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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 28 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman had been ill 8 days before admission, she had had frequent vomiting, with gradually increasing lassitude, shivering and diarrhoea. At night she had been slightly delirious. No spots were observed previous to admission. When she was seen, a good many very characteristic rose spots were scattered over the chest and abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Sep 1846
Date of death: 2 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Old pleuritic adhesions. Vomica and tubercles in lung. Dilatation of cavities of heart. Recent peritonitis with purulent effusion into cavity of peritoneum. Large liver. Very large kidneys with large quantities of fat in substance and mottled.
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Adhesions (Pleura); Suppuration (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen);Suppuration (Abdomen) ; Disease (Liver) ; Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: It appeared that at various times the patient had suffered from dropsy during the last year and a half, and in October last, had a severe attack, particularly of ascites and an operation of tapping was resorted to.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fauces, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1854
Date of death: 29 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad had been an in-patient of the hospital 18 months ago. When admitted this time he stated that he had been ill a fortnight with severe pain in his back. He had felt weak across the loins some time previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from diarrhoea two or three days, before any formidable symptoms showed themselves. She procured medicine from a chemist, & stated that what he gave her quite stopped the purging. She was attacked at 4am on the 27th with cramps & sickness & was sent to the hospital within 6 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1864
Date of death: 3 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Coagulated inflammation of brain
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Brain)
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 was a robust-looking man, a labourer reported to have been six days ill, the chief symptoms spoken of being pain between the shoulders. The attack had been sudden, but unattended by rigors’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 28
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'All that could be learnt of this woman before she was brought to the hospital was that she had been seized the previous day with sickness & purging. When her sister-in-law (one of the assistant nurses) went to her house at 10pm she found her in bed complaining of violent cramps. She had also sickness & rice water stools. The nurse gave her a mustard emetic, which was repeated on her admission at 2am the next day, and followed up by a scruple of calomel’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1849
Date of death: 23 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Diffuse inflammation of the cellular tissue of the neck. Pneumonia. Congested & ecchymosed spots in both kidneys
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Neck); Pneumonia (Lungs); Congestion (Kidneys); Ecchymosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This child was reported to have had scarlet fever 3 weeks before her admission. The throat had been sore and about ten days after the eruption appeared, swelling was observed of the throat externally, for which poultices had been applied. There had been no general anasarca observed, although there was slight puffiness of the hands on admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 29 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Disease of the stomach. Calcareous matter in mesenteric glands. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Stomach); Calcareous (Mesenteric glands); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon with ulcerated & inflamed leg, but next day transferred to the physician. He then stated that he had had a ‘bad leg’ for 3 months, but that his legs and abdomen had only been swelled about 6 or 7 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted at 11am four hours after symptoms of cholera declared themselves. He stated that he had been in perfect health until that morning, but his wife reported that he had been purged four or five days. He was found by a neighbour lying in the park, & was sick & purged several times before they could get him to the hospital’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1858
Date of death: 29 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the brain. Arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'Nothing was known of this man’s history. He was brought in complaining of excruciating pain at the back of the neck & in the head, & for this he had applied to a medical man who treated the case as one of rheumatism. He could give no account of his symptoms & died in great suffering within two hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘at the request of the friends no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1849
Date of death: 31 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Blind fistula. Peritoneal inflammation. Ulceration of ileum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula; Inflammation (Peritoneum); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of the surgeon with fistula in ano, for the purpose of operation. He was sent on the 26th to see the physician to enquire into the state of his chest, when he was found to have had cough & shortness of breath for some time [and] to be much emaciated, with night-sweats, and all the ordinary symptoms of phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1858
Date of death: 9 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the kidney. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was a waiter had been ill twenty months & gave a history of continuous pain in the loins from a fall. After the accident he passed blood in the urine. His puffy face & general pastiness of complexion led to the supposition at first that it was a case of Bright’s disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Spotted fever. Anaemia & exhaustion. Brain healthy, lungs & heart healthy
Disease (standardised): Spotted fever (Systemic); Anaemia (Systemic); Exhaustion
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was unable to answer any questions put to her or even to put out her tongue. She seemed to hear but not to comprehend what was said to her. She occasionally nodded her head in assent when offered anything to drink, but she had generally a very vacant expression of countenance & lay quite mute with considerable tetanic spasm of the muscles of the arms & trunk’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1854
Date of death: 4 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1858
Date of death: 13 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Scrofula
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1853
Date of death: 28 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Scrofulous deposit in peritoneum and omentum. Ulceration intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She thought she had been quite well and strong three months ago but had lost flesh much during her illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 6 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, & beneath the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad had been an in-patient of the hospital with pain of the head, which it was alleged had existed only a fortnight previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: With parents
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1864
Date of death: 17 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient, a healthy-looking girl with dark hair and coloured cheeks, was admitted with symptoms resembling fever. She had been taken five days before with vomiting and severe headache, and had since kept her bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1854
Date of death: 2 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1846
Date of death: 29 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis. Old pleuritic adhesions. Turbid serum in pericardium. Enlarged liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Serum (Heart); Enlarged (Liver)
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 giving a decided history of Phthisis Pulmonalis. She had suffered from cough for four months, accompanied throughout by profuse expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 13 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Chronic peritonitis. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'A man of dissipated habits, and reckless character, who reported that his illness had commenced 3 months ago with severe diarrhoea accompanied by munch abdominal pain for which he had been under treatment, and his complaints were supposed to be inflammation. His stomach soon began to swell, and has been enlarged ever since; subsequently the legs also swelled, and are now rather oedematous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 April 1855
Date of death: 3 Sep 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased Heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A married woman who began to feel indisposed during last winter. She took cold and experienced pain in her left side and shortness of breath. Five weeks previous to admission the belly became dropsical and she had much oedema of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1853
Date of death: 5 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: He was admitted with pretty severe haemoptysis of about a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 6 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1858
Date of death: 27 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient came in complaining of pain all over the abdomen, but chiefly at the epigastrium. This pain she had felt for six weeks, & for a month she had passed blood with her motions. She was extremely weak, & had lost much flesh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a