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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: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1859
Date of death: 3 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 with an extensive ulcer of the left leg, the whole of the anterior surface of which was involved in the disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859
Date of death: 6 Feb 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip. Fever (?scarlatina)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Scarlet fever (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 patient was admitted into the hospital in September 1859 with a strumous hip joint. She had been out of health for nearly a year, & six months before symptoms of hip disease began to shew themselves’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1859
Date of death: 15 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (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: 'Five days before admission he fell down on his left side whilst playing with another boy, he got up and walked home without pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined at the usual time, but afterwards by direction of the Coroner’s Jury, the left hip was examined’

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: 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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 17 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Abscess in buttock
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Buttocks)
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 under Mr Tatum [Thomas Tatum] with two abscesses (which were discharging unhealthy pus), situated in the left buttock. They had existed for about 10 days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx, left thigh

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1860
Date of death: 12 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia Operation Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
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 had been troubled with a femoral hernia for 6 years, which came on after lifting a heavy weight. She had always worn a truss’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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: Brewhouse labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1860
Date of death: 23 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Gangrene. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Gangrene; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship and Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A brewhouse labourer. In the habit of drinking freely, according to his own admission 5 pints a day. He was said to have had epileptic fits latterly, but it was not learned how long he had been so affected. He attributed his illness to a lump of coal falling upon the lower part of his back 7 weeks ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 May 1860
Date of death: 24 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
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 on the 28th of May giving the following account of herself. She had always enjoyed very good health until 11 weeks before her admission, when she was attacked with ‘pleurisy’ which lasted for 3 days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1860
Date of death: 30 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Old ulceration from burn. Double pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer Burn (Skin); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a large sloughing ulcerated surface on the back of the right elbow […] of more than a years’ standing. She was an excessively thin, cachetic-looking girl, & had never menstruated since the original accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

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: Footman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860
Date of death: 20 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Excision of sebaceous tumours of scalp. Diffuse inflammation of scalp. Diphtheritic inflammation of pharynx. Erysipelas of face
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Diphtheria (Pharynx); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital with 3 small sebaceous tumours of the scalp, which had existed for some years. Latterly they had [been] increasing in size & he was anxious to have them removed. He was a footman and although not a drunkard he had been in the habit of drinking a considerable amount of beer & spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1860
Date of death: 2 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of the neck. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Neck); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Four or five days before this patient was admitted into the hospital he noticed a small pimple on his chin, in course of twentyfour hours it became extremely painful and there was considerable swelling about it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1860
Date of death: 3 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the hand. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Tetanus (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 patient was admitted into the hospital with an extensive incised wound of the left hand caused by a chaff cutting machine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hand, cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Aug 1860
Date of death: 19 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the hip joint. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hip); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: '12 months before admission this patient was attacked with pain & jumping in the left hip joint. He continued to walk about but did so with extreme difficulty’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right hip

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1860
Date of death: 22 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of chest from injury. Secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thorax); Deposit
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: 'A few days before admission he was climbing into a cart when he fell, he complained of much pain in his left arm & he was taken to the parish doctor who put his arm in a splint. Finding he did not improve he was brought here’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1860
Date of death: 9 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'On the 2nd of October he caught his left hand between the wheel side of a cart, causing an extensive lacerated wound of the back of the hand. He went to a medical man who put in suture, but feeling the hand constantly getting worse he came to the hospital as an OP [out-patient]’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1860
Date of death: 22 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of foot. Abscess in ankle & tarsal joints. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Foot); Abscess (Ankle); 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: 'One the 17th of this month his boy tripped over a stone & sprained his left ankle, he walked home, went to bed & was attended by a medical man who ordered poultices. On the 18th he complained of much pain in foot & there was considerable swelling. During the evening he became delirious’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left foot

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1860
Date of death: 30 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Subperiosteal abscess of the femur. Secondary deposits. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thigh); Deposit; Pericarditis (Heart)
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 into the hospital on account of an accident, she slipped while walking & struck the right knee. For 3 weeks before admission she had suffered from some affection of the chest, which a medical man who saw her said was ‘only a slight cold’. On admission she was so ill that she could give no account of herself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right knee, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1860
Date of death: 26 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after amputation of forearm
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Amputation (Arm)
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 admitted into the hospital having had his hand & wrist completely smashed. It appeared that shortly before admission his hand had been caught between a pile & the monkey employed to drive it into the ground. Immediately after his admission the limb was removed a few inches above the wrist joint, by the circular method. He never had a bad symptom & was discharged with stump all but healed on the 18th’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of forearm, left shoulder, cranium, thorax, abdomen, right buttock

Type of incident: Trauma / accident