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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1852
Date of death: 2 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
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 removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1851
Date of death: 20 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Abscess connected with lymphatic glands of the neck, followed by erysipelas of the head & face
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Neck); Erysipelas (Head, face)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The history of this case is not recorded as the body was not examined’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The relatives objected to any examination of the body’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1894
Date of death: 3 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (double). Mitral stenosis - aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Disease (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The patient comes of a phthisical stock. He himself had suffered all his life from a winter cough and in February last had an attack of pleurisy in his left side - He was not a habitual drunkard but occassionally broke out into excess […]. On March the 27th he was suddenly attacked with pain in the left side and he had a rigor with dyspnoea - on the 25th he spat up 'blood' '
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1894
Date of death: 5 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'No history of tubercle amongst relations. This child, fed always by hand, but, apparently, in a proper manner, without previous signs of syphilis or of rickets, had been wasting for over a year - with cough of late, without any hooping or vomiting, and diarrhoea for the last 6 months - but not severe during the last 3 months. On admission (March 5) the child was anaemic, thin, cold, with marked depression of the anterior fontanelle; suffering from cough, but not in any distress'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 11
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1854
Date of death: 16 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous peritonitis. Attenuated stomach
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Attenuated (Stomach)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This poor girl had been attending as an out-patient & was admitted at the request of the assistant physician in an advanced state of phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1897
Date of death: 14 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): General peritonitis, rupture of small intestine
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Rupture (Intestines) ()
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'Whilst trying to stop a runaway horse he fell under the wheels which passed over his body, thigh and left arm. On admission was very collapsed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Taxi driver
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1917
Date of death: 8 Apr 1917
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
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 necropsy’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 February 1844
Date of death: 7 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposits in Lungs, Liver, Spleen and Intestines with extensive ulceration of the latter.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung, Liver, Spleen, Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in an emaciated and debilitated state with symptoms of pulmonary Phthisis of four months duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1847
Date of death: 06 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration and destruction of epiglottis. Ulcers of mucous membrane of pharynx and posterior wall of trachea. Vomica and tubercles in lungs. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Aortic valves much diseased and contracted.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Pharynx); Ulcer (Trachea); Tuberculosis (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 giving a distinct history of Laryngeal Phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fauces, larynx, trachea, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shunter
Age: 30
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1920
Date of death: 23 Apr 1920
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs 1-7 right chest. Comminuted fracture right humerus. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Arm); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: L.C.H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Neighbour, Philip Morgan
Medical notes: 'Pt [Patient] was crushed between the buffers of two trucks and was brought into hospital in a very collapsed condition. There was much bruising and crushing of the right side of the chest also the arm and shoulder. The left forearm and hand is also bruised.'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, prostate, stomach, intestines, brain, bones, ribs

Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858
Date of death: 21 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 May 1850
Date of death: 21 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Varicose veins of legs. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Varicose veins (Veins); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This body not being examined, the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was removed by the friends without examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852
Date of death: 1 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits and vomicae in both lungs. Hepatized lung on one side. Hypertrophied heart with white patches on its surface. Atheromatous state of the general arterial system. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted reporting himself to have been ill for nine weeks with a bad cough, but having evidently suffered from it for a considerable time previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, trachea and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1864
Date of death: 17 Apr 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 was a well grown, healthy-looking girl. On her admission she had been ill a week, rigors, vomiting, vertigo and what she called sick headache being the main symptoms. She had not entirely kept her bed but used to get up for dinner’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1849
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested, serous effusion in the ventricles. Tubercles in the cerebellum, the lungs, liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who have a very obscure account of his symptoms, stated that he had been constantly exposed to cold in his work while perspiring and that without any particular cause of illness he had been so weak as to be unable to return to work after the 3rd inst. He had been OP [out-patient for some time under Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman], and had been confined to bed for 3 or 4 days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1860
Date of death: 12 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia Operation Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been troubled with a femoral hernia for 6 years, which came on after lifting a heavy weight. She had always worn a truss’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 April 1855
Date of death: 6 April 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous arachinitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Meninges)
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: On admission this woman stated that she had taken cold three weeks before and had neglected to nurse up.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1897
Date of death: 16 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid phthisis. Tubercle of peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen) ()
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 57
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1920
Date of death: 25 Apr 1920
Disease (transcribed): Cacchexia following old perforation of sigmoid and peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cachexia (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'History. Abdominal pain and diarrhoea for 3 months. No blood passed. No vomiting. Losing weight'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, pulmonary vessels, pericardium, heart, coronaries, aorta, peritoneum, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, oesophagus, stomach, small intestine, colon, appendix

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 May 1851
Date of death: 24 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulcer of the integument of the leg. Old double pleurisy. Crude tubercle in the lower lobe of the right lung?
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This young man was a cab driver & was of exceedingly intemperate habits, drinking several pints of beer, & glasses of raw spirit daily. He had been attending at the hospital as an out-patient for a few days before his admission, having bruised himself slightly by a fall. He had also a sloughing ulcer on the front of one leg’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1894
Date of death: 6 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis and emphysema. Slight pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'It appeared he had been an O.P [Out-patient] here for a fortnight with bronchitis. He had been a heavy drinker - On Wednesday March 25th he was attacked with pain in the right chest and much dyspnoea - The dyspnoea steadily increasing he presented himself for admission - On admission cyanosis was extreme the man's face being purple'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1916
Date of death: 5 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Tuberculous ulceration of intestines. Tuberculous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (General); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: The patient fell from a ladder seventeen days ago, hurting his back, and the pain had persisted ever since. He had become drowsy, out of sorts, and there had been increasing headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, alimentary canal, oesophagus, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1844
Date of death: 7 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Compressed dislocation of ankle, followed by Erysipelas and diffuse cellular inflammation.
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Ankle); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined, at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1888
Date of death: 22 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Old mitral disease. Pulmonary emphysema & bronchitis. Recent acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When 13 years of age the patient had scarlatina. She occasionally had rheumatic pains in her shoulders. For some time, she could not say how long, she had been disturbed about twice during the night to pass water’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, eyes

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Government examiner
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1918
Date of death: 18 May 1918
Disease (transcribed): Chronic fibro-caseous phthisis. Acute bronchopneumonia. Tuberculosis. Pleurisy. TB peritonitis. Peritoneal abscess
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'For 8 months he has been laid up with TNT poisoning, and dermatitis. 2 days ago he was suddenly seized with acute pain in the right side of the abdomen. The pain has been increasing since. No vomiting. Bowels regular’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a