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Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1894
Date of death: 21 Nov 1894
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'Except for one attack of anaemia she had always been healthy. Five weeks ago she was attacked with a bad cough and she whooped. On Oct 15th she had a sudden attack of sweating and shivering followed by frontal headache - On Oct 22nd diarrhoea set in and during the first week of her illness she vomited everything. On Oct 28th she found her stomach swollen and for a week she had been deaf'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1877
Date of death: 27 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from severe cough, anorexia, wasting, night sweats, diarrhoea and hepatic pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1891
Date of death: 11 Jun 1891
Disease (transcribed): Perimetritis. Diabetes mellitus
Disease (standardised): Perimetritis (Uterus); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The father of this patient, still living, was reported to be suffering from diabetes and had had more than one paralytic stroke. The patient was formerly healthy and became a nurse at the Norfolk and Norwich hospital. While thus employed she was found to be diabetic about seven months before her death. No cause was made out for the onset of the disease unless it was to be attributed to anxiety about the illness of her father. Six weeks before her death she left the Norwich hospital on account of failing health, and came to London. She had been recently nursing a case of influenza, and on the night of June 9th was taken severely ill with pain on the right side of the chest and dyspnoea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, head, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1894
Date of death: 23 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Cf. medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No examination made post mortem'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Draper’s assistant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1888
Date of death: 16 Sep 1888
Disease (transcribed): Caries of cervical spine
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'About 12 months before admission, a ceiling fell & struck her head. This did not cause her more than a few minutes’ pain. About June 1st ‘88 she noticed that her neck was stiff: this gradually got worse but she is free from pain unless she moves her head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: ‘Permission was only obtained to examine the neck’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1917
Date of death: 29 Dec 1917
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Tuberculous ulcers of intestine. Tubercular meningitis. Choroidal tubercles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, intestines, brain); Ulcer (Intestine); Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Eye)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'The child has been ailing since the September air raids, the chief complaints being headache & pain in the chest. She is very listless, the appetite is bad & she has wasted considerably’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull, eyes

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1891
Date of death: 9 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of gall-bladder. Ulceration into colon
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Gallbladder); Ulcer (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'Was in hospital about 6 months ago with a swelling over the region of the gallbladder'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1894
Date of death: 7 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient had noticed an abdominal swelling for about 7 mos [months]. No pain on bending-down. […] On admission there was an abdominal tumour lying in the right iliac region. It was hard and dull'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1905
Date of death: 16 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Granular kidneys. Enlarged heart. Suprarenal tumour. Depression of cerebral cortex by tumour of skull
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Tumour (Kidneys); Tumour (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted to the hospital complaining of kidney disease. Her previous history was devoid of important incidents, medically speaking; she had worked hard as a dressmaker in London for the last 25 years of her life’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1870
Date of death: 9 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Burn.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
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: Servant
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1856
Date of death: 19 Jul 1856
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: A French servant living in Eaton Square, who had been suffering from fever for a week before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1894
Date of death: 27 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
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: Kitchenmaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1891
Date of death: 25 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of a gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This girl was a housemaid who became a kitchenmaid about a year before her death because, being anaemic, she found herself unable to run up and down stairs. There was a history of some dyspeptic pains for the last year, but none of haematemesis. The anaemia continued in some degree, though the bowels acted daily, and the catamenia [menstruation], though scanty, were regular'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1894
Date of death: 21 Oct 1894
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient was a fairly healthy woman. She feel into an area into her left leg. On admission H.S. [House surgeon] reports. There was great swelling about the left knee with much tenderness. No certain diagnosis could be made. The next morning the knee joint was acutely distended'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left leg, head, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1843
Date of death: 23 Mar 1843
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of Brain. Apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1897
Date of death: 16 Jul 1897
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No examination post mortem'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Museum cleaner
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1888
Date of death: 6 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Tubercular deposit in left lung and spleen
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Tuberculosis (Lungs, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of heritable disease. She had good health till about 6 years before her admission when she began to suffer from polyuria and eczema of the vulva. She became an out-patient under Dr Owen [Herbert Isambard Owen] in 1885’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Turner
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1905
Date of death: 4 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum et cordis. Pericarditis. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Pericarditis (Pericardium); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of pain in left side, with shortness of breath. Suddenly seized with pain in left side, with vomiting on Xmas 1904’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1853
Date of death: 16 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body at the particular request of the friends, was not examined.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Saleswoman
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 May 1891
Date of death: 19 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Perforating gastric ulcer. Subdiaphragmatic abscess
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This was a saleswoman about whom a complete history was not obtained. It was ascertained, however, that she had suffered from dyspeptic pains for some years and that since the beginning of 1891 these pains had been severe. She denied having ever vomited blood. On the afternoon of May 12th she was seized with sudden vuilentn pain which was referred to the right side of the abdomen, the catamenia [menstruation] being present at the time'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1877
Date of death: 10 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Spontaneous thrombosis in the cerebral sinuses. Inflammatory disintegration in the right sphenotemporal lobe.
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain); Inflammation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a delirious condition. She was well nourished but anaemic to a marked degree. She complained of severe pain about the mastoid process, shooting down into the neck and up into the head, thumping sensations in the chest on exertion, and nausea after drinking anything hot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestinal canal, uterus, skull and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1881
Date of death: 12 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Mitral stenosis. Hypertrophy
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'In 1874 she had an attack of acute rheumatism; the pain chiefly in the knees and hands. No history of cardiac symptoms or sequelae. About Christmas 1879 she again had rheumatism affecting more joints but less severe. She was laid up about a month but since then has been able to work as a barmaid without discomfort. No dyspnoea or oedema noticed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1856
Date of death: 10 Jan 1856
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a