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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1975
Date of death: 14 Jul 1875
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman had been an out patient for some time with cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1876
Date of death: 18 Jul 1876
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema of lungs. Cardiac hypertrophy
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman had been subject for some years to winter cough. The present attack had commenced about then weeks before admission with cough and spitting followed by dyspnoea and general dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, gall bladder and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bus driver
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1876
Date of death: 1 Jul 1876
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The only history that could be got for this man was that he had had cough and cold for nine months, getting gradually worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jun 1876
Date of death: 25 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Grey hepatization of lungs
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: When admitted this patient had urgent orthopnoea, some blueness of face, cough and scanty yellow frothy sputum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1876
Date of death: 23 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): General inflammation of serous cavities. Pleural, pericardial and peritoneal. Scarlet fever?
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Pleura); Inflammation (Pericardium); Inflammation (Peritoneum); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman said she had been ill for a week with pain in the back and catching pain on breathing, swelling and stooping.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butcher
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1876
Date of death: 29 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy. Mitral contraction. Pulmonary congestion
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was first admitted in December 17th 1873 with acute rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1876
Date of death: 21 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular fibrosis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said he had had cough and spitting with wasting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Platelayer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jun 1876
Date of death: 16 Oct 1876
Disease (transcribed): Spinal disease with empyema and pleurisy from communication with the thorax on the right side
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Empyema (Pleura); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Six months before admission the patient was attacked with sickness and general malaise, and for a short time had pain in the right iliac region and some diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, abdomen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Whitesmith
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jun 1876
Date of death: 12 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary hepatization
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: Some time before his admission this patient felt drowsy and fell down in a fit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, heart, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 May 1876
Date of death: 1 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax. Cirrhosis. Cardiac dilatation. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lung); Cirrhosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman said she had had cough, spitting, dyspnoea, palpitation and oedema of the legs on and off for two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, kidney and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 May 1876
Date of death: 21 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman who was very deaf, said that she had been in good health until the previous Saturday when her face had become red and painful.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1876
Date of death: 15 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a dying condition with a history of gradually increasing paraplegia for two months and delirium for two days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1876
Date of death: 13 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This child was said to have had whooping cough a year ago and measles shortly before admission. When she came in she complained of pain in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brains and mesenteric glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 May 1876
Date of death: 21 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Fibrous degeneration of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Fibrosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: For the last twenty eight years this man said he had generally had a cough in hard winter. The cough had been persistent and accompanied by wasting and night sweats.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, heart and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1876
Date of death: 7 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lung. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman said that six years before her admission she had had rheumatic fever followed by dropsy which had recurred occasionally since, generally after confinement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1876
Date of death: 27 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Hydrothorax right side
Disease (standardised): Hydrothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said he had had cough for the last ten days, with pain in the right side and dyspnoea for the last four.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleural cavity, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1876
Date of death: 15 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: No very accurate history was obtained of this girl. It was at first said that she had been ill for three weeks, two of which she had been confined to bed, but it appeared afterwards that she had all her life been subject to cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, peritoneum and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1876
Date of death: 21 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Granular disease of liver and kidney
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said he had been subject to cough and spitting for five or six years and had pain in the feet and legs for two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1876
Date of death: 11 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Grey hepatisation of the left lung
Disease (standardised): Disease (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was first admitted under Mr Carter with a history that a considerable quantity of brine had been thrown in his eyes shortly before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, heart and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1876
Date of death: 7 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said he had had a little cough and spitting occasionally during the last two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and mesenteric glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1876
Date of death: 3 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of the lungs. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said he had been in good health until three weeks before his admission, since when he had had cough, spitting and gradually increasing dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1876
Date of death: 3 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Tubercle
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man said he had been in good health until a fortnight before his admission, at which time he had a tooth abscess which was followed by some suppuration and several rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1876
Date of death: 25 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous gland of mesentery. Acute tuberculosis of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Mesentery); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This girl said that she had had pain in the left side with cough and spitting, wasting and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and mesentery
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1876
Date of death: 25 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid inflammation of intestines. Empyema and pneumothorax right side
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Intestine); Empyema (Pleura); Pneumothorax (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This boy was admitted with a history of headache and abdominal pain with looseness of the bowels for five days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleural cavities, heart, liver and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1876
Date of death: 5 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis of lungs
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This man was first admitted in June 1875 with haemoptysis which had then lasted two days. At that time he was spitting up a quantity of light frothy blood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a