal history good: Dec [December] 15: Whilst planing a piece of elm, accidentally shaved off the tops of the 4th and 5th fingers of the left hand. Healing slow – wounds always unhealthy looking until – Dec [December] 27. Gradually there came on a feeling of 'stiffness', referred to the lower jaw and neck, with aching pain in the chest. Despatched to Hospital on Dec [December] 28th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, heart, cranial cavity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1919
Date of death: 26 Feb 1919
Disease (transcribed): General peritonitis. Retro peritoneal cellulitis. Double empyema
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cellulitis (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Bostock, Marian Noel
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: The patient had been under treatment at home for ‘influenza’. That morning he complained of very severe abdominal pain and was sent by his doctor to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary tract and genital organs
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: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1894
Date of death: 11 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. (Very extensive local lesions)
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Lesions
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Elliott, Harry Scott
Medical notes: 'A strong healthy man admitted on August 27th 1894. Never having had enteric fever before and with good family history he appeared a favourable subject for recovery, though severely affected by the disease. The week before Xmas 1893 he had been ill with rheumatism from which he never quite recovered, he went to Farnham on August 1st 1894 feeling seedy and returned on August 15th - On August 18th he was taken suddenly worse with fever'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Joiner
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1902
Date of death: 27 Dec 1902
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Chronic adherent pericarditis. Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar. See Medical Notes 1820.02
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1870
Date of death: 7 Jul 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
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: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1903
Date of death: 28 May 1903
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis. Cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: This boy was admitted suffering from advanced and failed rheumatic cardiac affection.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, alimentary canal and genito-urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Singer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1888
Date of death: 26 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis and incompetence
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead [‘The Great Vance’, died suddenly after a Music Hall performance]
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, spleen, brain, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11 hours
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1883
Date of death: 9 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Atelectasis pulmonum
Disease (standardised): Pulmonary atelectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
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: Commercial traveller
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1887
Date of death: 16 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a traveller of not very temperate habits, who had suffered 3 times from rheumatic fever and for some years had in the winter dyspnoea & cough'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a