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Occupation or role: [No occupation listed]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1903
Date of death: 9 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Meningitis. (Lymphatic constitution). Trephining
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Meningitis (Brain); Trephining (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The child complained of earache on the left side and had discharge from the ear followed by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, larynx, trachea, thymus, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, ducts, portal vein, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal, tonsils, oesophagus, mesenteric glands, brain and middle ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1894
Date of death: 6 Mar 1895
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral tumour
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient had had a breast removed for scirrhus eight years before admission. She complained of dimness of sight and pain in the eyes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, head and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 3 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Dec 1896
Date of death: 10 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. (Drainage of fluid from membranes of the cord)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Fluid (Spinal cord) ()
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'Mother never attended at times when she could be seen by Medical Registrar so no history obtained. Child complained of pains in abdomen and vomiting. He was very peevish and pointed to umbilicus when asked where it hurt him but there was no abdominal resistance and free abdominal breathing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Horsekeeper
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1894
Date of death: 12 Apr 1894
Disease (transcribed): Subastragaloid dislocation. D. [Delirium] tremens
Disease (standardised): Joint dislocation (Foot); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient slipped and twisted his foot under him. Had good health as a rule. On admission - H.S. [House surgeon] reports - was drunk. There was a dislocation of the foot on the left side. He was tremulous and incontinent'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, testicles
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 59
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1904
Date of death: 25 Apr 1904
Disease (transcribed): Compound dislocation of L. [Left] 1st metatorso-phalangeal joint. Fracture of frontal bone. Purulent meningitis at base of brain
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Foot); Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Suppuration (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'History. Patient fell about 20 feet, scraping his nose along a wall in the process: alighted on his feet: no loss of consciousness. Blow on the head 10 years ago: since then 'fainting fits', headaches etc'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Pew Opener
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 May 1877
Date of death: 11 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of Brain and haemorrhage. Granular kidneys. Emphysema.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient died a few hours after admission and was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, cranium, brain, fracture, spinal cord and ribs.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1877
Date of death: 17 May 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull: laceration of the brain. Pneumonia. Granular Kidney.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had fallen off a timber cart pitching on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, skull, brain and ribs.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1890
Date of death: 20 Apr 1890
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Compression of brain. Front rupture of middle meningeal. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Compression (Brain); Rupture (Meninges); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He was thrown out of a cart and was brought up here in an unconscious condition immediately after the accident.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, skull, brain, pleural cavities, lungs, pericardium, aorta, heart, peritoneum, pancreas, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testes, vermiform appendix and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1890
Date of death: 21 Apr 1890
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: He fell of Battersea Bridge into the river.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, intestines, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, head and knees
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1879
Date of death: 17 May 1879
Disease (transcribed): Cutaneous burn. Delirium tremens. Pulmonary tubercle
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was burnt in a gas explosion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lung, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, duodenum and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1898
Date of death: 14 May 1898
Disease (transcribed): Fractured base and ribs. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: This patient fell from some scaffolding at a great height.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Farrier
Gender: Female
Age: 5 weeks
Date of admission: 17 May 1904
Date of death: 19 May 1904
Disease (transcribed): Spina bifida: injection of morton's fluid: syncope
Disease (standardised): Spinal dysraphism (Spinal cord); Injections (Indeterminate); Syncope (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No autopsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1897
Date of death: 16 Jun 1897
Disease (transcribed): Disease of internal ear with cerebral abscess
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Abscess (Brain) ()
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard and Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'This patient's history is very unsatisfactory. He had suffered from otorrhoea for a long period, exact length of time unknown. Also he had suffered from sunstroke when in India when serving as a soldier. Six months ago received a blow on the head from a brick falling on to it. A week ago received a blow on the head'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1878
Date of death: 10 Jan 1879
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Delirium tremens. Acute pharyngitis
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Pharyngitis (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient fell from an omnibus and alighted on his head. He was insensible for a few minutes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and pharynx
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1877
Date of death: 27 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull: meningeal haemorrhage: softening of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Meninges); Softening (Brain)
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 fell off some steps four feet high on to the back of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, meninges, fracture, brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Clerk
Gender: Male
Age: 22
Date of admission: 4 Jun 1878
Date of death: 3 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Secondary chondroma in the brain and the lungs
Disease (standardised): Chondroma (Brain); Chondroma (Lung);
Admitting doctor: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Patient was in Hospital in 1877 and had thigh amputated on account of a Tumour of Tibia (malignant enchondroma) – With exception of a small sore on the stump which never quite healed. Patient remained well till a fortnight before admission (present) – Then noticed that he hesitated in his speech, that right side of face was numb and that there was same loss of power in right arm. Three days ago an attack of giddiness which caused him to fall and bruise end of stump. After that the above symptoms became more marked and dull headache on left side of head came on'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1883
Date of death: 28 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Spina bifida
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Spina bifida (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: This child was extremely fat and flabby, its skin was pale and sallow and its head abnormally expanded. At birth the child proved to have a lump over the sacrum as large as a walnut.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1877
Date of death: 30 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Injury to ankle. Delirium Tremens. Cerebral and pulmonary congestion. Granular kidney. Fatty heart.
Disease (standardised): Injury (Ankle); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: On the day before admission the patient was kicked by another man on the right ankle.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 38
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1878
Date of death: 8 Jul 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus from extensive cutaneous burn
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Central nervous system); Burn (Skin);
Admitting doctor: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Contents of lighted Paraffin lamp were upset over Patient. Symptoms. Much collapse – Cold – Shivering – Both arms, lower extremities and greater part of abdomen red and vesicated – In parts epidermis wanting – In parts skin white and leathery'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, intestine, brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1877
Date of death: 30 Jun 1877
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia, operated. Emphysema. Fatty heart. Granular kidney. Cerebral softening.
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Softening (Brain)
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 had a rupture on both sides for ten years, the one on the left side always partially reducible, that on the right side completely so. Four hours before admission, the rupture on the left side became suddenly longer and very painful. In three hours vomiting set in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, hernia and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1877
Date of death: 8 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Hip Disease. Cerebral congestion and meningeal thromboses. Chronic tubular nephritis. Amyloid spleen.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Congestion (Brain); Thrombosis (Meninges); Nephritis (Kidney); Amyloidosis (Spleen)
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 suffered from abscesses about the left hip since three years of age and since that time always walked lame. A fortnight before admission the patient slipped and fell down, having stepped on some orange peel which caused the abscesses to discharge profusely.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1879
Date of death: 7 Jul 1879
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About Christmas 1878 the patient fell and struck the back of his head violently. Three weeks later frontal pain of a dull persistent nature set in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: In this case the head only was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1895
Date of death: 2 Jun 1895
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis (trephining). Phthisis. Lower part of one lung affected
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Trephining (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William. Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ward, Arthur Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with signs of pneumonia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, larynx, heart, spleen, pancreas, stomach, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, ovaries, intestines and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Horse keeper
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1903
Date of death: 22 Jul 1903
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes No 1191. 03
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1888
Date of death: 11 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the base of skull through both temporal & both parietal bones, also through occipital & frontal bones. Laceration of cerebrum & cerebellum
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
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 child was knocked down & run over, wheel of cart passed over his head. Was brought in dead’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Skull, brain (‘Inquest case’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident