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[Name redacted], [No age stated], Window cleaner

Occupation or role: Window cleaner
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1944
Date of death: 15 Aug 1944
Disease (transcribed): Shock and haemorrhage due to a penetrating wound of lower abdomen
Disease (standardised): Shock (Systemic); Haemorrhage (Abdomen); Wound (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skeletal system, brain, heart, lungs, abdomen, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Henry Smith, 33, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1887
Date of death: 14 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of the sigmoid flexure of the colon. Colotomy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Colon); Colostomy (Colon); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'This man was transferred from the care of Dr Cavafy for operative treatment, as medicine had failed to relieve his symptoms'

Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Saunders, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1847
Date of death: 06 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Jaundice. Perforation of both corneae from sloughing. Considerable slough on the sacrum. Blood fluid. Ascites and effusion of lymph. Contracted liver. Gall bladder much distended.
Disease (standardised): Jaundice (Skin); Perforation (Eye); Sloughing (Eye); Sloughing (Spine); Ascites (Abdomen); Effusion (Abdomen);Disease (Liver) ; Distended (Gall bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in an almost moribund state. She had been ailing it appeared between two or three months, suffering from dyspepsia in an aggravated form.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Tinworth, 66, Watchman

Occupation or role: Watchman
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1911
Date of death: 25 Apr 1911
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of descending colon. Intestinal obstruction. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: He was admitted with an intestinal obstruction of twelve days duration. He died during induction of anaesthesia wit intent to perform a colotomy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Examination through abdominal wound only allowed
Type of incident: n/a

Mollie Hamilton, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1917
Date of death: 10 Apr 1917
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous peritonitis. Tubercles of liver capsule. Tuberculous ulceration of small intestines. Hydropericardium. Brown atrophy of heart muscle
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver); Ulcer (Intestines); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'Patient says she is suffering from syphilis & her brother corroborates this. He says she was treated at Dean Street, by a private doctor, at the Brighton Hospital where she had 606 [arsphenamine], & at the Brighton Infirmary. Infection is stated to have occurred 2 years ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull

Type of incident: n/a

William Anderson, 4 weeks, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 4 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1889
Date of death: 3 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in connection with the umbilicus and left hypogastric artery
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Umbilicus); Abscess (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The ligature around the umbilical end came away on the 6th day after birth and since then he had had a swelling all around the navel which lately became much larger and of a red colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, kidneys, mesenteric and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Alice Timbury, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1859
Date of death: 8 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: She had a femoral hernia of the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Evans, 55, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1871
Date of death: 6 Jan 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pericardial adhesions. Pleuritic effusion. Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Adhesions (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen)
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: For the last four years this woman had had a continual cough, worse in the winter and with much expectoration of a green colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Stephen Calaher, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1871
Date of death: 7 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatinal nephritis. Effusion into the pleurae & peritoneum. General dropsy
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney); Effusion (Pleurae, peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This child, having had scarlatina, was permitted to go out during desquamation three weeks before admission, & became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Goodman, 42, [Wife of] Groom

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Groom
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1886
Date of death: 7 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Abdominal gestation
Disease (standardised): Pregnancy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Champneys, Francis Henry
Medical examination performed by: Page, Harry Marmaduke
Post mortem examination performed by: Champneys, Francis Henry and Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Married 23 yrs. Pregnant=3. Children=3. Last 5 years ago. All the labours were natural. Catamenia [menstruation] regular until 12 months ago. Since then diminishing [

[Name redacted], 47, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1924
Date of death: 9 Jan 1924
Disease (transcribed): Pyonephrosis. Nephrolithiasis. Umbilical hernia. Salpingitis
Disease (standardised): Pyonephrosis (Kidney); Nephrolithiasis (Kidney); Hernia (Umbilicus); Salpingitis (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Rhind, Sydney Devenish
Post mortem examination performed by: Schuster, Norah Henriette
Medical notes: She was admitted with obstructed paraumbilical hernia which had become tender during the last four days. Two years ago she was operated on in Westminster Hospital for abscess on the right kidney.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, suprarenals, pancreas and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 14, Page boy

Occupation or role: Page boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1925
Date of death: 11 Jan 1926
Disease (transcribed): Actinomycotic abscesses of liver. Right sub-phrenic abscess. Diaphragmatic pleura on right side adherent and encloses small abscess. Appendix buried in dense adhesions. Small abscess in wall of stomach near pylorus
Disease (standardised): Actinomycosis (Liver); Abscess (Liver); Abscess (Abdomen); Adhesions (Appendix); Abscess (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: He had had pain for a week, with no relation to food, and epistaxis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and membranes, tongue, tonsils, thymus, thyroid, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, mediastinal glands, pulmonary artery, bronchi, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, liver, portal vein, gall bladder, bile ducts, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, spleen, stomach, large intestine and retroperitoneal and cervical lymph glands
Type of incident: n/a

William Pullen, 29, Green grocer

Occupation or role: Green grocer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1911
Date of death: 11 Jan 1912
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of duodenal ulcer. Suture. Re-perforation. Acute general purulent peritonitis. Intestinal obstruction. Lateral anastomosis of ileum to colon. Ileostomy.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Perforation (Duodenum); Suture (Duodenum); Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Obstruction (Intestines); Anastomosis (Intestines); Ileostomy (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Six hours before admission he was seize with sudden acute abdominal pain. This continued and increased.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The abdomen only was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Lack, 53, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1860
Date of death: 16 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Operation for strangulated inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin); Operation
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with the following history. Five years before he was knocked down by a blow in the abdomen, & an oblique inguinal hernia appeared on the right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Emma Borer, 46, [Wife of] Electric fitter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Electric fitter
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1918
Date of death: 16 Jan 1918
Disease (transcribed): Subtotal hysterectomy (Intestinal obstruction by adhesion). Peritonitis. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Hysterectomy (Uterus); Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Smith, George Frederick Darwall
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Medical notes: 'Complains of increasing loss at the periods for the past two years. Pale, anaemic woman’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Walter Tydeman, 20, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1907
Date of death: 13 Jan 1908
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Haemorrhage. Perforation. Laparotomy. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Haemorrhage (Abdomen); Perforation (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Friend, Gerald Edward
Medical notes: The patient was admitted suffering from enteric fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, vessels, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Jackson, 40, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1903
Date of death: 16 Jan 1903
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous myocarditis. Atheroma of aorta with occlusion of coronary arteries. Aortic cardiac dilatation. Recent and old endocarditis of aortic valve. Acute mortem thrombi in heart cavities. Pulmonary and splenic infarction. Peritonitis. Hydrosalpinx
Disease (standardised): Myocarditis (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Thrombosis (Heart); Infarction (Lung);Infarction (Spleen) ; Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Hydrosalpinx (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had been well until two months before admission when she began to suffer from cardiac flutterings and grew progressively dyspneoic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, uterus and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

George Ward, 2, [Child of] Carman

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1902
Date of death: 12 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration. Appendicitis. Peritonitis. Bronchopneumonia. Colitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Colitis (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was brought in suffering from diarrhoea containing mucous and blood. The child was said to have been ill for five days before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 51, Club steward

Occupation or role: Club steward
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1927
Date of death: 7 Jan 1928
Disease (transcribed): Perforated gastric ulcer. Subphrenic abscess which had burst. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Abscess (Abdomen); Rupture (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Marnham, Ralph
Medical notes: He was admitted with a history of severe indigestion for six months. It had been worse for a week and was accompanied by haematemesis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen only
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 68, Manager

Occupation or role: Manager
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1941
Date of death: 18 Jan 1942
Disease (transcribed): General peritonitis. Perforated gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Bellingham-Smith, Eric
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Teare, Robert Donald
Medical notes: He was transferred from Westminster Hospital where he had been an Out Patient with asthma for nine years. He had bronchitis for seven years. There was no oedema of the ankles, but frequency of micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, stomach, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

George Troutbeck, 12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1844
Date of death: 9 May 1844
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pericarditis. Bicuspid valve thickened. Ascites and dropsy of the extremities. Liver large and puckered, with a peculiar yellow deposit.
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Extremities); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted after suffering from palpitations and difficulty breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

John Watson , 62, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1861
Date of death: 20 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Operation for umbilical hernia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted into the Hospital in a state of collapse having a large umbilical hernia of some days standing
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Ewens, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1871
Date of death: 25 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Hepatic abscess communicating with the right lung. Peritonitis (circumscribed)
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Abscess (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

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 returned from India, where he had long been, in 1867. While there he suffered much from diarrhoea & frequent hepatic pain, but said his motions had never contained blood. Three months ago he was seized with diarrhoea & at the same time very violent pain in the right side, so that he could not move his right arm owing to the severity of the pain. About ten days later cough came on & he spat up a quantity of thick yellow matter mixed with blood’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Hudson, 31, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1872
Date of death: 7 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Paracentesis thoracis. Empyema. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Paracentesis (Thorax); Empyema (Pleura); Exhaustion (Systemic)
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 said that for sixteen days he had had pain in the left side with shortness of breath. It commenced with an attack of shivering and as if a knife were being run into him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Matilda Tindell, 60, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1881
Date of death: 8 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured gall bladder. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Gallbladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'Had been ruptured on the left side (inguinal) for a good many years, and had worn a truss constantly. 2 days before admission the rupture came down and she reduced it in about an hour's time. She was seized with vomiting, colicky pains in the abdomen and vertigo. The bowels had not been open for 2 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, peritoneum, spleen, kidneys, ovaries

Type of incident: n/a

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