Occupation or role: Married Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jan 1880 Date of death: 1 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of kidneys, urinary tract and lungs Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Urinary tract); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: For about four months before admission she suffered from ‘cold chills’, profuse night sweats for two to three months and emaciation for four months. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and urinary apparatus Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860 Date of death: 18 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Nov 1865 Date of death: 12 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease (?) of cavity of uterus Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Apr 1864 Date of death: 21 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhus? Scarlet fever? Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic); Scarlet fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This patient was brought into the hospital in a semicomatose state by a friend, who could give no more account of him than that he had been ill for 3 or 4 days’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, pharynx
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 42 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Apr 1865 Date of death: 13 Apr 1865 Disease (transcribed): Disease of tricuspid valve. Partial perforation of septum of ventricles Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Perforation (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This woman stated that she had always been stout and short of breath, getting at times blue in the face upon slight exertion. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 46 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Apr 1863 Date of death: 26 Apr 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Apoplexy of opposite side of brain Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Stroke (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: He was at work when his foot slipped on a step and he fell some seven or eight feet down an area. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Milkman Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1866 Date of death: 15 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man had suffered from cough for one winter before admission. The present illness commenced to weeks before and was attributed to the result of getting wet. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Feb 1876 Date of death: 11 Apr 1876 Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta. Rupture into the oesophagus Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Rupture (Oesophagus) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This man had had some dyspnoea and cough in November 1874 from which he had recovered until November 1875 when he again became attacked with dyspnoea, cough and spitting, all which gradually increased. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, stomach and aorta Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 63 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883 Date of death: 26 Mar 1883 Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Obstruction of hepatic duct by new growth Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Obstruction (Bile ducts) 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: For three of four years she had been subject to much abdominal discomfort, along with periods of constipation and frequent attacks of vomiting. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and liver Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 62 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Apr 1861 Date of death: 21 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had begun to suffer, without any evident cause, from cough, shortness of breath, and inability to lie down.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Apr 1860 Date of death: 19 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'This man had been ill for a year and 11 weeks. His complaint dated from a blow on the right side of the chest from a horse. About six months ago he spat a small quantity of blood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 47 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864 Date of death: 21 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'This patient was a miserable creature of feeble intellect deformed by curvature of the dorsal spine. She complained of a number of indefinite symptoms as general numbness with weakness of the upper extremities, occasional incontinence of urine, headache and a general sense of throbbing’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gas-meter inspector Gender: Male Age: 32 Date of admission: 13 Mar 1878 Date of death: 20 Apr 1878 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of stomach. Haemorrhage. Morbus renum. Old cerebral haemorrhage converted into a cyst Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate); Disease (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Brain); Cyst (Brain); Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard PM performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: 'History. Father died of consumption. Smallpox 12 yrs [years] before admission. Subject to occipital headaches: experienced pain if he held his water for long. Venereal sore 14 yrs [years] ago: suppurating bubo: no constitutional manifestations. Took about 1 ½ pt [pint] of beer daily. Epistaxis. 15 mo. [months] before admn [admission]; - severe epistaxis for 12 hours: laid up with consequent weakness for five weeks. Hemiplegia. On July 3rd 1877; while carrying a piece of pipe in his L. [Left] hand, he found he kept dropping it without his knowledge: after about ½ hour his legs have way and he fell. He was taken to a medical man and sent home in a cab: paralysis of L. [Left] arm, leg and side of face found to be present: shortly after he became insensible and remained so for an hour or two. Next morning his eyesight was gone' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, peritoneum, kidneys, brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 Mar 1864 Date of death: 22 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhus Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George and Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius Medical notes: 'Admitted into the surgical wards with varicose aneurism of right arm, which had existed about four years. In 1860 he retired to bed in his usual health, awoke suddenly during the night & found the whole right side of body with right extremities cold & numbed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Shoulder, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Tailor Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1865 Date of death: 15 Apr 1866 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted with the history of four months of diarrhoea, accompanied by pain and swelling in the right iliac region. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Iron trimmer Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1893 Date of death: 6 Apr 1893 Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Mitral regurgitation Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell Medical notes: This boy had good health till October 1892 when he had rheumatic fever and was laid up ill Christmas. He returned to work, but about February 12th he complained of exhaustion and took to bed again. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneal cavity, liver, pancreas, spleen, intestines and kidney Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Former soldier Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Apr 1860 Date of death: 19 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: 'A discharged soldier, for a long time in the habit of drinking to excess, but without getting intoxicated. A month before he came in he observed that he could not button his breeches as before, up to this time his health had been perfectly good’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Baker Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Apr 1862 Date of death: 24 Apr 1862 Disease (transcribed): Typhous fever Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: He had complained of pain in his head, cough and expectoration for one month. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 3 Gender: Female Date of admission: 5 Apr 1882 Date of death: 6 Apr 1882 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship 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
Occupation or role: Groom Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Mar 1879 Date of death: 27 Mar 1879 Disease (transcribed): Tubercles, and diffuse gangrenous catarrhal pneumonia Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Gangrene (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was exposed to cold early in January 1879 and had coughed ever since. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: [No age stated] Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Mar 1886 Date of death: Brought in dead Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Haemorrhage into the lung Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemorrhage (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: Not seen by the Registrar Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, trachea, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Barge builder Age: 52 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Feb 1865 Date of death: 14 Apr 1865 Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: Dropsy began in the legs a months ago and two weeks after the scrotum began to get red and distended. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 24 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Apr 1861 Date of death: 24 Apr 1961 Disease (transcribed): Perforation of mitral valve Disease (standardised): Perforation (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had an attack of acute rheumatism as a child, and for years had bad palpitations of the heart. For six weeks before she was admitted she had been suffering from slight rheumatic pains. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Apr 1864 Date of death: 22 Apr 1864 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'A tin pail loaded with ‘comps’[?] fell a distance of 25 feet, & the edge struck him on the top of his head, sending him insensible for a few minutes. On admission there was a wound about 2 ½ inches long over the sagittal suture’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest, abdomen, spine
Occupation or role: Stableman Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 26 Mar 1884 Date of death: 7 Apr 1884 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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: There was no family history of consumption. In October 1883 he had become an out patient at Brompton Consumptive Hospital and a physician tapped his right chest. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a