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George Horne, 32, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1858
Date of death: 28 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Hastings, Cecil William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man had been ill with cough & pain in the left side for three months. He had never suffered from haemoptysis. There was considerable emaciation & the cough was accompanied by expectoration of thick mucus & occasionally tinged with blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Gosling, 34, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1858
Date of death: 21 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A footman who was admitted in an emaciated state with an anxious countenance & cachectic appearance. The pulse was frequent, soft & small. He complained of pain in the abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Reardon, 27, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858
Date of death: 4 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Softening of the brain. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with what appeared to be rheumatic pain in the head, knees & back. It came on 10 weeks ago without any assignable cause. His manner was dull & sluggish & his expression heavy’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Wood , 38, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1858
Date of death: 18 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Tubercles in the lung
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A coachman who had been suffering from cough for three weeks. A week ago he was seized with rigors & severe pain in the chest which remained at the time of his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Tidecombe, 36, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1858
Date of death: 19 Nov 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A butler who had suffered from cough more or less since last January. Two weeks ago he began to spit blood & continued to do so each succeeding day. He had no pain in the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Price, [No age stated], [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1858
Date of death: 27 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This patient came in complaining of pain all over the abdomen, but chiefly at the epigastrium. This pain she had felt for six weeks, & for a month she had passed blood with her motions. She was extremely weak, & had lost much flesh’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Tierney, 42, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Oct 1858
Date of death: 9 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Delirium tremens. Phthisis. Strumous disease of supra-renal bodies
Disease (standardised): Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with all the symptoms of delirium tremens, but his friends asserted that he had been ‘lightheaded’ for two months. This was all that could be ascertained of his previous history. When first seen he answered rationally though with hesitation. His memory was defective & he had a hurried, fidgety manner with tremors & jerking’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Snighton, [No age stated], [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1858
Date of death: 29 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the brain. Arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'Nothing was known of this man’s history. He was brought in complaining of excruciating pain at the back of the neck & in the head, & for this he had applied to a medical man who treated the case as one of rheumatism. He could give no account of his symptoms & died in great suffering within two hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘at the request of the friends no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Mays, 55, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1858
Date of death: 1 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Old pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who appeared much older than he really was had been a hard drinker & was very tremulous on admission. For two months he had suffered from shortness of breath & was unable to take the least exertion. He had lost flesh rapidly. The apices of both lungs were dull on percussion, there was also some dullness over the lower lobe of the right lung’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, great toe

Type of incident: n/a

Mary A. Chapman, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1858
Date of death: 5 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Strumous peritonitis. Strumous disease of liver & uterus
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Liver, uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cachectic-looking woman who stated that she had been ill since March. She was married & had a family of 8 children. The catamenia [menstruation] had generally been regular. Without any assignable cause her abdomen began to swell & she felt her general health decline. As the swelling increased she began to suffer from pain which was limited to the hepatic region’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Boyles, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1858
Date of death: 7 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with haemoptysis. For a month he had had slight attacks, & for eleven months cough had troubled him. He was sallow-looking & much emaciated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John M. Hagenlock, 50, Stoker

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1858
Date of death: 31 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man, who was a stoker, was admitted in a dying state & nothing could be gleaned respecting his history from any friends. He said himself that he had been ill two months with cough & great difficulty of breathing, & that his legs had taken to swelling about three weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Stinton, 52, Designer

Occupation or role: Designer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1858
Date of death: 12 Nov 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Encysted emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A designer who had been out of health three months with general languor & shortness of breath. For some little time he had also suffered from oedema of the feet and legs. Three weeks before admission he observed a swelling on the right side of the chest & when he came to the hospital there was a fluctuating tumour of considerable size about two inches below the right nipple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Frances Jones, 26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1858
Date of death: 22 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian dropsy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Edema (Ovaries); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman was in the hospital early in the year. She had then been ill with ovarian dropsy for 9 months. After being in the house a few days she was tapped & 4 gallons of water were removed. In a month she left relieved but returned in August much increased in size with tenderness all over the abdomen & pain on pressure’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

James Rosier, 75, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Aug 1858
Date of death: 19 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Lumbar abscess
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Back)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'He was admitted for an abscess on the left side of the sacrum, just over the left sacro-iliac synchondrosis being at the same time in a very feeble & weak state. He said that he had had pains in the lower part of his spine for 5 months before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Cowper, 29, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1858
Date of death: 8 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Phthisis. Strumous tubercle of cerebrum. Arachnitis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lungs, brain); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'When this patient was brought to the hospital on the 4th suffering from continued fever the friends who accompanied him stated that although he had only been ill about twelve days yet that he always complained of his head & had had several fits. The bowels had been very relaxed but were subsequently constipated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Lancaster, 33, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Aug 1858
Date of death: 9 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the kidney. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Kidneys); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was a waiter had been ill twenty months & gave a history of continuous pain in the loins from a fall. After the accident he passed blood in the urine. His puffy face & general pastiness of complexion led to the supposition at first that it was a case of Bright’s disease’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth German, 41, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1858
Date of death: 2 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous tumour of the uterus. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Hooper, John Henry
Medical notes: 'A single woman who had always enjoyed good health & had led a laborious life. A fortnight before admission she first had difficulty in making water, then pain came on in the lower part of the back, but there was no vaginal discharge. However after she had been in the hospital two days yellowish vaginal discharge appeared & was accompanied by lassitude & aching in all her limbs. A hard mass was felt in the left iliac & hypogastric regions which was not tender to the touch & was immovable’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Uterus

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Rowlidge, 2 , [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1858
Date of death: 12 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. False membrane in larynx. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); False membrane (Larynx); Tracheotomy
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This little child was admitted on the morning of the 11th with what was supposed to be croup. Her face was perfectly livid & of course her respiration was performed with very great difficulty. She had been ill three days before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Pickersgill, 2 , [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1858
Date of death: 1 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercle in bronchial glands, pressure on & ulceration of the bronchus
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, bronchial glands); Ulcer (Bronchus)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A strumous-looking child with tumid abdomen who was brought to the hospital suffering from dyspnoea, with livid face & croupy breathing. A medical man who saw the care had opened the jugular vein without affording relief. The child was reported to have been ailing five weeks with ‘general debility’, for which cod liver oil had been prescribed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Edward Fortune, 29, Saddler

Occupation or role: Saddler
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1858
Date of death: 3 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sore throat
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man worked in a saddler’s shop near Leicester Square. He was well until a fortnight (ten days?) before admission, when he began to feel languid, & had rigors followed by sickness & loss of appetite. Twenty four hours later he experienced pain in the throat, especially on the right side, and this uneasiness grew worse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Rosa Blacker, 7, Clergyman’s daughter

Occupation or role: Clergyman’s daughter
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1858
Date of death: 26 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sore throat
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This little girl was the daughter of a clergyman in the neighbourhood whose family have all had sore throat affection which has proved fatal. On Thursday the 24th three of the children were buried; on the Friday the mother sank; and the subject of the present notice died on Saturday the 26th. She had been four days visiting at Sydenham. When she left home two of the family were already dead’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Harriet Tovall, 48, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1858
Date of death: 6 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Phthisis (?)
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
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

Harriet Balcombe, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1858
Date of death: 17 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Encephalitis. Psoas abscess
Disease (standardised): Encephalitis (Brain); Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman was not able to give any clear statement of her own case. It was ascertained that she had been out of health a fortnight but had been worse for a week. She was not delirious until the night of 10th’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis, spinal column

Type of incident: n/a

William Dickson, 5, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jun 1858
Date of death: 22 Jun 1858
Disease (transcribed): Strumous peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A wretchedly emaciated & half-starved child who had been ailing, according to the account of some relatives, for about five months. His pulse was very feeble, tongue foul, skin hot & dry & the abdomen tumid’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

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