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Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1863
Date of death: 11 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: It was said that she had been ill a weak with rigors, headache and some looseness of the bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Interpreter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1863
Date of death: 17 Jul 1863
Disease (transcribed): Cranial periostitis (syphilitic). Consequent meningitis
Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had enjoyed good health except for syphilis which he had contracted some years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1863
Date of death: 4 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of colon. Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This girl stated on Admission that two months previously, when in fair health, a growth had been removed from his lower lip supposed to be cancerous, and she had since suffered from general debility.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, intestines, kidneys and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 May 1863
Date of death: 25 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis after rheumatic fever. Gradual wasting
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Rheumatic fever (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1863
Date of death: 7 Nov 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient sought relief in consequence of pain, apparently rheumatic, in the knees and ankles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Line worker
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1863
Date of death: 21 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had been ill for six months, with pain in the left side, debility and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 30 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted for cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Postillion
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jul 1859
Date of death: 25 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Arachinitis. Softening of the brain
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had had well marked phthisical symptoms for eighteen months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1859
Date of death: 18 Aug 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Strumous peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man was brought into the hospital almost in a dying state.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1859
Date of death: 25 Aug 1859
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of both hips and of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Both knees were drawn up and the thighs fixed immovably in that position from disease of the hip joint of long standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joints, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient, a well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, was admitted on the 3rd January with symptoms of typhoid fever, having been ill for two weeks. When first seen on that day she was lying low in bed with the legs drawn up, sensible and replying in a dreamy way, but apt to wander in her statements’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Flyman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1863
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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: 'The patient, stout and well-built with the countenance of a drunkard, was first admitted under Dr Page [William Page] on the 26th August 1863 with symptoms resembling delirium tremens. He had been then a month ill suffering from restlessness, vomiting of food, insomnia and loss of appetite’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Calter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1864
Date of death: 17 Jan 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: 'The patient, a needy knife-grinder, was admitted in a condition of great prostration and although perfectly rational, was unable to recall the circumstances of his illness. He spoke of having been subjected to great poverty and consequent anxiety from having a large family to support. His wife, a sister of the patient next to be mentioned, was convalescing from typhus fever. He had felt ill and unequal to work for five or six weeks though he battled on till seven or eight days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1864
Date of death: 17 Jan 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: 'A well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, a few months married, a hawker by profession and much exposed to the weather, was admitted covered with a rubeoloid eruption, which from its involving the face was regarded at first by some as that of measles. She had a pulse of 120, warm harsh skin, red rough and dry tongue, no abdominal pain or tenderness but considerable fulness as of early pregnancy, observable dyspnoea and some anxiety of manner, face flushed, eyes suffused. The rash had been first noticed on the morning of her admission. Her illness was supposed to have lasted now five days dating from the time chilliness and debility were first complained of (a sister (wife of the patient whose case is recorded next before) had been attacked ‘with supposed typhus three weeks back and seen by this patient seven days before her own admission)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864
Date of death: 9 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Degeneration of kidneys. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient was a detective policeman of some note, always sober in his habits, but much exposed to inclement weather. He was admitted with general renal dropsy of six months’ duration. For the last four months of this time he had been unable to follow his occupation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1864
Date of death: 14 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Edema (Systemic)
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 boy was admitted with moderate general dropsy. He was of pale, waxy complexion, the tongue was clean and moist, pulse feeble and heart sounds natural. There was no distinct history of scarlatina, though two weeks before the oedema was first noticed, the boy had complained for a day of sore throat and had shivered’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1864
Date of death: 22 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George and Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'Admitted into the surgical wards with varicose aneurism of right arm, which had existed about four years. In 1860 he retired to bed in his usual health, awoke suddenly during the night & found the whole right side of body with right extremities cold & numbed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Shoulder, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Helper
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1864
Date of death: 2 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Symptoms of delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient was a man of large frame and red, bloated face, who had long been addicted to habits of intemperance. He had been under treatment for delirium tremens on several occasions, and once at the hospital for jaundice’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1864
Date of death: 30 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus?
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Steward, George William and Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: '(This and the following case were observed by Dr Steward [George William Steward] in my absence. I copy them from his notes. O.S. [Octavius Sturges]. The patient is a bricklayer, sturdy and well-made. He has been ill five days, sickness and headache with rigors being the chief symptoms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1864
Date of death: 17 Jul 1864
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man on his admission was extremely emaciated and very short of breath without orthopnoea, the abdomen was distended with flatus and remarkably hard and inelastic’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1864
Date of death: 26 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, (Lung)
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 tailor of sallow complexion and rather emaciated, admitted with far advanced phthisis. He had had cough for two months and for the last three weeks had been too weak to get about’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1864
Date of death: 31 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of duodenum, consequent peritonitis. ‘Amyloid’ infiltration of liver and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Peritoneum); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidneys)
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, a fairly nourished man of rather fair complexion, was admitted with abdominal pain and tenderness of four days’ duration […] His history was that five years ago (his early health having been good) he had a diseased elbow joint owing to which the arm of that side had been amputated. Since that time he had lost strength somewhat and appetite and had wandering pains’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1864
Date of death: 4 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The case is omitted’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1864
Date of death: 9 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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, who had travelled from Reigate for the sake of treatment in London, was on admission in a very exhausted state [….] According to her own story she had been quite healthy till six months before when slight cough commenced. She had not laid up until the birth of her child (her first), who was now three months old and had been weaned two months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, veins

Type of incident: n/a