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Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1886
Date of death: 30 Nov 1886
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of femur opening knee-joint. Suppuration of joint. Amputation of thigh. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Draper’s assistant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1888
Date of death: 16 Sep 1888
Disease (transcribed): Caries of cervical spine
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'About 12 months before admission, a ceiling fell & struck her head. This did not cause her more than a few minutes’ pain. About June 1st ‘88 she noticed that her neck was stiff: this gradually got worse but she is free from pain unless she moves her head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: ‘Permission was only obtained to examine the neck’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1887
Date of death: 14 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Not seen by the registrar. A married woman. She was cleaning a window on the second floor in Halsey Street. The bar broke & she fell into the area. Was unconscious when picked up & never regained her senses'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain, joints
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Dec 1886
Date of death: 3 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Pleurisy. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pleurisy (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'An abstemious man, whose general health had always been good. He was thrown out of a going cart & fell on to his right foot. The foot turned outwards'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, bones
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1885
Date of death: 1 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured lung. Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Lung); Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was said to have been knocked down by a furniture van, one wheel of which passed over his thorax.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Starch maker
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1886
Date of death: 26 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation of 5th from 6th vertebrae. Pressure on spinal cord. Excess of fluid in lateral ventricle
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Spine); Pressure (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: While at work in a starch factory his coat caught in some machinery and he was whirled round a shaft several times and then crashed to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, pancreas, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Dec 1887
Date of death: 9 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: '[No history] could be obtained, save that though previously abstemious, he had been drinking heavily for some weeks. He could not give any account of himself, but thinks he fell down'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain
Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1888
Date of death: 29 Sep 1888
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of verniform appendix
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Was well ‘till Sept 17th when he struck his right side again a barrow handle. He was an itinerant greengrocer. On Sept 18th [he] was seized with severe pain in the abdomen, for which he took ginger wine. On Sept 20th, he committed several times & was freely dosed with castor oil, after which his bowels were open’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Peritoneum, abdomen, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, thorax, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop keeper
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1914
Date of death: 10 Feb 1914
Disease (transcribed): Acute mastoiditis. Purulent meningitis. Abscess in right temporal sphenoidal lobe. Oedema of brain. Diabetes
Disease (standardised): Mastoiditis (Skull); Suppuration (Brain); Meningitis (Brain); Abscess (Brain); Oedema (Brain); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: Ewart, George Arthur
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had pain in the right ear since Christmas. Also attacks of vomiting, frequent headaches and giddiness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal, cranium and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 10
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1899
Date of death: 4 Apr 1899
Disease (transcribed): Middle ear disease. Lateral sinus thrombosis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Sinus thrombosis, intracranial (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Otorrhoea of ancient date: recrudescence after an attack of influenza one month before admission – An abscess formed over the mastoid bone – pus was evacuated by medical man – the operation being followed by gradually increasing drowsiness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1886
Date of death: 18 Feb 1886
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull (right side). Laceration of the left tempero-sphenoidal cerebral convolution. Lymph deposit at the base of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Lymph (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William. Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: Two days previous to admission the patient came home drunk and fell down stairs. His wife said she found him at the bottom of the stairs quite insensible.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines, cerebral membranes and bone
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1907
Date of death: 6 Aug 1907
Disease (transcribed): Operation. Mastoidectomy. Recover. Discharged from a.m.c.h May 28th 07. July 2nd septic meningitis. Hernia cerebri
Disease (standardised): Mastroidectomy (Skull); Sepsis (Brain); Meningitis (Brain); Hernia (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolmaster
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Oct 1888
Date of death: 20 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation of 4th cervical vertebra. Haemorrhage into spinal canal. Bruising of cord
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Vertebrae); Haemorrhage (Spine); Bruise (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man had been very depressed owing to failing to get a ‘teacher’s certificate’. Had frequently threatened to commit suicide. He threw himself under a railway tram’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Heart, pleurae, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, spine

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1886
Date of death: 13 Jun 1886
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard. Ewart, Charles
Medical notes: She had borne nine children. No very exact history was obtained as she was a feeble old woman and contradicted herself. She had been ruptured some years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, ovaries, pericardium, heart, pleurae, lungs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1886
Date of death: 6 Nov 1886
Disease (transcribed): Shock from accident (Age)
Disease (standardised): Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: It was reported that this woman had a fracture of the pelvis and another of the neck of the thigh bone. No history could be obtained except that she was knocked down and run over.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, uterus, stomach, brain and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1888
Date of death: 23 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs of each side. Laceration of both ribs. Haemothorax. Fracture of 8th dorsal vertebra. Laceration of spinal cord
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs, vertebrae); Laceration (Ribs, spinal cord); Haemothorax (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Was knocked down by an engine, & brought to the hospital in an unconscious condition. Not seen by registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, abdomen, ribs, thorax (‘Inquest case’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coachmaker
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1885
Date of death: 1 Jul 1886
Disease (transcribed): Neoplastic growth of ovary and colon
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William. Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She had an abscess in the abdominal wall which was opened and this was soon followed by intestinal obstruction symptoms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, bladder, intestines, uterus and ovary
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Plate layer
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1885
Date of death: 29 Jan 1886
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: This patient was an In Patient at St George’s on three previous occasions. For the last two years she had been suffering from ulcers in various parts and six months ago the legs became flexed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, brain and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Butler
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1888
Date of death: 21 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Extra-uterine foetation. Abdominal section. Peritonitis. Pyo-salpinx. Serous perimetritis
Disease (standardised): Ectopic pregnancy; Section (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pyosalpinx (Fallopian tube); Perimetritis (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C. and Comerford, Harry Beaumont and Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'No history could be got concerning this patient. She was not seen during life by the surgical registrar. She was admitted by Mr Comerford [Harry Beaumont Comerford], the house physician, who diagnosed peritonitis & placed her under Dr Whipham [Thomas Tillyer Whipham]. It was some time afterwards found that the woman was collapsed & on a proper examination of the woman being made by the obstetric assistant, a large abdominal tumor was found’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, bladder, peritoneum, uterus, heart, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1886
Date of death: 19 Feb 1887
Disease (transcribed): Scrophulous pyroneplentis (i.e. tubercle). Nephrectomy (or tubercle of the kidney)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard and Coombe, J.W.
Medical notes: 'Family history good. Her general health had been fairly good till the summer of 1885. She had amenorrhoea for 12 months, & had been regular for the last 3 months'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, uterus, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1888
Date of death: 15 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of mammae
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman who has never been pregnant. Health was good till 2 years ago when a tumour [was] found on the left breast […] this ulcerated & has rapidly got worse. She has never had advice for her tumour’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, mesenteric glands, uterus, ovaries, sternum, shoulder

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Assistant
Age: 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1887
Date of death: 31 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Intussusception of the bowel. Abdominal section
Disease (standardised): Intussusception (Bowel); Section (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Not seen by the surgical registrar. The history given in the HS was that the child was taken ill 4 days before admission with vomiting: there was constant desire to defecate with the passage of flatus, mucus, blood & a little fluid foecal matter. On the 3rd day, the medical attendant found a tumour from rectum on examining the child under chloroform'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, peritoneum
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 May 1885
Date of death: 19 Jun 1885
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous kidneys. Vomiting. Tubercular pyelitis
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Kidney); Vomiting (Stomach); Pyelitis (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William Charles. Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission she had pains in the back and abdomen, and nausea with occasional vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Shunter
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1906
Date of death: 8 Jan 1907
Disease (transcribed): Mastoiditis. Abscess of temporo-sphenoidal lobe. Septic meningitis
Disease (standardised): Mastoiditis (Skull); Abscess (Brain); Sepsis (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: Evans, John Howell
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: Six months ago the child had measles which left her with double otorrhoea. For the past fortnight she was said to have been acutely ill with pain in the left mastoid region and vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and meninges, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, trachea, thyroid, thymus, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, pancreas, spleen, liver, gall bladder, suprarenals, kidneys and genito-urinary organs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 84
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1888
Date of death: 11 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bruises & subcutaneous & intramuscular hemorrhages from injury. Shock
Disease (standardised): Bruise; Haemorrhage; Shock
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Not seen by the registrar. The old man was knocked down & run over: he was admitted in a case of great collapse & never rallied. He died in about 2 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Legs, hands, abdomen, skull, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary bladder (‘Inquest case’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident