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Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1894
Date of death: 17 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted in a dying state - with a temperate of 101 degrees - not delirious - with breathing embarassed by bubbling râles, which were heard all over both sides of the chest, so as quite to obscure the heart's sounds'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hotel porter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1858
Date of death: 29 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: The complaint began about two months previous to his admission when while suffering from what he supposed to be a severe cold, he had almost continued cramp in the feet which prevented his walking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1887
Date of death: 18 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient was of a non-phthisical family & had enjoyed good health until February last. She then had a premature labour & was subsequently unable to get sufficient nourishment & obliged to work'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1884
Date of death: 18 Nov 1884
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: For six months before admission he had partially lost the control of his bladder. For several weeks he had increasing cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, bladder and prostate.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1885
Date of death: 17 Aug 1885
Disease (transcribed): Volvulas. Rupture of peritoneal coat (caecum)
Disease (standardised): Volvulus (Intestines); Rupture (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He had pains across the lower part of the abdomen with constant vomiting. He had not eaten anything unusual and there was no history of a blow or twist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, vessels, abdomen and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1865
Date of death: 16 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: Three months ago he got pains in the limbs followed by pain in the right hypochondrium and recurrence of cough with night sweats and great prostration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Sep 1893
Date of death: 12 Sep 1893
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised): n/a

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1882
Date of death: 4 Feb 1882
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: For the last ten years he had several attacks of joint pains. About a month before admission he had ‘a chill’, followed by much cough, oedema and scanty micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1859
Date of death: 15 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of aorta, bursting into the pericardium
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man had acute rheumatism ten years ago. He remained free from palpitation until about nine months ago when his heart began to fail.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1893
Date of death: 19 May 1893
Disease (transcribed): Endothelioma of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For seven or eight weeks he had been out of work and insufficiently fed. To this he was inclined to ascribe the fact that for the same length of time he had been out of health and losing flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales, spleen, pancreas, pleurae, lungs, thyroid body, larynx, pericardium and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 23 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of lower end of the oesophagus. 2ndary infiltration of cardiac orifice & end of stomach. 2ndary deposits in liver
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Oesophagus, heart, stomach); Deposit (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had good health until Feb 1887 when suddenly became unable to swallow solid food, any attempt to do so being attended by pain & regurgitation. From that date he had lived on fluids’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Oesophagus, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, pancreas, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1879
Date of death: 13 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Oedema of the glottis. Bronchitis. Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Glottis); Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Tracheotomy was performed but he died on March 13th, having coughed out the tracheotomy tube.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1884
Date of death: 10 May 1884
Disease (transcribed): Spinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About three months before admission he had a sore mouth and throat. He had much vague variable pain about the back, running down the legs and making them jump at times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Nov 1892
Date of death: 25 Jan 1893
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: This man had been in the army and visited Gibraltar and Malta, but had no foreign fevers. While in the army especially, and also afterwards, he had been a heavy drinker. Towards the end of 1892 he became jaundiced and about the same time he had sharp pain in the region of the gall bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, testes, intestines and vermiform appendix
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jun 1860
Date of death: 24 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the brain
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Attendant at lunatic asylum
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1891
Date of death: 15 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of tubercle except that a brother of the patient died of consumption in March 1891. The man had been in the army and spent 6 years in India. Soon after going to India, about 1885, he had some sort of fever which lasted 9 weeks. He appears to have had good health on the whole though he underwent some hardships in India. No scarlatina. No rheumatism. After returning to England in 1890 he became an attendant at a lunatic asylum. He was first admitted to this hospital on Dec 20th 1890 with a history of pleural stitch and shortness of breath for a month'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859
Date of death: 25 Sep 1859
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Eighteen years ago he had an attack of acute rheumatism. His health remained pretty good until Christmas when he first began to suffer from palpitation and shortness of breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1864
Date of death: 1 Jul 1864
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of urethra. Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Stricture (Urethra); Extravasation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1880
Date of death: 9 Oct 1880
Disease (transcribed): Haemoptysis. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not entered here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: N/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1864
Date of death: 13 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Spontaneous (?) pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man, who on admission was in a state of great prostration, though perfectly intelligent, stated that ten days before he had been attacked with rigors and pains about the limbs, the symptoms being sufficiently severe to send him to bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 years 3 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1880
Date of death: 13 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Membranous disease of the air passages
Disease (standardised): Disease (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient had always been a sickly child, suffering from his lungs. About two months before admission he was laid up with inflammation of the lungs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Air passages, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1862
Date of death: 24 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Typhous fever
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He had complained of pain in his head, cough and expectoration for one month.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1862
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Suffocation from false teeth
Disease (standardised): Asphyxia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: It was stated that he was running along when his foot slipped and he fell to the ground.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest, pharynx and spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1865
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Many injuries. Death from ‘shock’
Disease (standardised): Injury (General); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was reported to have fallen a distance of forty feet, a ton of building material having fallen on top of him and crushed him, in consequence of a scaffold breaking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1876
Date of death: 13 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal stricture
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man said he had a hernia for two years, ever since which he had had abdominal pain and great weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver and intestines
Type of incident: n/a