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Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jan 1870
Date of death: 10 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Hydatid cyst in the liver. Suppuration. Rupture into Peritoneal cavity. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis (Liver); Rupture (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been in good health until 4 months before admission, since which time had had suffered from pain in the right flank.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1871
Date of death: 25 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Pleuritic effusion. Meningeal apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Effusion (Lungs); Stroke (Brain)
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 stated that for six weeks his health had been failing & he had been gradually getting extremely weak. He said that on several occasions he had spat up small quantities of blood, & that he had a slight cough, but his main complaint was of loss of flesh, extreme weakness & languor with occasional lumbar pain’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pressman
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1872
Date of death: 10 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis (aortic valves)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man stated that for five weeks he had had shortness of breath, some little cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1894
Date of death: 23 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of ovary with secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'On admission this woman's condition was as follows: Aspect delicate: pupils unequal, the left one large, hardly reacting at all to light, but slightly to accommodation: right pupil normal in size and reactions: fundi of eyes normal. The external recti of eyes both completely paralysed: feebleness of left internal rectus: no diplopia complained of even when object were held to extreme right or left. Arms. Grasp of left hand weak, loss of flexion at elbow'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, nervous system
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1866
Date of death: 17 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
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’s illness began with swelling of the feet accompanied by pain in the loins, vomiting and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1883
Date of death: 8 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia, pernicious (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: During the six months preceding admission he considered that he had lost two stone in weight, he had stayed in bed for a months and his appetite had failed him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1889
Date of death: 14 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Pulmonary apoplexy and right sided pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The only illnesses from which he suffered where two attacks of rheumatic fever. He had suffered from dyspnoea on exertion from 1882 and from 1886 it was worse that it had previously been. At the end of 1888 he fainted suddenly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, diaphragm, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines, brain and eyes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1870
Date of death: 10 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of right side of heart.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Hypertrophy (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was admitted suffering from great Dyspnoea. The thorax was much deformed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1870
Date of death: 21 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae. Psoas abscess. Lardaceous disease. Scrofulous disease of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Disease (Kidney)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'A year before admission this man fell off a carriage and received some [?]. Soon after this he observed a swelling in the right thigh. To this leeches were applied & it subsided leaving only a little stiffness of hip’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1875
Date of death: 13 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart. Mitral stenosis. Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Pleuropneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman said that at the age of ten she had had an attack of rheumatic gout. For the last two years she had had cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Compositor
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1875
Date of death: 22 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis and cavities of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cavity (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man had suffered for some time from hoarseness of voice and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, rectum, mesenteric glands and vocal cords
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1896
Date of death: 18 Mar 1896
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Malignant endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Endocarditis (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, stomach, pancreas, bladder, testes, toe joint and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1872
Date of death: 7 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia in cervical region of the spinal cord. Paralysis. Bedsores
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Spinal cord); Paralysis (Brain); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The history given by this patient was that ten months before admission she first felt pain in the right foot. The pain gradually extended upwards to the thigh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1885
Date of death: 19 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Her legs began to swell and she had increasing dyspnoea and cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1871
Date of death: 20 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Calculous pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Pyelitis (Kidneys)

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 had lithotomy performed by Mr Pollock [George Pollock] in the hospital, on which occasion two stones were removed from the bladder. Two years later he was again a patient suffering from severe abdominal pain. Three weeks ago he noticed his water to be very turbid & had severe pain in back & abdomen’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1866
Date of death: 17 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from cough and haemoptysis for eighteen months, followed by sickness and diarrhoea of four months date.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
Date of death: 6 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fatty Heart. Bronchitis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient had suffered for eleven years from cough, which progressively increased every winter, always accompanied by more or less dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, douglas' pouch and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1894
Date of death: 20 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy (double)
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The previous history of the case was that the man had had fairly good health all his life except that once he had had haemoptysis and for the last year, had suffered with night sweats and loss of flesh. - A week before admission he was seized with sharp pain in the left side - There was no rigor. On the 17th he had pain in all his limbs, but no swelling of the joints - He was admitted on the 15th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1900
Date of death: 2 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Aortic incompetence and its sequels. Lobar Pneumonia, pleurisy and pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: For the last month the patient had had ‘cold and cough’. Ten days before admission he became worse, was sick and short of breath with a continuous pain in the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, intestines and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1871
Date of death: 18 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the dorsal vertebrae. Softening of the spinal cord. Scrofulous disease of the right kidney
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Softening (Spine); Disease (Kidney)

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 man had an abscess in the back fifteen years ago. Ten years afterwards another formed in the same place. Fourteen weeks before his admission another abscess formed in the same spot & much matter was discharged. Soon afterwards a bedsore formed on the sacrum & his legs swelled. For two months he had entirely lost both motion & sensation in both legs & for six weeks the urine had to be drawn off by catheter’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 45
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1878
Date of death: 20 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Adhesions and twisting of the bowel ulceration, perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Ten days before admn [admission], attacked suddenly with pain across the abdomen below the umbilicus, which had remained, and on the whole greatly increased, though varying from time to time. Vomiting commenced almost immediately, and continued. For 3 days before admn [admission] the ejected matters were yellow and smelt 'like a watercloset'. The bowels were mored only with enemata'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, peritoneum, kidneys, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House maid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1894
Date of death: 24 Feb 1895
Disease (transcribed): Parenchymatous nephritis. Pneumonia. Gangrene of mouth
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung); Gangrene (Mouth)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient was admitted pregnant, as far as she knew about three months. In November she noticed that she was getting puffy all over and the water was seen to be dark and scanty.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1870
Date of death: 10 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Paracentesis abdominis. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Paracentesis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been laid up since Christmas with swelling commencing in the abdomen and subsequently extending to the thighs and legs. On admission he was emaciated and the skin had a yellowish tint.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1866
Date of death: 10 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from dyspnoea for one month before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1887
Date of death: 9 Mar 1887
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
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's relatives on the father's side are said to be consumptive. She had never been a robust girl but had had no definite illness. For the past 4 months she had been unwell suffering from general debility, but on Feb 20th she began to complain of weariness, & coldness, with some shivering'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, brain, uterus
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a