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Occupation or role: Ironfounder
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1888
Date of death: 15 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of right lung. Acute myocarditis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Myocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man said he had had no previous illness. On May 6th he had shivering and headache, sharp pain in his right side and cough. From the 6th to the 11th he continued to suffer from pain in his side and cough, but had no severe dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, testicles, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1888
Date of death: 16 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Haemoptysis. Cavities at both apices
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Cavities (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead. Not seen by the registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines, lungs,

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Paper hanger
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1888
Date of death: 23 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Softening of right corpus striatum, from embolism of perforating arteries. Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Embolism (Blood vessels); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient himself could give no account of the onset of his illness, nor of his previous health. His mother said that when he was 7 years of age he had chorea. She also said that whilst he was suffering from St Vitus’s dance he lost power in his left arm, and then in his right arm. According to the woman the loss of power was sudden – his arms hung down uselessly, & there was no loss of power in his legs (The most probably explanation of this story appeared to be that the child had rheumatism and for fear of pain did not use his hands)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dustman
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1888
Date of death: 24 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus. Endocarditis (Recent vegetations on mitral & aortic valves. Old thickenings of free borders of these valves)
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no history of previous illness, and he denied having been injured. The account he gave of the onset of his illness was that he was in good health till May 12th when he had pain in his back & vomiting. He had no shivering. On 13th & 14th he had pain in his back and could walk with difficulty. On the 15th he could not walk. He thought he improved slightly before he came in’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, intestines, tonsils, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1888
Date of death: 28 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of lower end of oesophagus, cardiac orifice and cardiac end of small curvature of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus, stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Ten or twelve years before his admission the patient had rheumatic pains in his limbs. He has frequently had similar pain since and has been laid up with rheumatism about 12 times, but never for more than 2 or 3 days at a time’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lady’s companion
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1888
Date of death: 29 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of right mamma. Amputation. Pyaemia. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Sepsis (Systemic); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Always good health. About 18 months ago, she first noticed a dimple on the right mamma, a swelling formed & this slowly got larger […] While at Wimbledon [Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon], was up & about & able to walk about the grounds. Got an attack of erysipelas in the wound & died of pyaemia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right shoulder, peritoneum, abdomen, thorax ('Died at Wimbledon’)

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1888
Date of death: 4 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral abscess in the right temporo-sphenoidal lobe following disease of the right petrous bone
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Disease (Temporal bone)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Since at 2, she has had double diarrhoea. This never troubled her & she had good health up to May 8th, when she was seized with pain in the right ear. A few days afterwards she vomited & after being under the care of a doctor for a fortnight, she was sent to St George’s as a case of meningitis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: ‘Only head opened’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Grocer’s assistant
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 May 1888
Date of death: 4 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of right upper lobe
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient became suddenly ill on May 29th. She had shivering, vomiting, headache and pain in her side. On the 30th, she had the same symptoms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, pleurae, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carman
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 May 1888
Date of death: 7 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Myelitis. Localized empyema in right pleura. Hypeolatic pneumonia of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord); Empyema (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman. On May 14th she fell downstairs & hurt her back. Next day she came to the hospital & was able to walk in. She was treated as [?] OP [out-patient] & on reaching home she felt so ill that she went to bed. She was able to get up daily but on May 22 she found herself unable to move her legs or to pass urine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Spinal cord, brain, abdomen, liver, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 84
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1888
Date of death: 11 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bruises & subcutaneous & intramuscular hemorrhages from injury. Shock
Disease (standardised): Bruise; Haemorrhage; Shock
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Not seen by the registrar. The old man was knocked down & run over: he was admitted in a case of great collapse & never rallied. He died in about 2 hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Legs, hands, abdomen, skull, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, urinary bladder (‘Inquest case’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1888
Date of death: 12 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia of the right lung
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was taken in 2 days before his admission. He was fevered and had acute pain in the right side of his chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Butler
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1888
Date of death: 18 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): ?Bronchitis. Tubercular disease of bronchial glands. Scattered tubercles in lungs and kidneys & spleen
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child’s mother said that she had been married for 18 months and had only one child, the patient. She had never had a miscarriage. The infant was strong during the first three months of his life. When about 3 months old, he had ‘congestion of the lungs’, of which the symptoms were cough and dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1888
Date of death: 19 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Right haemothorax. Surgical emphysema. Left pneumothorax. Recent infarctions of right kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs); Infarction (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'He was IP [in-patient] about 12 years ago, suffering from epileptic fits. Was drinking all evening, & in crossing the road was knocked down by a bus, the wheel passed over his chest. He was a brewer’s drayman & had been a heavy beer drinker for many years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right leg, sternum, pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, ribs, brain

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Machinist
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1888
Date of death: 24 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was well till the day before her admission, when she woke up and complained of ear ache and pain in her neck. Her mother noticed that her neck was slightly swollen. The child did not then complain of sore throat. The drains of the house were ‘done up’ at the beginning of the year. The child lived in a neighbourhood infected with diphtheria, Lupus Street, and she went to St Gabriel’s School (where diphtheria was prevalent apparently)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, pharynx, heart, pericardium, larynx, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, lungs, intestines, ovaries

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Waterman
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1888
Date of death: 1 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left patella. Disorganisation of left knee joint. Syphilis. Stenosis of mitral and aortic valves. Hypostatic pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Syphilis; Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Medical notes: 'Syphilis for 17 years. Slipped & fell against the kerb stone on March 5th. She tore through the ulcerated skin all round the knee joint, fractured her patella & opened the joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Left knee joint, brain, abdomen, heart, lungs, tonsils, spleen, kidneys, liver

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jun 1888
Date of death: 4 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): ?cause of death. Oedema of lungs. Old pleuritic adhesions, left lung. Enlarged spleen. Old hydatid of liver. Taenia mediocanellata in small intestine
Disease (standardised): Edema (Lungs); Disease (Pleura, spleen, liver); Tapeworm (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man said he had not suffered from rheumatism nor from gout, that he had burnt his legs about 40 years before he came to the hospital, but that he had never been laid up with any bodily illness. He gave no history pointing to syphilis, and denied having had it. He drank chiefly beer and did not take more than 3 pints a day, as a rule. A week before Christmas 1887 he began to suffer from pain at the lower part of his chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, abdomen, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Draper
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1888
Date of death: 8 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fibroid & hypertrophied heart. Early renal cirrhosis. Atheroma of arteries
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Heart); Cirrhosis (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not seen by registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1888
Date of death: 15 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of 7th dorsal vertebra & angular curvature. Generally scattered tubercles in viscera. Paraplegia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine, internal organs); Spinal curvature (Spine); Paraplegia (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of heritable disease. He had lived a healthy life and travelled to France, and ‘the Cape’ on ‘works’. In February 1886 he ‘caught cold’ and afterwards suffered much from cough and pain in his left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, testicles, stomach, ileum, aorta, legs, spine

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 19 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he had had ‘brain fever’, scarlatina and measles about 10, 8 and 6 years before he came to the hospital. He had had no other illness. On the night of July 13th he went to bed in a state of health. On the morning of the 14th he woke up at 7.30. He then had severe pain at the upper part of his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, larynx, trachea, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: House porter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 24 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Granular contracted kidneys. Emphysema and bronchitis. Pleuritic effusion & ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Effusion (Pleura); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man came into the hospital first in 1878, when he was under Dr Whipham [Thomas Tillyer Whipham] (see Hospital Register 1878, No 917). He was then suffering from cough, dyspnoea and dropsy. He said he had not been laid up before, he ascribed his illness to getting wet in a ditch’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, spleen, kidneys, liver, testes, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1888
Date of death: 28 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Lithotomy. Pelvic cellulitis. Hypertrophied bladder & dilated ureters with diminution of renal cortex
Disease (standardised): Lithotomy; Cellulitis (Pelvis); Disease (Bladder, ureters, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Medical notes: 'Had suffered from haematuria at intervals during the last 2 years. Had been sounded for stone but none found. Has also suffered from incontinence of urine, especially at nights for last 2 years. For the 3 or [4] weeks preceding admission has passed an increased quantity of blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pelvis, genital organs, ureter, kidneys, rectum, bladder, chest, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1888
Date of death: 30 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s disease from granular, contracted kidneys. Heart hypertrophied & dilated. Small foci of cerebral softening
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a gardener and 62 years of age. He said he had not had gout. He had often, however, had slight ‘rheumatic’ pains during the last twelve years of his life. He had typhus fever about 22 years old and erysipelas when he was about 32. For 10 years his sight had been bad’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, gall bladder, spleen, stomach, intestines, brain, eyes

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1888
Date of death: 8 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Almost complete consolidation of left lung by yellow tubercle, with vomica in upper lobe
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Three years before he came to the hospital the patient had rheumatism and was laid up in bed for about 2 months. There was no history of scarlatina. Three weeks before he came in he began to suffer from cough and headache: during the week before his admission he lost much flesh: he had no night sweats. For 2 days before he came in he had much diarrhoea: he was able to work till he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testes, stomach, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Jul 1888
Date of death: 9 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis. Atheroma of 1st part of aorta and of sinuses of valsalva. Small aneurism in right sinus. Hemorrhagic eruption about face
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Aneurysm (Aorta); Haemorrhage (Face)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he had never suffered from rheumatism and had not had scarlatina. Two years before his admission he had some illness, the nature of which was not clear. He was laid up in bed for 4 days. He had had, he said, no other illness. For six months before he came in he suffered from pain in the back, and for 3 months he had lost flesh. For 2 months he had purpuric spots on his legs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Face, neck, heart, lungs, kidneys, bladder, testes, lives, spleen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1888
Date of death: 9 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was the only son of his mother, who was healthy. She said that the patient’s father was delicate and that his lungs were supposed to be weak. The infant had thrush when 5 weeks old, and when six months of age he had bronchitis and hooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a