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Occupation or role: Laundryman
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1900
Date of death: 24 Jun 1900
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Dilated Heart. Acute simple endocarditis. Old pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient had had two attacks of rheumatism about six and three years ago. On February 16th his feet and ankles became painful and swollen and he had to keep in bed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, valves, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bailiff
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1900
Date of death: 30 Jul 1900
Disease (transcribed): Arteritis deformans. Aortic Incompetence
Disease (standardised): Arteritis (Arteries); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: On admission the patient complained that for the last eight months he had noticed that he came very short of breath on exertion. This became much worse about six weeks before admission and for three weeks he had noticed that his legs were becoming swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ex Soldier
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Aug 1900
Date of death: 6 Aug 1900
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
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

Occupation or role: Boot maker
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1900
Date of death: 21 Aug 1900
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation and hypertrophy. Embolism of the left middle cerebral artery
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Embolism (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Grunbaum, Otto Fritz Frankau
Medical notes: The patient had been short of breath and had suffered from palpitation of the heart and swelling of the legs on and off since he had rheumatic fever eight years ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vales, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Soldier
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1900
Date of death: 13 Oct 1900
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac Dilatation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dakin, William Radford
Medical examination performed by: Tallent, John Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: 'Notes not bound in Obstetrical Volume 1900’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx and trachea, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, uterus, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1900
Date of death: 13 Oct 1900
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the arch of the aorta, compressing and eroding the trachea
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Compression (Trachea); Erosion (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Six weeks before admission he had been troubled with a bad cough, which had grown gradually worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, testes and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1900
Date of death: 22 Oct 1900
Disease (transcribed): Aortic incompetence. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: For the previous three years the patient had been liable to palpitation of the heart, but for the last six weeks the attacks had been longer and more severe.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1900
Date of death: 1 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia and emphysema – right lung. Endocarditis. Meningitis. Tough pleural adhesions on right side
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Endocarditis (Heart); Meningitis (Brain); Adhesions (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Bond, Edmund Delafosse
Medical notes: Five weeks before admission this man had a rigor after a severe wetting and since then had suffered from difficulty in breathing, loss of appetite and occasional sweating at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, abdomen, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chorister
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Nov 1900
Date of death: 8 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Malignant endocarditis. Bronchitis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted on June 30th with an acute attack of rheumatism in the extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Messenger
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1900
Date of death: 14 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Enormous dilatation of left auricle. Hydrosalpinx
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Hydrosalpinx (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from difficulty in breathing and cough. Expectoration was yellow and she complained of acute pain in the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and fallopian tubes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1900
Date of death: 14 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Malignant Endocarditis. Pleural Effusion. Infarction of the spleen and perisplenitis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Infarction (Spleen); Perisplenitis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Seven weeks before admission he was seized with pain in his feet, bleeding from the nose and shortness of breath. Two weeks later his abdomen began to enlarge.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, urinary tract, alimentary canal and duodenum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1900
Date of death: 16 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis with effusion. Pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Effusion (Heart); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was taken ill with vomiting and drowsiness which persisted until admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1900
Date of death: 23 Nov 1900
Disease (transcribed): Contracting white kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: For a few days before admission this man was treated in the out patient department for ‘pharyngitis’, but was admitted later on account of albuminaria.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1900
Date of death: 4 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac Failure (Drowning)
Disease (standardised): Failure (Heart); Drowning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: This man was picked out of the Round Pond by the police. He was not seen by the Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, neck and larynx, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plate layer
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1900
Date of death: 7 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Primary malignant disease of pelvis of right kidney. Secondary growths in left kidney, heart, pleurae, glands in neck and mesenteric and perirenal fat
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney); Cancer (Heart); Cancer (Pleura); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Mesentery)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Two months before admission the patient noticed a lump in the left inguinal region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleural cavities, lungs, larynx and trachea, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, stomach, oesophagus, lumbar glands and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1900
Date of death: 12 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Fatty degeneration of heart muscle. Oedema and congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Two or three weeks previous to admission he had complained of pains in the back, but was apparently well until December 3rd when he had to give up work owing to pains in the back, headache and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleural cavities, lungs, larynx and trachea, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, brain and meninges
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1900
Date of death: 19 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Morbus Cordis (aortic incompetence). Oedema, congestion and infarction of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Infarction (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted on November 5th. Nine weeks previously he caught a ‘cold’ and had a sore throat and pain in both sides of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Medical Man
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1900
Date of death: 22 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of lungs. Fatty Liver. Atheroma of coronary arteries
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Lung); Disease (Liver); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had been drinking fairly heavily for the past ten years and came home on a ship from Calcutta two weeks ago. He had evidently imbibed a good deal previously and began to suffer with vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx and trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1900
Date of death: 29 Dec 1900
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of first part of aorta. Rupture. Haemopericardium
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Aorta); Pericardial effusion (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea and larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1892
Date of death: 20 Aug 1892
Disease (transcribed): Operation for varicose veins. Ulceration of the colon. Septicaemia?
Disease (standardised): Varicose (Veins); Ulcer (Intestines); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: He had had varicose veins for some years. He complained of a good deal of pain in the legs at times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, pancreas, suprarenals, mesenteric glands, kidneys, bladder, prostate, testes, spleen, liver, gall bladder and bile ducts
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Sep 1892
Date of death: 9 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: He had enjoyed good health up to August 1892 when he began to suffer from shortness of breath on exertion, and from cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Sep 1892
Date of death: 20 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of a saccular aortic aneurysm into the left bronchus
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Aorta); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Three months before admission, whilst driving, he was overtaken by giddiness and vomiting, and for five days he was giddy and sick.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, thyroid body, peritoneum, testes, penis, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas, liver and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dress maker
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1892
Date of death: 14 Oct 1892
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis in pulmonary arteries
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For many years she had had a swelling about the palm of the right hand. The last fortnight the swelling had become painful and in a few days burst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, bronchi, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1892
Date of death: 20 Oct 1892
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This woman was confined with her first child on September 1892, the child being said to have been dead for a week before birth. At the time that the child quickened, she began to suffer from palpitation of the heart and she continued to do so afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, fallopian tubes, uterus and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1892
Date of death: 8 Dec 1892
Disease (transcribed): Purulent pericardial effusion
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Heart); Effusion (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: On November 19th he was quite well and carried a portmanteau which he thought was too heavy for him. Early the next morning he shivered and retched, and soon afterwards he had a stitch on the right side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, liver, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, testes, thorax, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands and thymus gland
Type of incident: n/a