Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 42 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Oct 1850 Date of death: 15 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the scrotum, perineum and thigh. Diffuse cellular inflammation Disease (standardised): Wound (Scrotum); Wound (Perineum); Wound (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was standing at the bottom of a foundation and was struck down and buried by a mass of loose earth and bricks falling on him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 57 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Oct 1850 Date of death: 6 Nov 1850 Disease (transcribed): Abscess over the knee. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The body not being examined the history of the case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 28 Gender: Male Date of admission: 18 Nov 1850 Date of death: 19 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lungs emphysematous anteriorly. Congested posteriorly. Heart dilated. Fluid in pericardium. Kidneys small and granular. Dropsy Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Congestion (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: The dropsical symptoms with this patient were only of three weeks date before admission, but he had suffered from palpitation of the heart and shortness of breath during four years past. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Dec 1850 Date of death: 24 Dec 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Enlarged heart. Granular kidneys. Recent pleurisy, pericarditis and peritonitis Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient who had some time previously been in the Hospital with a similar illness to her present one, stated that she had been now for some weeks suffering from swelling of the legs followed by distention of the abdomen. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 45 Gender: Female Date of admission: 12 Mar 1849 Date of death: 14 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Operation. Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Operation (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with symptoms of strangulated hernia of 4 days’ duration. A femoral hernia of the right side had existed for more than two years, but she had never worn a truss or experienced any inconvenience from it until the 8th of March. She was then seized with vomiting, & griping pains in the belly’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 16 Mar 1849 Date of death: 22 Mar 1849 Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg 1 week’s duration. Pneumonia. Extensive deposit of urate of soda in knee & ankle joints. Granular kidneys Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Pneumonia (Lungs); Deposit (Joints); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a simple oblique fracture of the tibia & fibula of the right side, situated a short distance above the ankle joint. The limb was put up with a splint on either side, & for the two following days he appeared to be doing well; but on the 19th he complained of slight rheumatism, from which he stated he had been a ‘martyr for years’ and the fingers of both his hands exhibited considerable distortion from his previous attacks’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 22 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Dec 1848 Date of death: 22 May 1849 Disease (transcribed): Caries & abscess of the hip joint Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Abscess (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'About the middle of September last this patient contracted syphilis & became in consequence an out-patient of the Lock Hospital. He had a primary sore on the penis & a bubo in each groin. He was put under the influence of mercury & five weeks afterwards (his mouth being still sore), he began to feel pain in the left hip & knee & walked lame. Five or six days afterwards he became disabled & was made an in-patient at the Lock. In about a fortnight afterward some enlargement had taken place around the joint, & an issue was made just behind the trochanter major’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 50 Gender: n/a Date of admission: 9 Jul 1849 Date of death: 25 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of the leg. Extensive suppuration, sloughing of post-tibial artery. Haemorrhage Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the history of this case is not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'This body was not examined’
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Aug 1849 Date of death: 27 Sep 1849 Disease (transcribed): Inflammation & abscess of the tibia. Ulcerated cartilage of the right knee. Amputation. Inflammation & pus in femoral vein. Pleurisy. Secondary deposits in the right lung Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Ulcer (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This boy struck his right knee against a pitcher which he was carrying in his hand. He felt but little pain at the time but the next day the knee was painful & swollen & he was brought to the hospital. He had then much fever, his pulse very frequent but without power. His mother stated that three weeks before he was laid up with erysipelas and that he was still in bad health at the time of the accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right thigh
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 1 Oct 1849 Date of death: 1 Oct 1849 Disease (transcribed): Effusion of blood into the spinal canal. Fracture of the pelvis. Fracture of the femur Disease (standardised): Effusion (Spinal canal); Fracture (Pelvis, thigh) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This woman threw herself out of the attic window of a two-sory house and was picked up insensible but on admission shortly after the receipt of the injury she had completely recovered her sense, but she was cold & collapsed, her pulse scarcely perceptible’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, pelvis, right lower extremity
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 12 Gender: Male Date of admission: 30 Sep 1849 Date of death: 6 Oct 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the pelvis. Rupture of the anterior wall of the bladder. Extravasation of urine in both thighs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Rupture (Bladder) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted in collapse at 11 1/2am having early in the morning of the preceding day received a severe contusion across the hypogastrium & left groin. It appeared that in climbing some iron railings they gave way & caused him to fall with the railings’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 37 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 Oct 1849 Date of death: 8 Oct 1849 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the thigh. No disease of the vertebrae, hip or sacro-iliac joints Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thigh) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, a thin, unhealthy-looking woman, was admitted with a very large abscess situated in the right gluteal region. It had been forming for about three weeks or a month’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 63 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Nov 1849 Date of death: 20 Nov 1849 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of the pelvis. Laceration of the femoral vein Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Laceration (Thigh) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient, a master builder, whilst superintending the construction of a house, fell from a ladder & was precipitated from a height of nearly 40 feet into the area below. In the fall he struck against the railings which surrounded the area, from the spikes of which the punctured wound which he had received, and are described in the account of the post mortem appearances, were inflicted’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Dec 1849 Date of death: 4 Jan 1850 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Sprain of ankle. Fever. Coma Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Sprain (Foot); Fever (Systemic); Coma (Brain) ; Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of the case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Nov 1849 Date of death: 6 Jan 1850 Disease (transcribed): Enlargement of the femur. Abscesses in thigh. Diarrhoea Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Leg); Abscess (Leg); Diarrhoea (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 11 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Feb 1850 Date of death: 2 Mar 1850 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of face and disease of the hip joint Disease (standardised): Abscess (Face); Disease (Hip) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: No history could be obtained of this case. The child was admitted with a very large abscess occupying the whole of the left side of the face. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Coal heaver Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jan 1850 Date of death: 5 Mar 1850 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur (right) and compound fracture of the right leg Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the right leg and simple comminuted fracture of the femur caused a short time previously by the wheels of a heavily laden waggon passing over the limb. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis and right lower extremity Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 21 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 Apr 1850 Date of death: 19 May 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound on left tibia. Secondary deposits Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Deposits (Indeterminate) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient had a lacerated wound of the left leg caused by the wheel of a carriage. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left shoulder and left lower extremity Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 46 Gender: Female Date of admission: 8 May 1850 Date of death: 22 Jun 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased kidneys. Dilated heart. Emphysema of lungs. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient had begun to suffer from swelling of the legs about Christmas. The abdomen had subsequently swollen and latterly sometimes her face and hands. She suffered from dyspnoea and complained of palpitation of the heart. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 50 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Jun 1850 Date of death: 5 Jul 1850 Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wounds of the leg. Diffuse cellular inflammation Disease (standardised): Wound (Leg); Inflammation (Leg) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man was admitted with three lacerated wounds of the leg caused by falling through a sky light. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 Jun 1850 Date of death: 8 Jul 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Heart large. Kidneys granular Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This man, who had an excessively cachectic appearance, stated that he had been subject to gout for eighteen or nineteen years, but that he had only become dropsical during the last six weeks. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 12 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Aug 1850 Date of death: 24 Aug 1850 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the thigh (amputation). Comminuted fracture of the lower jaw. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Fracture (Jaw) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: As the body was not examined the history of the case is not given. Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Sep 1850 Date of death: 28 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: A week before this patient's admission he was pushed down and fell violently on the right hip. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 34 Gender: Male Date of admission: 9 Oct 1850 Date of death: 29 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Heart enlarged. Nutmeg liver. Kidneys granular, cysted. Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Enlarged (Heart); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: This patient was originally admitted under the care of Dr Bence Jones on the 7th August last when it appeared that his legs had been swelling for some time. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and pelvis Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: 10 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 May 1849 Date of death: 2 Jun 1849 Disease (transcribed): Wound of the thigh. Sloughing phagedaena. Tetanus. Congested blood vessels of the membranes of the cord. Cord & brain healthy. Increased vascularity of the nerves Disease (standardised): Wound (Thigh); Phagedena (Tissues); Tetanus (Systemic); Congestion (Spinal cord) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry Medical notes: 'This boy, in attempting to jump from a bridge over the Paddington Canal into a boat, lacerated his thigh upon an iron spike. He was admitted an hour afterwards, having lost much blood since the accident’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, left lower extremity