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Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1870
Date of death: 10 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular Pleurisy and Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for a month, complaining of a cough, pain in the chest and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1866
Date of death: 16 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis post partum
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Veins); Parturition (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
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: Paper stainer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1871
Date of death: 27 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Morbus brightii
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man said that he had been suffering for 9 weeks with cough, swelling of the abdomen & legs’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1892
Date of death: 30 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1870
Date of death: 11 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Femoral Hernia. Right. Operation. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ruptured for 30 years and had sometimes worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: PC
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1871
Date of death: 28 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the liver. Oedema of right leg from pressure
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Edema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man was first admitted on March 2. He then stated that his health had been good until last Xmas, when he was laid up for eight days with slight jaundice, nausea & pain in the right hypochondrium. From this he recovered completely & was able to return to his work’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, veins

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1866
Date of death: 17 Apr 1866
Disease (transcribed): Croup
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This boy had been out of health with symptoms of cold and malaise since the beginning of the month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Usher at police court
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1872
Date of death: 9 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Leucocythaemia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was quite well up to about a month ago when pains commenced in the belly and he gradually began to increase in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Steward
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1900
Date of death: 29 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal Obstruction
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas. Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Two days before admission the patient’s abdomen became distended with much pain about the umbilicus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
Date of death: 22 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Multiple secondary abscesses of the liver from ulceration of the Vermiform appendix
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Ulcer (Appendix);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'No satisfactory history was to be obtained: the patient, whose native tongue was Flemish, spoke English but imperfectly, and was not very clear in his ideas. He attributed his illness to drinking a glass of ices water when hot, 12 days before admission. He had a rigor immediately or shortly after, and commenced to suffer pain in the epigastrium. The second, third, and fourth days he vomited freely. He sweated profusely from the first'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1891
Date of death: 3 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus. Commencing broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
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: 'Strong family history of phthisis on the mother's side. This child was healthy in appearance at birth. Since the age of two months it had been fed artificially, chiefly by Nestle's milk and oatmeal. The father was out of work, and even this food was given in very small quantities. It had suffered from diarrhoea since March 8th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Van boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1888
Date of death: 2 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism with heart disease. Pericarditis. Disease of mitral and aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Gamgee, Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'IP [in-patient] 1887. Notes not now at the hospital. After leaving the hospital the patient was able to walk about & was fairly comfortable, but scant of breath. When he came into the hospital, he was very anaemic. The symptoms for which he sought relief were ‘pain at the heart’ and shortness of breath. There was no oedema’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, heart, pericardium, larynx, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1887
Date of death: 16 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had been a soldier & was said to have had a sunstroke in Aden [Yemen]. Subsequently he was a road sweeper of intemperate habits'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 12 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Aortic disease. Dilatation or aorta and atheroma. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Dilatation (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: Died at Wimbledon
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dentist Assistant
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1870
Date of death: 11 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of sacroiliac synchrondrosis. Lardaceous disease.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Pelvis); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had suffered compound dislocation of the left ankle two years before his admission. After five months treatment the leg was amputated by W. Marriot of Leicester. A month after, an abscess began to show over the ilium, which soon burst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1884
Date of death: 9 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Internal strangulation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Strangulation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On April 4, when at stool, she felt a sudden pain in the stomach. This pain never left her, she vomited and she was unable to keep down any food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1871
Date of death: 28 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fractured pubis. Ruptured urethra. Laceration of hand
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pubis); Rupture (Urethra); Laceration (Hand)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy and Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient died a few hours after admission & was not seen by me’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, thorax, abdomen, bladder

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Draper
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1877
Date of death: 30 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Hydropneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Hydropneumothorax (Thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not given as no post mortem was made.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1878
Date of death: 21 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Not ascertained
Disease (standardised): n/a
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not seen till after death'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sexton
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1882
Date of death: 19 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Pleural effusion. Granular kidney. Congested liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); Congestion (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He drank beer in considerable quantities. He had some polyuria for several years and haemorrhoids. He had some swelling of the legs eight years before which led to chronic ulceration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1891
Date of death: 4 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Aortic and mitral reflux. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): 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 man was a coachman. It did not appear that he was intemperate in alcohol: his favourite drink had been Scotch whiskey. He stated that at the age of 45-6 he had scarlatina followed by slight rheumatism. Previously to this he had felt occasional ‘touches of rheumatism' to which little regard was paid. No gout'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1872
Date of death: 10 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Pericarditis. Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart)
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 patient stated that four days ago pains commenced about the body with shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 28 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Goitre. Dilated right ventricle
Disease (standardised): Goiter (Neck); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: A year before her death she began to suffer from weakness, shortness of breath, palpitation, prominence of the eyes and enlargement of the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, throat, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, vermiform appendix, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, solar plexus, semilunar ganglia, kidneys, bladder, uterus, ovaries and omentum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1900
Date of death: 2 Apr 1900
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of Pylorus. Secondary growth in Liver. Tubercular Pericarditis and Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Carcinoma (Liver); Tuberculosis (Heart); Pericarditis (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: About a year ago he became yellow and began to waste. All the time he had suffered from indigestion and for three or four weeks had vomited every other day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, lungs, and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1871
Date of death: 29 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman who in her youth had been accustomed to drink large quantities of spirits, was seized six weeks before her admission with severe pain in the right hypochondrium. She became jaundiced & at the same time the abdomen began to swell. The jaundice subsided but the abdominal swelling increased & in a fortnight her legs also became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a