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[Name redacted], 65, Demolition worker

Occupation or role: Demolition worker
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1940
Date of death: 20 Sep 1940
Disease (transcribed): Clinical diagnosis: Fractured ribs and transverse processes. Haemorrhage. Haemo-peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Spine); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate); Haemoperitoneum (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Siddons, Arthur Harold Makins
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: No autopsy
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No autopsy
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charlotte Hallett, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1871
Date of death: 1 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)

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’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Phoebe Fowler, 68, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1866
Date of death: 18 Mar 1866
Disease (transcribed): Fractured clavicle
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Clavicle)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Harry Farmer, 22/26, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22/26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1894
Date of death: 27 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient was run over by an omnibus. […] Patient was concussed and collapsed. There was a compound fracture of the right leg and a laceration of the left knee. There was also a haematoma over the frontal region'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Frederick Durrant, 33, Bus conductor

Occupation or role: Bus conductor
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1910
Date of death: 9 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Fractured vault. Fractured base. Rupture right mid meningeal artery. Bruising and laceration of brain. Mitral stenosis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Arteries); Bruising (Brain); Laceration (Brain); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffray, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: He was thrown from the steps of his motor bus and alighted on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals and pancreas
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Elizabeth Rawkins, 70, No occupation

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1912
Date of death: 22 Mar 1912
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull and ribs. Laceration of brain. Haemorrhage onto surface of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Brain); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Colledge, Lionel
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a motor car and brought to the hospital unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, alimentary canal, skull and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Simmons Valentine, 23, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1851
Date of death: 25 Apr 1851
Disease (transcribed): Wounds of the face & scalp. Fracture of the skull with laceration of the dura mater & brain. Extravasation of blood in the arachnoid cavity & subarachnoid areolar tissue. Low pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Face, scalp); Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This young man was brought into the hospital while in a state of partial coma, having just before fallen from a ladder, a height of 14 feet, in the quadrant. He appeared to have fallen backwards & struck his head on the pavement. There was profuse haemorrhage from the wounds on the head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Annie Harrison, 52, [Wife of] Engineer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Engineer
Age: 52
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1916
Date of death: 18 Apr 1916
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of the head of the pancreas. Secondary growth in ribs, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestines and glands. Chylous ascites
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas); Tumours (Ribs); Tumours (Lung); Tumours (Heart); Tumours (Liver, Spleen); Tumours (Kidney);Tumours (Abdomen) ; Tumours (Intestines) ; Tumours (Lymph nodes) ; Chylous ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: She had been bedridden for the last two months with pains in the shoulders, legs and epigastrium, the latter pain coming on after food and preceded by nausea and distaste.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, ribs, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and thoracic duct
Type of incident: n/a

Ellis Cox, 48, Seaman

Occupation or role: Seaman
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1898
Date of death: 19 Mar 1898
Disease (transcribed): Bronchiectasis. Excision of rib. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchiectasis (Lung); Excision (Rib); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: He began to suffer from cough eight years ago, two years afterwards spitting a large quantity of foul smelling sputum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Horace Milsome, 28, Foreman

Occupation or role: Foreman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1905
Date of death: 5 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Osteomyelitis. Septic pemphigus. Old injury to hand (healed)
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Osteomyelitis (Bones); Pemphigus (Skin); Injury (Hand)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'The onset of the illness is difficult to define. The history was as follows. Ten weeks ago he crushed 2 fingers of the right hand. These healed in 6 weeks and he was going to return to his work, but on Feb 28th he felt very ill’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, bones & joints

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Bartholomew McGhav, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1842
Date of death: 13 Dec 1842
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of thigh.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Walker, Robert Benjamin
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Banister, George
Medical notes: The thigh was amputated four hours prior to death.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Dean, 64, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1872
Date of death: 15 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of scalp. Operation. Suppuration between the bone and dura mater and between dura mater and brain
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Scalp); Operation (Scalp); Suppuration (Skull); Suppuration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Seven months before admission he had a growth removed from the left frontal region of the scalp.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

William Doydge, 76, Watchman

Occupation or role: Watchman
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1887
Date of death: 22 Mar 1887
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Broncho-pneumonia. Oedema and congestion of lungs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Edema (Lung); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Always good health. Was a night-watchman on some new buildings & slipped in the dark. Fell into a hole about 15ft deep and struck the right side of his chest. A feeble old man'

Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Beuham, 26, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Gender: Male
Age: 26
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1899
Date of death: 13 Mar 1899
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull);
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Belcher Hickman, H. R.
Medical notes: 'Not seen by S.R. [Surgical Registrar]'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident? Violence?

John Brooker, 45, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1893
Date of death: 20 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)

Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man fell off the van he was driving and was run over by it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, spinal column, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, abdomen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales, kidneys, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Joseph Ford, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1842
Date of death: 14 Jun 1842
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the Ribs. Emphysema. Extensive contusions and effusion of blood.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Emphysema (Lung); Contusions (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Tweddell, 67, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1889
Date of death: 6 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Dislocation between the fourth and fifth cervical vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: While intoxicated she slipped down several stairs and was picked up unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, neck, spine, spinal cord, thorax, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus and stomach
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Vere, 24, Grocers assistant

Occupation or role: Grocers assistant
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1882
Date of death: 8 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis. Periostitis. Pyaemia. Pleuritis. Abscesses in lungs
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Bone); Periostitis (Tissues); Pleurisy (Pleura); Abscess (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was first admitted on the 4th September 1882 with disease of the right tarsus. The disease apparently had been set up six years previously by a sprain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and miscellaneous
Type of incident: n/a

Charles De Berlin, 36, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1908
Date of death: 9 Jan 1908
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Left sided hydro-pneumo-thorax with pleurisy. Rupture of lung with subsequent gangrene. Oedema and septic pneumonia of opposite lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Hydropneumothorax (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura); Rupture (Lung); Gangrene (Lung); Oedema (Lung);Sepsis (Lung) ; Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was walking across the street and was run over by a motor. Both wheels went over the left side of his chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Rose Carter, 25, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Female
Age: 25
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1903
Date of death: 7 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Acute otitis media – Cerebro-spinal meningitis – Softening of the spinal cord – Trephining (excavation of middle ear and exploration of brain)
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Meningitis (Brain, spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Trephining (Skull);
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: 'History. 4 days before admission, patient suddenly became deaf: she was at the time softening from severe nasal catarrh. Two days later onset of severe earache, following by serous and then haemorrhagic discharge from ear. Vomiting occurred on the morning of admission. No previous trouble with ears. Influenza twice: last attack 3 years ago'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, spine
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Garrod, 29, [Wife of] Soldier

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1917
Date of death: 12 Jan 1917
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous disease of spine with angular curvature. Anaemia. Endocarditis. Influenza. Oedema of lungs. Miliary tuberculosis of lungs. Psoas abscess
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine); Spinal curvature (Spine); Anaemia (Systemic); Endocarditis (Heart); InfluenzaEdema (Lungs); Abscess (Hip);
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Sparrow, Hugh Gordon
Medical notes: 'Eighteen months ago the patient suddenly started having fits – the aura was weakness of the left side of body, followed by convulsions, consciousness throughout, much pain during the fit. She also complains of clumsiness of the left hand’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 15, Garage boy

Occupation or role: Garage boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1928
Date of death: 7 Jan 1928
Disease (transcribed): Fracture dislocation 4th cervical vertebrae. Fracture of parietal bone extending into middle fossa. Left middle meningeal haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Marnham, Ralph
Medical notes: A tree fell on his head while riding on top of a bus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, skull, brain, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, abdomen, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals and alimentary tract
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Sarah Lander, 14, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1840
Date of death: 6 Jan 1841
Disease (transcribed): Acute inflammation of the hip with secondary deposits
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Hip); Deposit (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip-joint, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Bridget Brennan, 76, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1851
Date of death: 5 Jan 1852
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Old double pleurisy. Cartilaginiform thickening of the capsule of the spleen. Bronchitis. Fracture of the neck of the thigh bone
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Thickening (Spleen); Bronchitis (Lung); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She alleged that she had suffered from cough for several years but she had been much worse for the last year and a half.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

George May, 1 year 9 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1891
Date of death: 6 Jan 1892
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Rickets
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Rickets (Bone)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This was a very rickety child which was admitted with slight bronchitis and no constitutional disturbance.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thymus, larynx, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

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