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Occupation or role: Painter
Gender: Male
Age: 34
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1899
Date of death: 17 Mar 1899
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Powell, Llewellyn
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No autopsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1915
Date of death: 5 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Arterio-sclerosis. Arterio-sclerotic kidney. Dilated heart. Chronic bronchitis. Oedema
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Arteriosclerosis (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Genitalia)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Since December 1914 he had been troubled with shortness of breath, headaches and failing vision.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1911
Date of death: 10 Apr 1911
Disease (transcribed): Aortic reflux. Syphilitic aortitis. Right lobar pneumonia (red hepatization)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Syphilis (Systemic); Aortitis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: He had paroxysms of pain in the chest since last November, and giddiness, dyspnoea and cough latterly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, infratracheal glands, larynx, thyroid, trachea, pericardium, heart, aorta, coronary arteries, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder and ducts, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary tract, stomach and duodenum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1858
Date of death: 14 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1888
Date of death: 9 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Old mitral disease. Enlarged right ventricle. Dilated pulmonary artery and many of its branches in both lungs containing an antemortem clot
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When 18 years of age the patient worked with lead. He was then a stone keeper. This occupation lasted only a year, but during that time he had colic. He had always been accustomed to drink beer, avoiding the weaker kinds and drinking chiefly ‘six ale’, and some spirits. The average quantity of beer was 5 or 6 pints daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1883
Date of death: 15 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Pleuritis. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
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: He had had frequent colds and during the unusually cold weather he had been subject to violent fits of coughing which had left him completely exhausted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1902
Date of death: 28 Mar 1902
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Pleurisy. Serofibrinous pericarditis (pneumococcal)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: There was no previous attack of pneumonia or pleurisy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary tract and genitals
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1843
Date of death: 13 May 1843
Disease (transcribed): Ossification of arteries with gangrene senilis of foot.
Disease (standardised): Ossification (Arteries); Gangrene (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
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 and arteries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coffee house keeper
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858
Date of death: 13 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was a coffee house keeper had been ailing some five months with cough & aphonia, but he had only kept his bed nine weeks, & this was on account of an attack of acute rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1870
Date of death: 23 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Abscess of lung. Pericarditis.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was reported to have been ill a month before admission, suffering from pain in the chest and cough. On admission he was very drowsy and heavy and did not pass urine for 24 hours. There was slight anasarca of the whole body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1866
Date of death: 29 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Her first symptoms were referred to the heart. She had palpitations and pain with dyspnoea and panting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1873
Date of death: 17 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Mitral and tricuspid contraction. Hypertrophy of right ventricle and left auricle. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been in comparatively good health except occasional shortness of breath on any exertion up to about two weeks ago when much pain in the chest commenced. A short time after he spat up much blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1874
Date of death: 30 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Bronchitis. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: She had an umbilical hernia for three years. Six weeks ago she felt heaviness in the abdomen and noticed that it was increasing.
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: Carman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1902
Date of death: 27 Mar 1902
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Haemorrhage into and softening of cervical region of the cord. Old mitral stenosis and aortic incompetence
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Haemorrhage (Spinal cord); Softening (Spinal cord); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bennet, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was thrown off a cart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary tract, brain, spine and cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Daughter of] Inspector
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1915
Date of death: 5 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Empyema pleurae. Gangrene of lung. Pyo-pericardium
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Gangrene (Lung); Pyopericardium (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This child was admitted on the ninth day of an attack of lobar pneumonia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851
Date of death: 4 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis pulmonalis. Tubercle & vomicae in the upper lobe of the right lung & the lower one of the left lung. Recent pleurisy on both sides. Contraction of the mitral orifice of the heart & thickening of the anterior flap of the valve & of the chordae tendineae
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Suppuration (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted evidently in a pretty far advanced stage of phthisis. She had suffered from cough for many years, but she had caught fresh cold last November, and had been very much worse ever since. The catamenia [menstruation] had then ceased. She was much emaciated, had night sweats, with shortness of breathing, & pretty abundant expectoration. She had never spit blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1846
Date of death: 18 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of bones of skull. Congestion of veins of brain. Congestion of lungs. Heart dilated and atrophied. Two aortic valves only with calcareous deposit in their structure. Blood fluid. Abdominal organs, nothing remarkable.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Disease (Brain); Disease (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with well marked symptoms of Delirium Tremens. No history of the case could be obtained.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Costermonger
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1877
Date of death: 11 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease (aortic valves). Pleurisy. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient, in whose family history gout and epilepsy played a small part, had never been robust or able to digest fat. He had been subject to frontal headaches, to coughs and to vomiting. He had taken two or three pints of beer daily, no spirits. He had suffered from scarlet fever and small pox in infancy, from typhus and from bronchitis after measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1891
Date of death: 18 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Aortic stenosis. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of rheumatism or other disease, except that one sister out of a family of 10 had died of phthisis at the age of 16. The patient had rheumatic fever at the age of 7, none subsequently. He was known to have had heart-disease for 8 or 9 years before his death, and was never fit for any active physical work. He was said never to have had oedema of the feet nor haemoptysis, and he had been very free from cough'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1906
Date of death: 10 Apr 1906
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis of lungs – Gumma in side of inferior vena cava
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Lung); Granuloma (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Medical notes: 'Was an in-patient for much same symptoms April 05 [1905] – complained then of shortness of breath and swelling of legs. Gives history of old syphilis. No other illness. Since leaving hospital year ago had been at work till 10 days before admission. For 3 weeks had noticed increasing shortness of breath and past ten days could hardly get about'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a