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Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1863
Date of death: 18 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Synovitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Synovitis (Joints); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She stated on her admission that she had enjoyed good health until three weeks ago about which time she noticed that her left knee was painful and that it was larger than the other.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and left knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Harness maker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1892
Date of death: 19 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Perforating gastric ulcer. Subdiaphragmatic abscess
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Diaphragm)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He was naturally liable to indisposition (drowsiness, headache, heart burn) after eating such things as pork and pastry, but he did not suffer much dyspeptic pain until about a month before his admission into this hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, duodenum, oesophagus, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminalis, testes, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid body, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1851
Date of death: 17 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Pleurisy on the right side, also old tubercular deposit in the apex of right lung. Dislocation of the cartilages of 5th & 6th ribs, from the sternum by a contusion. ‘Wet brain’
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal syndrome (Brain); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dislocation (Ribs); Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This man was a drayman & was accidentally jammed in between two drays by which means he received what was thought to be merely a severe contusion on the anterior wall of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, cranium, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1917
Date of death: 5 Apr 1917
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'B.I.D. [brought in dead]’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No necropsy’

Type of incident: Accident?

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1909
Date of death: 27 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Ruptured superior longitudinal sinus. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Brain); Laceration (Brain)
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 down an area on to his head and was brought up by police.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, pericardium, liver, spleen, pancreas, gullet and intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1841
Date of death: 3 Jun 1841
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hope, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1846
Date of death: 28 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation and suppuration of left tympanum and other parts of temporal bone. Ulceration of membrane tympani. Diffuse inflammation and suppuration of sub arachnoid cellular tissue. Puriform effusion in ventricles.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Suppuration (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Effusion (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: This patient stated that for the last five weeks he had suffered from pain in the neck and passing to the shoulders. The pain commenced, according to his account, as a ‘cold and sore throat’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1881
Date of death: 2 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Amputation of foot for caries of metatarsus
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Amputation (Foot); Caries (Foot)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
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: Painter
Gender: Male
Age: 45
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1906
Date of death: 16 Apr 1906
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'Not seen by S.R. [Surgical Registrar]. Patient fell from a ladder into an area about 25 feet. On admission – He was pale, collapsed and dyspnoeic. Numerous ribs were fractured on the Right side'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Caries & abscess of the hip joint
Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'About the middle of September last this patient contracted syphilis & became in consequence an out-patient of the Lock Hospital. He had a primary sore on the penis & a bubo in each groin. He was put under the influence of mercury & five weeks afterwards (his mouth being still sore), he began to feel pain in the left hip & knee & walked lame. Five or six days afterwards he became disabled & was made an in-patient at the Lock. In about a fortnight afterward some enlargement had taken place around the joint, & an issue was made just behind the trochanter major’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 2 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1889
Date of death: 1 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Measles. Collapse of lungs. Fractures through both femurs and the left humerus
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bone); Measles (Immune system); Fracture (Leg); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The child was brought up from the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea. The individual who brought her did not know her history, but it was said that the child was sent to St George’s because she had measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain, spinal cord, humerus and femurs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1844
Date of death: 5 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the ribs with ecchymosis of the Lungs and Heart. Rupture of the Liver.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Ecchymosis (Lungs, Heart); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The child was admitted in a state of collapse having fallen from a height of 15 feet from a loft into a stable and it was believed was afterwards trod upon the abdomen by a horse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1875
Date of death: 28 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Bronchitis. Convulsions
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchitis (Lung); Seizures (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This child was brought in in convulsions and died in the surgery.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium, bones and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Green grocer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1901
Date of death: 27 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Ascites. Oedema of lungs. (2 cyst like swellings on under surface of diaphragm)
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Lung); Cysts (Diaphragm)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had always been a heavy drinker and had no regular meals, but good food. Twelve months ago he began to lose flesh and the abdomen swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, intestines, testes and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1909
Date of death: 28 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Cerebral contusion with ecchymosis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Contusion (Brain); Ecchymosis (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient had fallen off the back of his van and had been picked up unconscious by the police.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, spleen and stomach
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1900
Date of death: 25 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Bronchitis. Pleural Effusion. Comminuted fracture of the right clavicle
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Bronchitis (Lung); Pleural effusion (Pleura); Fracture (Clavicle)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient severely overstrained himself lifting a large case.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1841
Date of death: 4 Jun 1841
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Wound of anterior tibial artery. Mortification and diffuse cellular inflammation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Wound (Blood vessels); Inflammation (Cells)
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Leg

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1861
Date of death: 15 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Gout. Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Gout (Joints); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had been subject to gout for ten years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Gender: Male
Age: 66
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1906
Date of death: 16 Apr 1906
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs – Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'Patient was riding a bicycle. In trying to avoid a bus he ran into a trolley and fell off striking his Rt [Right] side. Says he has never suffered from Bronchitis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1841
Date of death: 28 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus (idiopathic)
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Had not met with any accident. Illness came on three days before his admission. Has led a very irregular life; has been of late exposed to cold and damp and at night has been sleeping in the fields’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal canal, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1860
Date of death: 12 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the brain. Fractured spine & ribs
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Spine, ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few month before admission this man fell from a scaffold about 30 feet, falling with his back across a plank, at the same time striking the back part of his head against another’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident