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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1859
Date of death: 5 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1859
Date of death: 12 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This patient’s disease was not preceded by any well marked attack of rheumatism but it appeared that three years ago she had an illness of uncertain nature.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer’s labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1859
Date of death: 4 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man had a fall three months ago by which he injured the back of his head, and broke two ribs. Since the accident he often complained of shooting pains in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: French polisher
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1859
Date of death: 4 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He said that he had been losing flesh and strength for six or seven weeks, and that he had had cough and expectoration for a month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1859
Date of death: 7 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined this case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Agricultural labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1859
Date of death: 15 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart and kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: For forty years he had been liable to some degree of swelling of the legs. He also had long been subject to rheumatic pains.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 May 1859
Date of death: 14 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Pneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This patient said that she had been ill for six months, suffering from cough with white expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1859
Date of death: 20 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He became disabled nine weeks before admission when cough and pains in the right hypochondrium came on, without any assignable cause.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1859
Date of death: 10 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As this body was not examined this case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1859
Date of death: 15 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of aorta, bursting into the pericardium
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man had acute rheumatism ten years ago. He remained free from palpitation until about nine months ago when his heart began to fail.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1859
Date of death: 13 Sep 1859
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1859
Date of death: 7 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Serous apoplexy (?)
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Her daughter stated that she had had good health, excepting an occasional attack of rheumatic gout, until four months ago when she began to complain of pains in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Toll-collector
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1859
Date of death: 3 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage into the subperitoneal tissue. ? Aneurism
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Abdomen); Aneurysm (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man was brought into the hospital at the point of death. He had complained of excruciating pain in the bowels with great tenderness on pressure.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1861
Date of death: 21 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had begun to suffer, without any evident cause, from cough, shortness of breath, and inability to lie down.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1861
Date of death: 16 Jul 1861
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Adherent pericardium. Hypertrophy of Heart
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been a patient in the Hospital five weeks previously to this admission
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1861
Date of death: 22 Oct 1861
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was a woman who ‘had worked hard and seen much trouble’. She had been suffering from palpitations of the heart and her feet had become swollen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1861
Date of death: 23 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient felt unwell on waking, later becoming partially unconscious and completely paralyses on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 33
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1861
Date of death: 8 Nov 1861
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was taken ill seven months before with pain in the region of the heart, palpitations on exertion, cough, expectoration and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1861
Date of death: 13 Nov 1861
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient, on admission, had hot skin and a dry tongue. He complained of pain in his joints and of discomfort and pain in the region of the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Prostitute
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1861
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Distention of ventricles
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1861
Date of death: 20 Dec 1861
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis etc. Gouty deposits in kidneys which were granular.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had long been subject to attacks of rheumatic gout. He had also been suffering with chronic pericarditis.

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and great toe
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Sweeper
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1861
Date of death: 28 Dec 1861
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was partially recovered from paralysis of the left side which had followed a fit, when he was picked up in the street and brought to the hospital
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1862
Date of death: 19 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had constantly attended as an in patient since 1861 and since that time had done no work, having been subject upon any exertion to violent attacks of dyspnoea and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Law writer
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1862
Date of death: 5 May 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man came into the hospital complaining of pain in the chest and cough, which had been extremely troublesome for two months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1862
Date of death: 17 Jun 1862
Disease (transcribed): Hysterical mania. Congestion of brain. Endocarditis. Congestion and ulceration(?) of cervix and os uteri
Disease (standardised): Hysteria (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Cervix); Ulcer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This girl was stated to have had chorea five days ago, and for the last three days she had been restless and had very little sleep.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spinal cord, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a