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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871
Date of death: 9 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture of the frontal bone. Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man fell from a scaffold & was brought in dead’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones (‘the viscera were all extremely decomposed & for this reason […] a partial examination was made’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Brakesman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1871
Date of death: 12 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Contusions. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Contusions (Leg); Amputation (Leg)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871
Date of death: 14 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of 7 ribs. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James
Medical notes: 'This man fell 20 feet out of a lift. On admission had much pain over right chest, increased on inspiration. There was also a good deal of dyspnoea and the right chest was but little used, about six of the ribs being broken near the spine’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1871
Date of death: 20 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Injury of head
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head)

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 is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871
Date of death: 20 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella (compound). Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James
Medical notes: 'On stepping down from an omnibus he fell forwards and struck the right knee, probably on a sharp stone in the road: he could not get up, and was at once brought to the hospital (about ¼ mile). When admitted, was slightly stupid, apparently from drinking’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1871
Date of death: 27 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound depressed fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Vasey, Charles Lyon and Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Case is not reported here as the body was not examined’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1871
Date of death: 26 Oct 1871
Disease (transcribed): Scald
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1871
Date of death: 2 Nov 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Fractured ribs with perforation of pleura & wound of intercostal artery. Scalp wounds. Ruptured kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg, ribs); Perforation (Pleura); Wound (Chest, scalp); Rupture (Kidney)

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man fell 50 feet off a ladder. On admission he was sensible, groaning and in evidently much pain, he had also great dyspnoea’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1870
Date of death: 12 Nov 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound depressed fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1871
Date of death: 2 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver & kidney. Extravasation of blood into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver, kidney); Extravasation (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This boy was run over by a cab, the wheel of which, it was said, passed over his abdomen. When admitted he was much collapsed and very faint, & complained of much abdominal pain and tenderness’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1871
Date of death: 12 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Scald
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)

Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Feb 1881
Date of death: 20 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Fell backwards off a brewer's dray on to a stone courtyard, striking the back of his head and upper part of his neck. Felt 'numb' all over, and could not move his legs after the accident'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1881
Date of death: 23 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'A runaway horse pitched him against a lamp post and then he fell into the road. He was brought at once to the hospital with a simple fracture of the left fibula and a scalp wound, not exposing bone, at the fore part of right temporal region. No unconsciousness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Scalp, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1881
Date of death: 7 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of thigh. Fractured base of skull(?)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh, skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Guard
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1881
Date of death: 28 Jul 1881
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Compound fracture of leg
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'The wheel of a truck passed over his left leg. He was admitted with a lacerated wound of the left leg leading down to a fracture of the tibia some 3 inches above the malleolus'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, left leg

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1881
Date of death: 11 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1881
Date of death: 8 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of both legs. Amputation of the left
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Legs); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1881
Date of death: 11 Oct 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Whilst engaged in 'fastening up a partition' it fell and crushed his back against another one. Could not move his legs after the accident and immediately lost all sensation in them. On admission he was much collapsed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, spinal column, bladder

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Oct 1881
Date of death: 29 Oct 1881
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Hawker
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1888
Date of death: 15 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Burns of nearly whole body
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Purulent meningitis over the surface of the right hemisphere of the brain following injury
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Injury (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: '[No history] obtainable. He had been drinking. Usually drunk gin. He was not deaf before the accident. He was riding in a [?] & was thrown out. He could not remember the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, ears, spleen, kidneys, liver, lungs, larynx, heart, pericardium (‘inquest case’)

Type of incident: Accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1888
Date of death: 21 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine, in upper dorsal region
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined (inquest case)’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 May 1888
Date of death: 7 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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 (inquest case)’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1888
Date of death: 9 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1888
Date of death: 31 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident