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Sarah Goodyer, 51, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1864
Date of death: 3 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'On this woman’s first admission into the hospital in November ‘63, the following note was made. A spare woman with a full face and congested veins. In bed she assumes no particular posture, but is unable to lie on the right side for pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Sternum and ribs, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Rawlinson, 18, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1864
Date of death: 1 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee joint
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Always enjoyed good health and performed domestic work as a housemaid till 24 March, when in the evening without any previous warning, her right knee became very painful, and the next morning she found it was much swollen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, knee

Type of incident: n/a

James Parry, 37, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1864
Date of death: 5 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient was a stableman of sober habits, and was first admitted on the 2nd of December 1863, At that time he stated that for two months he had felt pains about the limbs, especially in the ankles, which were wont to swell at night’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ephraim Wier, 23, Stoker

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1864
Date of death: 29 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Death from nervous shock (?)
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Shock
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was stoker on an engine proceeding from Victoria Station, when looking back his head came in collision with one of the arches of a bridge & he was knocked off the engine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Thomas Hunt, 36, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1864
Date of death: 27 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man, who had been formerly under treatment in the hospital, was now admitted in a dying state, too prostrate to give much account of himself. He had a wearied, painful expression’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Barratt, 40, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1864
Date of death: 29 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient was first admitted on the 20th April, complaining of cough & dyspnoea, but without dropsy. He had been troubled in this way for five months. He was a labouring man of pale, pasty complexion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Foay, 55, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1864
Date of death: 30 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient was on his admission suffering extreme dyspnoea. He had been troubled with cough continuously for six months, attended with profuse spitting, and had wasted rapidly’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Garratt, 26, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 May 1864
Date of death: 21 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart, hypertrophy, dilatation
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, who on admission was breathing with great difficulty with orthopnea and had considerable oedema of the legs and some ascites, dated his illness from one attack of rheumatism two years back, his previous health havivng been perfect. He had been a labourer employed in ground work’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Morris, 40, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1864
Date of death: 23 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'A painter, a large man with a sallow face, was admitted in consequence of palpitation with dyspnoea and some cough, without any oedema’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Martin, 14, Errand boy

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1864
Date of death: 23 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Separation of sutures of skull with fracture
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was working on a scaffold this afternoon, when he slipped & fell about 14 feet, striking the back of his head, he was insensible when picked up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Johnson, 64, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864
Date of death: 22 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This was a case of a miserable, emaciated old man having the withered and wrinkled face of a mummy, who for four months lingered out his existence in the hospital dying of phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Tourner, 38, Needlewoman

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1864
Date of death: 16 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted suffering severe dyspnoea, the act of breathing being acutely painful to her. She was a dark, spare person of melancholy aspect, a needlewoman. She attributed her illness to having slept with her window open two weeks before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Davis, 40, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 May 1864
Date of death: 17 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Supra-renal disease. Bronzing of skin
Disease (standardised): Disease (Adrenal glands); Bronzing (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skin, ‘skin under microscope’, head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Burley, 54, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 May 1864
Date of death: 18 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Operation for femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Had suffered from femoral hernia for twelve months, but had never worn a truss. On the 9th of May she found she was unable to reduce the hernia, which was painful’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Wound (‘there was a wound made for the relief of strangulated femoral hernia in the left groin’)., chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Julia Irvin, 48, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 May 1864
Date of death: 11 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney
Disease (standardised): 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: 'The patient was a fat woman of dark, sallow complextion and nervous temperament. For many years she had been subject to heart palpitation from trifling causes & to frequent dyspeptic attacks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Day, 50, Packer

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1864
Date of death: 10 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the eighth day from the first appearance of the symptoms. He was then extremely weak and breathless, he described that a sudden pain in the head had seized him a the commencement of illness, that he had fallen down and remained insensible for about five minutes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Michael Cannon, 70, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864
Date of death: 5 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Excision of eye. Arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Excision (Eye)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'In the early part of December 1863, received a blow from a fist on the left eye, the ball of which was ruptured and the contents escaped; the wound healed kindly under treatment, but in a few weeks the vision of the remaining eye became much impaired’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Michael Fitzgibbon, 32, Cooper

Occupation or role: Cooper
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1864
Date of death: 6 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Disease of kidneys. Empyema. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Empyema (Pleura); Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
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 had been under treatment nine months before for an abscess near the right mamma accompanied by cough and great debility. Of this illness no accurate account could be obtained (the patient was Irish)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Harris, 47, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1864
Date of death: 5 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Fell from the timber carriage on which he was riding, and the edge of the wheel inflicted a large semi-circular wound extending from the forehead just above the middle of right eyebrow to the upper edge of auricular cartilage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Sarah Way, 50, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 May 1864
Date of death: 6 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
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 woman was admitted in a dying state and did not survive the day. She had had cough since Christmas but was not much emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Cook, 54, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1864
Date of death: 7 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); 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 brought to the hospital perfectly unconscious and died the following day. He had been seized with a fit the same morning, while at his occupation and in his usual health’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Knight, 61, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1864
Date of death: 8 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Deep wound of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'On the 22nd of April while engaged in blasting some earth, the powder he was using suddenly exploded, and blew a quantity of stones and dirt up into his face
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Holmes, 72, Hairdresser

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1864
Date of death: 29 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'During the whole of 1863 he suffered from many attacks of boils on various parts of his body, and was generally out of health’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alexander Bird, 25, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864
Date of death: 30 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic ascites. Tapping. Fatal Haemorrhage from puncture
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Bleeding ; Haemorrhage
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man was in the hospital three months during which he twice underwent paracentesis for extreme ascites, dying shortly after the second operation. He was a labouring man of youthful appearance and pale, pasty face, addicted to free drinking especially of spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Cleaver, 32, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1864
Date of death: 3 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Amyloid degeneration of kidney and liver
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney, liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted with considerable oedema of the legs and some general dropsy. She was not wasted, and her countenance was not expressive of any particular disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, kidney

Type of incident: n/a

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