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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender:
Date of admission: Jun 1841
Date of death: Jun 1841
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull; haemorrhage and injury of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Injury (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Roadman
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1901
Date of death: 28 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage (Haemorrhagic cyst). Yellow softening. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Cysts (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was said to be suffering from cerebral congestion. He was unconscious and roused with difficulty. He could not answer any questions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Infant
Age: 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1865
Date of death: 10 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Encephalocele. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Encephalocele (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This child was admitted with a congenital meningocele.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Auction Porter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1870
Date of death: 6 Feb 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was brought in comatose with a history of a fit immediately before admission. He was stated to be a hard drinker and had complained of pain in his head, on which he was accustomed to carry considerable weights.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coach builder
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1883
Date of death: 23 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain. Extravasation of blood. Fracture of nine ribs. Laceration of pleura
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain ); Extravasation (Brain); Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Not reported here. Died shortly after admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and miscellaneous
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1849
Date of death: 22 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Brain congested, serous effusion in the ventricles. Tubercles in the cerebellum, the lungs, liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Tuberculosis (Brain, lungs, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry and Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man, who have a very obscure account of his symptoms, stated that he had been constantly exposed to cold in his work while perspiring and that without any particular cause of illness he had been so weak as to be unable to return to work after the 3rd inst. He had been OP [out-patient for some time under Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman], and had been confined to bed for 3 or 4 days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1864
Date of death: 17 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient was a well grown, healthy-looking girl. On her admission she had been ill a week, rigors, vomiting, vertigo and what she called sick headache being the main symptoms. She had not entirely kept her bed but used to get up for dinner’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Organist
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1874
Date of death: 17 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He had been an out patient at Brompton for five months commencing sometime last November or October. About sixteen weeks before admission he found on waking one morning that he could not move his left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Machinist
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1877
Date of death: 26 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Leukaemia. Cancer of spleen and of liver. Pulmonary and cerebral congestion, from the formation of white blood clots.
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood, Bone Marrow); Cancer (Spleen); Cancer (Liver); Congestion (Lung, Brain); Thrombosis (Lung, 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: From August 1876 the patient had noticed a lump in the lower part of the right side of the abdomen, increasing in size, and from September a lump in the left side also. He suffered from nausea and vomiting, frontal headaches, cough, palpitations, anorexia and slight haematemesis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pulmonary vessels, heart, vascular system, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, bones, lymphatic system, thyroid and tonsils
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ladies' maid
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1881
Date of death: 4 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Concussion. Fracture of radius + olecranon
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Concussion (Brain); Fracture (Arm)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1915
Date of death: 20 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral compression by subdural haemorrhage. Hemiplegia and aphasia
Disease (standardised): Compression (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain); Hemiplegia (Brain); Aphasia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The man had had mental trouble since September 1914. In December he had an attack of fainting and since then he had been languid and complained of giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, cranium and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1898
Date of death: 31 Mar 1898
Disease (transcribed): Old ear disease. Cerebellar abscess
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: The illness commenced with pain in the right ear, extending as the days went on all over the head and especially in the back of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, pancreas, adrenals, bladder, stomach, cranium and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1862
Date of death: 21 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She was admitted the first time on the 12 March 1862, being brought in by a policeman in a state of insensibility, who said she had dropped down in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 April 1855
Date of death: 6 April 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous arachinitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Meninges)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: On admission this woman stated that she had taken cold three weeks before and had neglected to nurse up.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 71
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1915
Date of death: 21 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured aneurysm of left cerebral artery. Cerebral compression
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Brain); Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Shortly before admission the patient, whilst out for a walk, fell down and became unconscious and was brought in by the police.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, mitral and aortic valves, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal, brain and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1900
Date of death: 26 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, Meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient had had a fit when he was eight months old and he never regained the full use of his left arm and leg. The symptoms became worse last August when he was admitted apparently for meningitis. Four days before this admission he was attacked with ‘stomach ache, pains in the head, sickness and a cry like a cat’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1852
Date of death: 4 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Severe epistaxis. Coma. Fluid in the ventricles and sub-arachnoidean tissues. Deposit of bone in the arachnoid membrane. Hypertrophied heart. Adherent pericardium. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Epistaxis (Nose); Coma (Brain); Fluid (Brain); Deposits (Brain); Disease (Heart);Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: He was admitted with Rheumatism of rather an acute form which had been coming on for several days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1916
Date of death: 5 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Tuberculous ulceration of intestines. Tuberculous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (General); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: The patient fell from a ladder seventeen days ago, hurting his back, and the pain had persisted ever since. He had become drowsy, out of sorts, and there had been increasing headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, alimentary canal, oesophagus, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 3 ½
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1899
Date of death: 22 Mar 1899
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'On Feb [February] 19th the child suddenly vomited and continued to do so for 2 days after taking food. He complained of pain in his 'stomach' since the onset of the illness, and on the 23rd of pain in the back of his neck also, and it was noticed that he held his head rigid and cried if an attempt were made to press it forward. No fits or convulsions occurred. There was nothing worthy of note in the family or previous history'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1896
Date of death: 9 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: Not seen by Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, testes, brain and toe joints
Type of incident: Trauma/accident