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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 15 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient stated that twenty five years before his admission he had a fistula ano which was divided. He was very ill after the operation and had diffuse cellular inflammation in the neighbourhood of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 May 1850
Date of death: 3 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tumour of the brain
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient had been living very badly for a considerable time until six months before his admission when he obtained some railway work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1859
Date of death: 22 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of heart. Malignant disease of the bones
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Heart); Malignant disease (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under Dr Pitman [Henry Pitman] on the 12th of October 1859, for what was supposed to be rheumatic pains in her limbs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1860
Date of death: 1 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of uterus, vagina, bladder, lung & brain
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Uterus, vagina, bladder, lung, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A pale, cachectic-looking woman, was admitted under Dr Fuller [Henry William Fuller] for supposed disease of the kidneys. She gave the following account of herself. For the last three years she had suffered from menorrhage, until 6 months ago when the discharge almost entirely ceased’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1860
Date of death: 16 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Miscarriage. Clot in uterine vein. Deposit (?secondary) in brain
Disease (standardised): Miscarriage (Uterus); Clot (Blood vessels); Deposit (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rouse, James
Medical notes: 'This woman, whose name was not Guthrie but Catharine, was the mother of 8 children. A fortnight before her admission she miscarried of a 2 months foetus, having up to that time enjoyed, as far as could be ascertained, perfectly good health. The abortion was attended with much haemorrhage, but she went on pretty well until 2 days before her admission, when she became delirious. She had been much neglected during her illness, and the precise manner of her seizure could not be ascertained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1860
Date of death: 24 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease, recurring after amputation, in the lungs, brain & kidney. Polypus nasi (?malignant)
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Lungs, brain, kidneys); Amputation; Polyps (Nose)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted in a state of almost insensibility with a malignant polypus […] He was perfectly unable to speak but he appeared at times to understand when he was spoken to. His wife stated that about a week [previous to] admission she had noticed that he was not himself, but his inability to speak had only existed two days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1860
Date of death: 16 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver and around the bladder. Inflammation of the bladder. Distended and inflamed kidneys
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Liver, bladder); Inflammation (Bladder, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to bladder symptoms for the last 20 years, the result of a stricture of the urethra. For the last 12 years he had passed a catheter regularly for himself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860
Date of death: 20 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Excision of sebaceous tumours of scalp. Diffuse inflammation of scalp. Diphtheritic inflammation of pharynx. Erysipelas of face
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Diphtheria (Pharynx); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital with 3 small sebaceous tumours of the scalp, which had existed for some years. Latterly they had [been] increasing in size & he was anxious to have them removed. He was a footman and although not a drunkard he had been in the habit of drinking a considerable amount of beer & spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1860
Date of death: 6 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the thigh. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Thigh); Deposit
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Harvey, Edward Robinson
Medical notes: '10 years ago she was attacked with pain & swelling in the right knee. It remained more or less troublesome for 9 months, & 5 years ago she was again attacked with pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right thigh, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1860
Date of death: 22 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of chest from injury. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thorax); Deposit
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'A few days before admission he was climbing into a cart when he fell, he complained of much pain in his left arm & he was taken to the parish doctor who put his arm in a splint. Finding he did not improve he was brought here’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1860
Date of death: 30 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Subperiosteal abscess of the femur. Secondary deposits. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thigh); Deposit; Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted into the hospital on account of an accident, she slipped while walking & struck the right knee. For 3 weeks before admission she had suffered from some affection of the chest, which a medical man who saw her said was ‘only a slight cold’. On admission she was so ill that she could give no account of herself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right knee, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1860
Date of death: 5 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tumour of neck
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man stated that for some years he had been troubled with enlarged glands of the neck on both sides. He never made use of medicine to dispose them’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1860
Date of death: 9 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Prostatic tumour. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Prostate); Cystitis (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was producing urine which was alkaline. No stone was discovered.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The examination of the body was prevented by the friends but as it was desirable to ascertain the presence of a foreign body in the bladder, an incision was made into that viscus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1871
Date of death: 4 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cancerous growth in cervical & lumbar glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Glands)

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George and Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from gradual enlargement of the cervical glands for eight months. When admitted there was a large tumour filling up the hollow of the neck and extending across tracheae’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873
Date of death: 30 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum. Colotomy. Caries of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Caries (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from diarrhoea for the last four or five months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1874
Date of death: 4 May 1874
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum (colotomy). Rupture of bowel. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Rupture (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: For the last ten years she had complained of loss of blood from the rectum, and some growth which used to protrude from the anus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, mesenteric glands, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1875
Date of death: 10 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of breast. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Amputation (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
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

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1875
Date of death: 2 Jun 1875
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the mesenteric glands involving the abdominal vessels
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Mesentery); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: She was admitted with dry gangrene of the right great toe.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, bladder and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1875
Date of death: 3 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of rectum involving bladder
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a hard cancerous mass surrounding the rectum and extending up as high as the finger could reach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1875
Date of death: 28 Sep 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver, rectum and mesentery
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Mesentery)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, rectum, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1875
Date of death: 8 Dec 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of uterus and rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1876
Date of death: 15 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted last year with a small hard lump on the left side of the neck which had been growing for six months, as well as two smaller similar lumps on the right side of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the abdomen was examined, as least only the liver which was affected with encephaloid disease
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1876
Date of death: 4 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of Rectum
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had noticed for the previous twelve months that she required to go to the closet very frequently. She had lost much flesh and occasionally there had been discharge of blood and matter from the Rectum. The case was taken from Mr Morgan's notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 July 1876
Date of death: 13 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the viscera. Softening of bones. Pressure on spinal cord.
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Systemic); Softening (Bones); Pressure (Spinal Cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient's right breast was removed two and a half years before admission by Mr Rouse, and two other small tumours subsequently removed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, spinal cord and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stud Groom
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1877
Date of death: 20 Apr 1877
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of Rectum. Colotomy. Peritonitis. Catarrhal pneumonia. Secondary cancerous deposits.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Operation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: In August last, the patient first noticed difficulty in passing motions and pain. He had been losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, rectum, colon and urethra.
Type of incident: n/a