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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1845
Date of death: 26 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The body was not examined after death, and consequently no history of the case is recorded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed before it was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864
Date of death: 11 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Bronchitis. Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with orthopnea and severe distress from difficulty of breathing, the legs being dropsical and some general oedema existing. He had been short of breath for five years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Piano forte tuner
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1875
Date of death: 2 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs. Embolism from atheroma
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Embolism (Arteries); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said that twelve months before his admission he had vomited three pints of dark clotted blood, and that ever since then he had had dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Game keeper
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1885
Date of death: 5 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Renal disease
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: He had a winter cough for twenty years which became worse year by year. His legs had swelled, he had pain in the abdomen and had polyuria for six months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1882
Date of death: 12 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Tubal nephritis. Serous effusion in pleurae. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Effusion (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Five weeks before admission he had a very painful sore throat. He had been very weak and drowsy, vomited frequently and had much headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleura, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1881
Date of death: 28 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No family history of phthisis. He has spent 22 years in the Navy and Merchant Service and during that time had very good health. Four months ago he gave up his sea life and came to live in London. Since then he has never been free from cough and has lost flesh rapidly. His sputa have become very profuse and purulent and his dyspnoea constant'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Woodcutter
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1888
Date of death: 18 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of cervix uteri. 2ndary deposit in roof of left lung & in thoracic & cervical glands, causing wasting left laryngeal muscles (& death from laryngeal span?). Other 2ndary growths in liver and pancreas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Cervix); Deposit (Lungs); Growth (Liver, pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of heritable disease, her parents died she said of old age. She was married twice and had eleven children, five of whom died when young. She had no miscarriages’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Neck, chest, thorax, larynx, lungs, abdomen, uterus, vagina, ovaries, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1918
Date of death: 2 May 1918
Disease (transcribed): Generalized tuberculosis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: 'Began 3 weeks ago with headache, in spite of this patient went on with her work until a week ago when she began to vomit and her mother noticed that she was squinting and talking nonsense. Since then she has been getting more comatose and delirious at time. She has incontinence of sphincters’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Beer house keeper
Gender: Male
Age: 30
Date of admission: 9 Feb 1899
Date of death: 18 Mar 1899
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis and Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'This patient complained of being 'unable to stand' and of weakness in his legs for 6 wks [weeks] before admission. He had had a cough off and on for 2 yrs [years], especially in the winter – Pains in and numbness of the gut and legs had occurred since the onset. Some loss of power in the arms for about a week had been noticed. He was probably an excessive drinker and had been subject to morning vomiting for 2 or 3 wks [weeks] before the onset of the neuritis. Nothing noteworthy in his prev: [previous] or fam: [family] history'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 May 1841
Date of death: 31 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the left ventricle. Effusion of blood in pleura and pericardium. Liver granular. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Effusion (Pleura, pericardium); Disease (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 28 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1854
Date of death: 8 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of bones of the right wrist. Phthisis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Wrist); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitting doctor: Cutler, Edward
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who was extremely pale & thin & had all the aspect of a consumptive patient, was admitted under the surgeon’s care in consequence of strumous disease of the right wrist, which had existed according to his account for more than a year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wrist joint, abdomen, thorax

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1845
Date of death: 22 Apr 1845
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis & pneumonia. Old adhesions. Dropsy of pericardium. Heart itself healthy. Old peritonitis. Amputation of toe for scrofulous disease of joint
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Edema (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Amputation (Toe); Scrofulous disease (Toe)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert and Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Ten months before his admission into the hospital, he perceived a slight swelling of the ball of the left great toe, attended with much pain upon walking. Four months afterwards this swelling was punctured and a small quantity of matter discharged.’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1877
Date of death: 21 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Pleurisy. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This case was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and douglas' pouch
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1892
Date of death: 16 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Burn. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
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 postmortem examination
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1896
Date of death: 4 Apr 1896
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pleurisy. Peritonitis. ? Septic from uterus
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Sepsis (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient had been confined twenty six days before of twins and had been up for about six days. During her pregnancy she suffered greatly from vomiting and said in consequence she was half starved.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, uterus, ovaries and joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carpenter
Age: 4 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1903
Date of death: 12 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Confluent broncho-pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: She became ill two weeks before admission. The baby was cyanosed, dyspnoeic, feverish, feeble and coughing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, infratracheal glands, respiratory passages, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, portal vein, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary tract and mesenteric glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1851
Date of death: 16 May 1851
Disease (transcribed): 'Granular disease’ of the kidney. Double pleurisy. Heart with dilated cavities, also thickening of flaps of the aortic & mitral valves, with mitral orifice contraction. ‘White patch’ on heart’s surface
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pleurisy (Lungs); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had borne a very large family, stated that she had been subject to cough for 2 or 3 winters, which had been worse during the past year than usual, but had been relieved until 2 days ago. The legs had been observed to swell for 8 days past’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1850
Date of death: 7 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Tubercles and vomicae in lungs. Old and recent pleurisy. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient suffered from cough and hoarseness to such a degree as scarcely to be able to speak in articulated tone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1870
Date of death: 3 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis. Pleurisy. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from a cough with slight occasional haemoptysis for the previous three years. He had never had colic, gout, or other symptoms of lead posioning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1867
Date of death: 22 Apr 1867
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had been out of health three weeks. She had oedema of the legs a short time before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Tinsmith
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1908
Date of death: 10 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Generalised tuberculosis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was admitted unconscious. There was a history of headache, vomiting and constipation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, oesophagus, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, bronchial glands, mesenteric glands, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a