Occupation or role: Porter Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Jan 1880 Date of death: 14 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Perforation of the diaphragm Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Perforation (Diaphragm) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Three weeks before admission, after much exposure to the wet and cold, he felt a sudden pain in the left side. He had suffered from cough for a week or so before this. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleural cavities and lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coachman Age: 59 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Feb 1880 Date of death: 22 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys with hypertrophied heart. Emphysema and bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: This patient was too ill to give a succinct account of himself, but it appeared that for about the last ten years he had suffered from cough. All winter he had been kept in bed by the fogs. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Clerk Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Feb 1880 Date of death: 25 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Infarction of lung. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Infarction (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Six years ago he entered a cavalry regiment and on his papers the note ‘slight cardiac murmur’ was entered. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cabinet maker Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880 Date of death: 26 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Dropsy and bronchitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Scrotum); Bronchitis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: For the last twelve years the patient had been subject to cough, always in the winter, and varying in duration according to the state of the weather. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Dec 1879 Date of death: 27 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of brain. Inflammation of mastoid cells. Cirrhosis. Bronchopneumonia Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Inflammation (Skull); Cirrhosis (Liver); Bronchopneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Three years before admission a scaly eruption appeared all over the body. Under treatment it disappeared, but was followed by loss of hair, headache and pains in the limbs. Two years later he had ulcerated legs and severe sore throat. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mastoid region, dura mater, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, urinary apparatus Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Whitesmith Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Feb 1880 Date of death: 29 Feb 1880 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis, with fibrosis and tubercles. Large, white, lardaceous kidneys Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: For the last three months of life he had been losing his health, getting weaker, cough growing worse, sputum more profuse. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Mar 1880 Date of death: 8 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophic cirrhosis Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: On admission the patient was semi-delirious, the abdomen was much swollen and there was marked dyspnoea. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, kidneys, heart, lungs, blood and arteries Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 4 years 6 months Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Mar 1880 Date of death: 13 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): 'Large white kidneys’. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: A fortnight before admission his mother had noticed a rash all over his body, accompanied with a little soreness of throat, feverishness and discharge from the ears. Three days before admission dropsy was noticed, and he complained of headache and pain in the back. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Bottler Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 19 Feb 1880 Date of death: 13 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: A bottle broke in his hands and inflicted a deep wound in the palm of the left hand. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hand, brain, spinal cord, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Mar 1880 Date of death: 19 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied and dilated heart. Atheroma of aorta. ‘Pulmonary apoplexy’ Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Haemorrhage (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: About the beginning of Feburary, while one day working at a drain when he had thrown earth up some distance, he felt a pain in the left side and the breath became very short. He was obliged to go to a medical man the next day and was told that he had heart disease. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys and lungs Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Packer Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 4 Feb 1880 Date of death: 25 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys, with atrophy of cortex. Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: About the beginning of January he noticed that the sight of the right eye was dim, everything appeared as though enveloped in a fog. For the last three to four months he had passed much water. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 22 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Feb 1880 Date of death: 28 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart valves (mitral stenosis). Dilatation of heart Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: For several years she had been subject to a cough in the winter and profuse night sweats. On the morning of February 8th she felt more short of breath than usual and applied for relief from a medical man who sent her to the Hospital at once. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidney Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 10 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Mar 1880 Date of death: 28 Mar 1880 Disease (transcribed): Malformation of heart. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Malformation (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: All her life the patient was subject to cough and every winter it became worse and in foggy weather. She had always had palpitation on exertion and soon lost her breath. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Baker Age: 53 Gender: Male Date of admission: 1 Apr 1880 Date of death: 4 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: This man was taken ill with shivering, vertigo, vomiting, a dull pain in the right side of the chest and right shoulder, and cough. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 47 Gender: Male Date of admission: 25 Mar 1880 Date of death: 4 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: About January 1879 while walking quietly in the street, he suddenly lost the power of speech. About the same time as the aphasia he noticed shortness of breath with attacks of fainting and giddiness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and meninges Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Milkman Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Mar 1880 Date of death: 10 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the stomach and neighbourhood. Perforation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: In January 1879 he began to fail in strength and found that ‘he could not lift things as he used to’. He was later attacked with pain in the left loin, profuse perspiration and difficulty in ‘keeping food down’. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart, lungs, prostate and testes Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 68 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1880 Date of death: 14 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: While at work on the morning of April 8th he fell down suddenly, became unconscious and partially lost the use of his left side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Charwoman Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880 Date of death: 20 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: When seventeen years old she was subject to fits accompanied by cessation of the catamenia and she was moved to an asylum for some time. For ‘three months at least’ she had felt out of sorts and complained of rheumatic pains in the legs, headaches, vertigo, slight oedema of the legs and frequent nocturnal micturition. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and urinary tract Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housekeeper Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Apr 1880 Date of death: 21 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: Of late she was subject to rheumatic and neuralgic pains in the head and neck, also to frequent attacks of indigestion, pains between the shoulders, much flatulence and bowels generally costive. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Serous membranes, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestinal tract, kidneys, generative organs and subserous tissue Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: General servant Age: 20 Gender: Female Date of admission: 19 Apr 1880 Date of death: 25 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Membranous disease of the pharynx, fauces and (?) air passages Disease (standardised): Disease (Pharynx); Disease (Respiratory tract) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: It was gathered that the patient was quite well until the morning of the 14th April when she was unable to get up, having been taken ill in the night. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Air passages, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1880 Date of death: 28 Apr 1880 Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: This child received a blow on the hand from a cane a week previous to admission. Possibly from this cause, the right forearm began to swell and grew red and painful. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right arm, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 41 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 May 1880 Date of death: 7 May 1880 Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: The patient had not been feeling well for some days. On the 29th April she had rigor with great pain in the right side. She fainted but did not lose consciousness. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Housemaid Age: 17 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Apr 1880 Date of death: 8 May 1880 Disease (transcribed): Somewhat obscure. Originating after operation for a navoid growth, and possibly septicaemic. Thrombosis of the heart alone found. Ecchymosis of the right pleura Disease (standardised): Operation (Torso); Sepsis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Heart); Ecchymosis (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical notes: The patient had a congenital tumour of the right side, and when admitted it was the size of an adult fist. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Back, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 8 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Dec 1879 Date of death: 15 May 1880 Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: The patient was admitted in November 1879 for incontinence of urine and phimosis. Circumcision was performed. Six weeks later he was readmitted as the incontinence continued. The true nature of the case was not then suspected. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, malignant tumours Illustrations: Yes Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Laundress Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 23 Dec 1879 Date of death: 2 Jun 1880 Disease (transcribed): Caries of ilium. Abscess Disease (standardised): Caries (Pelvis); Abscess (Pelvis) Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: n/a Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a