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Occupation or role: [Wife of] Coalporter
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Sep 1908
Date of death: 9 Oct 1908
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy and adherent pleurae. Pericarditis and adherent pericardium. Progressive chronic suppurative and fibrosing mediastinitis. Cardiac failure
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart); Mediastinitis (Mediastinum); Suppuration (Mediastinum); Fibrosis (Mediastinum); Failure (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted with pain in the chest and oedema of the feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: , fauces, larynx, trachea, bronchi, abdomen, stomach and intestines, liver, gall bladder and ducts, suprarenals, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, ureter and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] labourer
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1911
Date of death: 30 Jul 1911
Disease (transcribed): (Whooping cough) Broncho-pneumonia. Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Whooping cough (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The child had cough and dyspnoea for four days, followed by diarrhoea and pain in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid, thymus, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, alimentary tract, meninges and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1912
Date of death: 18 Jun 1912
Disease (transcribed): Acute and chronic tubal nephritis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The boy had abdominal pain for nine days which was attributed to a kick in the belly by another boy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1905
Date of death: 13 Mar 1905
Disease (transcribed): Multiple injuries. Ruptured lung. Double pneumothorax. Very extreme surgical emphysema
Disease (standardised): Injury; Rupture (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'The police brought this man into the hospital, stating that he had been knocked down by a cart while rather the worse for drunk. He was then pale, sweaty and collapsed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Illustrations: Yes [relating to case?]
Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1877
Date of death: 29 Nov 1877
Disease (transcribed): Double pleuropneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from cough and expectoration, frontal headache, nausea, attacks of vomiting, pain in the chest and catching of the breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestine, brain and uterus which contained a female foetus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1879
Date of death: 10 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Pulmonary emphysema. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Cough and dyspnoea gradually commenced about two years before admission, more severe at first and never left him afterwards, and aggravated by cold weather.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1881
Date of death: 19 Apr 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Pneumonia. Granular kidneys. Inflammation of liver
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Inflammation (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: In May 1881 she fell and struck her hip against some stones and from that time she dates constant discomfort in the hip and a limping gait.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1882
Date of death: 18 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been too weak for the year before admission to do any work and had had constant cough with trifling sputa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bus driver
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1882
Date of death: 8 Dec 1882
Disease (transcribed): Malignant growth in urethra. Pleuritis. Bronchitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Urethra); Pleurisy (Pleura); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had often had gonorrhoea in youth and had suffered for seventeen years from a stricture.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and urethra
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1880
Date of death: 22 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys with hypertrophied heart. Emphysema and bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: This patient was too ill to give a succinct account of himself, but it appeared that for about the last ten years he had suffered from cough. All winter he had been kept in bed by the fogs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1883
Date of death: 1 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He served in the army for twenty one years. Four days before admission he had had a severe rigor, followed by graudal onset of cough causing him much epigastric pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1881
Date of death: 18 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart valves. Lardaceous infiltration. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Lardaceous disease; Pneumonia (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'His father is said to have died of dropsy consequent upon heart disease; he had had several attacks of rheumatism. The rest of the family are reported not to be strong but no definite disease is described. He had frequent attacks of Quinsey when a boy, none after 21. Syphilis at 20. No history of rheumatism. He has been in the habit of drinking large quantities of spirits until 18 months ago when he became a teetotaler'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1881
Date of death: 17 Oct 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of previous illness until about a fortnight before admission when he began to complain of sore throat, slight cough. Four days before admission he had a severe rigor with pain over left flank on coughing: sputa scanty, grey at first, becoming gradually more purulent. Breathing very rapid & painful. Slight delirium during the last two nights'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Woodcutter
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1884
Date of death: 21 Nov 1884
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: He had been suffering from some cold sweating and aching in the right side of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, liver, spleen, kidneys, heart and alimentary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1907
Date of death: 5 Aug 1907
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Right hemiplegia (thrombosis). Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Hemiplegia (Brain); Thrombosis (Blood vessels); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical notes: The patient had been in ill health for the past fifteen months and not menstruated. Ten days before admission she was seen to be delirious at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, liver, spleen, alimentary canal, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter
Age: 11 Months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1910
Date of death: 25 May 1910
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous meningitis. Generalized tuberculosis. Chronic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was said to have developed broncho-pneumonia six weeks before admission. He improved then, but the symptoms returned with some wasting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, adrenals, mesenteric glands, alimentary canal and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 May 1910
Date of death: 1 Jun 1910
Disease (transcribed): Right apical lobar pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffray, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Oram, Evelyn Henry Bardens
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient had felt out of sorts on May 28th and vomited frequently during the night until midday 29th May. She had some abdominal pain during this period.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, appendix, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals and genitals
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1889
Date of death: 4 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: For some years before 1886 he had a winter cough and from Christmastime of 1888 he had much dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1889
Date of death: 25 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Patchy consolidation of all lobes of both lungs. Bronchitis. Peribronchitis and dilatation of smaller bronchioles
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The man lived in Grosvenor Square and slept with three other men in a room below the ground. He said that he had been troubled for a fortnight with cough and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, larynx, trachea, bronchi, spleen, kidneys, liver, testes, stomach, intestines, brain and teeth
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1889
Date of death: 29 Jan 1890
Disease (transcribed): Enormous dilatation of heart and valves. Aortitis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Aortitis (Aorta); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient was in the army from 1880 to 1886 and served in England and Ireland. He contracted syphilis in 1880. Four or five months before his admission he had an attack of diarrhoea. About three weeks before his admission he began to suffer from morning vomiting and oedema of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1890
Date of death: 5 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Bennett, Lawrence Henry
Medical notes: At the beginning of the year the man said he had influenza and was laid up for a week. On February 12th he felt chilly and on the 13th he had an attack of shivering and began to suffer from cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a