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Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1885
Date of death: 9 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: Five weeks previous to admission he caught cold, had pains in the chest, cough and slight emaciation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1862
Date of death: 21 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1859
Date of death: 10 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: For five or six months this patient had been subject to cough with trifling expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1890
Date of death: 21 Feb 1890
Disease (transcribed): Capillary bronchitis. Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: At the house from which he came the drains were in an unsatisfactory state and were under repair when the child was taken ill, and there were bad smells. The patient began to lose his appetite a fortnight before his admission and had some sore throat for a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Oesophagus, larynx, soft palate, trachea, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1866
Date of death: 12 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She had always had good health up to nine months before admission when he suffered from cough and expectoration with occasional haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School girl
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1865
Date of death: 20 Mar 1865
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
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 child had had frequent headache for some weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1860
Date of death: 21 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 21
Date of admission: 8 Nov 1877
Date of death: 19 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Catarrhal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Pneumonia (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Scarlatina in childhood, subject to headaches and slight sore throats: otherwise had enjoyed good health and a sound constitution: diaphoresis natural: temperate in liquor. Four years before admission he was laid up 10 days with pain in the flank (L [Left]) and trifling cough: the latter never left him. Much hunger and thirst for 13 mo [months]. Increased headache for 12. Wasting for 11. No polyuria, or alteration of sweat, or irregularity of the bowels up to admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, spinal cord, thyroid
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursery man
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1865
Date of death: 8 Jan 1865
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had been ill a week and the symptoms commenced with what he called ‘a violent cold’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1892
Date of death: 4 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shopman
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1883
Date of death: 8 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On February 28th he first felt ‘queer’ and chilly, had a slight rigor, complained of his back aching and his appetite failed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1878
Date of death: 19 Mar 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemic deposits in the skin, muscles and lungs. No ascertained cause for pyaemia? Farcy
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Skin); Sepsis (Muscles); Sepsis (Lung); Glanders (Respiratory system, skin);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Attack of rheumatic pains 7 yrs [years] before admn [admission]: smallpox, scarlatina and typhus in early life. A healthy man, without constitutional peculiarities or discovered hereditary tendencies: accustomed to take 1-4 pts [pints] beer and 2 gl. [glasses] of whiskey daily. On Jan [January] 10th, attacked with shivering and general aching on coming out of a hot room. Cough commenced next morning, with clear expectoration (no nasal catarrh). It continued from that time, with frequent shivering, and cold sweats at night; the bowels being regular and the urine as usual. Three times it nearly disappeared under treatment, but relapsed as often, with a similar onset: - rig. [rigors] on Jan [January] 30th, Feb [February] 4th and Mar [March] 11th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, larynx, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain, glans penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Waiter
Age: 21 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1888
Date of death: 25 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1859
Date of death: 13 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: It was said that this child had been ill three days previous to admission with sore throat and some external swelling of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lawyer’s Clerk
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1861
Date of death: 20 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Strumous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was said to have had very good health until five days before he came in, when before getting up in the morning he was seized with a convulsive fit. The attack came without any violent cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1863
Date of death: 25 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient stated that her health had been good up to two months before her admission when she began to cough and expectorated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1888
Date of death: 27 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy; Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was one of a family of five, two of whom died: one of ‘debility’, the other of ‘decline’ (after measles). When 6 months old he had bronchitis and was ill about a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Ironer
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1862
Date of death: 24 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman had been ill with cough and expectoration for four months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1862
Date of death: 25 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Typhous fever (mulberry rash)
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was picked up in the street. He was exceedingly weak and low. His body and legs were covered with petechiae.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Street sweeper
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1859
Date of death: 15 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had been subject for the last three months to cough with wasting of flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1883
Date of death: 9 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Her first symptoms were headache and languor. She took to her bed and felt much heat and thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1866
Date of death: 17 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had suffered from cough and haemoptysis for eighteen months, followed by sickness and diarrhoea of four months date.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gun Maker
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1877
Date of death: 6 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stone mason
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1859
Date of death: 16 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: While exerting himself, he was suddenly seized with pain in the chest a little below the right nipple.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis of both lungs. Large white kidneys. Mulberry calculus in pelvis of right ureter
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Calculus (Ureter)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was in the army and was invalided from Malta. He was at Netley [Royal Victoria Military Hospital] for a month. His chief symptoms were giddiness and shortness of breath. He left Netley about 2 ½ years before coming to St George’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a