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William Young, 32, Railway porter

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1902
Date of death: 16 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Multiple fractures (2 compound). Petechial haemorrhages in heart wall on inner surface
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm); Fracture (Leg); Purpura (Heart); Haemorrhage (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Edith Potter, 45, Linen woman

Occupation or role: Linen woman
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Nov 1906
Date of death: 10 Jan 1907
Disease (transcribed): Annular malignant stricture of sigmoid flexure of colon. Chronic intestinal obstruction [left inguinal colostomy operation]. Rupture of intestine above stricture with escape of faeces in general peritoneal cavity. (Shock)
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Obstruction (Intestines); Colostomy (Intestines); Rupture (Intestines); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: In September 1906 the patient had an acute attack of intestinal obstruction following long continued obstitution.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, heart, pericardium, vessels, abdomen, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder and bile ducts, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, genito-urinary organs and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 50, Caretaker

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1937
Date of death: 20 Jan 1938
Disease (transcribed): Perforated gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach)

Admitted under the care of: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Teare, Robert Donald
Medical notes: He had vomiting and soreness of the stomach. He had been feeling unwell for a week, vomiting for the past three days. He had been an In Patient in 1932 with duodenal ulcer, pyloric stenosis and alkalosis. A gastro-enterostomy was performed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs and pleurae, heart and pericardium, abdomen and alimentary canal, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Trapps, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1851
Date of death: 25 Jan 1851
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dropsy. Tubercles & vomicae of lung. Nutmeg liver. Tubercles in kidneys &c
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver); Tuberculosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from cough more or less for 4 years. She had spit blood several times during the first 2 years but not since. She was emaciated, and led to apply for admission into the hospital of dropsy which had now been coming on for about 6 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Green, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1851
Date of death: 13 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia and pleurisy on the right side. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased aortic valve and sacculated condition of the flaps. Extensive atheromic deposit in arteries. Cystic kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Cysts (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This patient had first suffered from palpitation and shortness of breath about two years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles O’Keefe, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1856
Date of death: 13 Jan 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted with violent pain in the left side, brought on as he stated by exposure to the cold whilst at work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Haggard or Hagga, 47, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1886
Date of death: 18 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the brain. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had been subject to epilepsy, but otherwise had been well but had much alcohol always. He was reported to have had five epileptic convulsions, the first being on the 13th, since when he became delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, pancreas, scalp and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Isaac Harvey, 64, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1890
Date of death: 14 Jan 1891
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene of leg
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg)
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: n/a

Annie Baker, 37, Compositor

Occupation or role: Compositor
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 11 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Dyspnoea
Disease (standardised): Dyspnea (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She stated that twelve years before coming here she had inflammation of the lungs with pleurisy, and that ever since she had suffered much from difficult breathing, & frequent returns of the pleuritic pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Plumley, 48, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 14 Jan 1898
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with right hemiplegia and aphasia, and unable to give an account of himself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, pancreas, liver, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Duffin, 48, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1914
Date of death: 13 Jan 1914
Disease (transcribed): Ureteric calculus. Laparotomy. Faecal fistula. Chronic bronchitis and oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Ureters); Laparotomy (Abdomen); Fistula (Intestines); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: Oram, Evelyn, Henry Bardens
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: For four days he had pain all over the lower abdomen of sudden onset with vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, arteries, aorta, oesophagus, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureter, bladder, urethra, alimentary canal, stomach and jejunum
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Burgess, 54, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1921
Date of death: 15 Jan 1922
Disease (transcribed): Obstructive jaundice, due to fibrosis round bile ducts, gall stones, impacted calculus in cystic duct, old endocarditis (infective) – old infarcts – Fatty infiltration of myocardium, cardiac dilatation – ascites
Disease (standardised): Jaundice, obstructive (Skin); Fibrosis (Bile ducts); Gallstones (Gallbladder); Calculus (Cystic duct); Endocarditis (Heart); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Medical examination performed by: Gainsborough, Hugh
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'History: She complained of pains in the abdomen, chest and rt. [right] shoulder for the past 5 months. On admission: 30/22/'21. Obese woman. T.P.R. [Temperature, pulse, respiration rate] 98, 110, 18. Heart. A.B. 4 [inches] from midline. No murmurs. Abdomen. Tenderness over gall bladder. Free fluid present. Liver seems enlarged'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, membranes, tongue, thymus, larynx, trachea, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pulmonary vessels, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gallbladder, common bile duct, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, stomach, intestines, appendix
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 35, Lift attendant

Occupation or role: Lift attendant
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1936
Date of death: 29 Jan 1936
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: She collapsed in the street.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 75, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1937
Date of death: 24 Jan 1937
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated right inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, James William Douglas
Medical notes: She had had a lump in the right groin for a number of years. Twenty four hours before admission there was sudden onset of abdominal pain accompanied by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, endocardium, valves, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Stemp, 20, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1848
Date of death: 15 Jan 1848
Disease (transcribed): Tracheotomy. Diffuse suppuration in cellular tissue of the neck. Oedema of glottis.
Disease (standardised): Tracheotomy (Trachea); Suppuration (Neck); Oedema (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient reported that she thought herself in perfect health up to the 28th December last, when she was seized with rigors and sore throat with headache and symptoms of fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Ceve, 65, Plasterer

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1874
Date of death: 20 Jan 1874
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that nine months before pain commenced in the chest with shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

George Milgate, 52, General dealer ? Sword grinder

Occupation or role: General dealer ? Sword grinder
Gender: Male
Age: 52
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1903
Date of death: 12 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Inhalation broncho-pneumonia. Lobar pneumonia. Pleurisy. Old phthisis. Pigmentation and oedema of lungs
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Pigmentation (Lung); Oedema (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'George Millgate was a sword-grinder, but for a year or two trade had become so bad that he had to give up this occupation and get his living as best he could as a 'general dealer'. In the old days when business was brisk and when he inhaled much dust from sword-grinding he used to suffer from time to time from pulmonary trouble – 'pleurisy on both sides every now and then'. He once had syphilis years ago. With these exceptions he had enjoyed good health up to 4 or 5 months from the time of his death. He took alcohol in moderation. Four months before his admission he started to lose flesh and he lost 2 stone during that four months. He caught a cold 2 months before coming into the hospital this led to a cough and shortness of breath which had been increasing up to the time of his adm [admission]. The cough was associated with a lot of expectn [expectoration], which at first had been a little blood-stained'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Knight, 56, Pastry cook

Occupation or role: Pastry cook
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jan 1909
Date of death: 15 Jan 1909
Disease (transcribed): Appendix abscess. Purulent peritonitis. Spread of pus downwards between abdominal muscles. Gangrene of penis and scrotum
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Appendix); Suppuration (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Gangrene (Penis); Gangrene (Scrotum)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Three days before admission he had been suddenly seized with griping pains in the right half of the abdomen which radiated down to the right groin.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: The abdomen only was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Matilda Saddington, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1896
Date of death: 15 Jan 1896
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: A week before admission the patient ate some nuts. Much abdominal pain followed and sickness became frequent.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, uterus, lungs, larynx, heart and toe joint
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 16, Shop assistant

Occupation or role: Shop assistant
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1926
Date of death: 13 Jan 1926
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of right ovary. Haemoperitoneum. Haemorrhagic effusion into right pleural cavity. Secondary nodules in right costal pleura. Collapse right lung. Secondary masses in aortic lymph glands and small nodules on serous surface of intestine. Hypoplasia of uterus. Fatty degeneration liver. Dilated ventricles
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Haemoperitoneum (Abdomen); Haemorrhage (Pleura); Atelectasis (Lung); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Pleura);Cancer (Intestines); Hypoplasia (Uterus); Disease (Liver); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: For fourteen days she had had general abdominal swelling and diarrhoea for the last few days. She had never menstruated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and membranes, pleurae, lungs, mediastinal glands, pulmonary artery, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, ducts, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, alimentary tract, appendix, aortic glands and bones of pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Spence, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1853
Date of death: 17 Jul 1853
Disease (transcribed): Morbus coxarius. Bedsores
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
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 removed by the friends before an examination could take place.
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Walker, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1850
Date of death: 24 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Foul abscesses in lung. Tubercles in kidney
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Abscess (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted complaining of haematemesis which she reported that she had been occasionally subject ever since Christmas last.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Barnes, 60, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1870
Date of death: 27 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Morbus Cordis. Pulmonary haemorrhage.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for five weeks before her admission with a cough and shortness of breath. She stated that she was always liable to cough in winter, and for many years her legs had been oedematous.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

William Cowling, 49, Bootmaker

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1876
Date of death: 21 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fibrous degeneration of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: For the last twenty eight years this man said he had generally had a cough in hard winter. The cough had been persistent and accompanied by wasting and night sweats.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Wilson, 54, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 May 1894
Date of death: 14 May 1894
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'The history of this patient was to the effect that for two years she had been vomiting in the morning, that she had had frequent diarrhoea and that a year ago she had vomited blood (apparently epistaxis) - she drank gin, whisky and beer - gin chiefly, whisky as a change! On admission on May 10th she presented the appearance of a typically alcoholic person, sallow yellow skin and conjunctivae, flabby and expressionless face and tremulous hands'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: n/a

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