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Joseph Edwards, 12, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1852
Date of death: 6 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Injury from the wheel of a railway truck. Fracture of the pelvis. Laceration of the urethra. Fracture of one rib and the clavicle. Bruised condition of the lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Laceration (Urethra); Fracture (Rib); Fracture (Clavicle); Bruising (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This boy was at play in a railroad truck which was set in motion. He jumped out of the truck and fell under the wheel.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Ann White, 18, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 May 1859
Date of death: 19 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Therefore the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Henry Burton, 70, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1860
Date of death: 21 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the acetabulum. Abscess in hip joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Abscess (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen between 8 & 9 feet from a scaffold, but how his leg was placed in the fall no one knew’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charles Morris, 23, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1864
Date of death: 22 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'A tin pail loaded with ‘comps’[?] fell a distance of 25 feet, & the edge struck him on the top of his head, sending him insensible for a few minutes. On admission there was a wound about 2 ½ inches long over the sagittal suture’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Harriet West, 2, [Child of] Soldier

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1888
Date of death: 30 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Burns of face, neck & thorax
Disease (standardised): Burn (Face, neck, thorax)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Surgical notes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

[Name redacted], 76, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1944
Date of death: 21 Aug 1944
Disease (transcribed): Subarachnoid haemorrhage due to fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Riddell, Victor Horsley Hume
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a bicycle and brought in unconscious by the police.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, heart, lungs, intestines, stomach and kidney
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Caroline Marsh, 16, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 May 1857
Date of death: 11 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This man was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Edith Palmer, 19, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1895
Date of death: 11 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Suppurative phlebitis. Wound behind ankle
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Suppuration (Veins); Phlebitis (Veins); Wound (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and limbs
Type of incident: n/a

Sir Thomas Watson, 71, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1921
Date of death: 1 May 1921
Disease (transcribed): (accident case)
Disease (standardised): Wound (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For notes see S.R. 1034/1921
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Sarah Albridge, 8, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1846
Date of death: 13 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn, fatal in a few hours.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: Case was not entered at the body was not examined after death.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Read, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1855
Date of death: 10 April 1855
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Hospital gangrene. Secondary deposits.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Gangrene (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Stevenson, 4, Child

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1865
Date of death: 15 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Eliza Morgan, 63, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1891
Date of death: 3 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
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 post mortem examination'

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James McDonald, 20, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1874
Date of death: 24 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin )
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: n/a

Samuel Lockyer, [No age stated], Lampman

Occupation or role: Lampman
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1903
Date of death: 20 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Multiple injuries
Disease (standardised): Injury (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Whilst getting out of the way of a railway engine, he was knocked over by another.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lower jaw, ribs, sternum, skull, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

[Name redacted], 64, Wine merchant

Occupation or role: Wine merchant
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1926
Date of death: 10 May 1926
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Right sided intra-dural haemorrhage. Cerebral compression. Wide spread atheroma of cerebral vessels, coronary arteries and renal arteries. Diffuse fatty degeneration of liver. Fatty myocardium. Athero-sclerotic kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain); Compression (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Blood vessels); Disease (Liver); Disease (Heart); Atherosclerosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: The patient was admitted unconscious, with stertorous breathing and equal, contracted pupils.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, tongue, tonsils, thymus, thyroid, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, mediastinal glands, pulmonary artery, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, common bile ducts, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, prostate, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, appendix and colon
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Sarah Pevey , 64, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1852
Date of death: 6 May 1852
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the upper part of the thigh bone. Old pleural adhesion and soft dilated heart. Kidneys slightly diseased
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This woman was admitted a short time after the occurrence of an accident by which she had broken her thigh. She fell down two stairs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left femur, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Jack alias Hall, 35, Butcher

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1865
Date of death: 16 Apr 1865
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been attending as an out patient for a small scalp wound produced in a fight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Tom Kitteringham, 30, Handy man

Occupation or role: Handy man
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1893
Date of death: 7 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fractured pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis)

Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man jumped out of a window and fell on some area railings. He had been in an asylum some months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, pelvis, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, testes, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart and coronary arteries
Type of incident: Suicide

Thomas Ward, 6, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1848
Date of death: 6 Jun 1848
Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn of the body
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Copestake, Thomas Goodall
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: No history to this case is given as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Gardner, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1881
Date of death: 10 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
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 / suicide

Alfred Craig, 39, Window cleaner

Occupation or role: Window cleaner
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1916
Date of death: 9 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of pelvis and ribs. Injury of liver and kidney. Rectoperitoneal haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Fracture (Ribs); Injury (Liver); Injury (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: While cleaning windows the patient fell a distance of four storeys. His fall was broken by a tree into which he fell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, ribs, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, pancreas, bladder, alimentary tract, stomach and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Thomas Veldon, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1846
Date of death: 16 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Accident. Secondary deposits?
Disease (standardised): Accident (Indeterminate); Deposits (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: As there was no examination of this patient’s body, the case is omitted.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The relations would not allow the body to be examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Thorlwell, 54, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1912
Date of death: 17 Apr 1912
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Haemo pneumo thorax. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemopneumothorax (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Cohen, Bertie Isaac
Medical notes: This man was brought in moribund with a severe head injury.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, stomach, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary tract and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

[Name redacted], 68, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 68
Gender: [No gender stated]
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1940
Date of death: 26 Oct 1940
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Fractured base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Siddons, Arthur Harold Makins
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 autopsy
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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