Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Feb 1871 Date of death: 20 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the duodenum. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man had suffered from slight epigastric pain increased after food for about three weeks. The pain was never very severe, & he was able to work. On the day of his admission after having had cheese for dinner in the middle of the day, he felt slight epigastric pain, of this he took no notice & later in the day went out. About 6 o’clock, while walking in the park, he was suddenly seized with violent pain in the belly, & was at once brought to the hospital’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cab driver Age: 54 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Feb 1871 Date of death: 26 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Fibrous thickening of the bronchi & alveolar walls. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Bronchitis. Congestion of the viscera Disease (standardised): Disease (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs); Congestion (Internal organs)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man who had for many years been subject to severe cough in the winter, had been ill for two months with severe cough & dyspnoea & for the last three weeks his legs had swelled’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Feb 1871 Date of death: 21 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Indentation of outer table of frontal bone. Circumscribed abscess in left pleura. Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Indentation (Skull); Abscess (Lungs); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
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: 'He fell down & struck his head on some steps. On admission there was a small scalp wound over frontal bone, exposing the bone, his face was livid and the respiration rapid’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Feb 1871 Date of death: 8 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Alcoholism. Pleuropneumonia. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Alcoholism; Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man on admission was delirious & light-headed with tremulous hands & tongue, & unable to give any account of himself. It was reported that he had been ill for a week, with delirium, cough, dyspnoea & pain in the chest, & had been drinking hard’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 13 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Feb 1871 Date of death: 9 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood on the anterior & outer surface of the theca vertebralis. Tetanus Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'It was stated that this boy had a severe blow on the head last June, & since that time had occasionally complained of dorsal pain. The pain was slight however & no notice was taken of it. On the morning of Feb 3 on his return from school he complained of aching in the face & next morning there was much stiffness of the haws, the mouth being opened with difficulty’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal cord
Occupation or role: Nurse Age: 80 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Jan 1871 Date of death: 14 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebrae. Pelvis abscess. Wound of eyelid. Granular kidneys. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Pelvis); Wound (Eyelid); Disease (Kidneys); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This woman was brought to the hospital with a history of having fallen down in the street. On admission there was bruising of the hips & a small wound of eyelid. She had evidently been much neglected. Talked incoherently so that no trustworthy information could be obtained from her’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 39 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Feb 1871 Date of death: 16 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Dissecting aneurysm of the aortic arch Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient stated that he had been ill since Christmas with constipation & epigastric & abdominal pain. On his admission I noted that there was no tenderness on pressure at any point, & no physical signs. The symptoms did not vary during his stay in the hospital; he complained of constant abdominal & epigastric pain, which was worse on lying down & prevented sleep’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 32 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Feb 1871 Date of death: 1 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Granular, contracting kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This woman was first a patient in December 1870 with dyspnoea, thoracic pain & dropsy. She had been frequently sick & spat a little blood. She then stated that she had had two attacks of acute rheumatism, 8 & 4 years before respectively. 6 years before admission she had dropsy, & had long suffered from cough & dyspnoea’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 3 Feb 1871 Date of death: 4 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Perforating ulcer of the duodenum. Peritonitis. Granular kidneys. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man, a painter, applied in the morning of the day of his admission, suffering from violent abdominal pain which had come on suddenly a short time before. He stated that he was the subject of an old hernia which had come down & which he was unable to return. Reduction was easily effected, but as the pain continued, he was given a dose of castor oil & laudanum, & sent to bed’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 72 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jan 1871 Date of death: 3 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of anterior fossa basis cranii. Extravasation of blood into orbit. Suppuration of subcutaneous tissues of scalp Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Suppuration (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man was thrown out of a cart. When admitted was partly sensible, answered questions irrationally, inclined to be violent. Pulse slow’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Jan 1871 Date of death: 1 Feb 1871 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of large intestine. Contraction of the cicatrix. Partial obstruction of the gut. Peritonitis. Bronchitis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Obstruction (Gut); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Bronchitis (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man had for many years suffered more or less from constipation, and 17 years ago, eight days passed without a motion, and he was then very ill. The bowels usually act about every third or fourth day. On admission he had not had a motion for five days & the day before admission he became very sick, and felt much abdominal pain’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Postman Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Jan 1871 Date of death: 17 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of thumb. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Wound (Thumb); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'A fortnight before admission, he cut the right thumb at the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, with a crowner[?]. The wound was dressed and healed as out-patient, till sloughing & some haemorrhage occurred and he was admitted’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 49 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Dec 1870 Date of death: 18 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man was a patient in the hospital in June 1869 with cardiac hypertrophy & there was at that time evidence of both mitral & aortic disease. He then stated that having had previous good health he fell off a wall four years previously, & subsequently he suffered from palpitation & dyspnoea’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 70 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Nov 1870 Date of death: 14 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bedsore. Exhaustion Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Pressure ulcer (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This old man had been a patient in the hospital with chronic rheumatism in June. He was discharged relieved, but on readmission stated that ever since August he had been more or less bedridden in the same way. He complained of pain in the knees & ankles, which were not swollen, & he was able to walk up to the ward, where he sat on the form before getting into bed. It was only after some time that it was discovered that he had an enormous sloughing bedsore on the right buttock’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 40 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Jan 1870 Date of death: 15 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Cardiac hypertrophy & dilatation. Apoplexy of pons Varolii. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This woman, who had complained for a long time of severe occipital pain, had a fit the day before her admission followed by loss of power on the right side. There was right hemiplegia on admission. No distinct facial paralysis, but the movements of the tongue were performed with much difficulty & her speech, though quite sensible, was thick or hesitating’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, cerebrum
Occupation or role: Laundress Age: 52 Gender: Female Date of admission: 4 Jan 1871 Date of death: 16 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary phthisis. Prolapse of uterus Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Uterine prolapse (Uterus) Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John Medical examination performed by: Wilson, Richard Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This patient had suffered from prolapse of the uterus for six years. On her admission the uterus was at first inducible[?] and very much ulcerated. She was in an advanced state of phthisis, died 12 days after her admission’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 2 Gender: Female Date of admission: 10 Jan 1871 Date of death: 11 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This child had had cough for some time, which had latterly got much worse’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Dec 1870 Date of death: 13 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis Disease (standardised): 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: 'This woman stated that with the exception of frequent coughs in the winter, her health had been tolerably good until about three months before she came in, when she was seized with severe cough & dyspnoea, & in about a fortnight her legs swelled. She never had rheumatism’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Cow keeper Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871 Date of death: 3 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Scrofulous disease of the left kidney. Hypertrophy of heart Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'He had had a left inguinal hernia 30 years, & worn a truss for a few years, but as it did not keep hernia back he relinguished it, and has worn none for 15 or 20 years. For this last period he has not been able completely to return the hernia. In the evening of December 29 the tumour became larger and he had pain and sickness. Violent attempts seem to have been made at reduction’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 43 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Nov 1870 Date of death: 4 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diabetes Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man stated that for 7 or 8 months he had suffered from frequent & profuse diarrhoea. Ten weeks before his admission he went to a hospital & was told there that he had diabetes. There had been cough for 3 weeks with scanty nummular sputa’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cerebrum
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871 Date of death: 3 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This child was brought in with a history of four days’ illness which had commenced with sore throat & difficulty of swallowing. Two days later there was also much cough’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Dec 1870 Date of death: 2 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Mitral contraction. Hypertrophied heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This woman had been the subject of acute rheumatism when 15 years of age, & for many years had suffered more or less from palpitation & dyspnoea. These symptoms were much aggravated for some weeks before admission & her legs had swelled’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Dec 1870 Date of death: 1 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of leg. Cerebral congestion Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Congestion (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'This man was knocked down by a cab, and when admitted into the hospital exhibited no cerebral symptoms. He had a fracture of both bones of the left leg in the middle of the shaft, and a contused wound on the right leg’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax
Occupation or role: Carpenter Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871 Date of death: 1 Jan 1871 Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Coagulation of blood in the pulmonary arteries. Foreign matter in the larynx Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Coagulation (Blood vessels); Disease (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: 'Not seen by me’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: General Servant Age: 25 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Dec 1870 Date of death: 31 Dec 1870 Disease (transcribed): Suppression of urine. Convulsions. Great dilatation of the stomach. Disease (standardised): Suppression of urine (Bladder); Seizures (Brain); Dilatation (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: This woman stated that her catamenia had been absent for fourteen months, and that since that time she had been very sick periodically and had vomited small quantities of blood. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, stomach and cranium Type of incident: n/a
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