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Occupation or role: Chef
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1916
Date of death: 2 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Multiple bruises (delirium tremens)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Bruising (General); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was knocked down by a taxi-cab the day before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Brassmoulder
Age: 48
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1920
Date of death: 15 Apr 1920
Disease (transcribed): Fracture base of skull. Haemorrhage of brain. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: L.C.H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Neighbour, Philip Morgan
Medical notes: '14. 4. 20. Pt. [Patient] admitted 5.30pm. Indefinite history of injury to head, smelling strongly of C2 H5 OH [Ethanol]. C.O.A. [Condition On Admission] Absolutely unconscious bleeding profusely from right ear, nose and mouth. (Rt [Right] cannine [sic] tooth knocked out)'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, stomach, bones
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1896
Date of death: 3 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic intracranial haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: Not seen by Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1857
Date of death: 5 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Valvular disease of the heart. Incipient disease (?) of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She had been ill for four months with cough, dyspnoea and anasarca from cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1875
Date of death: 25 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the middle and internal ear (left). Abscess in the left peduncle of the cerebellum. Abscesses (pyaemic) in the left lung
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Abscess (Brain); Abscess (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic)
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 man had suffered for six or seven weeks from pain in the head, chiefly at the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of special sense and cerebrum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1878
Date of death: 17 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis (tubercular. Numerous suppurating cavities)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Suppuration (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: In November 1878 he spat up while coughing about three tablespoonfuls of blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Whip maker
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1882
Date of death: 11 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular ulceration of intestines and lungs. Lardaceous disease of liver, spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines, Lung); Ulcer (Intestines, Lung); Amyloidosis (Liver, Spleen, Kidney )
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: He was admitted in 1881 with much albuminuria. He was discharged but his appetite remained poor. His cough increased and oedema set in in January 1882.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1893
Date of death: 30 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs and intestines. Suffocative haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for haemoptysis which had been free, but very little blood was coughed up inside the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate and vesicula seminales
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1901
Date of death: 25 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Acute grangrenous appendicitis. General purulent peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Appendix); Appendicitis (Appendix); Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1907
Date of death: 1 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia [Radical cure]. Mitral and tricuspid stenosis. Pulmonary infarction. Left pleural effusion
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Disease (Heart); Infarction (Lung); Effusion (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas. Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: For the past twelve months the patient had been conscious of a right femoral hernia which was easily reducible and had given rise to but very slight discomfort until three days ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder and ducts, alimentary tract, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, urinary organs and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Secretary
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1911
Date of death: 19 Apr 1911
Disease (transcribed): Infective endocarditis (pneumococcal). Meningitis. Infarction of kidneys and spleen (pneumococcal pyaemia)
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Meningitis (Brain); Infarction (Kidney); Infarction (Spleen); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: He had sudden onset of pain in the side with rigor, cough and dyspnoea five days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, mitral valve, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, alimentary tract, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Foreman
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1908
Date of death: 9 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Arteriosclerosis. Coronary obstruction
Disease (standardised): Arteriosclerosis (Arteries); Obstruction (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: The man was brought in dead. He was seen by a policeman to stagger and fall down in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, trachea, peritracheal glands, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, stomach and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1851
Date of death: 13 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat in the person of a drunkard. Death from coma, following delirium & ‘furor’, the result partly of loss of blood & sleeplessness & partly doubtless combined with habitual delirium tremens. Low pneumonia & quiescent tubercle in the apices of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Coma (Systemic); Delirium (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient was by trade a shoemaker, & was a habitual drunkard & during a fit of intoxication shortly before his admission he inflicted a wound on his throat with a razor. When he was brought to the hospital there was free haemorrhage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1852
Date of death: 25 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart and valves. Extravasated blood in the substance of the lungs. Fibrinous deposits in the spleen. Softening of the structure of the uterus with gangrenous state of its mucous membrane
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Extravasation (Lung); Fibrin (Spleen); Softening (Uterus); Gangrene (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The patient stated that she had been occasionally dropsical in the legs for several years. Two months before her last confinement, which occurred five weeks before admission, her legs had again begun to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1850
Date of death: 3 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Bronchitis. Low fever
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Bronchitis (Lung); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This body was not examined and case therefore is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1848
Date of death: 18 May 1848
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia with abscess in lung. Pleuritis. Ascites. Anasarca. Fluid blood.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient stated that she she had enjoyed very good health up to twelve months ago, when the catamenia seemed to decrease in quantity, and finally disappeared entirely in the course of two or three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1844
Date of death: 2 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of Thigh. Inflammation of Femoral Vein. Secondary abscesses.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Inflammation (Femoral Vein); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with symptoms of ulceration of the cartilages of the knee joint. He attributed the disease to a kick from a horse about two years previously.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, shoulder joints and stump of left thigh
Type of incident: Trauma/accident