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Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1907
Date of death: 1 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia [Radical cure]. Mitral and tricuspid stenosis. Pulmonary infarction. Left pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Heart); Infarction (Lung); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas. Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: For the past twelve months the patient had been conscious of a right femoral hernia which was easily reducible and had given rise to but very slight discomfort until three days ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder and ducts, alimentary tract, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, urinary organs and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Foreman
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1908
Date of death: 9 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Arteriosclerosis. Coronary obstruction
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Obstruction (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The man was brought in dead. He was seen by a policeman to stagger and fall down in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, peritracheal glands, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1851
Date of death: 13 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat in the person of a drunkard. Death from coma, following delirium & ‘furor’, the result partly of loss of blood & sleeplessness & partly doubtless combined with habitual delirium tremens. Low pneumonia & quiescent tubercle in the apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was by trade a shoemaker, & was a habitual drunkard & during a fit of intoxication shortly before his admission he inflicted a wound on his throat with a razor. When he was brought to the hospital there was free haemorrhage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 25 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart and valves. Extravasated blood in the substance of the lungs. Fibrinous deposits in the spleen. Softening of the structure of the uterus with gangrenous state of its mucous membrane
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Fibrin (Spleen); Softening (Uterus); Gangrene (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient stated that she had been occasionally dropsical in the legs for several years. Two months before her last confinement, which occurred five weeks before admission, her legs had again begun to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1850
Date of death: 3 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Bronchitis. Low fever
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lung); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This body was not examined and case therefore is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined.
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1844
Date of death: 2 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of Thigh. Inflammation of Femoral Vein. Secondary abscesses.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Inflammation (Femoral Vein); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of ulceration of the cartilages of the knee joint. He attributed the disease to a kick from a horse about two years previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, shoulder joints and stump of left thigh
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1859
Date of death: 4 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of perineum and scrotum
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Perineum); Inflammation (Scrotum)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Therefore 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: Lath Render
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1877
Date of death: 20 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Abscesses in the brain
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted, complaining of severe headache in the right occipital region with dimness of vision, slight cough, and occasional giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, meninges, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1884
Date of death: 28 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (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: This man had had symptoms of Bronchitis chiefly in the winter for six or seven years and had been in the Hospital in 1882 with symptoms of chronic bronchitis and emphysema.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Taxi driver
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1817
Date of death: 5 Apr 1917
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Cirrhosis. Ascites. Fibroid heart. Oesophageal varix. Splenomegaly
Disease (standardised): Syphilis; Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart); Varicose veins (Oesophagus); Splenomegaly (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'First symptom 1 year ago when he had slight haematemesis. He has been inable to work 6 months owing to bronchitis. On March 13th, he went to work but felt ill & on his return vomited a quart of blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1909
Date of death: 17 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Caseous infratracheal bronchial and mesenteric glands. Tubercular epiphysitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic); Caseous (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Bones); Epiphysitis (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson. Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: He was admitted for cough and fever, present for the last three days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, glands, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, mesenteric glands, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, uterus and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Clerk
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1912
Date of death: 4 Apr 1912
Disease (transcribed): Sub-acute parenchymatous nephritis. General peritonitis. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow. Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: There was typical onset of acute nephritis fourteen days ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, kidneys, liver, spleen, ureters, bladder and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1843
Date of death: 20 May 1843
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of dorsal spine and abscess
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Abscess (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
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 and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1845
Date of death: 21 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of right kidney. Extensive haemorrhage into, and behind, peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Kidneys); Haemorrhage (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Johnstone, Athol Archibald Wood
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a dying condition, having been run over by a cart a short time previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1861
Date of death: 11 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of the intestines.
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The accounts received from the wife of the patient were to the effect that four months before he came in he had an attack of ‘pleurisy’, which got better. 4 weeks before admission he was taken ill with symptoms resembling fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1874
Date of death: 9 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: She had been subject to sickness all her life and had had cough and spitting for the last three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation, bones and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1886
Date of death: 19 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Aortic incompetence. Dilatation and hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was always well up to 1874 when she had her first child. In November 1885 she began to cough slightly, but the cough had grown gradually worse and she was confined to bed from March 1st.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, heart, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, ovary and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 21 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Frost, William Adams
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The child was an ophthalmic out patient and died suddenly while attending the department.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1892
Date of death: 15 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Glioma of the brain. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Glioma (Brain); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For six months he had been jaundiced and it was said that he had vomited blood on more than one occasion. Some three or four months before admission he had some sort of fit, and fell from the box of his carriage in a state of unconsciousness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1849
Date of death: 16 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of the lung. Emphysema. Two old clots in the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Clot (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was brought to the hospital on the afternoon of the 14th of May having been knocked down by a cart & thrown upon his chest against the curb stone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1853
Date of death: 8 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous state of cervical glands. Deposits in the lungs and spleen. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Deposits (Lung); Deposits (Spleen); Adherent (Heart)
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: This patient presented himself for admission on account of a tumour which had been growing at the back of his neck for about two months.
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: 07 Apr 1847
Date of death: 24 Apr 1847
Disease (transcribed): Vomica and tubercles in lungs. Old pleuritic adhesions. Small ulcers of small intestine.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient on admission was found to be in the last stages of Phthisis Pulmonalis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1856
Date of death: 6 May 1856
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Fever
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The friends states that she had been suffering from fever a week. Fever had been in the House for some time and one brother had died of it the week before. Numerous rose coloured spots were found on the chest and abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1869
Date of death: 25 Mar 1869
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Softening of spinal cord in lower cervical region
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Softening (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This girl had suffered from rheumatism one month before admission and from chorea three weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a