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Charles Foster, 45, Upholsterer

Occupation or role: Upholsterer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1880
Date of death: 16 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient fell down some stairs on the day before admission and struck his side violently against the balusters.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Ribs, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Page, 33, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1860
Date of death: 25 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Sprained ankle followed by suppuration in joint. Death caused by pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sprain (Ankle); Suppuration (Ankle joint); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Joseph Collis, 52, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1882
Date of death: 8 Jun 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ununited fracture of femur. Cancer of liver and ribs. Haemothorax
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Ribs); Haemorthorax (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: This man was originally admitted with a fracture of the shaft of the left femur. Fourteen weeks after the accident it was found that there was non-union.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left leg, lungs, pleurae, heart, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Marie Dayton, 2, [Child of] Lineman

Occupation or role: [Child of] Lineman
Gender: Female
Age: 2
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1904
Date of death: 30 Apr 1904
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Broncho-pneumonia. Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Child was admitted after a fortnight's illness, cough, loss of appetite. Hand fed child, brought up on Nestlé's milk. On admission a fair child with light golden hair, blue eyes. Apparently well nourished. No sign of emaciation'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Whitcombe, 34, Private

Occupation or role: Private
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1916
Date of death: 29 Jul 1916
Disease (transcribed): Shell wound of buttock. Gas gangrene
Disease (standardised): Wound (Buttocks); Gas gangrene (Muscles)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For notes of this case see Surgical Register 1495/1916
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Ernest Edgeworth, 45, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1921
Date of death: 9 Jul 1921
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull. Laceration of brain. Cerebral compression
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: Colquhoun, Gideon Robert Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: The patient was admitted unconscious with severe fracture of the base of skull, the results of an accident. He died shortly after admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, skull, brain and membranes, tongue, thyroid, thymus, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary vessels, glands, pericardium, heart, coronary vessels, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, ducts, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, stomach, intestines, appendix and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Collins, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1896
Date of death: 7 Jun 1896
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs, from 4-12 on right near angles. Laceration of right lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Graham-Little, Ernest Gordon
Medical notes: The patient fell thirty or forty feet from a scaffold onto an iron girdle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testicles, cranium and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Annie Williams, 60, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1912
Date of death: 19 Jun 1912
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of uterus and ovary (Hysterectomy and oophorectomy). Secondary growth in omentum, liver and diaphragm.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Ovary); Hysterectomy (Uterus); Oophrectomy (Ovary); Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver);Cancer (Diaphragm)
Admitted under the care of: Dakin, William Radford. Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for a uterine haemorrhage and difficulty in micturition with abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, infratracheal glands, pericardium, heart, vessels, larynx, thyroid, peritoneum, omentum, alimentary tract, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, genital organs and diaphragm
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Bush, 44, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1841
Date of death: 6 Nov 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia, with tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Brown, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1856
Date of death: 28 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur, extending into the knee joint. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted in consequence of an accident in which he had fractured his left thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left inferior extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Michael Toomey, 48, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1867
Date of death: 3 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Fracture: both bones of leg, became compound. Haemorrhage. Ligature of anterior tibia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg); Ligature (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

[Name redacted], 69, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1933
Date of death: 22 Sep 1933
Disease (transcribed): (Pertrochantric fracture of femur): Bronchopneumonia. Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Anaemia, pernicious (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Riddell, Victor Horsley Hume
Medical notes: The patient fell and injured the left hip. There were signs of fractured neck of femur. The limb was put in extension under general anaesthesia. Three days later the patient developed acute parotitis and died in spite of blood transfusion. The patient also had pernicious anaemia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, brain, muscle and bone marrow
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

James Connor, 28, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1845
Date of death: 19 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with extensive laceration of the cerebrum & cerebellum, produced by a chisel
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'Admitted at a quarter to three PM. It appeared that a chisel had fallen upon his head a distance of 70 or 80 feet, and that the point had penetrated almost perpendicularly into the brain. A portion of the brain protruded upon his admission, and there was some oozing of blood from the wound. He was in a state of complete collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charles Fothergill, 52, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1869
Date of death: 4 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Muscular atrophy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Muscular atrophy (Muscles); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This had man had been living very badly lately and had suffered from eczema of both hands for one month. He was suffering from bronchitis with cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen. Spine and muscles kept for dr ogle
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 14, [Child of] Gas fitter

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gas fitter
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1924
Date of death: 23 Jun 1924
Disease (transcribed): Acute mastoid. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Mastoiditis (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Colledge, Lionel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: She had a radical mastoid operation and the middle fossa was opened.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Phillip Unwin, 33, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1861
Date of death: 18 Jun 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fractured Ribs. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Venning, Edgcombe
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Reuben Stair, 7, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857
Date of death: 25 Jul 1857
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Strumous disease of the knee. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Leg); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This child had been twice in the hospital before and been to Margate, where his condition had somewhat improved.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis and right knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Killarney, 60, Manservant

Occupation or role: Manservant
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1905
Date of death: 17 Jun 1905
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Gastrostomy. Hypostatic pneumonia. Gout
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy (Stomach); Pneumonia (Lungs); Gout (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'This patient was first admitted on March 2nd 1905 with dysphagia of 3 weeks’ duration, the food returning quietly and without effort’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Davis, 62, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1915
Date of death: 11 Jul 1915
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver. Haemoperitoneum. Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver); Haemoperitoneum (Abdomen); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This man appeared to have been knocked down by a motor at Marble Arch.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Kelley, 22, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1841
Date of death: 7 Nov 1841
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine with diseased bladder
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Disease (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: [Catalogue of the Pathological Museum, 1866, p.25-26]: ‘The patient, John K., aged 25, fell from a fourth story, and was admitted into the hospital with paralysis of the lower extremities […] He lived seven weeks after the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Richard Huffield, 66, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1860
Date of death: 26 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Simple fracture of the skull. Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this patient was knocked down by a cart. On admission he was insensible & collapsed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Mary Woolf, 45, [Wife of] Painter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Painter
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1900
Date of death: 26 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of uncertain origin. Secondary deposits in pleurae, heart, liver, kidneys and adrenals. Erosion of vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pleura); Erosion (Spine); Cancer (Heart); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidney); Cancer (Adrenal glands)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: This patient died at Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital to which place she was removed two months ago. She had suffered from pain in the region of umbilicus for four months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 71, Pedler

Occupation or role: Pedler
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1932
Date of death: 1 Oct 1932
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Taylor, John
Medical notes: He was brought in unconscious. He had had epilepsy for several years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Mary Hopkins, 19, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1845
Date of death: 19 Jul 1845
Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee joint. Amputation of thigh. Low pneumonia and incipient 2ndary deposit in spleen
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Thigh); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Spleen)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient stated that 12 months before her admission she struck her knee, and it was then followed by slight swelling of the joint. Six weeks ago she again struck and it became again swollen and painful. It was never sufficiently painful to cause her to discontinue using it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Wilmott, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1891
Date of death: 9 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Wound of lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Wound (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead. Not seen by registrar'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

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