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Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 65 or 77
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1863
Date of death: 31 May 1863
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of leg. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: For the last two months she had had a ulcer, the size of the palm of the hand, over the right knee joint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, blood and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1866
Date of death: 2 May 1866
Disease (transcribed): Pneumothorax. Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Pneumothorax (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A groom who had suffered from cough during the winters of 1864 and 1865.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant at lunatic asylum
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1891
Date of death: 15 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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: 'No family history of tubercle except that a brother of the patient died of consumption in March 1891. The man had been in the army and spent 6 years in India. Soon after going to India, about 1885, he had some sort of fever which lasted 9 weeks. He appears to have had good health on the whole though he underwent some hardships in India. No scarlatina. No rheumatism. After returning to England in 1890 he became an attendant at a lunatic asylum. He was first admitted to this hospital on Dec 20th 1890 with a history of pleural stitch and shortness of breath for a month'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1865
Date of death: 25 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman was under the surgeon for fistula ani. She was transferred to Dr Page for cough with occasional haemoptysis and rapid wasting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860
Date of death: 6 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strumous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child, who had long eyelashes and light hair and was of obviously tubercular aspect, became a surgeon’s patient for stiffness of neck Feb 29th, and on the 10th of the following month was transferred to the physicians. He had been under-fed, complained of pain in the belly, and stiffness of the neck, and pains about the occiput’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1861
Date of death: 19 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased Kidney. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient had, for 15 months before her admission, suffered from cough and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1879
Date of death: 19 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis. Ulceration of the bronchi. Tubercle
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a state which precluded examination. No record made.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1859
Date of death: 13 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: On the evening of the 6th he felt pain in swallowing. The following morning all his bones ached.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1874
Date of death: 22 May 1874
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1891
Date of death: 18 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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: 'No family history was obtainable in this case. The girl had no relations and came from St Peter's Orphanage. She was reported to have been seriously ill for 3 weeks before admission here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1890
Date of death: 1 Apr 1890
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
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: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1862
Date of death: 20 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted under the surgeons for disease of the hip. He stated that ten months previously he fell out of a cart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1889
Date of death: 23 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis (probably of tubercular origin)
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
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: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1860
Date of death: 8 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A painter. Except an attack of colic 20 years ago, this man had very good health until 7 weeks before admission. He never had gout, nor any dropsical affection’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commissionaire
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1888
Date of death: 11 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He dated his illness from November 18th. On that day he drank only a pint and a half of beer. He went home and the following morning he was unable to move.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, brain and membranes, spinal cord, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Infant
Age: 15 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1862
Date of death: 11 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This child was admitted into the hospital as it had a fit followed by insensibility. Two days afterwards the throat became sore.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: [No age stated]
Date of admission: 15 May 1878
Date of death: 15 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tubercular phthisis. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'Patient admitted dead'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1863
Date of death: 2 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been out of health for two months before admission with cough, dyspnoea, loss of strength and appetite with haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1891
Date of death: 19 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient, a pale, ill-nourished child, was admitted on the evening of the 17th. The mother stated that from birth it had always been weakly & ailing. It had suffered on two previous occasions from otorrhea. The present illness began with otorrhea of a weeks' duration'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1863
Date of death: 6 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This young woman had been one week ill before admission, suffering from sickness, diarrhoea and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1860
Date of death: 10 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
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

Occupation or role: Porter
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Date of admission: 8 May 1878
Date of death: 19 May 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheric paralysis. Bronchitis. Pneumonia (gangrenous)
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Paralysis (Legs); Paralysis (Hands); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Gangrene (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Thirty days before admission: - a rigor for two hours; at the end of which time he found his throat sore and the submaxillary region swelled. The soreness and the swelling increased for five days; the latter being considerable, and extending all round the front under the chin. There was no nasal discharge. He was treated for mumps. For a week more the condition remained stationary: then the soreness and swelling began to recede. From that time he was unable to swallow his food properly, as the ingested had a tendency to regurgitate per nares. He took solid food, but it seemed to 'lodge' causing substernal pain, and was generally vomited within half an hour; liquid being retained'.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, pharynx, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1861
Date of death: 30 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission he began to split blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864
Date of death: 22 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This was a case of a miserable, emaciated old man having the withered and wrinkled face of a mummy, who for four months lingered out his existence in the hospital dying of phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School girl
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 May 1865
Date of death: 9 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Two weeks ago vomiting commenced, chiefly of bile, and last four days. About the same time headache was complained of and the sight became dim.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a