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Occupation or role: Brewer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1870
Date of death: 5 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of both bones of the left leg. Exhaustion.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was climbing to the seat of a high waggon when the horses stalled and he fell, the wheels passing over the left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones and joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1870
Date of death: 12 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)
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 is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plate Layer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1870
Date of death: 10 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Dislocated ankle.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Dislocation (Foot)
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 is not herein 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: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Extensive injury to the brain. Fracture of left femur.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain ); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, cranium, cerebrum and pleurae. All the viscera both thoracic and abdominal were natural
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1870
Date of death: 16 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of 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 is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1870
Date of death: 19 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of upper jaw. Removal of superior maxillary bone.
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Skull); Excision (Skull)
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 is not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1869
Date of death: 31 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine in the dorsal region – union of the fractured parts. Large bed sore. Granular kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Pressure ulcer (Skin, Tissues); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man fell from a height of 30 feet onto some stone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones and joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1870
Date of death: 1 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of tibia.
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: Horsebreaker
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Rupture of left renal artery.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Rupture (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient was brought in to the Hospital dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

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: Tailor
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1870
Date of death: 25 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Meningitis (tubercular).
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John
Medical notes: Two days before this patient was admitted, he was knocked down by a cab and injured his head. This was followed by acute pain in the hear and he became incoherent.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Exterior of body. No other parts of the body was examined. The post mortem was taken from Dr Cavafy's notes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1870
Date of death: 15 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Otorrhoea. Suppuration between the D.M. and petrous bone. Abscess in the cerebellum. Softening of corpus callosum and fornix.
Disease (standardised): Otorrhoea (Ear); Suppuration (Skull); Abscess (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John
Medical notes: This man had had Otorrhoea from the left ear for six months, no cause assigned. For a month before his admission he had suffered with gradually increasing pain in the head, principally in the forehead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cerebrum, cerebellum, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys. The post mortem was from Dr Cavafy's notes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1870
Date of death: 17 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the hip joint.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip Joint)
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: Labourer
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1870
Date of death: 24 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Granular kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was run over by a cart, and when brought to the Hospital gave a very indistinct account of himself, and remained throughout all the time of his stay in the Hospital in a state of rambling delirium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Meninges, cerebrum, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1870
Date of death: 2 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the femur. Operation. Osteomyelitis. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Five years before admission, the patient had inflammation and swelling of the right thigh bone, no cause assigned. An abscess formed and some bone came away from an opening at the outer side of the femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Exterior of body. No further examination of the body was permitted
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1870
Date of death: 20 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of both thigh bones. Delirium tremens.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Legs); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Central Nervous System)
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: Schoolboy
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of lung.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This child was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, lungs, heart, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1844
Date of death: 3 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism and pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism; Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Between a fortnight and three weeks previous to admission, this patient was attacked with bronchitis, for which leeches were applied to the chest, and full doses of antimony were exhibited’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1844
Date of death: 2 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Caries of spine
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)

Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: ‘The body was not examined, at the request of the friends’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1844
Date of death: 4 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of both arms with matter in one elbow joint. A few scattered tubercles in the apices of the lungs. Other appearances most probably, for the greater part, cadaveric
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arms); Tuberculosis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: ‘Three weeks before his admission he punctured his right hand whilst opening a rabbit. When he presented himself the hand was much swollen and the skin inflamed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, super extremities

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1844
Date of death: 6 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca with mottled degeneration of the kidneys in one of which was a large patch of scrofulous deposit. Pleurisy. Peritonitis. Chronic inflammation of bones of the skull with scrofulous deposits in various parts of these bones
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Inflammation (Skull); Deposit (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'She stated that she had suffered from headache more or less severe above three years, from swelling of the abdomen, feet and legs during the last 3 months, and that the catamenia [menstruation] had been absent during nearly the same period’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1845
Date of death: 25 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of brain, with effusion of blood into the arachnoid cavity. Fracture of clavicle
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Collarbone)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'The day before her admission she fell down stairs, a distance of about eight feet. She was taken up insensible, bleeding from the nose and mouth’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, shoulder

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1845
Date of death: 3 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Injury of knee with effusion of blood into the cavity of the joint. Erysipelas. Fibrous degeneration of the cartilage of the patella
Disease (standardised): Injury (Knee); Erysipelas (Skin); Degeneration (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient was a coachman and accustomed to drink. A wheel of a carriage had passed over his knee and much bruised the parts in the neighbourgood of the patella’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1845
Date of death: 6 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound; fissure of skull. Laceration of brain externally & internally
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Laceration (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in the afternoon of the 4th of February, having fallen a distance of about 10 feet, a wound of the scalp existed upon the upper and posterior part of the right temple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Wed 1844
Date of death: 16 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Burn about the scalp exposing a large portion of bone. Bones of the skull somewhat thickened. Gall stones. No disease of duodenum or stomach. Cysts of the trichina spiralis in the voluntary system of muscles
Disease (standardised): Burn (Scalp); Gallstone (Bladder); Trichinella spiralis
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have fainted away and to have fallen into the fire. When admitted an extensive burn presented itself extending over the right side of the scalp and neck, and involving the ear. For the first few days she complained much of pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident