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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1872
Date of death: 6 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Pleuritic effusion
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Effusion (Pleura)
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, who was in the army for twenty one years, stated that he was always a temperate man. Seventeen weeks ago he first noticed swelling of the legs and some failing of his general health.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1870
Date of death: 9 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal Hernia (congenital). Operation.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
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 man gave a very indistinct account of himself but it appeared that he had had the hernia since he was a child and had worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1900
Date of death: 1 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Pleural Effusion
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pleural effusion (pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient for the past four weeks had suffered with sickness and diarrhoea. He is said to have passed blood in his motion on one occasion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1871
Date of death: 18 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)

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 suffered from hoarseness, cough & loss of flesh for 10 months. On admission the voice was reduced to a harsh whisper, there was muich hard cough, with copious muco-purulent sputa’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cow keeper
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871
Date of death: 3 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Scrofulous disease of the left kidney. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'He had had a left inguinal hernia 30 years, & worn a truss for a few years, but as it did not keep hernia back he relinguished it, and has worn none for 15 or 20 years. For this last period he has not been able completely to return the hernia. In the evening of December 29 the tumour became larger and he had pain and sickness. Violent attempts seem to have been made at reduction’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Nov 1878
Date of death: 5 Jan 1879
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Embolism. Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Embolism (Blood vessels); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had palpitation and dyspnoea at times for twelve years before admission. The same symptoms were constant, with more or less cough, for ten years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1870
Date of death: 11 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Enteric Fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for a week with symptoms of fever, headache and rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestines and mesenteric glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Female
Age: 29
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1877
Date of death: 8 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Enlargement of thyroid gland. Pneumonia. Pulmonary tubercles. Fatty degeneration of liver
Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Thyroid gland); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Fatty (Liver); Disease (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. One sister subject to 'fits'. All the family delicate. Suffered from 'low fever' 5 yrs [years] before admn [admission]: up to that time she had enjoyed fair health, though subject to coughs, sore throats, headaches, with or without vomiting of food or yellow matter, diarrhoea and slight skin eruptions: The eyes had been 'weak' since 1869. From the date of this so called 'low fever' she was constantly out of health; the appetite was deficient; there was much epigastric pain after food; she was very 'nervous', readily started or excited; suffered from constant shortness of breath and palpitations; frequent hysteric fits, and occasional rheumatism'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestines, brain, uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Marble polisher
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1879
Date of death: 5 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebrae. Psoas abscess. Caseous glands. Tuberculosis of intestines and lungs. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Caseous (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: In September 1879 he felt pain in the right hip which made him walk lame. After applying at a dispensary for advice, he was sent to a convalescent home where he remained fourteen days. The symptoms complained of were slight cough and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestines and vertebra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Salesman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1984
Date of death: 5 Jan 1895
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Disease of pancreas. Caseating bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Disease (Pancreas); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Before the symptoms came on four years ago he had suffered much mental worry from loss of money. For four years he had been losing flesh and had suffered from excessive thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx, bronchial glands, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, bladder, suprarenals, intestines, brain and pancreas
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1881
Date of death: 9 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: She had been subject to frequent coughs with slight night sweating. For many months she had slight oedema of the feet in the evening.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, pelvis, ovaries, uterus, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1893
Date of death: 8 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Acute bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
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: 'Not examined post mortem'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General Servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
Date of death: 5 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Old valvular disease.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Recent history included diarrhoea for a fortnight, cough and sore throat, pain in the trunk and limbs, vomiting and slight rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1892
Date of death: 1 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Mitral reflux. Adherent pericardium
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Adherent (Pericardium)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was the daughter of a woman who was recently an in-patient of this hospital for mitral disease, of which she shortly died of after her discharge. During the summer of 1891 she became choreic after a fright and had a paralytic stroke on the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, middle ears, spine, pleurae, lungs, larynx, bronchi, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1896
Date of death: 16 Mar 1896
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of sigmoid flexure. Resection. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Resection (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

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: Liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus, toe joint, lungs, larynx and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hammer man
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1891
Date of death: 5 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Double pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Hale, Geoffrey Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient was a hammer-man. He had enjoyed excellent health, and remembered no previous illness. He stated, and his statement had all the appearance of truth, that he was strictly moderate in the use of alcohol, his usual allowance being 2 pints of beer per diem. On Feb 27th 1891 he was seized with a violent rigor. Next morning he rose to work but was obliged to return to bed. On March 2nd he began to suffer from pleural stitch on the right side'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1870
Date of death: 9 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Morbus Cordis. Superficial ulcer of right foot.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Foot)
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 boy had had an inflamed foot for a fortnight, no cause known.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1872
Date of death: 6 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
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 day before admission while out of door at his occupation of water cress keeper, he said that pain took him suddenly all over his body with shivering. Two or three hours after a cough commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1894
Date of death: 18 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (Apical)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'This man had had 'inflammation of the lungs' 16 years ago - Several attacks of gout. For 5 months his voice had been hoarse, with slight cough. On Monday he had a rigor, with sharp thoracic pain on the right side - he had no subsequent rigor, but on March 14th and 15th he vomited. On March 17th his aspect was very heavy - his voice hoarse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1870
Date of death: 6 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Femoral Hernia. Operation. Rupture of the Bowel.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Blood Vessels); Rupture (Intestine )
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 was brought to the Hospital in extreme pain due to a strangulated femoral hernia of a large size. Mr Holmes operated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen. All the viscera and other parts of the body were natural
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchen maid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1885
Date of death: 11 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Addison’s disease. Caries of spine
Disease (standardised): Addison disease (Adrenal glands)
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: Twenty months prior to admission she noticed her skin to be of darker hue. She was emaciated and had imperfect menstruation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, supra-renal bodies, vertebrae and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1872
Date of death: 6 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid carcinoma of lumbar glands, liver and stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The two months the patient had had pain in the body and distention of the belly with occasional sickness and always constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1870
Date of death: 11 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus. Scrofulous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This boy, a grocer’s assistant, stated that he was overworked & had frequently to lift weights beyond his strength. He began to suffer from frequent headache & weakness & in February 1869 was obliged to give up his work, & it was then found that he had diabetes. He was an undersized boy, the breath had a characteristic sickly smell, the skin was harsh& dry & he weighed on admission 7 st 1 lb’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1879
Date of death: 25 Feb 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fibrinous bronchitis with ulcerative bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Ulcer (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient died before being seen by the Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1894
Date of death: 18 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Perforating gastric ulcer. Sub-phrenic pneumo-thorax. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Pneumonia (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in the evening of March 14th in so collapsed a condition, almost pulseless, that Mr Dent, in consultation, decided not to perform any laparotomy. She was markedly anaemic, and had been so for several years […]. On March 13th, after tea at 6.30 p.m. she was seized with sudden sharp pain in the upper part of the abdomen, she then vomited; the pain continued in paroxysms all night'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Type of incident: n/a