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Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1864
Date of death: 25 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'A large-framed man, deeply jaundiced, a cabdriver representing himself as of very sober habits. He had noticed the yellow colour of his skin for two weeks and had formerly had an attack of jaundice lasting for two months at the beginning of the year’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commisioner
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1861
Date of death: 31 Oct 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had only been ill for three or four days and during this time he had fallen down several times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1854
Date of death: 6 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Oct 1859
Date of death: 21 Nov 1859
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the kidneys. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 child had measles five years ago. Some time after this he fell down stairs and was supposed to have injured his spine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1853
Date of death: 5 Dec 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: He was admitted with pretty severe haemoptysis of about a week.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 13 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Chronic peritonitis. Ascites. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ascites (Peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'A man of dissipated habits, and reckless character, who reported that his illness had commenced 3 months ago with severe diarrhoea accompanied by munch abdominal pain for which he had been under treatment, and his complaints were supposed to be inflammation. His stomach soon began to swell, and has been enlarged ever since; subsequently the legs also swelled, and are now rather oedematous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 April 1855
Date of death: 3 Sep 1855
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased Heart
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A married woman who began to feel indisposed during last winter. She took cold and experienced pain in her left side and shortness of breath. Five weeks previous to admission the belly became dropsical and she had much oedema of the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1846
Date of death: 29 Nov 1846
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis Pulmonalis. Old pleuritic adhesions. Turbid serum in pericardium. Enlarged liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Serum (Heart); Enlarged (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted giving a decided history of Phthisis Pulmonalis. She had suffered from cough for four months, accompanied throughout by profuse expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1854
Date of death: 2 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1866
Date of death: 27 Aug 1866
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The only history of cough obtained in this case was first for two weeks only during the previous winter and again for eight weeks before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: With parents
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1864
Date of death: 17 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient, a healthy-looking girl with dark hair and coloured cheeks, was admitted with symptoms resembling fever. She had been taken five days before with vomiting and severe headache, and had since kept her bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1853
Date of death: 28 Nov 1853
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Scrofulous deposit in peritoneum and omentum. Ulceration intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: She thought she had been quite well and strong three months ago but had lost flesh much during her illness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1849
Date of death: 6 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Hydrocephalus. Phthisis. Tubercles & vomicae in both lungs, & beneath the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Hydrocephalus (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs, peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This lad had been an in-patient of the hospital with pain of the head, which it was alleged had existed only a fortnight previously’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Aug 1857
Date of death: 16 Oct 1857
Disease (transcribed): Dysentery. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Dysentery (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He had been ill since the beginning the last April with continued looseness of the bowels, pain and tenderness over the belly, especially about the umbilical region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Sep 1858
Date of death: 13 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Scrofula
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: n/a
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]
Gender: Female
Age: 23
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1854
Date of death: 4 Sep 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: n/a
Physician: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Post mortem notes: n/a

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1867
Date of death: 3 Oct 1867
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomica opening into pleura
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Vomica (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had suffered from pain in the right shoulder for three weeks with slight cough and a bad appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1849
Date of death: 4 Dec 1849
Disease (transcribed): Spotted fever. Anaemia & exhaustion. Brain healthy, lungs & heart healthy
Disease (standardised): Spotted fever (Systemic); Anaemia (Systemic); Exhaustion
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was unable to answer any questions put to her or even to put out her tongue. She seemed to hear but not to comprehend what was said to her. She occasionally nodded her head in assent when offered anything to drink, but she had generally a very vacant expression of countenance & lay quite mute with considerable tetanic spasm of the muscles of the arms & trunk’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1861
Date of death: 9 Oct 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Eight weeks before his admission this patient had suffered from severe pain in his right side, difficulty breathing, a cough and expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1849
Date of death: 31 Jan 1849
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Vomicae. Blind fistula. Peritoneal inflammation. Ulceration of ileum
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Fistula; Inflammation (Peritoneum); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under the care of the surgeon with fistula in ano, for the purpose of operation. He was sent on the 26th to see the physician to enquire into the state of his chest, when he was found to have had cough & shortness of breath for some time [and] to be much emaciated, with night-sweats, and all the ordinary symptoms of phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 49
Date of admission: 30 Aug 1854
Date of death: 30 Aug 1854
Disease (transcribed): Cholera
Disease (standardised): Cholera (Intestines)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted at 11am four hours after symptoms of cholera declared themselves. He stated that he had been in perfect health until that morning, but his wife reported that he had been purged four or five days. He was found by a neighbour lying in the park, & was sick & purged several times before they could get him to the hospital’
Post mortem notes: 'This body was not examined’

Type of injury: n/a

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1861
Date of death: 4 Oct 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

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