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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 7 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 79
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1870
Date of death: 29 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Senile delirium.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Delirium (Brain)
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.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Horse breaker
Age: 71
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1857
Date of death: 25 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Wound of the meningeal artery. Blood in the ocular conjunctiva from fracture into the sphenoidal fissure. Blood in the lateral ventricle
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This man was riding a restive horse in Hyde Park and was thrown, falling on his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and right clavicle
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1871
Date of death: 5 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the base of the skull. Fractured femur
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, femur)

Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'The boy fell from a window 15 feet. When admitted was sensible, there was a bruise over left eyebrow, and subconjunctival ecchymosis on left side. Also a fracture of left femur’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 83
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1884
Date of death: 23 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of cervical spine between 5th and 6th bones
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The patient died a few hours after admission and was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1879
Date of death: 14 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient fell from some timber a height of about twenty feet and was taken up senseless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860
Date of death: 2 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Angular curvature of the spine. Caries of sacrum
Disease (standardised): Spinal curvature (Spine); Caries (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from weakness of the back for four years before her admission. About 18 months before admission she noticed projection of the spine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1858
Date of death: 13 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull, sternum & ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull, sternum, ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1853
Date of death: 25 Apr 1853
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine. Compression of the spinal cord. Extravasation of blood in cord
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Extravasation (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man fell from a scaffold an hour before his admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 1 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatic arthritis of hip. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Hip); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man stated that 4 months before his admission he was pushing a carriage into a coach house, when he felt something give way in his left knee. The following morning the left hip was […] swollen, & the thigh became perfectly black, as if from a severe bruise’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 70
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1853
Date of death: 1 Apr 1854
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fracture of the upper part of the femur. Adherent pericardium. Pleural adhesions & friable condensed state of the lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Pleura, lung)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This old man was admitted near the close of last year, in consequence of an accident (a fall of about 10ft from a ladder), in which he had injured the left thigh bone’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857
Date of death: 20 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Laceration of the brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: It was supposed that this man fell from a light scaffolding over a doorway which he was decorating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1875
Date of death: 21 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the left leg. Congestion and oedema of the lungs. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Oedema (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient fell from a loft about six feet from the ground while in a state of slight intoxication.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, cerebrum, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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

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

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 75
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1860
Date of death: 31 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fractured radius. Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman was stooping down to pick something off the floor, when she overbalanced herself & fell on her left hand & side of her face, fracturing the radius’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1872
Date of death: 11 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. Excision of the joint. Amputation. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Excision (Hip); Amputation (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This child was admitted with hip disease of about two years duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1861
Date of death: 21 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of the brain. Fractured ribs and pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The man shortly before admission fell twenty feet of a scaffold onto the ground, with bricks and pieces of wood falling with him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1855
Date of death: 11 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the Pelvis. Rupture of the Urethra
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted following a mass of stone falling on his back and crushing him against another stone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1858
Date of death: 25 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Disease of os calcis. Secondary deposit in heart, lungs &c
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heel bone); Deposit (Heart, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right foot, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1877
Date of death: 7 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Abscess under scalp. Extravasation and abscess under dura mater. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Abscess (Scalp); Extravasation (Meninges); Abscess (Meninges); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient fell 23 feet from a scaffold on to some flagstone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain and lungs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1861
Date of death: 24 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the skull, with depression. ? Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was admitted having fallen off a scaffold, some bricks falling with him, and striking the right side of the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1854
Date of death: 21 Mar 1854
Disease (transcribed): Injury from a fall. Fractured skull. Lacerated brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitting doctor: Johnson, Henry Charles
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man (who was of great size & weight) had fallen from a height of about 8ft on to the ground. There was no one with him at the time & it was not known how long he had been lying there when found’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of injury: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1857
Date of death: 12 Apr 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine. Scalp wound. Old disease of kidneys and uterine organs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Wound (Scalp); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Wintle, Frederic J.W.
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This woman was brought to the hospital in a state of concussion, the history was that she had thrown herself from a second floor window.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1855
Date of death: 9 Mar 1855
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Effusion of blood in the arachnoid cavity and in the meshes of the pia mater. Fracture of the rib. Wound of the Lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Effusion (Meninges); Fracture (Rib); Wound (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was brought in to the Hospital in a dying state, having suffered extensive injuries from a fall which crushed his body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident