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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1870
Date of death: 6 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Slight stricture of urethra. Cystitis. Pyelitis. Bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Cystitis (Bladder); Pyelitis (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung)
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 when admitted was in an extremely exhausted condition and was unable to pass his water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1870
Date of death: 25 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Syphilitic affection of the larynx and liver. Nephritis.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Syphilis (Larynx, Liver); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had contracted syphilis ten years before. Two years before admission, ulceration of the throat commenced which had never healed and a tumour on the side of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, spleen, kidneys, bladder and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1870
Date of death: 29 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the breast. Encephaloid growth in lung, bronchial and pelvic glands.
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Breast); Carcinoma (Lung); Carcinoma (Lymph Nodes)
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 woman was brought to the Hospital exhausted by loss of blood from a cancer of the breast.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General Servant
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1870
Date of death: 9 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and Bronchitis. Large cyst formed by dilatation of the back of the pelvis of the right kidney.
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Kidney); Cysts (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: On admission, the patient stated that she was suffering from the effects of being knocked down by a cab a fortnight previously and that she had had pain in the abdomen ever since. The accident apparently first called her attention to an abdominal tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, bones and joints, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1869
Date of death: 14 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Caries of head of humerus. Excision. Acute Tuberculosis.
Disease (standardised): Caries (Arm); Excision (Arm); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had for two years had stiffness and pain about the right shoulder, and nine months before admission an abscess had burst below the shoulder. He was also subject to a dry cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1870
Date of death: 7 Jul 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pulmonary congestion. Old inguinal hernia.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Lung); Hernia (Abdomen)
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 patient was admitted with an old hernia which was unable to reduce.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 78
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1870
Date of death: 3 Aug 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Pleurisy. Impacted fracture of the femur in process of union.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted on account of a large bed sore over the sacrum. He had been bed ridden for several months after an injury to the hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1870
Date of death: 23 Aug 1870
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left arm. Comminuted fracture of right femur. Phthisis.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm); Fracture (Leg); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: An iron girder fell of this man. He had been previously in bad health and for a week had been coughing up blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1870
Date of death: 1 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary Phthisis. Diseased elbow joint.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Elbow Joint)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with caries and abscess of the right elbow joint, and was also far advanced in Phthisis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones and joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1870
Date of death: 16 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
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 was admitted on account of a sloughing ulcer of the leg. She also had some bronchitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1870
Date of death: 29 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Acute Tuberculosis.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 was admitted with pain in the right thigh which she attributed to a strain. A few days after admission symptoms of acute tuberculosis developed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coach Painter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1870
Date of death: 12 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis. Peritonitis. Morbus genii.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John
Medical notes: This man had had pain in the right knee for six years. It gradually enlarged with increasing pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, intestines, bones and joints, and glands. The post mortem was from Dr Cavafy's notes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jul 1870
Date of death: 15 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Recto-vaginal fistula. Operation. Pleurisy.
Disease (standardised): Fistula (Rectum, Vagina); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering. Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had been operated on for a fistular in ano five years before admission, the wound never having quite healed. Her mother and sister had died of phthisis, but she herself had no cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1870
Date of death: 26 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Wound of Pleura. Pneumothorax.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Wound (Pleura); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a cab, the wheels of which passed over his chest. On admission he was a good deal collapsed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1870
Date of death: 19 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Amputation through the knee joint. Pleurisy (pyaemia?) Early lardaceous disease.
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Knee joint); Pleurisy (Pleura); Sepsis (Systemic); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had for two years observed a tumour on part of the left tibia which had gradually enlarged, with increasing pain. She had vomited blood two months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 32
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1869
Date of death: 28 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of Vagina and Rectum. Peritonitis. Pleuritis.
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Vagina, Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient was admitted following her a severe labour with her first child.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Dec 1870
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of lung.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This child was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, lungs, heart, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1870
Date of death: 24 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary Phthisis. Tubercular disease of the kidneys.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had been rapidly emaciating, with cough and expectoration for six months, and for five months had suffered with increasing pain and frequency of micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx and thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1870
Date of death: 23 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Suicidal wound of throat.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Sep 1869
Date of death: 8 Jan 1870
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid Cancer of the Peritoneum, spreading to the Liver and Kidneys. Bronchitis. Femoral Hernia.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen, Liver, Kidney); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient gave various accounts of herself but it seemed probable that in January 1869 she was operated on for a strangulated inguinal hernia, which was followed by sloughing of the bowel and the formation of an abscess.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas and hernia
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1870
Date of death: 9 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Morbus Cordis. Superficial ulcer of right foot.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Foot)
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 had had an inflamed foot for a fortnight, no cause known.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1870
Date of death: 27 Mar 1870
Disease (transcribed): Hydatid cysts in the substance of the sacrum and deep muscles of the back. Pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Echinococcosis (Spine); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had a swelling form over the back of the right thigh, which gradually increased without pain and burst three months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, bones and muscles
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1871
Date of death: 20 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of tongue. Operation. Exhaustion. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Tongue); Operation; Exhaustion; Pleurisy (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Three months before admission he first noticed pain on left side of tongue when eating. This increased and a tumour appeared and grew rapidly in that position. No history of cancer in family. No history of syphilis. Health generally good’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, fauces, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1871
Date of death: 21 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Scrofula. Scrofulous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This child had been vaccinated 2 months before admission in three places on left arm. All became sore in a fortnight and remained open six weeks. There was no history of ‘snuffles’. The mother said she had one other child, which was healthy, but that it had a rash about head and face when about seventeen months old. The mother had frontal headache, but no rash, nor other signs of syphilis. Hair not thin. Father said to have died four months before, from ‘consumption’. Before marriage he had eruption on legs’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints, glands

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1871
Date of death: 16 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of the oesophagus. Pressure of cancerous glands on root of left lung. Gangrene. Hydropneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Oesophagus); Disease (Lungs); Gangrene Hydropneumothorax (Lungs)

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 man had good health till 5 or 6 months before admission, when he noticed a soreness on the gullet when swallowing solid food’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a