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Occupation or role: Lead-roller
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1887
Date of death: 2 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative portal phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient was a lead roller who had had good health with the exception of 3 attacks of colic, the last 1 year before admission'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Clerk
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1887
Date of death: 30 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Hip disease. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: '[No history] of heritable disease. As a child she had abscesses in the neck [

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1887
Date of death: 9 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of oesophagus. Gradual emaciation. Gastrostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Emaciation (Systemic); Gastrostomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The man had difficulty in swallowing for about 5 months accompanied by considerable loss of flesh. He was admitted under Dr Dickinson & transferred to the surgeon in 11 days'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Ticket collector
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1887
Date of death: 17 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of liver. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient was married and had had 7 children with 3 miscarriages. She was suckling child at 16 months at the commencement of her last illness'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1890
Date of death: 2 Jan 1891
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Very little history was obtained in this case, none being forthcoming except what the patient herself could supply. She probably had been subject to diarrhoea for two years. For a fortnight she had been laid up with muscular pains, severe headache and increased diarrhoea, and for a week she had suffered from nocturnal shivering. No definite onset of illness could be made out. Her occupation was that of a tailoress'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1890
Date of death: 23 Jan 1891
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Amyloidosis (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The father of this man died of mitral stenosis in this hospital in 1875. The patient was a labourer who had worked much with lead, especially during the last 2 years of his life. There was no history of scarlatina or rheumatism. In 1876 he contracted a chancre which was followed by ulceration of the throat and a scaly skin eruption. For this he took no medicine'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1891
Date of death: 12 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of disease. The man was a fishmonger. At the age of 3 he had rheumatic fever, but after this his health was very good till he was stricken with his fatal illness. On Jan 28th 1891 he was in his usual health, but at night he sweated and felt ill. Next day he stayed in bed, the throat being a little sore'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1891
Date of death: 16 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia. Fatty degeneration of heart
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history obtainable. The woman was a native of Berkshire but had lived in London for 18 years. She had borne 3 children and had 3 miscarriages. The last pregnancy occurred in 1886. She had been in London almost without intermission for 12 years, and she ascribed her illness to the circumstances that for the last 4 of these she had spent most of her time in an underground kitchen where artificial light was usually necessary in the daytime'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1891
Date of death: 25 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus. Improper feeding
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Hale, Geoffrey Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This was a premature child who had been born for 3 months. It was reported to have suffered from much diarrhoea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1891
Date of death: 27 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by carbolic acid
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was brought to the hospital at 12.30pm by a policeman who reported that when summoned to her, an hour and a half before, he found her insensible. She was said to have taken to drink through grief for the recent death of her husband, and on the morning of he day of her death she drank a large quantity of carbolic acid with suicidal intent. A bottle was produced by the policeman'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pharynx, stomach, small intestine, caecum, thorax

Type of incident: n/a Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1891
Date of death: 3 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus. Commencing broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Strong family history of phthisis on the mother's side. This child was healthy in appearance at birth. Since the age of two months it had been fed artificially, chiefly by Nestle's milk and oatmeal. The father was out of work, and even this food was given in very small quantities. It had suffered from diarrhoea since March 8th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General labourer
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1891
Date of death: 4 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia (pernicious). Fatty degeneration of heart
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a general labourer. He had at one time been a baker. There was no family history of disease: his grandfather and great-grandfather lived to the ages of 99 and 100. His health was good till Nov 1889 when he began to experience pain in the left side of the chest on exertion, not amounting to angina. About the following Christmas oedema of the legs first appeared. He lost strength gradually, and his skin became darker during the first 6 months of 1890. In the middle of July he became jaundiced, painlessly. He vomited a good deal towards the end of August and hence applied at this hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1891
Date of death: 7 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus. Atelectasis
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic); Atelectasis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This child was born prematurely at 8 months, and it survived its birth for 6 weeks. It had been fed entirely by the bottle, and chiefly on Nestle's milk. There was much sickness, but no diarrhoea. No history of syphilis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Children's nurse
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1891
Date of death: 22 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Chronic arteritis (syphilitic). Thrombosis of cerebral arteries. Cerebral softening. Spinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Arteritis (Blood vessels); Syphilis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Meningitis (Spinal cord, brain); ()
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was a children's nurse. She was unmarried but had borne three children, two of whom died in infancy. The man with whom she had consorted for 9 years was able to give no history with a bearing upon syphilis. She had enjoyed excellent health, and complained of nothing but headache of late years'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1891
Date of death: 28 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This was a carman. He said that his health had been good. On May 11th 1891 he was attacked by dizziness and pains in the legs. Next day he shivered a little. On May 13th he was so much worse that he took to bed, and there he remained. There was no diarrhoea, and he treated himself with some purgative medicine'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11 weeks
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1891
Date of death: 7 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Marasmus
Disease (standardised): Protein-energy malnutrition (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Very little was found out about this child. It was reported to have been born six weeks before admission, and so far as was known at the full time'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Constable
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1891
Date of death: 19 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was a police constable, and was said to be the hardest drinker in the hard-drinking C division. A satisfactory account of the onset of his illness could not be obtained. Probably he was in good health one month before admission, though he had been suffering from gleet for two years. A week later he was taken ill and was seen by the divisional surgeon who diagnosed ‘congestion of the liver from surface-chill. He was kept upon the sick-list for a week, and then was kept in reserve'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jul 1891
Date of death: 1 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fatty liver. Honey-combed brain. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver, brain); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a butler who had been a hard drinker certainly for the last four months of his life. He was unmarried and probably of dissolute habits: he was known to have had gonorrhoea badly of recent years, and to have long suffered from a purulent nasal discharge, but no direct history of syphilis was obtained. He had not been laid up by illness except in 1886 when he was an inmate of this hospital during part of July & August with acute rheumatism which proved unusually intractable'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1891
Date of death: 25 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee and Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: 'The patient – an Irishman – had always drunk freely, but for the last ten days before admission had indulged more freely than usual. For three days before admission he could not keep any food down and had not had any inclination to eat. On Aug 21st he had two fits – epileptic in character – on the street and was on that account brought to the hospital. He had never had a fit before. Denied ever having had the ‘horrors' ‘
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1891
Date of death: 31 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Newton, Reginald Frederick Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooke, William Henry and Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'There was no family history obtainable. He was sent into the hospital as a case of rhematic fever, there being a history of pain in the joints for 14 days. His friend sayds that patient is not a large drinker but the patient himself is continually talking of numerous pints of stout which he took before admittance. Had not slept for 2 nights'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, diaphragm, pericardium, heart, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1891
Date of death: 11 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was in the army till 1861, and subsequently he was a policeman. Except scarlatina in childhood he had no serious illness at all till 8 years before his death when he was operated upon at Guy's Hospital for ‘ulcer of the rectum'. There was no serious haemorrhage so far as he knew, but the history given was that his illness began suddenly within a week of the operation. He turned a waxy colour having previously been of normal complexion. However he was fairly able-bodied till some 2 or 3 years later when he found that he was losing strength and easily exhausted'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1891
Date of death: 13 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Dilated left ventricle
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of disease. The man had ‘inflammation of the lungs' in 1888 but very little other illness. He was a footman whose employers had left him in London during their absence in the country. There is room for some slight uncertainty as to the day of onset of the illness, the man not being entirely clear-headed upon admission. But he stated without hesitation that he was taken ill with diarrhoea and ‘heats and sweats' on October 3rd inst'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1891
Date of death: 17 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This was a coachman who had lived 14 years in France, had had no serious illness, and was stated to be of temperate habits. There was a clear history of the onset of illness exactly three weeks before his admission. His account was that in the course of a month's stay at Scarborough he ‘caught a chill' one day by exposure to a cold wind while in a sweat. After this he felt out of sorts with ‘general debility, loss of appetite and rumbling in the ears'. He also had irrefular shivers and sweats'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1891
Date of death: 22 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'An imperfect and unreliable history was obtained of this man. He stated that he had had no serious illness and remembered none except slight influenza in the early part of 1891. Previous attacks of delirium tremens were denied, and habitual intemperance was denied. It was admitted that for two days before admission he had been drinking much whiskey'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Dec 1893
Date of death: 1 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Dilated & fatty heart. Angina pectoris causing death. (? Influenza just previous to admission)
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Angina pectoris (Chest); Influenza (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'There was a history of, 4 years ago, an attack of inflammation and pleurisy on the left side. Health usually good. A bad headache a fortnight before admission. In bed for 3 days, giddy and weak, then able to go out (?an attack of influenza)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ureters, bladder, uterus, ovaries
Type of incident: n/a