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Elizabeth Bradshaw, 48, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1900
Date of death: 14 Jan 1900
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not seen by Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Britton, 54, [Wife of] Baker

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Baker
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1902
Date of death: 10 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Fatty infiltration of heart. Chronic bronchitis. Oedema of left lung. Collapse of right lung (lower lobe). Old peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Atelectasis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted cyanosed, and with great dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Brown, 5/12, [Unmarried child of] Laundress]

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Laundress]
Gender: Female
Age: 5/12
Date of admission: 20 May 1899
Date of death: 21 May 1899
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia with collapse of lung
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Collapse (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Not seen by M.R. [Medical Register]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Buck, 2, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1891
Date of death: 1 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This child came of healthy parentage. The family consisted of four children, one of which died at an age approaching two years of a pulmonary disease with wasting. This girl when six months had an illness called ‘congestion of the lungs' by a medical man, and since then it had been always sickly. It was weaned at fifteen months'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Burgess, 57, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1867
Date of death: 15 Jul 1867
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hydropleura
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Hydropleura (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Medical notes: This woman was admitted first in April 1867 with a history of five weeks illness. She first suffered from symptoms of cold with cough followed in one week by swelling of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Bush, 44, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1841
Date of death: 6 Nov 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia, with tubercular phthisis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
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

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth C Banting, 2, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1859
Date of death: 3 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Croup. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
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

Elizabeth Cainan, 10, School girl

Occupation or role: School girl
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1865
Date of death: 12 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The child had been ill for four days with the ordinary symptoms of scarlatina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Carmichael, 10 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1901
Date of death: 1 Feb 1901
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of trachea. Rupture of innominate artery by extension. Bronchitis. Bronchopneumonia. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Trachea); Rupture (Arteries); Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tracheotomy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: On January 9th the other first noticed that the child’s throat was ‘bad’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Champ, 7 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jun 1884
Date of death: 6 Jun 1884
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
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

Elizabeth Chaperlin, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1890
Date of death: 15 May 1890
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: She lived in Pimlico and there were bad smells in the house. The child’s mother had recently suffered from sore throat. The patient began to suffer from sore throat on May 10th and had spasms of dyspnoea on the 11th and 12th.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cervical glands, tonsils, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, uterus, ovaries, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Chater, 52, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1851
Date of death: 1 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy on the right side of the chest. Peculiar form of diseased glands at the root of the lung & in the posterior mediastinal space. Hypertrophy & slight dilatation of the heart
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Lungs, heart)
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: 'An elderly woman, who had never borne children, was admitted with symptoms resembling rheumatism. She said that having been exposed to cold & damp 7 weeks before. She had been suffering ever since from pain in the back & both sides, but especially the right, and that she had great difficulty in raising her right arm to her head from pain in the shoulder’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Collins, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1848
Date of death: 26 Feb 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with hepatisation and purulent infiltration. Congestions of the kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Lung); Suppuration (Lung); Congestion (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The mother of this child stated that she had been ill a week. Her illness began with fever and great restlessness, loss of appetite, occasional vomiting and cough and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Collison, 33, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1884
Date of death: 5 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Seven days before admission she was much chilled by waiting in the east wind, and two days later a violent rigor came on with some pain in the chest and much cough followed with severe dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Connor, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1845
Date of death: 21 Sep 1845
Disease (transcribed): Old adhesions of the pleurae. Phthisis. Ulceration of small intestine. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Adhesion (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted labouring under cough of nine months’ duration, accompanied by profuse purulent globular expectoration, haemoptysis, diarrhoea, night sweats and extreme emaciation & debility. She was very hoarse & reported that she had been so about three months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Cooper, 38, [Wife of] Coachman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1887
Date of death: 10 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Page, Harry Marmaduke
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient was about 7 months pregnant. On the 6th August patient slipped & struck her right side which remained painful up to the time labour commenced'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Cooper, 46, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1845
Date of death: 7 Dec 1845
Disease (transcribed): Two chronic perforating ulcers of the stomach. Peritonitis both old and recent, producing circumscribed cavities in the peritoneum. Hypertrophy of the body of the uterus. Diaphragmatic and pulmonary pleurisy with inflammation of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Uterus); Pleurisy (Lungs, diaphragm); Inflammation (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state almost of collapse, but reaction soon ensued, and her skin became extremely hot & dry & her countenance flushed; she complained of excessive pain in the epigastrium, and in both hypochondriac regions, as also of pain of a less acute nature over the whole abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Cooper, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1871
Date of death: 28 Aug 1871
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This young woman, a native of Cornwall, had been in London about three months and had had good health up to about a month ago. Eight days before admission she had shivering and pains all over her body with loss of appetite and a little diarrhoea’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Cork, 4, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1887
Date of death: 22 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient's sister died of consumption & she herself had always been delicate, but had had no aortic illnesses'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Cox, 40, Nurse

Occupation or role: Nurse
Gender: Female
Age: 40
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1878
Date of death: 16 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Soft cancer of the cervix uteri. Peritonitis. Diffuse peritoneal suppuration. Interstitial nephritis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Nephritis (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Barnes, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. She did not know what her relations died of. She had had good health, had menstruated regularly until about three months before admission, during these months she had suffered almost constantly from haemorrhage which was sometimes very severe. She had often lost half a pint in a sudden gush. She had lost flesh rapidly – and had had severe abdominal pains. Condition. She is emaciated, pale and looks 50'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Craig, 33, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864
Date of death: 7 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Cromack, 43, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Gender: Female
Age: 43
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1904
Date of death: 7 Dec 1904
Disease (transcribed): Recent parturition. Lobar pneumonia with extensive consolidation of the right lung
Disease (standardised): Parturition (Uterus); Pneumonia (Lung); Consolidation (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient had twins on November 28th, premature, and still-born. Soon after she was seized with severe pain across the front of the chest and grew very short of breath. Cough also became troublesome. She had had cough and some sweating at night for 6 months. Morning vomiting and retching w. [with] poor appetite for some time. Nothing of importance in the past or family history'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Cross, 24, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 May 1857
Date of death: 7 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Double pleuropneumonia. Dropsy. Congestion of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Oedema (General); Congestion (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This woman came to the hospital after having been under treatment for ten days as an out patient. A week after her marriage she began to experience tingling and numbness of the legs, which gradually became anasarcous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Davidson, 18 months, [Child of] Confectioner

Occupation or role: [Child of] Confectioner
Age: 18 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1909
Date of death: 30 Jun 1909
Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis. Consolidation of left lung. Chronic pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lung); Consolidation (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for broncho-pneumonia which commenced five days before admission with a feverish attack associated with dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Dibley, 19, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1848
Date of death: 18 May 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with abscess in lung. Pleuritis. Ascites. Anasarca. Fluid blood.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that she she had enjoyed very good health up to twelve months ago, when the catamenia seemed to decrease in quantity, and finally disappeared entirely in the course of two or three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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