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Occupation or role: [Wife of] Bricklayer
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1886
Date of death: 13 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Renal disease. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Reported in Medical Cases No. 357
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Aug 1893
Date of death: 29 Aug 1893
Disease (transcribed): Transverse myelitis
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord)

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: On Jun 20th 1893 he could not pass his water and a few hours afterwards his left leg became weak and numb.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spine, thorax, pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, abdomen, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1893
Date of death: 19 Nov 1893
Disease (transcribed): Columnar epithelioma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: For three year he had grown weaker with failure of appetite, and for two years with gradually increasing epigastric pain, with aggravation on taking food for the last six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1894
Date of death: 24 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Aneurysm of thoracic aorta
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'This man, formerly in the army, who had had no secondary syphilitic symptoms, no rheumatic fever, and good health until 3 years before his first admission in Aug 1893. […] On Jan 30th 1894 he was admitted with obvious signs of pneumonia of which he died, as he constantly affirmed that he would'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thoracic organs, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, prostate
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1894
Date of death: 5 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'No history of tubercle amongst relations. This child, fed always by hand, but, apparently, in a proper manner, without previous signs of syphilis or of rickets, had been wasting for over a year - with cough of late, without any hooping or vomiting, and diarrhoea for the last 6 months - but not severe during the last 3 months. On admission (March 5) the child was anaemic, thin, cold, with marked depression of the anterior fontanelle; suffering from cough, but not in any distress'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1894
Date of death: 14 Jun 1894
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of appendix caeci. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The previous history of this patient was to the effect that a fortnight before admission he was suddenly attacked with pain in the right iliac forsa which spread across the abdomen. He vomited, sweated, and shivered. This was on May 20th - His symptoms abated till the 31st - On that day he had a recurrence of pain accompanied by some diarrhoea - This persisted till Sunday June 10th when the pain became worse than it ever had been and its distribution more general over the abdomen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1894
Date of death: 17 Aug 1894
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with retention of urine, the bladder was very distended reaching to the umbilicus, he looked very ill and with a very hectic appearance, it was quite impossible to get any history from him owing to his semi comatose condition'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Scullery man
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1909
Date of death: 2 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of hepatic flexure of colon ulcerating into duodenum. Gall stones
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Ulcer (Duodenum); Gall stones (Gall bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient said he felt well until a month before admission. Then he first noticed a pain in his abdomen. Two weeks later the pain became more severe and diarrhoea commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1909
Date of death: 4 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Hypostatic pneumonia. Infarct in left kidney. Pancreas fatty and fibrous. Suppurating wound in right groin
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Pneumonia (Lung); Infarction (Kidney); Disease (Pancreas); Suppuration (Groin); Wound (Groin)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The patient had had a right inguinal hernia for some years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, aorta, peritoneum, oesophagus, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, appendix, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, suprarenals and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1909
Date of death: 17 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Alphitedon cranii. Laceratio cerebri
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The patient fell through a skylight on to a concrete floor of many feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, mediastinum, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, oesophagus, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1909
Date of death: 7 Jun 1909
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of ileum with a gall stone. Ulceration between gall bladder and duodenum. General peritonitis. Laparotomy. Opening of ileum. Carcinoma of rectum. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Gall stone (Intestines); Ulcer (Gall bladder); Ulcer (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Cancer (Rectum);Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
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: Five days before admission he had begun to have difficulty in defaecation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, alimentary canal, prostate and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1909
Date of death: 23 Nov 1909
Disease (transcribed): Aneurysm of ascending aortic arch opening into left innominate vein. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted on May 9th 1906. He complained of pain in the right chest passing to the back of the shoulder and down the right arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Butler
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1910
Date of death: 5 Feb 1910
Disease (transcribed): Appendicular abscess. Laparotomy. General and local peritonitis. Pericolitis sinistra. Ulceration of sigmoid with rupture. Pulmonary embolism
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Appendix); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Appendicitis (Appendix); Ulcer (Intestines); Rupture (Intestines);Embolism (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffray, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Fifteen days ago she had an attack of pain in the right iliac fossa with vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and large bowel
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carpenter
Gender: Male
Age: 8
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1904
Date of death: 13 Jul 1904
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous appendicitis. General peritonitis. Appendicectomy
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Appendix); Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Appendectomy (Appendix);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'History. July 9. Pain in R. [Right] iliac fossa and vomiting: no apparent cause. 10. Pain continued: vomited twice. 11. Pain worse: no further vomiting. Bowels opened once each day naturally. No previous attacks: no previous illnesses'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Greengrocer's assistt [assistant]
Gender: Male
Age: 1
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1904
Date of death: 3 Sep 1904
Disease (transcribed): Rickets
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See med. [medical] notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manager
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1904
Date of death: 28 Oct 1904
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Bruising and laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Contusions (Brain); Lacerations (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident? Violence?

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1905
Date of death: 12 Mar 1905
Disease (transcribed): Multiple injuries
Disease (standardised): Injury
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'Not seen by surgical registrar before death. House surgeon reports. Fell 20 feet off a ladder, alighting on the back of the head and the side. Unconscious for ½ hour’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1905
Date of death: 21 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Abdominal aneurism, sacculated of aorta and fusiform of superior mesenteric artery
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pain in the stomach and back, increased in exertion. For the last 4 weeks he has been troubled with constipation. During the last few weeks he has been troubled with occasional vomiting, chiefly after drinking’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1907
Date of death: 14 Jan 1908
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of pelvis. Transposition of upper abdominal viscera
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Transposition (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a horse omnibus in Grosvenor Gardens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdominal organs, bladder, alimentary tract, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 4 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1908
Date of death: 31 Jan 1908
Disease (transcribed): Congenital hypertrophic stensosis of pylorus. Hypertrophy and dilatation of lower end of oesophagus. Pyloroplasty. Inanition
Disease (standardised): Congenital constriction, pathologic (Stomach); Hypertrophy (Oesophagus); Dilatation (Oesophagus); Pyloroplasty (Stomach); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was brought up for wasting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, oesophagus, alimentary canal and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s maid
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1907
Date of death: 6 Feb 1908
Disease (transcribed): Old hemiplegia. Thrombosis of cortical branches of right middle cerebral artery, producing cerebral softening. Ovarian cyst. [Ovariotomy). Shock
Disease (standardised): Hemiplegia (Brain); Thrombosis (Arteries); Softening (Brain); Cysts (Ovary); Ovariotomy (Ovary); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy. Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for left hemiplegia. She was then found to have a large ovarian cyst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, intestines, small gut, uterine appendages, liver, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1908
Date of death: 17 Feb 1908
Disease (transcribed): Caecal faecal fistula. Suture of caecal opening. Double calculus pyelitis. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Intestines); Suture (Intestines); Calculi (Kidney); Pyelitis (Kidney); Cystitis (Bladder)
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 was operated on at Leicester on January 3rd 1906 for appendix abscess.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

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: Butler
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1908
Date of death: 18 Jul 1908
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Gastrostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient gave a history of progressive oesophageal obstruction.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Distillery man
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1903
Date of death: 14 Jun 1903
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Aortic aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was under treatment for cough and pain in the chest. The doctor informed him that he was suffering from consumption of the throat. The patient thereupon picked up a razor and cut his throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, larynx, trachea, infratracheal glands, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes, alimentary tract and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Suicide