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Occupation or role: Fitter
Gender: Male
Age: 36
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1903
Date of death: 7 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Lobar pneumonia. Empyema. Pleurisy with effusion. Pyaemia. Chronic ulcer of stomach. Dilatation of stomach
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Empyema (Lung); Pleurisy (Lung); Pleural effusion (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic); Ulcer (Stomach); Dilatation (Stomach);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'History – I.P. [In-patient] Nov [November] 30 – Dec [December] 16th for gastric ulcer: see medical notes no. 1730.03. Present illness started suddenly on Dec [December] 19th; a rigor and dyspnoea occurred: and on Dec [December] 21st feverishness and pain in the right side was noticed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gardener
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1888
Date of death: 16 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess between stomach and diaphragm. Possibly started originally from a gastric ulcer. Bursting of the abscess into the general peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Stomach, diaphragm); Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The father of the patient said that about a year before she came to St George’s she had an attack of ‘pleurisy’ and was ill for 5 months. The patient herself gave no account of an illness resembling pleurisy, but said she had suffered from palpitations and ‘globus’. When she came into the hospital she complained of pain at the lower part of the thorax’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, ovaries, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Woodcutter
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1888
Date of death: 18 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of cervix uteri. 2ndary deposit in roof of left lung & in thoracic & cervical glands, causing wasting left laryngeal muscles (& death from laryngeal span?). Other 2ndary growths in liver and pancreas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Cervix); Deposit (Lungs); Growth (Liver, pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of heritable disease, her parents died she said of old age. She was married twice and had eleven children, five of whom died when young. She had no miscarriages’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Neck, chest, thorax, larynx, lungs, abdomen, uterus, vagina, ovaries, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1897
Date of death: 10 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1900
Date of death: 24 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Oedema Glottidis. Lymphadenoma
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Glottis); Lymphadenoma (Mouth)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The child complained only of pain in the right scapula region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary tract and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Painter
Age: 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1903
Date of death: 14 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Intussusception
Disease (standardised): Intussusception (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The child was taken ill on April 11th with abdominal pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, thymus, tracheal glands, pericardium, heart, liver, gall bladder, portal vein, spleen, pancreas, adrenals, bladder, kidneys, alimentary canal, gullet, stomach and small intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1888
Date of death: 20 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of a gastric ulcer. Early general peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The history the patient gave was that two years before she came to the hospital she vomited up a considerable quantity of black blood. She at first mentioned 2 quarts as the probable amount, she was sure it was more than a tea-cup full’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, peritoneum, intestines, stomach, spleen, kidneys, liver, larynx, trachea, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1901
Date of death: 27 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Vomiting
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Vomiting (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See medical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1889
Date of death: 30 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: He had lived in Paris and Madrid and he was cook to the French ambassador. The man said that he generally drank about a bottle and a half of the wine of the country in which he lived.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1903
Date of death: 14 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease squamous celled carcinoma of cardiac end of oesophagus. Duct extension to neighbouring structures. Inhalation pneumonia. Gastrostomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung); Gastrostomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George. Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient vomited about three quarters of a pint of blood first before Christmas, and since then had had difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, heart, liver, gall bladder, portal vein, bile passages, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1905
Date of death: 19 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Adenoma of the liver
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Adenoma (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis Taylor, E.J.
Medical notes: 'Admitted complaining of swelling of the ankles & legs, April 10. Swelling came on suddenly on April 8. The right ankle was red & painful. No sickness of abdominal pain. No head ache. Pale, anaemic-looking man’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Green grocer
Age: 55
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1901
Date of death: 27 Mar 1901
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of the liver. Ascites. Oedema of lungs. (2 cyst like swellings on under surface of diaphragm)
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Oedema (Lung); Cysts (Diaphragm)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Stokes, Whitley Bland
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient had always been a heavy drinker and had no regular meals, but good food. Twelve months ago he began to lose flesh and the abdomen swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, intestines, testes and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 21 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Abscesses in muscles, lungs, liver, spleen. Dilatation of common bile duct
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Abscess (Muscles, lungs, liver, spleen); Disease (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Two of the patient’s sisters died of phthisis. There is no other family history of disease. The patient has had 4 children, one of whom died of bronchitis. She had scarlatina when a child and two attacks of rheumatic fever, the last 29 years before she came to St George’s. She was in King’s College Hospital about 7 years ago. The nature of her illness was not clear’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1889
Date of death: 1 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic cirrhosis. Jaundice. Urethral stricture. Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Jaundice (Skin); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, liver, thorax, heart, spleen, kidneys, bladder, urethra and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Gender: Male
Age: 28
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1989
Date of death: 6 Jan 1899
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of oesophagus. Miliary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Dilatation (Oesophagus); Tuberculosis (Systemic);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George, Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: Lazarus-Barlow, Walter Sydney
Medical notes: 'Admitted into medical ward under Physician. Family and personal history unimportant. Medical notes. Illness began on Dec. [December] 21. Pain after food – immediately – with vomiting persistent, no haematemesis. Bowels inactive for 9 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] French polisher
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1888
Date of death: 8 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient’s address was 107 Colshill Buildings, Pimlico Road. The mother said she had noticed bad smells in the home. There was no history of diphtheria amongst the immediate neighbours but the disease had been very fatal in Pimlico generally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tonsils, uvula, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, small intestines, brain and membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1888
Date of death: 26 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Right strangulated femoral hernia. Ineffectual taxis. Exploratory abdominal incision. Gangrene of gut. Removal. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Taxis; Incision (Abdomen); Gangrene (Gut); Removal; Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A clear history could not be got. Is said to have had a hernia on right side for many years. She was standing up trying to reach something from a shelft when she suddenly was seized with intense pain in the hernia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, kidneys, bladder, uterus, intestines, lungs, larynx, trachea, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1888
Date of death: 27 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the lower end of the oesophagus. Gastrostomy. Hypostatic pneumonia and gangrene of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy; Pneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This man was originally admitted under the care of Mr Dent [Clinton Thomas Dent] at the beginning of 1888 with difficulty in swallowing & rapid emaciation. A diagnosis of oesophagal stricture was made & under treatment he improved, being sent to convalescent home in February. For the first week he gained weight & was free from pain. Afterward he got increased difficulty in swallowing & began again to emaciate’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Steward
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1900
Date of death: 29 Mar 1900
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal Obstruction
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas. Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Two days before admission the patient’s abdomen became distended with much pain about the umbilicus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Bootmaker
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1903
Date of death: 21 Apr 1903
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous lymphadenitis. Ulceration into left bronchus of caseous gland. Inhalation tuberculosis of left lung. Generalized miliary tuberculosis. Tuberculous meningitis. Tuberculous ulceration of intestines. Absence of thymus
Disease (standardised): lymphadenitis (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Ulcer (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Systemic); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain);Tuberculosis (Intestines) ; Ulcer (Intestines) ; Absence (Thymus gland)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: A healthy child until he had chicken pox at four and a half months. He was vaccinated at the same time and had not been well since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, thymus, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pensioner
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1900
Date of death: 2 Apr 1900
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of Pylorus. Secondary growth in Liver. Tubercular Pericarditis and Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Carcinoma (Liver); Tuberculosis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: About a year ago he became yellow and began to waste. All the time he had suffered from indigestion and for three or four weeks had vomited every other day.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, lungs, and heart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1888
Date of death: 2 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of an ulcer in the vermiform appendix. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The boy was generally in good health. On March 21st he had acute abdominal pain. On the 22nd, 23rd & 24th vomiting, on the 25th he was weak, his bowels were open’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1888
Date of death: 7 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the rectum. Left inguinal colotomy. Secondary growths in the lungs and liver
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Colotomy (Intestines); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: She was admitted in July 1888 when she said that a year ago she had stoppage of the bowels for which she was laid up six weeks. Since then her bowels had not been regular and she suffered from indigestion.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1888
Date of death: 4 Apr 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia of both lobes of right lung, and of left lower lobe. Scattered tubercles in lungs, kidneys and liver
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, liver)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was ill 3 weeks before she came to the hospital. Her chief symptoms were cough & dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1902
Date of death: 18 Apr 1902
Disease (transcribed): Aortic aneurism. ? Syncope from overloaded stomach. Aortic incompetence
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Syncope (Brain); Overloaded (Stomach); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Pearson, Sidney Vere
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: This patient’s first symptoms occurred early in the year 1898 when he first started having attacks of severe pain at the back of the neck and running down both arms.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a