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Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1872
Date of death: 24 Jun 1872
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the walls of the heart. Nephritis. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Heart); Nephritis (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Since February he had had pain and some loss of power in the right arm. For the last month he had a sensation of weakness, being unable to do work, loss of appetite, occasional looseness of the bowels and shivering with headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1885
Date of death: 13 May 1885
Disease (transcribed): Encysted empyema. Morbus cordis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Cysts (Pleura); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Schachl, Frank F
Medical notes: Mother died of heart disease. She had rheumatism when eight and eleven. Pains began in the left side and back having caught a cold.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 May 1897
Date of death: 25 May 1897
Disease (transcribed): Old spheroidal celled carcinoma of breasts, secondary deposit in peritoneum, constriction of ileum
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Breast); Deposit (Abdomen); Constriction (Intestines) ()
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for intestinal obstruction. On examining the patient she was found to have atrophic scirrhus [Lt) [Left?] which she had had for several years. She complained of constipation for several months and had nearly complete stoppage for 14 days, a slight motion after an enema. The abdomen was distended but not excessively so, free movement and no abdominal tumour felt. Nil per rectum. No vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1896
Date of death: 13 May 1896
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and oedema of lungs. Heart failure
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Oedema (Lung); Failure (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient died before being seen by the Medical Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, stomach, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder, testes, intestines and toe joints
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1846
Date of death: 2 Jul 1846
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and thickening of bones of skull. Exostosis on left side of frontal. Effusion in brain. Softening of fornix. Congestion of brain. Old adhesions of lung. Patches of extravasated blood in pulmonary tissue. Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Skull); Exostosis (Skull); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Brain); Adhesions (Lung); Extravasation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: It appeared that the patient had been ill about ten days, suffering from constant and most severe pain in the head and constant sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1860
Date of death: 24 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man, who had had pretty good health, except that during the preceding 6 years he had suffered much from carbuncles, became a patient on Mar 15, under Dr Page [William Page]. He then had the symptoms of not very severe pleurisy, sharp pain and dullness at the lower portion of the right lung, and a slight dry cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 May 1873
Date of death: 20 Jun 1873
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver. Ulceration into colon. Tubercle of lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: She was in comparatively good health up to last Christmas when he first had a severe attack of vomiting with pains in the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1888
Date of death: 25 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Hemorrhage into the right optic thalamus and bursting into ventricles of the brain. Also hemorrhage into the pons
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The only history which could be obtained was that at 5pm on April 24th she became faint and giddy. At 6:30 her speech was unintelligible. She became unconscious. She came into St George’s at 9pm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, abdomen, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, uterus, bladder

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commissionaire
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1886
Date of death: 26 Apr 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: There was no history of injury, blow or abrasion, but he had been in the habit of cutting his corns until they bled. One month before admission he complained of not feeling well.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Joints, corns, pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, pancreas and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1911
Date of death: 16 Jun 1911
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Aortic and mitral stenosis and reflux. Tricuspid reflux. Adherent pericardium. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was admitted cyanosed, dyspnoeic and oedematous. He had been an in patient many times previously with acute rheumatism and advancing mitral disease.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1912
Date of death: 17 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Perforated duodenal ulcer (sutured). General peritonitis. Paralysis of gut
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Suture (Duodenum); Perforation (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Paralysis (Gastrointestinal tract)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was admitted having had an acute attack of abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1841
Date of death: 30 Aug 1841
Disease (transcribed): Congestion of brain. Oedema of lungs. Vegetations on tricuspid valve. Absence of right kidney
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Edema (Lungs); Vegetation (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient had, for some time past, suffered from chorea brought on by a fright; she was with child’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal canal, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1844
Date of death: 10 Jul 1844
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Slight Peritonitis. Effusion of lymph on mucous surface of intestine. Peculiar condition of hernial sac.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Effusion (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient had been subject to a femoral hernia for many years. It had not been down for many years until the 6th when it descended and could not be returned.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and hernial sac
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1858
Date of death: 27 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Valvular lesion of the heart
Disease (standardised): Lesion (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient gave a history of rheumatism attacking his lower limbs a week previous to his admission but so long as two months ago he was examined by a doctor on account of pain in the side & was told that he had ‘palpitation of the heart’. There was a most intense friction sound audible over the lower cardiac region which ceased as soon as the man held his breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1862
Date of death: 1 Jun 1862
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of ureters (gonorrhoeal?) Valvular disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Ureter); Gonorrhoea (Urogenital tract); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man stated that for six months he had suffered from debility and loss of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1900
Date of death: 2 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Suppuration in middle ear. Cerebral abscess
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Ear); Abscess (Brain)
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 had had right otorrhoea since six years old and also eczema and impetigo of the right ear. During the week before admission she had great pain in the right ear shooting to the right temple, and vomiting after food during the last three days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1853
Date of death: 19 Jan 1853
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the kidneys. Ligature to femoral artery for aneurism
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Ligature (Arteries); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man when admitted presented the usual symptoms of fractured femur. He was at his front door when he bent to pick up the key and heard something snap in his leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a