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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: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: About 40
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1899
Date of death: 30 Jun 1899
Disease (transcribed): Syphiloma of heart
Disease (standardised): Granuloma (Heart); Syphilis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranial cavity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1910
Date of death: 1 Mar 1910
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis. Tubercular peritonitis. Generalized tuberculosis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
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 necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Gender: Female
Age: 15 months
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1906
Date of death: 2 Oct 1906
Disease (transcribed): Extensive scalds. Shock. ? Toxaemia
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Shock (Systemic); Toxaemia (Blood);
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'The child got under a stream of boiling water which was being poured from a kettle into a bath'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1890
Date of death: 27 Aug 1890
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was brought from the Victoria Hospital with the history that it had had whooping cough a month previously. Te child was found rickety, with protuberant tympanitic abdomen, and sore enlargement of ends of bone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Intestines, liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, genital organs, kidneys, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, cervical glands, thyroid gland, pericardium, brain, eyes and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Taxi driver
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1918
Date of death: 9 Oct 1918
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic fever. Acute endocarditis & myocarditis. Pericardial adhesions
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever; Endocarditis (Heart); Myocarditis (Heart); Adhesion (Pericardium)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Medical notes: Pain in legs & feet 10 days ago'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Bootmaker
Gender: Female
Age: 1 9/12
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1906
Date of death: 17 Nov 1906
Disease (transcribed): Scalds. Toxaemia. Suffocation from inhaled vomit
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Toxaemia (Blood); Asphyxia (Respiratory system); Vomiting (Stomach);
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'The child upset a kettle of boiling water over herself. When admitted she was very collapsed, and there was extensive scalding mainly of the 2nd degrees over the back – Rt [Right] side of chest and R. [Right] arm and about the face'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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: [Child of] Electrician
Age: 1 week
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1920
Date of death: 24 Jun 1920
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction and peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen);
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: L.C.H.
Post mortem examination performed by: Pleele
Medical notes: 'Child was admitted with the history of having passed no motion since birth. The child was very wasted and the abdomen distended. No tumour was found'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, lungs, liver, spleen, adrenals, kidneys, pancreas, uterus, ovaries, stomach, small intestines, large gut, anus

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Music teacher
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1915
Date of death: 25 Apr 1915
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous peritonitis. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Surgical Register 624/1915
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Groom
Gender: Female
Age: 3
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1899
Date of death: 19 Jul 1899
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative peritonitis. Double purulent pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Suppuration (Abdomen, lung); Pleurisy (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Inspector
Age: 18 / 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1904
Date of death: 21 Jan 1905
Disease (transcribed): ?Empyema
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No necropsy’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1905
Date of death: 24 Sep 1905
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous cervix uteri. Puerpural septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Uterus); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dakin, William Radford
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Robertson, Henry
Medical notes: 'Delivered Sept 17th of a full-term male child, the subject of ectopia viscerum, which survived birth 24 hours. Practitioner in attendance diagnosed a vertex presentation when called to the case, and left under the impression that delivery was not imminent: within 2 hours the child was born in his absence’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, genital tract

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Waiter
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1914
Date of death: 18 Apr 1914
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous ulceration of bowels. Acute pneumonic phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: A full time, bottle fed child. She had rapid wasting for three months despite treatment, absolute loss of appetite and irritability. ‘Does not come of Tuberculosis stock.’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, ureter, and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Tram driver
Age: 1 year 5 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1912
Date of death: 19 Jul 1912
Disease (transcribed): Empyema. Caseous tuberculosis of mediastinal glands. Collapse and bronchopneumonia. Tuberculous ulceration of small intestine. Miliary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Medical notes: The child had cough and sweats with tendency to vomit and general weakness for three months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, mediastinal glands, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary tract
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Motor driver
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1910
Date of death: 23 Oct 1910
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for one week. Respiration became rapid two days before admission and the patient gradually became worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, adrenals and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1897
Date of death: 13 Feb 1897
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: 'Child one of triplets, other two dead, always delicate, Ill for ten days on admission, another child has whooping whooping [sic] cough and mother said patient had whooped much worse for three days before admission with cough, complained of pain in chest, Diarrhoea, Vomited several times a day'

Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 25(?)
Date of admission: 11 Sep 1899
Date of death: 29 Sep 1899
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs and intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung, intestines);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1871
Date of death: 10 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with profuse haemoptysis from which he had suffered for eight days. There had been a similar attack three years previously. No physical examination was made. He continued to spit up much florid blood & died exhausted two days after admission’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Seaman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1915
Date of death: 13 Dec 1915
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic caries of skull. Gummatous pachymeningitis. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Caries (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For three and a half months he had complained of pains in many joints, especially the right shoulder, and for seven weeks he had been invalided on account of loss of power in the right arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1880
Date of death: 27 Feb 1880
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis, with fibrosis and tubercles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For the last ten years he had been subject to winter cough and spitting which had grown much worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845
Date of death: 7 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella. Erysipelas, with diffuse cellular inflammation of leg & suppuration in knee joint. Secondary deposits in lungs with pleurisy & pneumonia, & bronchitis. Deposition, apparently of lymph, in cortical structure of one kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Leg); Deposit (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'He was first admitted on the 4th of March with a transverse fracture of the right patella, caused by direct violence. When admitted there was some swelling but no pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1886
Date of death: 7 Oct 1886
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis (tubercular disease of the lungs. Cavities)
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cavities (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles. Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had been out of work since March 1886 and much exposed to cold and short of food. Nine months ago he was quite well but then began to be ill with a cough which he had not since lost.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, small intestines and mesenteric glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 18 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1886
Date of death: 4 Aug 1886
Disease (transcribed): Tabes mesenterica
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The child was healthy up to three months of age, when his abdomen was noticed to be large and had gradually enlarged since. Emaciation for six months followed, with vomiting, fretfulness and failure of appetite.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, cerebral membranes and brain
Type of incident: n/a