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Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1912
Date of death: 1 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction from cicatrical contraction of gut. Perforation of ileum. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Contraction (Gastrointestinal tract); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: This patient was operated on for a strangulated femoral hernia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Local examination of abdomen only made
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 90
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1901
Date of death: 11 May 1901
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypostatic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient had a hernia for forty years which was kept up by a truss but had not worn it for twenty years. One week ago there was violent pain in the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and urinary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Sep 1882
Date of death: 22 Sep 1882
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Suppurating glands in left groin. Wound on vulva unhealthy. Epithelioma vulvae
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Groin); Wound (Vulva); Cancer (Vulva)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She was the mother of sixteen children. Nine months previous to admission a hard lump appeared on the left side of the vulva.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, vulva and rectum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Cabman
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1902
Date of death: 21 Nov 1902
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Operation. Paralysis of gut
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Operation (Intestines); Paralysis (Gastrointestinal tract)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: There was a history of five days obstruction and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen only examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1895
Date of death: 9 May 1896
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of cervix uteri
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No examination post mortem
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1900
Date of death: 9 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Pelvic cancer. Pyonephrosis. Surgical Kidney. Pott’s fracture
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pelvis); Pyonephrosis (Kidney); Fracture (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a carriage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1897
Date of death: 10 Jun 1897
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis, fracture of l. [left] tibia and fibula. Gliomatous tumour beneath frontal lobes
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Fracture (Leg); Neoplasms, neuroepithelial (Brain) ()
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'This old woman was knocked down by a cart and was unconscious when admitted and practically remained so till she died. There was a small scalp wound at the back of the head, cuts about the face and neck, also fracture of the left leg'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1901
Date of death: 20 Dec 1901
Disease (transcribed): Fractured sternum and ribs. Ruptured lung. Left haemothorax. Ruptured spleen
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Sternum); Fracture (Ribs); Rupture (Lung); Haemothorax (Lung); Rupture (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1900
Date of death: 12 Aug 1900
Disease (transcribed): Perineal abscess. Perforation into caecum. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Perineum); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Keyser, Charles Ralph
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: On July 25th the girl was knocked by the shaft of a cart in the right loin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1880
Date of death: 7 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Head wound. (Tetanus). Swelling of the left parotid gland
Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Tetanus (Systemic); Inflammation (Parotid gland)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had for a long time led an exceedingly intemperate life. On the day of admission she fell down stairs while drunk, and struck her head against the edge of a step.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, lungs, heart ,liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1904
Date of death: 1 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Fracture, dislocation of cervical spine. Compression of spinal cord. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'The accident was due to a motor car. The girl [?] lost consciousness and was in a state of collapse, with a dark red mark across the back of the neck, like a wheel-mark, but there was no visible deformity’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Gender: Female
Age: 22
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1898
Date of death: 9 Feb 1899
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of cerebral vessels
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Pt. [Patient] idiotic. History supplied by father (unintelligent). 'Since aet. 14: pt [patient] mind childish – worse last 2 yrs [years]: 'Sep /93 {September 1893] I.P. [In-patient] Westminster Hosp. [Hospital] 5 wks [weeks]. 'meningitis'. 'Xmas /93 [1893] [In-patient Westminster Hospital] many fits – aphasia. 8 weeks. Since then 'no fits'. 'liable to attacks of collapse(!)'. Since Oct /98 [October 1898]: sinuses over either lip[?] - discharging. These sinuses were not explored during her stay in Hosp. [Hospital]. Bedsores developed. Mental condition remained feeble. Was removed to separation ward on account of somewhat noisy and violent excitement'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranial cavity, bone
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1912
Date of death: 4 Feb 1912
Disease (transcribed): Appendix abscess extending under psoas and iliacus into pelvis and buttock. Toxaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Appendix); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Abscess (Muscles); Abscess (Pelvis); Abscess (Buttocks); Toxaemia (Blood)
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: Nine weeks before admission she had an attack of influenza. This was followed by rigors and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus and adnexa
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

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1908
Date of death: 30 Oct 1908
Disease (transcribed): Ulcers ventriculi. Perforation. Fibrinous peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: Some days before admission she had been seized with spasmodic abdominal pain, not localised.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, liver, pancreas and ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1885
Date of death: 12 Dec 1885
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of peritoneum, stomach and bowel
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William. Rouse, James. Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, omentum, stomach, small intestine and large intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 3 4/12
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1899
Date of death: 11 Apr 1899
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of orbit
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Skull);
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: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1908
Date of death: 22 Feb 1908
Disease (transcribed): Acute appendicitis with abscess. Kinking of small intestines with phlegmonous enteritis and commencing gangrene
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Abscess (Appendix); Kinking (Intestines); Enteritis (Intestines); Gangrene (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of increasing difficulty in keeping the bowels regular.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Permission only granted for examination of abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1898
Date of death: 19 Sep 1898
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of kidney
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: Twelve months before admission the patient noticed a swelling in the right loin which gradually increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, uterus, ovaries, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s maid
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1899
Date of death: 9 Apr 1900
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in neck. Malignant disease of oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Neck); Cancer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with an abscess of neck pointing in front of sterno-mastoid.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx and upper part of oesophagus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Bricklayer
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1903
Date of death: 31 Jan 1903
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene and rupture of anterior wall of lower uterine segment. General peritonitis. Faeces in the vagina. Parturition
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Uterus); Rupture (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Parturition (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: On 28th January she was delivered of a stillborn child by forceps. The child was said to have been very large and the labour prolonged and difficult.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus and alimentary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter
Age: 3 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Sep 1908
Date of death: 3 Sep 1908
Disease (transcribed): Congenital syphilis. Acute periostitis of left femur (shaft)
Disease (standardised): Congenital syphilis (Systemic); Periostitis (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: Four days before it had been brought up for a rash and. It was seen in the out patient department the next day and then had a puffy oedematous swelling just above the left knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left femur
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Fitter
Gender: Female
Age: 13
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1906
Date of death: 27 Jul 1906
Disease (transcribed): Acute diffuse suppurative peritonitis following appendicitis. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen); Appendicitis (Appendix); Laparotomy (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Two days before admission seized with acute R [Right] sided abdominal pain and repeated vomiting. Pain but not the vomiting continued until admission. Child flushed and ill. Abdomen generally distended, scarcely moving on Respiration, great rigidity and tenderness in R. [Right] iliac fossa. An acutely inflamed appendix with commencing gangrene was removed. The surrounding coils of intestine were congested and distended. Wound drained'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The cause of death was alone sought for and found to be due to very severe diffuse suppurative peritonitis. No further examination was made'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Date of admission: 15 May 1906
Date of death: 15 May 1906
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient was said to have been knocked down by a motor-car which was supposed to have passed over her. When admitted she was cold, collapsed and deeply unconscious. Sweating. Slow pulse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Parlour maid
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1893
Date of death: 7 Nov 1893
Disease (transcribed): Excision of varicose veins. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Varicose veins (Veins); Excision (Veins); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from varicose veins for some six years. There was much pain after standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined post mortem
Type of incident: n/a