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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1892
Date of death: 23 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Aortic reflux
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This woman had borne thirteen children. Her health began to fail at the end of 1890 when she had an attack of bronchitis. Many similar attacks occurred afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid gland, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, ovaries and vagina
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coachman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1887
Date of death: 9 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of stomach
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See notes in Medical Register'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Night nurse
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1871
Date of death: 20 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Post mortem notes: 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: 15 Oct 1890
Date of death: 9 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Addison’s disease
Disease (standardised): Addison disease (Adrenal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Medical Notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1870
Date of death: 29 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fatty Heart.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman stated that for the last four months she had suffered much from cough and dyspnoea. The ankles were slightly oedematous towards the evening.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1870
Date of death: 21 Aug 1870
Disease (transcribed): Paraplegia.
Disease (standardised): Paraplegia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1889
Date of death: 4 Sep 1889
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Perforation of vermiform appendix and caput coli. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Appendix); Perforation (Intestines); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: For the last fortnight she had had abdominal pain and swelling, together with diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1870
Date of death: 23 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous disease. Pleurisy. Peritonitis from Paracentesis Abdominis.
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Paracentesis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman said that she first noticed her belly begin to swell in May of that year and it gradually increased in size, followed by the legs. There had been previous good health and she had never drunk spirits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, organs of generation and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1895
Date of death: 10 Feb 1895
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: This patient was in the hospital with Enteric Fever in September 1894. During the disease it was noted that the heart had a triple action.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, suprarenals and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1883
Date of death: 2 Dec 1883
Disease (transcribed): Myelitis
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Bone marrow)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About Christmas 1882 the catamenia had suddenly ceased, owing she supposes to the use of a damp cloth and had had acute pelvic pain which left her much weakened.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1888
Date of death: 16 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Incompetence of the aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: She said that for many years she had suffered from palpitation. Of this, however, she took little notice and she considered herself to be in good health until three months before admission when she began to be troubled with cough, shortness of breath and swelling of her legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, uterus, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Sep 1870
Date of death: 12 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas of leg. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Leg); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with Erysipelas of the leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys. The post mortem was from Dr Cavafy's notes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Constable
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1893
Date of death: 6 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1884
Date of death: 28 May 1884
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
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: Probationer Nurse
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1870
Date of death: 14 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Septicaemia.
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John
Medical notes: This woman had been weak and out of health for some months, taking very little food. There was no distinct illness until ten days before her admission when she complained of a sore throat and some pain in the muscles of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, larynx and fauces. The post mortem was taken from Dr Cavafy's notes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1871
Date of death: 29 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman who in her youth had been accustomed to drink large quantities of spirits, was seized six weeks before her admission with severe pain in the right hypochondrium. She became jaundiced & at the same time the abdomen began to swell. The jaundice subsided but the abdominal swelling increased & in a fortnight her legs also became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1871
Date of death: 13 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of caecum. Large abscess behind the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Abscess (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'On Jan 25, this girl, who for a day or two had slight pain in the limbs & chest, was seized with distinct rigors & vomiting. There was no diarrhoea, but the vomiting continued’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cleaner
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1895
Date of death: 19 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of ovaries and of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: This patient ‘was a scrubber at the hospital’. Two months before admission she began to vomit after food and lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, pancreas, oesophagus, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus, lungs, trachea, larynx, heart and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1871
Date of death: 26 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied & dilated heart. Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman, who was extremely ill on admission, said she got severe cough & dyspnoea three weeks previously & at the same time her legs swelled. The legs were much swollen, face congested, there was orthopnoea. In front there was very noisy breathing with rhonchi quite obscuring the heart sounds. She was too weak & ill to permit of further examination’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1890
Date of death: 17 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of faecal concretion out of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On December 11th she rose in the morning feeling quite well, and began to perform her usual work of cleaning fire grates. Suddenly she was seized with severe pain shooting over the whole abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, ovaries, bladder, kidneys, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, heart, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1870
Date of death: 21 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Croup.
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1896
Date of death: 25 Dec 1896
Disease (transcribed): Infantile eclampsia
Disease (standardised): Eclampsia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Died before being seen by Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenals and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1893
Date of death: 25 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1891
Date of death: 19 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Old peritonitis (tubercular). Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas and Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of tubercular disease. The patient, a housemaid, was thought to be in good health till Sept 11th when she was suddenly attacked by griping pain in the abdomen. The bowels, which had previously been regular, acted on Sept 13th after purgative medicine; subsequently there was no action and no flatus was passed. In the evening of Sept 13th the pain was very severe and urgent vomiting began'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1893
Date of death: 16 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Stenosis of both bronchi
Disease (standardised): Constriction, pathologic (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: She apparently had had winter cough for four years previously, without haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, trachea, bronchi, pleurae, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, pancreas, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a