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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1843
Date of death: 14 Mar 1844
Disease (transcribed): General dropsy and disease of the heart.
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Seymour, Edward James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with general anasarca and ascites and symptoms of great impediment to the circulation and palpitations.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 06 Sep 1847
Date of death: 06 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the cervical vertebrae. Compression of chord. Sudden death after a few hours.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Death, sudden (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: On examination it was found that the whole body and extremities up to the clavicles were completely paralysed. These symptoms had followed a fall from a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, spinal chord, blood and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1869
Date of death: 4 Feb 1870
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of arm. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Three years before, the patient had run a rusty nail into the ball of his thumb. This was followed by inflammation and abscess, and the wound had never healed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 May 1870
Date of death: 25 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus.
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1870
Date of death: 16 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had lived intemperately and had had delirium tremens several times, the last attack three months before the accident. He was kicked on the left leg by a horse, producing a compound comminuted fracture of the left tibia.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsule
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Postman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1871
Date of death: 17 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of thumb. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Thumb); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'A fortnight before admission, he cut the right thumb at the metacarpo-phalangeal joint, with a crowner[?]. The wound was dressed and healed as out-patient, till sloughing & some haemorrhage occurred and he was admitted’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1871
Date of death: 18 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Injury to hand. Fracture of metacarpal bones. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Hand); Fracture (Hand); Sepsis (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'A railway ‘sleeper’ fell onto his right hand. On admission, the palm & dorsum of the right hand were much crushed, and a lacerated & contused wound existed on each. There was free haemorrhage from several small vessels’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1871
Date of death: 24 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Extravasation of blood into & compression of brain. Pyaemia?
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Compression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'He fell head foremost down the height of 15 steps to the ground. On admission was quite insensible’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871
Date of death: 20 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella (compound). Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James
Medical notes: 'On stepping down from an omnibus he fell forwards and struck the right knee, probably on a sharp stone in the road: he could not get up, and was at once brought to the hospital (about ¼ mile). When admitted, was slightly stupid, apparently from drinking’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1864
Date of death: 20 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'On the 26th of December she trod on an old iron meal stand and received a small wound on the ball of the toe of the right foot, some pain & inflammation followed and the part was kept poulticed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Section of post-tibial nerve, brain, spinal cord, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1864
Date of death: 3 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of leg and ankle. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Fell from a scaffold a distance of forty feet. He was admitted into the Oxford Ward on February 8th with a compound fracture of the right leg. The wound was about an inch in length, and the end of the upper fragment protruded through it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, legs

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1864
Date of death: 24 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1864
Date of death: 26 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus. Pneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the surgeons, since he had been an out-patient for the wound of thumb. He was however immediately on admission transferred to the physicians’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Veins of arm, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Oct 1864
Date of death: 6 Nov 1864
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia, operation. Diffuse cellular inflammation. Death from exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Hernia ; Operation ; Inflammation (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 74
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1864
Date of death: 7 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Unknown); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1877
Date of death: 27 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 5 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1877
Date of death: 15 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Congenital hernia. Enteritis. Syphilis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Enteritis (Intestines); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The mother stated that she had noticed a swelling in the right side of the patient's scrotum three days before admission. Vomiting came on and returned at intervals.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and hernia
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1877
Date of death: 8 Oct 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus, the result of a cutaneous burn.
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This child was found with its clothes on fire. The upper extremities, shoulders, neck and lower part of face were burned.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1861
Date of death: 21 Jun 1861
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal Fever
Disease (standardised): Puerpera (Uterus); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1857
Date of death: 26 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Dropsy. Placenta adherent to uterus. Cyst of ovary
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Systemic); Adherent (Placenta); Cysts (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A German woman who was in the house during part of November and December last year with anasarca and Bright’s disease. She applied again when nearly three months advanced in pregnancy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1862
Date of death: 12 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic ulceration of fauces, larynx and trachea
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Ulcer (Pharynx); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Trachea);

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted for an Hunterian Chancre of one months standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1872
Date of death: 5 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cancerous tumours of inferior surface of sphenoid bone. Removal of right maxilla superior. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Skull); Removal (Skull); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Seven weeks before admission the patient began to have pain in the right upper jaw, and that side of the face began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, glands and skull
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1872
Date of death: 10 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma. Gangrene of the toes of the left foot. Amputation. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Gangrene (Foot); Amputation (Foot); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Six weeks before admission this man had felt some irritation of the skin of the right leg, which became red. This subsided, but soon after he felt much pain in the toes of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Breaksman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1872
Date of death: 15 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Railway accident. Amputation of leg and hand. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Amputation (Hand); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: He fell of a train in motion and the wheels passed over the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull. The friends objected to any further examination of the body.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 84
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1872
Date of death: 17 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of femur. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident