Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 16 Gender: Female Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857 Date of death: 1 May 1857 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Arachinitis. Ulceration of the large intestine. Phthisis Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: She had been observed of late to be low spirited, very languid and indisposed to exert herself. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Apr 1852 Date of death: 24 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Partial gangrene of intestines Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Gangrene (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: Two days before admission she had begun to vomit and had continued to do so up to that time. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Valet Age: 33 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1857 Date of death: 30 Apr 1857 Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Compressed and condensed lung. Displaced heart. Peritonitis. Enlarged liver. Diseased kidneys. Ulceration of the large intestine Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Displaced (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Enlarged (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Ulcer (Intestines) ; Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: For six years he had suffered at times from cough and more than once from slight haemoptysis. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and larynx Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 79 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Jan 1870 Date of death: 29 Mar 1870 Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Senile delirium. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Delirium (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy 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: The body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Male Age: 32 Date of admission: 25 Jan 1854 Date of death: 3 Apr 1854 Disease (transcribed): Phagadaena. Ulceration of a wound of leg. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in lung. Inflammation of pulmonary vein Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Wound (Leg); Pleurisy (Pleura); Deposit (Lung); Inflammation (Blood vessels); Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles Surgeon: Gray, Henry Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man, whose appearance was tolerably healthy & habits, as far as was known, temperate, was admitted on account of a lacerated wound of the leg (caused by striking it against the step of an omnibus)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Upholsterer Age: 48 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Apr 1861 Date of death: 8 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis. Diarrhoea Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Diarrhoea (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: This man, who had known better days, had been of most drunken habits. He had never had any symptoms of asthma or any pulmonary complaint, until his last illness. At 11 o’clock on the morning of admission he was seized with diarrhoea, and was at once brought to the hospital. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen 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: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Mar 1858 Date of death: 16 Apr 1858 Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Abscesses between the muscular fasciculi of the bladder. Scattered abscesses of the kidneys. Insanity Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Prostate); Abscess (Bladder, kidneys); Insanity Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham Medical notes: 'Was admitted under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] for fever & slight delirium, having at the same time retraction & incontinence of urine. He says he had never had either of the 2 latter before, nor can any history of diseased prostate be obtained’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: Police constable Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Jan 1884 Date of death: 24 Mar 1884 Disease (transcribed): Ulceration? Of bladder. Renal disease Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Bladder); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Not reported here Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 26 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Mar 1860 Date of death: 4 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Traumatic gangrene of the leg & thigh Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg, thigh) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'About an hour before admission she, getting out of an omnibus, when she was knocked down by a van, the […] wheel of which passed over the […] left knee’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left lower extremities
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 61 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Mar 1861 Date of death: 8 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Ulcer of the stomach Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient had been in the hospital twice before with vomiting of blood. Two or three months before her last admission she began to suffer from vomiting after food, and had since lost flesh to a considerable extent Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Apr 1852 Date of death: 18 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia with operation. Removal of portion of omentum and the appendix caeci which was ulcerated, by ligature. Fatal peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: He was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 27 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Mar 1879 Date of death: 14 Mar 1879 Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Cerebral haemorrhage Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient fell from some timber a height of about twenty feet and was taken up senseless. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and head Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Coffee house keeper Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858 Date of death: 13 Apr 1858 Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Pleurisy Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs) 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 who was a coffee house keeper had been ailing some five months with cough & aphonia, but he had only kept his bed nine weeks, & this was on account of an attack of acute rheumatism’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Gender: Female Age: 76 Date of admission: 27 Mar 1854 Date of death: 2 Apr 1854 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia. Operation. Sloughing of intestine Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Sloughing (Intestines) Admitting doctor: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Surgeon: Ogle, John William Physician: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This old woman was admitted on account of strangulated femoral hernia, which had excited for 2 days. She had never observed any tumour in the groin before the above date’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 60 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Mar 1860 Date of death: 2 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man had been a clerk. He followed his occupation as usual until two days before admission, when on returning he found that he was ill and unable to talk without difficulty. Next day his features gradually became drawn to one side’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 3 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861 Date of death: 7 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Croup. Scarlatinal dropsy Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx); Scarlet fever (Systemic); Oedema (General) Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: The patient was attacked with scarlatina one month before his admission. Three weeks after this, first his eyelids, and then his whole body, became much swollen, and his water became very dark Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the parts in the neck Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 44 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Apr 1852 Date of death: 16 Apr 1852 Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of the knee exposing the patella. No injury to knee joint. Spasmodic dyspnoea. Difficulty in swallowing without producing spasms of muscles of larynx and throat. Rigidity of muscles of neck Disease (standardised): Wound (Knee); Dyspnoea (Lung); Rigidity (Neck) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: A fortnight before the day of er admission she was thrown by a bull which trampled on her right leg, inflicting a lacerated wound. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee, cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Apr 1856 Date of death: 27 Apr 1856 Disease (transcribed): Laryngotomy. Oedema and sloughing of fauces in salivation Disease (standardised): Laryngotomy (Larynx); Oedema (Pharynx); Sloughing (Pharynx) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas. Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William Medical notes: This man had been under the case of a medical man about a month before his admission on account of inflammation of the lung. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861 Date of death: 7 Apr 1861 Disease (transcribed): Abscess in iliac fossa. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hip); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: Two weeks before admission the patient was carrying a sack of coals on his back when he slipped and fell, striking himself violently on the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 78 Gender: Female Date of admission: 7 Mar 1879 Date of death: 8 Mar 1879 Disease (transcribed): Old age. Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart Disease (standardised): Frailty (Systemic); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a cab. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Stone Mason Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 5 Jan 1870 Date of death: 21 Mar 1870 Disease (transcribed): Fistulous communication between external parts and the transverse colon at the umbilicus. Disease (standardised): Fistula (Intestines); Fistula (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: The man had for nine months suffered with abdominal pain and flatulence. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Lodging-house keeper Age: 66 Gender: Female Date of admission: 22 Mar 1887 Date of death: 28 Mar 1887 Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of foot. Diabetes Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Foot); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: 'See surgical notes 479' 'Not examined' Illustrations: No Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1853 Date of death: 25 Apr 1853 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine. Compression of the spinal cord. Extravasation of blood in cord Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Extravasation (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: This man fell from a scaffold an hour before his admission. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 41 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860 Date of death: 1 Apr 1860 Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatic arthritis of hip. Fatty heart Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Hip); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy Medical notes: 'This man stated that 4 months before his admission he was pushing a carriage into a coach house, when he felt something give way in his left knee. The following morning the left hip was […] swollen, & the thigh became perfectly black, as if from a severe bruise’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint