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Occupation or role: [Child of] Gas stoker
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1887
Date of death: 19 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Nephritis (large white kidney)
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was stated to have never had scarlet fever and to have had good health'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1887
Date of death: 19 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Carcinoma (scirrhus) of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was a cook who up to Dec '86 had enjoyed good health'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1887
Date of death: 20 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Bright's disease. Cirrhosis of the liver. Haematemesis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Haematemesis (Kidney )
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was a painter, who, though free from [?] had had frequent attacks of gout'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carpenter
Gender: Female
Age: 31
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1906
Date of death: 2 Aug 1906
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron, Slater, Charles
Medical notes: 'C.O.[Condition On Admission?] - Swelling of legs. Shortness of breath. P.H. [Previous History] – Eleven years ago had rheumatic fever. Since then always liable to attacks of swelling of legs and shortness of breath. For past two years suffered from severe pains at base of spine shooting down to legs, but no symptoms of paraplegia. March had an attack of acute rheumatism. Two months ago noted increasing dyspnoea and swelling of legs and abdomen. Urine has recently become scanty and a month ago there was haematuria'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1887
Date of death: 21 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of cerebral sinuses and superficial cerebral veins
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was a dressmaker of phthisical family history but who had enjoyed good health until recently, when she complained of headaches & shortness of breath'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Post office clerk
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1887
Date of death: 27 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'Patient was a telegraph clerk of intemperate habits'
'Leech bites over lower & anterior part of left thorax'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Cook
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1887
Date of death: 27 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis (mitral stenosis, aortic disease)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was of a non-rheumatic family but herself suffered from rheumatism when a child'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1887
Date of death: 28 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of pancreas and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas, liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was a brickmaker who had had good health, but who when about 20-30 years old drank rather heavily'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jul 1887
Date of death: 28 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Uraemia. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Uremia (Kidney); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was not seen by the registrar. He appears to have been healthy & made no complaint until July 25th when he had rheumatic pains & seemed light-headed. He was found on the 28th lying on the floor of his room amongst scattered furniture'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1887
Date of death: 29 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Enteric 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: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Medical notes: 'The patient was a farrier of excellent general health though he had suffered from rheumatic fever and was not very temperate'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Col attendant
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1887
Date of death: 23 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient, who was in apparently good health and at work, was seen to stagger, his face became purple & congested, & though at first able to speak rapidly, became unconscious. He sweated profusely [...] The man was said to have drunk a good deal'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, cerebral vessels
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Market gardener
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1887
Date of death: 29 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Stomach dilated. Pyloric orifice much distended
Disease (standardised): Disease (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Medical notes: 'The patient was a market gardener who had enjoyed good health but who had suffered from privation rather severely towards the end of '86'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1887
Date of death: 30 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney. Mitral disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Comerford, Beaumont Harry
Medical notes: 'The patient suffered from rheumatic fever when 12 years old but never had scarlet fever. In Sept '86 *see notes No 1003) she was IP [in-patient] here suffering from general oedema from renal disease'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1887
Date of death: 2 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism at root of left common carotid with occlusion [?]. Aneurism of right subclavian & distal portion of innominate, bulging into trachea & stretching right vagus
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Medical notes: 'The patient was a man who had served in India from 77-83 and had subsequently been a dock labourer or engaged in other heavy work. He had had good health & there was no history of syphilis'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Aug 1887
Date of death: 2 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Medical notes: 'Sent in as a case of chronic alcoholism by medical attendant. The patient was too ill to get further information from'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1891
Date of death: 22 Jun 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, meninges, pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, brain, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy and Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The mother of this child was reported to be insane so that she was quite unable to take proper care of it. She had, however, been suckling it continuously; and it had been fed also extensively by neighbours with farinaceous food. It had been wasting for about three weeks. Nothing further was known'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Aug 1887
Date of death: 6 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient was an engine lender who had been long out of work but had recently got employment'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1887
Date of death: 14 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Aortic & mitral disease. Fibroid heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Cahill, John
Medical notes: 'The patient had suffered from rheumatic fever at age of 17 & had two subsequent attacks'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Bricklayer
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1887
Date of death: 15 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Cahill, John
Medical notes: 'Patient was the brother of a child in York ward suffering from diphtheria and also of a child who had died of the disease about August 3rd in West London Hospital. The patient himself had been sent out the county but did not escape the disease'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1887
Date of death: 19 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral disease. Dilatation & hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Cahill, John
Medical notes: 'The patient was a widow who for the last 20 years had been subject to frequent & gradually increasing attacks of bronchitis'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: None
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1887
Date of death: 23 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Medical notes: 'The patient was an unmarried woman who had enjoyed good health but who was addicted to spirit drinking'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Grocer
Age: 1

Occupation or role: Dairyman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1887
Date of death: 24 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient first suffered from precordial pain in December '86 together with dyspnea & occasional swelling of the legs. There is no history of syphilis but one of alcoholic excess'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, cerebral vessels
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1887
Date of death: 16 Sep 1887
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous disease of kidneys etc
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell and Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient had suffered from syphilis'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Collector
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1887
Date of death: 20 Sep 1887
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Chronic pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Heart); Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell and Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had had frequent attacks of rheumatic fever. He was in a moribund condition'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a