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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1870
Date of death: 2 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the femur. Operation. Osteomyelitis. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Five years before admission, the patient had inflammation and swelling of the right thigh bone, no cause assigned. An abscess formed and some bone came away from an opening at the outer side of the femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Exterior of body. No further examination of the body was permitted
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 21 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1859
Date of death: 23 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mesenteric disease. Incipient rickets. Diseased liver. Old burn
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Abdomen); Rickets (Bones); Disease (Liver); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with an extensive burn of the left arm, extending from the shoulder to the back of the hand. It was cut very deep, except in one part about the middle of forearm. She was also evidently suffering from tabies mesentericus which was supposed to have existed for 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1859
Date of death: 7 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Rectovesical fistula
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Fistula (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission, this man was driving a coal waggon under an archway, with his body bent somewhat forwards, when his back & shoulders came in contact with the top of the arch & he was completely doubled up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1860
Date of death: 17 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Simple fracture of the skull. Effusion of blood between bone & dura mater. Scalp wound
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Effusion (Brain); Wound (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted (having fallen through a skylight to the ground, a distance of 12 feet) with an extensive scalp wound’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1860
Date of death: 21 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this man was driving a [?] through an arched passage. The height of the roof declined the further he went in & at length he was doubled up between the roof & the box. On admission he was suffering extreme pain across the loins & lower part of abdomen, & there was evidently an injury about the lower dorsal vertebrae’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860
Date of death: 7 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Acute periosteal abscess of the tibia. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Two years before admission this boy fell down & struck his left knee on a stone. He had synovial inflammation, which in a few weeks got well by blistering [..] since that time he had been subject to pain in the joint, but had never laid up for it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1860
Date of death: 9 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A short time before admission this man was working (on the new bridge for the railroad at Pimlico) when one of the iron girders gave way & he fell 30 feet into a dam. On admission he was very violent, but insensible to external objects. He was sensible of pain, but did not appear to hear anything’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860
Date of death: 2 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Angular curvature of the spine. Caries of sacrum
Disease (standardised): Spinal curvature (Spine); Caries (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from weakness of the back for four years before her admission. About 18 months before admission she noticed projection of the spine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 1 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatic arthritis of hip. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Hip); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man stated that 4 months before his admission he was pushing a carriage into a coach house, when he felt something give way in his left knee. The following morning the left hip was […] swollen, & the thigh became perfectly black, as if from a severe bruise’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 7 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1860
Date of death: 10 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture (simple) of the cranium. Laceration of middle meningeal artery. Scalp wound. Diffuse inflammation of the scalp
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was brought into the hospital perfectly insensible, apparently from the combined effects of gin & concussion he had been upset off a cab which he was driving’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1860
Date of death: 12 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Laceration of the brain. Fractured spine & ribs
Disease (standardised): Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Spine, ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few month before admission this man fell from a scaffold about 30 feet, falling with his back across a plank, at the same time striking the back part of his head against another’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1860
Date of death: 21 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the acetabulum. Abscess in hip joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Abscess (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen between 8 & 9 feet from a scaffold, but how his leg was placed in the fall no one knew’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1860
Date of death: 29 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation & hypertrophy of the skull. Chronic arachnitis. Trephining. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Arachnitis (Brain); Trephining (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was at work at the railway bridge at Pimlico, when a stone about the size of a man’s fist fell 30 feet onto his head. He was picked up insensible & conveyed here with as little delay as possible. On admission he was just recovering from his concussion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1860
Date of death: 11 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Very shortly before admission this patient was getting from the top of an omnibus, when his toe caught in the open part of the step, he could not disengage his foot, the whole weight of the body hanging upon it. As soon as he was removed from this position he was brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1860
Date of death: 20 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of femur. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a traumatic fracture of the left femur just below the trochanter, there was considerable displacement. She was very unhealthy in appearance, her complexion being sallow […] She stated that the day before her admission, she had slipped down some steps, striking the outer side of the thigh against the floor’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 16 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased vertebrae & hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Vertebrae, hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Three years before admission this man was attacked with pain in the right knee-joint, after a few weeks it became to severe that he went into St Mary’s Hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right thigh

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1860
Date of death: 23 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine & ribs. Rupture of the pleura
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine, ribs); Rupture (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in a state of extreme collapse. The wheel of a waggon having passed over his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1860
Date of death: 26 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Simple fracture of the skull. Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission this patient was knocked down by a cart. On admission he was insensible & collapsed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 May 1860
Date of death: 2 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation (from disease) of the odontoid process
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Vertebrae)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'On the 4th of May whilst walking the street she twisted her left foot inwards, it caused her considerable pain, but she managed to walk home. The following day acute pain came on in the ankle joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen, left leg

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1860
Date of death: 12 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull with depression. Trephining
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in a state of perfect insensibility, a large piece of timber having fallen on his head, & afterwards striking his thigh. The whole of the left side of the head was tense from extravasated blood [and] there were also two small superficial scalp wounds’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1860
Date of death: 15 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Tubercle in lungs. Old disease of hip
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted under Mr Cutler [Edward Cutler] on the 16th of May with strumous disease of the hip. The mother stated that the child had walked slightly lame for 2 months & had occasionally complained of pain in the knee. About a week before admission the pain had been so severe in the knee & also in the hip that the child was obliged to remain in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right hip

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1860
Date of death: 19 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Contusion of the brain. Fractured ribs. Enlarged prostate. Diseased bladder. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Contusion (Brain); Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Prostate, bladder); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital with a small scalp wound on the back of the head & to the left side, the bone was exposed t othe extent of a sixpence. He was collapsed but perfectly sensible. He complained of severe pain in the left side of chest & difficulty in breathing. The house surgeon could not detect any fractured ribs. The man who was very deaf stated that he had been knocked down & run over by a gentleman’s carriage’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1860
Date of death: 23 Jul 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs, sternum & lower jaw
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs, sternum, jaw)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man while in a drunken state, walked out of a lift. He was found on the ground at 3am of July 20th bleeding from the nose & right ear. On admission at 4.30am he was sensible but somewhat stupid as thought from drink. There were several small cuts about the face & one beneath the chin. Blood was flowing from the right ear’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Aug 1860
Date of death: 18 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient while drunk attempted to get out of a railway carriage when the train was in motion, in doing so he fell between the carriage & the platform. He was extricated as soon as possible & brought here’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, thorax, abdomen (‘the body was not examined until five days after death, when the coroner ordered it to be inspected. Decomposition was far advanced’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident