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Occupation or role: Paper hanger
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1863
Date of death: 1 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis with effusion. Stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from stricture of the urethra for several years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, ureter, kidneys, bladder and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 07 Sep 1847
Date of death: 14 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with extensive suppuration and fracture of the base of the skull.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Suppuration (Head); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: This patients injuries were caused by a wheel of a heavily laden cart passing over the side of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1873
Date of death: 27 Jan 1873
Disease (transcribed): Injury to head
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1862
Date of death: 12 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic ulceration of fauces, larynx and trachea
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Ulcer (Pharynx); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Trachea);

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted for an Hunterian Chancre of one months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocers porter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1869
Date of death: 14 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The history given was that eight years ago he fell on to his left knee which became swollen and painful and abscesses formed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joint
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1847
Date of death: 14 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of skull. Extensive extravasation of blood internally with laceration of brain.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: On admission this patient was in a state of complete insensibility. The injury was caused by his falling from a scaffold about eight feet from the ground, upon which his head struck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and heart
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1877
Date of death: 30 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Injury to ankle. Delirium Tremens. Cerebral and pulmonary congestion. Granular kidney. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Injury (Ankle); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: On the day before admission the patient was kicked by another man on the right ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1844
Date of death: 8 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and denudation of bone. Extensive inflammation between the bone and the dura mater with effusion of pusiform fluid both in the cavity of the arachnoid & in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Suppuration in the orbits. Softening of brain. 2ndary deposits in lungs. Kidneys mottled
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Softening (Brain); Deposit (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient fell from a scaffold about 32 feet high and was stunned for half an hour after the fall. When admitted, a lacerated wound presented itself upon the right temple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, orbits, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1876
Date of death: 28 Jul 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage and bruising
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: A heavy man, he was seen to fall suddenly off his cab and when picked up was found to be quite insensible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1868
Date of death: 2 Jul 1868
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of intestine after operation for hernia
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had been ruptured for three years, but had never worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 1 year 10 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1865
Date of death: 26 Jun 1865
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Case not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1869
Date of death: 22 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Strangulation of intestine through hole in omentum
Disease (standardised): Strangulation (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman had always had good health with the exception of an old hernia, until the 28th when she first noticed a pain in the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1866
Date of death: 9 Jul 1866
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
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: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1845
Date of death: 17 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the spleen, from a fall, with slight laceration of the liver, and effusion of blood into the peritoneum. Lungs loaded with red, frothy serum and partially solidified. Other viscera healthy, except slight thickening of mitral & aortic valves
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Spleen, liver); Effusion (Abdomen); Disease (Lungs, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have fallen a distance of twenty feet and to have struck his side against a pole. After the injury he remained insensible for some time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1877
Date of death: 3 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured Tibia. Delirium Tremens
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1845
Date of death: 17 Aug 1845
Disease (transcribed): Ulcers on leg. Red hepatisation of inferior lobe, left lung. Dilatation with softening of heart. Old umbilical hernia. Kidneys granular with chronic inflammation and effusion of a patch of lymph in one of the pyramids of Malpighi
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Hepatisation (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Spitta, Robert John
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an ulcer near the great toe of the right foot and erysipelalous inflammation of the skin of the leg. There were also several abscesses in the cellular membrane of the limb’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1869
Date of death: 30 Jun 1869
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of breast. Amputation. Cancer in bronchial glands and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Nine months before admission this patient noticed a little hard lump in the left breast, which has since rapidly got larger and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1876
Date of death: 1 Aug 1876
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of lungs, liver and spleen
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Lung); Laceration (Liver); Laceration (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient when admitted was very much collapsed but conscious. He stated that he had fallen down several stairs into a stable.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Face, thorax, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1844
Date of death: 2 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Lobular pneumonia. Ulcers on chordae vocalis and in duodenum
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Pneumonia (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx, intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: ‘This patient after her admission became gradually weaker and weaker, and finally died of exhaustion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1871
Date of death: 1 Jan 1872
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Abscess in the perineum. Peritonitis. Cystitis. Pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Abscess (Perineum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Cystitis (Bladder); Pyelitis (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: This patient gave a history of stricture of two years duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum ,liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1844
Date of death: 18 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of meatus urinarius. Chronic inflammation of bladder, ureters & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Urethra); Inflammation (Bladder, ureter, kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'About three months before he death she first experienced some pain in the vagina. At the same time there was difficulty in passing her water and when it did pass it ‘appeared to cut her’. These symptoms increased gradually’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1858
Date of death: 25 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the uterus, vagina, liver, tibia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Vagina); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: She attributed her complaint to falling down stairs and alighting upon her sacrum eighteen months ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and left knee
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1862
Date of death: 23 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Uterus distended with irregular fibrous polypi. Enlarged uterus filled with a sloughing mass discharging per vagina
Disease (standardised): Polyps (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Smith, E
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: For six years before admission the catamenia had been regular but profuse and painful. Three years ago she noticed that her abdomen was enlarged and hard.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1873
Date of death: 8 Aug 1873
Disease (transcribed): Contusion of thumb. Phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Contusion (Thumb); Phlebitis (Veins); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: It was stated that this boy poisoned his right thumb having previously bruised it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1858
Date of death: 26 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant tumour of the vagina
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Vagina)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a