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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1847
Date of death: 12 Jan 1848
Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the leg. Large slough over the sacrum. Fracture of the leg followed by necrosis.
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Sloughing (Spine); Fracture (Leg); Necrosis (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted into the Hospital with a transverse fracture of the tibia and a wound below the fracture.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left lower extremity
Type of incident: Trauma/accident?

Occupation or role: Electrician
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1910
Date of death: 16 Jan 1911
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine, fractured skull. Crushed cord. Paraplegia. Cystitis. Pyelitis. Purulent consecutive nephritis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Fracture (Skull); Crushed (Spinal cord); Paraplegia (Nervous system); Cystitis (Bladder); Pyelitis (Kidney); Suppuration (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He fell from a ladder and struck his back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1850
Date of death: 30 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hereditary gout. Recent pleurisy and pneumonia. Large heart. Lithate of soda on valves. Specks of [lithate of soda] in larynx. Large deposits in joints
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Gout (Joints); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Deposits (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient had been in the Hospital about five years previously labouring under gout with albuminous urine. He applied on the present occasion for admission in consequence of epistaxis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax, abdomen and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1875
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fall from a height. Fractured skull and ribs. Laceration of brain with rupture of arachnoid
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Brain); Rupture (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Brought in dead. No other report.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1915
Date of death: 22 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Shock from multiple fractures. Scapula, ribs, sacrum and pelvis
Disease (standardised): Shock (Systemic); Fracture (Scapula); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Sacrum); Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was thought to have fallen about twenty feet to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Fractures, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1896
Date of death: 9 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Adherent pericardium. Recent vegetations. Pneumonia. Osteoarthritis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Osteoarthritis (Joints)

Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Since last Christmas the patient suffered much from cough, want of sleep and pains at the lower part of the chest. During the fortnight before admission the legs became swollen and she said she passed a good deal of water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs larynx, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1891
Date of death: 2 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Chronic ulcer of leg. Amputation through knee joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'For many years patient had had an ulcer of the left leg […] No history of syphilis. Great pain in it'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, limbs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Publican
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1887
Date of death: 14 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Bullet wound of brain; fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Wound (Brain); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: '[No history] could be obtained, excepting that he is said to have got into trouble over money matters & to have placed a pistol in his mouth & to have pulled the trigger'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1919
Date of death: 1 Apr 1919
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Oedema of glottis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Oedema (Glottis)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: He was thrown from his horse on the day previous to admission. He was stunned, but walked home.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, thyroid, larynx, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, skull, brain and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1845
Date of death: 1 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Extensive caries of the dorsal vertebrae with a large scrofulous abscess. Small abscess in kidney. Tubercles in the sub-pleural cellular tissue. Slight ulceration of the pharynx. Heart dilated with thin parietes & soft muscular structure
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Spine, kidney); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Pharynx); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'About two years previous to admission into the hospital, the patient first experienced pain in the back, and at the expiration of three months, he found his back ‘growing out’. He went on working for twelve months during which time he had occasionally severe fits of pain on the back, but with no diminution of bodily strength’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1858
Date of death: 24 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'Whilst working in a house that was being built he fell from one floor to another, a distance of about 12 feet, upon his head & back close to his shoulders, regularly doubled up. Was brought into hospital 3 hours after accident, being then in a state of collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1911
Date of death: 26 Apr 1911
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left thigh. ? Intra abdominal injury. Death from shock
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Injury (Abdomen); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1846
Date of death: 9 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Wound in hand. Secondary abscesses in joints and in brachialis anticus. Congestive pneumonia. Heart dilated and atrophied. Disease of left kidney? Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Abscess (Joints); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from the effects of fracture of the first phalanx of the thumb in December 1842.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and extremities
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1879
Date of death: 27 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): ? Rupture of diaphragm. Fractured ribs. Fatty heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Diaphragm); Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient died soon after admission and was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1863
Date of death: 26 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Apoplexy of opposite side of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was at work when his foot slipped on a step and he fell some seven or eight feet down an area.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1872
Date of death: 7 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries and necrosis of ribs. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Caries (Ribs); Necrosis (Ribs); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For four years this patient had had a sinus discharging at the lower part of the right chest. Three months before admission some bone was removed from the rib.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Chairmaker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1873
Date of death: 20 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was transferred from the Physician and stated that since May 1873 he had been gradually losing the use of his legs which he attributed to having got wet through.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, spine and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1907
Date of death: 13 Apr 1907
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal parametritic abscess. Vaginitis. Thrombotic oedema of left leg. Acute general suppurative peritonitis. (Perinephritic abscess) [laparotomy]
Disease (standardised): Puerpera (Uterus); Parametritis (Broad ligament); Abscess (Broad ligament); Thrombosis (Leg); Oedema (Leg); Suppuration (Abdomen);Peritonitis (Abdomen) ; Abscess (Kidney) ; Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Stabb, Arthur Francis
Medical examination performed by: Smith, George Frederick Darwall
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with pain in the womb of three days standing and with a copious yellow discharge dating from almost immediately after a confinement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen only examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1849
Date of death: 29 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured laminae, spinous process & bodies of the 5th, 6th cervical vertebrae. Laceration of the cord. Congested lungs & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Laceration (Spine); Congestion (Lungs, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted at 2 1/4am, with what was presumed to be fracture of the cervical portion of the vertebral column. He had also fracture of the lower fourth of the right femur & a wound of the integument at the upper part of the forehead. He had been drinking largely during the preceding day & went to bed intoxicated, but awoke during the night & fancied he heard thieves breaking into the house, whereupon he got out on the roof & in leaning over the parapet, lost his balance, & fell into the street below, a distance of 40ft’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Caretaker
Gender: Male
Age: 4
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1904
Date of death: 31 Mar 1904
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fractures of the skull – Sub-dural and sub-arachnoid haemorrhages. Laceration and bruising of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Skull); Lacerations (Brain); Contusions (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'History. The child was knocked down by a cart, a wheel of which passed over its head. Death shortly after admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident