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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1870
Date of death: 8 Feb 1870
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of Urethra. Operation with Holts dilator. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Sepsis (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: The patient had had stricture, which followed gonorrhoea for 26 years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium, organs of generation and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Gender: Male
Age: 57
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1906
Date of death: 1 Sep 1906
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhae (Brain); Liver cirrhosis (Liver);
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Admitted in comatose state with right hemiplegia. F.H. [Family History] – Not obtained. P.H. [Previous History] – No previous illness. Heavy drinker. P.I. [Present Illness] – Three hours before admission when chopping wood fell to ground unconscious. Had been in good health up to then. No history of cortical discharge at onset'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1908
Date of death: 22 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis of lumbar spine. Psoas abscess (acute)
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Spriggs, Edmund Ivens
Medical notes: Fourteen days before admission the patient had noticed a pain in the small of her back when walking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1893
Date of death: 11 Aug 1893
Disease (transcribed): Old empyema. Purulent pleurisy, pericarditis and peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Suppuration (Systemic); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen);

Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: Seven weeks before admission this patient was seized with pain in the right side of the chest which felt like a knife cutting him on breathing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right pleura, pericardium, abdomen, brain and membranes
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: Kitchen maid
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1919
Date of death: 12 Jul 1919
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of stomach. Ulceration of stomach and intestines. Secondary growth in lungs and spleen
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Stomach); Ulcer (Stomach); Ulcer (Intestines); Tumour (Lung); Tumour (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ellis, Harold
Medical notes: There was pain in the left side of the abdomen which she had had for two years, and a rash on the legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, peritoneum, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, pancreas and kidneys
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: [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: [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: [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: [Wife of] Soldier
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1916
Date of death: 6 Nov 1916
Disease (transcribed): Septic metritis after parturition. Grave anaemia. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Metritis (Uterus); Parturition (Uterus); Anaemia (Systemic ); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Stabb, Arthur Francis
Medical examination performed by: Roy, Donald Whatley
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with haemorrhage and temperature following confinement nine weeks before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Milk carrier
Age: 3 days
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1908
Date of death: 7 Mar 1908
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral congestion. Convulsions
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Seizures (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The child was born in the hospital. The presentation was unreduced occipito posterior but the labour was fairly easy and instruments were not used.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, heart, alimentary canal, liver, kidneys, spleen, generative organs, skull and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Postman
Age: 7 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Apr 1912
Date of death: 2 May 1912
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal inflammation of stomach and intestines. Wasting. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Stomach); Inflammation (Intestines); Wasting (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: This child had a cough for fourteen days with occasional convulsions.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder 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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1910
Date of death: 25 Jun 1910
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of aneurysm of left middle cerebral artery. Unruptured aneurysm of right middle cerebral artery. Food in trachea. Tumour of stomach wall
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Arteries); Rupture (Arteries); Foreign bodies (Trachea); Cancer (Stomach)
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 was found by the police lying on the ground. He was unable to speak and his right face and side were twitching.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, pancreas, bladder, alimentary canal, cranium and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1902
Date of death: 16 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Multiple fractures (2 compound). Petechial haemorrhages in heart wall on inner surface
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm); Fracture (Leg); Purpura (Heart); Haemorrhage (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1915
Date of death: 9 Dec 1915
Disease (transcribed): Appendix abscess. Removal of appendix. Septic infarct of lung. Empyema (drained). Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Appendix); Removal (Appendix); Infarction (Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He had pain in the right side of the abdomen for three days and vomiting the last two days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1851
Date of death: 5 Jun 1851
Disease (transcribed): Apoplexy. Clot found in centre of base, arteries atheromatous, fluid in ventricles. Large heart. Left kidney large, coarse. Right kidney dilated, sacculated
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Clot (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Blood vessels); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'This patient, who was coachman to the Turkish ambassador, was observed on the morning of the 5th to have fallen back on his box in a fit. He was lifted down & placed in a cab, and reached the hospital from ½ an hour to 1 hour after. He had been very sick, & continued to vomit after his admission, endangering his suffocation in his unconscious state’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

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: Pensioner
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1880
Date of death: 1 Jul 1880
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous cellulitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Tissues); Cellulitis (Tissues); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: For many years ulcers had existed on both legs, and at some times the skin around became inflamed and eczematous. A week before admission he received a slight blow on the right leg
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right leg, lungs ,heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
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: Clerk
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1914
Date of death: 24 Sep 1914
Disease (transcribed): Acute haemorrhagic and necrotising pancreatitis. General peritonitis. Jejuno-sigmoidostomy
Disease (standardised): Pancreatitis (Pancreas); Haemorrhage (Pancreas); Necrosis (Pancreas); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Jejuno-sigmoidostomy (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: On the morning of admission the patient had severe abdominal pain followed by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a