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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1853
Date of death: 4 May 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Chronic inflammation of the caecum and ascending colon with ulceration. Peritonitis

Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Inflammation (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had been in a state of great destitution and for many night had not had a bed to sleep on before his admission into the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Gender: Male
Age: 65
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1878
Date of death: 3 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Old stricture, cystitis; cirrhosis from Biliary obstructions, etc. [?] abscesses in the kidney
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Indeterminate); Cystitis (Bladder); Liver cirrhosis, biliary (Liver); Obstruction (Biliary tract); Abscess (Kidney);
Admitting doctor: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Stricture for many years – For 10 or 12 has been in Habit of passing an instrument – for 4 years, much pain about bladder and urine ill smelling, thick and often bloody – A fortnight before admission passed [?] catheter with difficulty and on withdrawing it found that the point had broken off – for 10 days urine had been dribbling from him. Bladder was aspirated by a Surgeon 2 days before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, gall bladder, pancreas, intestine, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Platelayer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1881
Date of death: 20 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): General smash. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Injury (Systemic); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Medical notes: 'He was admitted in a state of collapse, having been knocked down by an engine, the wheel of which had torn off the right forearm about the centre, the bones projecting from a mass of bruised, lacerated tissue covered with dirt. The right femur was fractured just above the centre. There were 3 scalp wounds and a fracture of the left clavicle'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1852
Date of death: 20 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous deposits in the lungs. Old and recent pleurisy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: This person stated that she had suffered from cough and spitting during the previous twelve months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1872
Date of death: 22 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pleuropneumonia. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Empyema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient stated that her health had always been quite good up to about three weeks ago when occasional sickness and loss of appetite commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Coachman
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Mar 1883
Date of death: 18 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Catarrhal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was a child described by his mother as ‘always liable to have cough when he had a cold’.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tonsils, fauces, larynx, trachea, bronchi, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1894
Date of death: 29 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of consumption - Five years ago he had an attack of shortness of breath with profuse expectoration containing blood - Directly afterwards he was sent to Melbourne and in the hot weather on the voyage he had an attack of profuse haemoptysis. Since then he has always had a cough'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Plurae, lungs, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1888
Date of death: 9 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
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: Hotel porter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1901
Date of death: 22 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic cirrhosis. Pulmonary tuberculosis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was admitted for dyspnoea and oedema of the legs with some ascites.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, testes, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1903
Date of death: 5 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Piles. Chronic pulmonary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhoids (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Butler
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1909
Date of death: 20 Mar 1909
Disease (transcribed): Fractured vault. Subperiosteal haemorrhage. Bruising and laceration of brain. Tuberculous mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Skull); Bruising (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: While walking outside Harrods a motor bus skidded and knocked down a flagpole which struck the child in the occiput.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, suprarenals, pancreas and bladder
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1855
Date of death: 28 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Hypertrophy and dilatation of Heart
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man had enjoyed excellent health until eighteen months ago when he was attacked with what he called 'slight bronchitis' which he had never been able to shake off.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, heart and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Former soldier
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1857
Date of death: 14 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Dysentery
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pallid & somewhat emaciated individual, who had been ill eight months with diarrhoea & had at times passed a little blood in the motions. He had formerly served in the Army, & this illness led to his discharge’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1885
Date of death: 31 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The child’s health began to fail, he had a loud and brassy cough and inspiration was brassy and noisy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 15 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1913
Date of death: 19 Apr 1913
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous infratracheal glands. General miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Turton, James Richard Henry
Medical notes: Two days before admission the child became drowsy and semi conscious, fretful, constipated and very irritable.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid gland, bronchi, pericardium, heart, infratracheal glands, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, ureters, bladder, stomach, duodenum, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Gender: Male
Age: 51
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1906
Date of death: 10 Apr 1906
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of rectum – Perforation of rectum – General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted for abdominal pain, first noticed 18 mos [months] ago. There was no vomiting; he was treated for chronic indigestion and continued at his work till 1 month ago and then he took to his bed as the pain was much worse. One month ago also he became very constipated but did not pass any blood or mucous from the bowel'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Postman
Gender: Female
Age: 1
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1904
Date of death: 19 Mar 1904
Disease (transcribed): Generalised tuberculosis with terminal broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See medical notes no. 404.04 [1904]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No Necropsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1905
Date of death: 12 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the pancreas, pelvis and peritoneum. Deposits in the liver and mesenteric glands. Fat necrosis. Obsolete tubercle of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Pancreas, pelvis, peritoneum); Deposit (Liver, mesenteric glands); Necrosis; Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient came into the hospital after being in bed at home for six weeks, complaining of pains all over the body. She had suffered for 9 months, with theumatic fever at 18, but never since; her work had been very hard for the last few years, involving much standing about in damp places. Her family history contained much evidence of tuberculous & rheumatic infection
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1841
Date of death: 27 May 1841
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular deposit in cerebellum, thorax, abdomen & cavity of uterus
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain, thorax, abdomen, uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'In the year 1836 I examined the body of an elderly lady who died of tubercular phthisis; in this case the cavity of the uterus contained about [2 ounces] of purulent scrofulous matter, which was completely enveloped in a kind of cyst’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1843
Date of death: 17 May 1843
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tubercules of lung. Disease of wrist-joint (scrofulous).
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Hand)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen and wrist
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1846
Date of death: 20 Apr 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: As the body was removed without examination, no history of the case is given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined, at the request of the friends
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Dec 1875
Date of death: 29 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This girl said that she had for six weeks had night sweats, wasting, a cough and spitting, which for the last months had been worse and accompanied with dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and suprarenal capsules
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1918
Date of death: 28 Apr 1918
Disease (transcribed): Hernia of small gut into mesentery. Obstruction. Peritonitis. Lateral anastomosis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Intestines); Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Anastomosis
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: '3 days ago he was seized with sudden acute abdominal pain, and vomited. He has vomited intermittently, and the pain has persisted since. The bowels have not been opened, and he was given an enema without result. 9 years ago appendix abscess, and subsequent removal’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Accountant
Age: 37
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1920
Date of death: 8 Apr 1920
Disease (transcribed): Amoebic abscess of liver and lung, waxy disease, and septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Amebiasis (Liver); Amebiasis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Indeterminate); Sepsis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'History. He contracted Dysentery in 1914 and was cured. In 1917 he had ulceration and stricture of the rectum for which colotomy was performed. For the past 5 months he has had diarrhoea with blood and mucus'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pulmonary vessels, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, coronary vessels, aorta, kidneys, ureters, bladder, stomach, duodenum, small intestine, colon, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen

Type of incident: n/a