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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1893
Date of death: 9 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum (Chronic tubal nephritis)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
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: 'Not examined post mortem'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1870
Date of death: 12 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation. Septicaemia.
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been subject to epilepsy for several years. On 8th January he fell down in a fit an injured his arm which resulted in diffuse cellular inflammation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium and blood vessels
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1882
Date of death: 15 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Exophthalmic goitre. Emaciation
Disease (standardised): Exophthalmic goitre (Thyroid gland); Emaciation (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In 1875 she first noticed an enlargement of the thyroid which slowly increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, thyroid gland, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, spinal cord and orbits
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1871
Date of death: 25 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Hepatic abscess communicating with the right lung. Peritonitis (circumscribed)
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Abscess (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

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 man returned from India, where he had long been, in 1867. While there he suffered much from diarrhoea & frequent hepatic pain, but said his motions had never contained blood. Three months ago he was seized with diarrhoea & at the same time very violent pain in the right side, so that he could not move his right arm owing to the severity of the pain. About ten days later cough came on & he spat up a quantity of thick yellow matter mixed with blood’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1872
Date of death: 7 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Paracentesis thoracis. Empyema. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Paracentesis (Thorax); Empyema (Pleura); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient said that for sixteen days he had had pain in the left side with shortness of breath. It commenced with an attack of shivering and as if a knife were being run into him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1875
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fall from a height. Fractured skull and ribs. Laceration of brain with rupture of arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Brain); Rupture (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Brought in dead. No other report.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1870
Date of death: 7 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Plugging of both vertebral arteries. Aneurysm like dilatation and plugging of left internal carotid artery with channelling of clot. Plugging of right internal carotid artery. Tumour of Dura Mater.
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Tumour (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had a fit a fortnight before admission which was stated to have lasted some hours. He lost sensation completely and on recovering found that he was paralysed on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, cerebrum, bones and vessels of brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Picture frame maker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1884
Date of death: 4 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: A fortnight before admission he had several rigors and felt weak and feverish at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Music teacher
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1892
Date of death: 28 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This woman became giddy while walking in the street and fell down. Shortly afterwards she was seen by a medical man who found her nearly unconscious, the right arm twitching.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: [No occupation]
  Age: 66
  Gender: Female
  Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
  Date of death: 30 Mar 1877
  Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia; Pleurisy; granular kidneys
  Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Kidney)
  Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
• Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical notes: The patient had enjoyed good health and a sound constitution until six years before admission when she was attacked, after wetting, with cough, dyspnoea and expectoration.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen and liver. The post mortem was from Dr Whipham's notes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1865
Date of death: 12 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease (?) of cavity of uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sailor
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1894
Date of death: 9 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidney (chronic nephritis)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination was allowed
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous growth in the walls of the heart.
Disease (standardised): Leiomyoma (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was not seen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1866
Date of death: 15 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had suffered from cough for one winter before admission. The present illness commenced to weeks before and was attributed to the result of getting wet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1872
Date of death: 7 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries and necrosis of ribs. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Caries (Ribs); Necrosis (Ribs); Empyema (Pleura)
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: For four years this patient had had a sinus discharging at the lower part of the right chest. Three months before admission some bone was removed from the rib.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

• Occupation or role: Housemaid
  Age: 21
  Gender: Female
  Date of admission: 23 Mar 1877
  Date of death: 30 Mar 1877
  Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations of bowel. Pneumonia. Pleurisy.
  Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
  Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
  Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
  Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
• Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  Medical notes: For ten days the patient had had a headache, felt chilly and shivered; for five she had been very weak and kept to her bed; for four had had a cough and for three a sore throat. The bowels were confined.
  Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestine. The post mortem was from Dr Whipham's notes
  Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1885
Date of death: 15 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Seven weeks ago he had pain in all his bones and gradually grew weaker. He had constipation and frothy expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and prostate
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1875
Date of death: 3 Apr 1875
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Mitral and aortic. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman had had three attacks of acute rheumatism and she had had palpitation and dyspnoea since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1884
Date of death: 6 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Laryngitis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Laryngitis (Larynx); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The child was in good health until she caught measles about three weeks before her admission, along with many children in her neighbourhood. She was living in a house next to that from which a child, George Medding, had come a few days previously and who had died of Diphtheria (see case number 100).
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1865
Date of death: 15 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted with the history of four months of diarrhoea, accompanied by pain and swelling in the right iliac region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1884
Date of death: 5 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Two days before admission he had confined bowels, slight malaise and took ‘dandelion pills’. The next day he began to vomit and have diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Surveyor
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1870
Date of death: 10 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis (miliary tubercles).
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a history of 12 months cough and loss of flesh, following Enteric Fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1871
Date of death: 27 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation of intestine. Circumscribed peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 girl had been ill fifteen days with abdominal pain, diarrhoea & sickness’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1871
Date of death: 8 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia. Miliary tubercles. Tubercular disease of the intestines and oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Two years ago this women had an attack of jaundice after a confinement, and ever since had suffered from sickness and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, oesophagus, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1900
Date of death: 28 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleural cavity); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient had never been healthy was had often been in the infirmary with similar symptoms to the present. Three days before admission she had a ‘cold in the head’. She was screaming, had a headache and vomited once.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a