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Occupation or role: Gentleman's Servant
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1850
Date of death: 30 Apr 1850
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. False membrane lining peritoneum studded with tubercles. Old adhesions of pleura. Ulcers in small intestine. Tubercle in kidney
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This man stated on his admission that he had been more of less out of health for two years past. He had suffered a good deal form pain at the epigastrium and flatulent distension.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1850
Date of death: 11 May 1850
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of the hand and arm from a punctured wound of the throat. Secondary abscess
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm); Wound (Pharynx); Abscess (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: The body not being examined the case is not recorded.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body was not examined at the request of the friends
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1850
Date of death: 12 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus ulceration of the mouth
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Mouth)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: About six months before this patient was admitted, she discovered a small ulcer on the inside of the right cheek not larger than a sixpence.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Face, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1850
Date of death: 15 Aug 1850
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines)
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 stated that twenty five years before his admission he had a fistula ano which was divided. He was very ill after the operation and had diffuse cellular inflammation in the neighbourhood of the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 21 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1859
Date of death: 23 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mesenteric disease. Incipient rickets. Diseased liver. Old burn
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Abdomen); Rickets (Bones); Disease (Liver); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with an extensive burn of the left arm, extending from the shoulder to the back of the hand. It was cut very deep, except in one part about the middle of forearm. She was also evidently suffering from tabies mesentericus which was supposed to have existed for 6 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium., left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1860
Date of death: 26 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Cut (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Shortly before admission, this patient cut his throat with a razor. On admission, a wound about 5 inches from side to side was seen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1860
Date of death: 8 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strumous hydrocephalus and disease of the intestine. Diseased hip.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Brain); Hydrocephalus (Brain); Disease (Intestines); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This patient was admitted into the Hospital with a diseased hip of six weeks standing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1860
Date of death: 16 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the liver and around the bladder. Inflammation of the bladder. Distended and inflamed kidneys
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Liver, bladder); Inflammation (Bladder, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to bladder symptoms for the last 20 years, the result of a stricture of the urethra. For the last 12 years he had passed a catheter regularly for himself’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Aug 1860
Date of death: 20 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Excision of sebaceous tumours of scalp. Diffuse inflammation of scalp. Diphtheritic inflammation of pharynx. Erysipelas of face
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Scalp); Inflammation (Scalp); Diphtheria (Pharynx); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital with 3 small sebaceous tumours of the scalp, which had existed for some years. Latterly they had [been] increasing in size & he was anxious to have them removed. He was a footman and although not a drunkard he had been in the habit of drinking a considerable amount of beer & spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pharynx, larynx, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1860
Date of death: 27 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bruise of brain. Rupture of liver
Disease (standardised): Bruise (Brain); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was driving a water cart. When the horse made a sudden dart, the man was thrown down backwards, his feet being caught by some rope attached to the cart, his body being between the wheel of the cart & the horse, & his head was dragged along the road for some yards’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1860
Date of death: 28 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Gunshot wound of the stomach
Disease (standardised): Wound (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Lee, Robert
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted into the hospital at 12.15pm on the 28th of December with a gunshot wound situated above and to the left side of the umbilicum, about the size of a shilling & of irregular outline [….] He was out & about shooting (at 9am) & in order to get a shot he had climbed up a high bank, with a hedge above, his gun, which was held by a companion (during his ascent) was passed to him through the hedge, when by some means or other [it] went off, causing the injuries above described’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen (‘the examination of this body was at first objected to; but, at the time of the inquest, permission was obtained to examine the abdomen, which was therefore done (though necessarily in a very hurried manner) by the house surgeon, Mr Lee [Fredederick Fawson Lee], and a portion of the stomach removed for preservation’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1861
Date of death: 29 Jan 1861
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had been suffering from Phthisis for many months, and he became so weak. It produced such an effect upon his mind that he decided to cut his throat with a razor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1861
Date of death: Before admission
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of liver, kidney, and vena cava inferior
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Liver); Laceration (Kidney); Laceration (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was a drayman was shortly before admission the horse was frightened and bolted and he was injured.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, spine and pelvis
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873
Date of death: 30 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of the rectum. Colotomy. Caries of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Caries (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner. Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from diarrhoea for the last four or five months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1874
Date of death: 4 May 1874
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum (colotomy). Rupture of bowel. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Rupture (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: For the last ten years she had complained of loss of blood from the rectum, and some growth which used to protrude from the anus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, mesenteric glands, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1875
Date of death: 3 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of rectum involving bladder
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a hard cancerous mass surrounding the rectum and extending up as high as the finger could reach.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1875
Date of death: 28 Sep 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of liver, rectum and mesentery
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Rectum); Cancer (Mesentery)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, rectum, uterus and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Book stall keeper
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1875
Date of death: 15 Nov 1875
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of intestines. Perineal abscess
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Intestines); Abscess (Perineum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1875
Date of death: 8 Dec 1875
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of uterus and rectum
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Dec 1876
Date of death: 15 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid of liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient was admitted last year with a small hard lump on the left side of the neck which had been growing for six months, as well as two smaller similar lumps on the right side of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the abdomen was examined, as least only the liver which was affected with encephaloid disease
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1876
Date of death: 29 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Colostomy (Anal canal)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This woman had noticed a swelling in the left groin for eighteen years, which went and came. A few days ago it came down and did not go back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the abdomen was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1876
Date of death: 27 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of duodenum and jejunum
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This was a very strong healthy man who was brought in having been kicked in the abdomen by a horse that he was shoeing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestines
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1876
Date of death: 29 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Right inguinal. Gangrene of bowel
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Gangrene (Intestine)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The hernia had existed for some two years but she had never worn a truss. Five days before admission it had come down and could not be returned.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1876
Date of death: 11 May 1876
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of pelvis. Hip disease. Amyloid liver
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Pelvis); Disease (Hip); Amyloidosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This boy had been healthy and able to do hard work up to the March previous to his admission when he fell off a ladder, catching his left foot in one of the runs. An abscess followed in the foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Legs, lungs, heart, peritoneum, kidneys and small intestine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 59
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1876
Date of death: 4 Jan 1877
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of Rectum
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had noticed for the previous twelve months that she required to go to the closet very frequently. She had lost much flesh and occasionally there had been discharge of blood and matter from the Rectum. The case was taken from Mr Morgan's notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a