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Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1882
Date of death: 12 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Old empyema. Lardaceous degeneration of most of the viscera
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Amyloidosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He was first admitted in 1876 when he had empyema and was much relieved by thoracentesis and left the hospital with a pleural fistula. He continued to attend for a long time to obtain a solution of iodine to inject into the pleural cavity.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1888
Date of death: 22 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Old mitral disease. Pulmonary emphysema & bronchitis. Recent acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When 13 years of age the patient had scarlatina. She occasionally had rheumatic pains in her shoulders. For some time, she could not say how long, she had been disturbed about twice during the night to pass water’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, eyes

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1863
Date of death: 25 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of leg. Disease of blood vessels
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg); Disease (Vessels)
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: For the last few years he had had a large ulcer over the outer ankle of the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1861
Date of death: 20 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Two months before he was admitted he grazed his right elbow and the back of his thumb, but both places were quite healed in less than a week, and presented no symptoms afterwards. About a month afterwards he thought he caught cold, followed by shivering, sore throat and difficulty swallowing
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and spine, thorax and abdomen
Illustrations: yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1862
Date of death: 22 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had not felt well since the date of her last confinement five months ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1879
Date of death: 26 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Abdominal aneurysm. Rupture into left pleurae
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Abdomen); Rupture (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had strangulated hernia in 1874 with occasional nausea since. He had pain in the loins for fifteen months and tendency to constipation for nine months. He had severe abdominal pain with distension at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, hernia, intestines and aneurysm
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Accountant
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1875
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fatty disease of the cardiac muscles and tissue
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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 man was said to have fallen down in a fit and died.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864
Date of death: 19 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient had been laid up for two months with a ‘cold’ by which he meant general muscular weakness, dyspnoea and a lightness across the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1865
Date of death: 11 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: During the winters of the last two years he had had cough with dyspnoea and much watery expectoration. The present attack had lasted four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1866
Date of death: 10 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after injury to head
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Injury (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient fell from a scaffold about thirty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1863
Date of death: 11 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: It was said that she had been ill a weak with rigors, headache and some looseness of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Washerwoman
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1876
Date of death: 8 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Four days before admission, the patient was exposed to a severe chill. She began to shiver and the next morning she found herself suffering from cough, dyspnoea and pain in the left side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, uterus, heart, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1875
Date of death: 10 Jan 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Leg); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: For the last three months she had suffered from severe cough with thick purulent expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 8 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Hydatid cysts in liver
Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, a healthy-looking man, was admitted with the following history. Nine weeks before admission he had a sudden acute pain across the epigastrium which lasted for 3 or 4 days and disappeared as suddenly as it had begun, similar paroxysms of pain, varying in duration, had occurred several times since’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1885
Date of death: 12 Jan 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The man was described as ‘a drunkard.’ He had a severe cold and cough, and severe pain in the abdomen. He had been advised to stop drinking six weeks prior to admission on account of symptoms of delirium tremens.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] French polisher
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1888
Date of death: 8 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient’s address was 107 Colshill Buildings, Pimlico Road. The mother said she had noticed bad smells in the home. There was no history of diphtheria amongst the immediate neighbours but the disease had been very fatal in Pimlico generally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tonsils, uvula, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, small intestines, brain and membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1889
Date of death: 4 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Double empyema. Pneumonia. Purulent bronchitis and tracheitis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Tracheitis (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He complained of severe pain in his inframammary regions on both sides. His tongue was dry and of a brownish colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pupils, pleurae, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cigar maker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1892
Date of death: 8 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Acute pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical notes: The girl was always short of breath from emphysema of the lungs, and there is no means of judging how long she may have been suffering from the dyspnoea of mitral stenosis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, pleurae, lungs, typhoid gland, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Governess
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1883
Date of death: 10 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia. Haemorrhagic spots in arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Anaemia, pernicious (Systemic); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Recently there had been an increase of anaemia and weakness with tinnitus giddiness and, for a fortnight before admission, much vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal capsules and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1865
Date of death: 11 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Six days before the patient’s admission he fell down the stairs. For a week before that he had been struggling against debility, pains in the limbs and fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1863
Date of death: 25 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis. Tubercular disease of brain, lungs and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted for a stricture of the urethra from which he had suffered for years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1874
Date of death: 18 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: She was admitted having been ill for three months with pain in the right should, dyspnoea and palpitations.
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: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 60
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1878
Date of death: 13 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis and phthisis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not given here, as the body was not examined'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1880
Date of death: 1 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of kidneys, urinary tract and lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Urinary tract); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For about four months before admission she suffered from ‘cold chills’, profuse night sweats for two to three months and emaciation for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and urinary apparatus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860
Date of death: 18 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a