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Mary Bartlett, 17, Servant

Occupation or role: Servant
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1878
Date of death: 1 Feb 1878
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate);
Admitting doctor: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. Weakly subject: always 'ailing': constant heavy pain in epigastrium: frequent sore throats and rheumatic pains: occasional diarrhoea, coughs, or headaches: unable to digest fat, which always caused vomiting; occasional pain after food: diaphoresis habitually free: catamenia somewhat irregular. Various pains, in abdomen, flanks of chest and elsewhere from July 1877. […] On Jan [January] 10th, attacked with delirium about noon: headache commenced with it and the appetite failed: the L. [Left] flank became more painful'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Wood, 48, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1879
Date of death: 12 Sep 1879
Disease (transcribed): Large liver cirrhosis with jaundice
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The present illness commenced two years ago at the menopause. During this period she had frequently spat up or vomited blood and epistaxis occasionally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Beasley, 20, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Apr 1880
Date of death: 25 Apr 1880
Disease (transcribed): Membranous disease of the pharynx, fauces and (?) air passages
Disease (standardised): Disease (Pharynx); Disease (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: It was gathered that the patient was quite well until the morning of the 14th April when she was unable to get up, having been taken ill in the night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Air passages, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Dickenson, 34, Coal porter

Occupation or role: Coal porter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1880
Date of death: 7 Jun 1880
Disease (transcribed): Gummata of brain (and liver)
Disease (standardised): Gumma (Brain); Gumma (Liver); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient was first admitted in December 1879 for a syphilitic ulcer of the foot and disease of the metatarsal bone. The bone was removed. Soon after his admission to Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital his wrist dropped and his speech became impaired.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: , lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Jeffries, 48, Deal porter

Occupation or role: Deal porter
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1880
Date of death: 21 Sep 1880
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid carcinoma of liver, pancreas, pylorus and mesenteric glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Pancreas); Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Lymph nodes)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Evans, Arthur Owen
Medical notes: Three years ago he suffered from what he termed lumbago which was relieved by local application. But for these three years he had complained of pain in various parts of the body.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs liver, pylorus, pancreas, mesenteric glands, kidneys and spleen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Collard, 64, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1888
Date of death: 12 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Aortic stenosis with vegetations. Aortic incompetence. Hypertrophy of left ventricle. Scar of healed gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); 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 patient’s father had gout. The man said he had suffered from rheumatism, and that he was first laid up with it 30 years before he came to the hospital, and was ill for 2 months. He had many attacks and the last was in January 1888. There was some doubt as to the nature of the attacks from which he suffered; it seemed likely that they were gout. His big toe, he said, was always first affected, and was red and shiny. He was a considerable drinker of beer. His average was half a gallon a day, and on festive occasions he drank more’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Hobson, 58, Engine driver

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1889
Date of death: 13 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of root of right lung and of cervical, thoracic, retroperitoneal and femoral glands invading pancreas and obstructing bile duct
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Pancreas); Obstruction (Bile duct)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Five weeks before he came to the hospital, he began to have pains in his legs, dyspnoea and weakness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, spleen, kidneys, gall bladder, liver, testes, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Harriet James, 24, Chemical worker

Occupation or role: Chemical worker
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Oct 1889
Date of death: 1 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Round ulcer of the stomach. Perforation
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: Died soon after admission. Not seen by Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, mouth, stomach, duodenum, colon and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Watkinson, 58, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1889
Date of death: 13 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer and perforation. Peritonitis and obstruction by bands
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Obstruction (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: She first came to the hospital in 1887. The history that she then gave was that she had been suffering for some years from epigastric pain which was worse after food, and pain for six months in her right lumbar region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Ridout, 56, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1889
Date of death: 29 Oct 1889
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach, secondary growths in liver, omentum, mesentery, intestines and lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Omentum); Cancer (Mesentery); Cancer (Intestines); Cancer (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Delepine, Sheridan
Medical notes: He was in good health until April 1889 when he began to suffer from vomiting, abdominal pain and headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, liver, diaphragm, stomach, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Hampton, 47, House keeper

Occupation or role: House keeper
Age: 47
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1889
Date of death: 4 Feb 1890
Disease (transcribed): Myxo-sarcoma of stomach and ovary
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach); Cancer (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: The patient came into St George’s Hospital in April 1889. She gave a history of having passed gall stones which she proffered she saw. At the beginning of December she began to have much abdominal pain which was referred chiefly to the epigastric region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, stomach, spleen ovaries and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Prince, 73, Time keeper

Occupation or role: Time keeper
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1890
Date of death: 15 Mar 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Cirrhosis of liver (coarse)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Bradley, James Edmund Campbell
Medical notes: Two years before his admission the man was laid up for a week with cough. He had no other illness until March 8th when he began to feel weak. The chief symptoms was cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Ogden, 39, Hall porter

Occupation or role: Hall porter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1882
Date of death: 28 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Inflammation of upper part of intestine
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Inflammation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Five days before admission he began to vomit and felt ill. He had had slight cough for the preceding fortnight and that grew worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Jessie Pennington, 14, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1882
Date of death: 27 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration and perforation of small intestine
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Five days before admission she began to feel chilly, with vague aching pains all over and much headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, peritoneum and intestinal canal
Type of incident: n/a

William Wells, 28, Stoker

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1882
Date of death: 21 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of the small intestine with perforation of the gut
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: About eleven days before admission there were severe symptoms of diarrhoea and some intestinal haemorrhage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Walpole, 54, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1882
Date of death: 29 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Peritonitis. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pericarditis (Heart) ;
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been accustomed to drink four or five pints of beer a day. He had had frequent attacks of vomiting and headache and had suffered from piles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

William Neace, 28, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1882
Date of death: 24 Nov 1882
Disease (transcribed): Acute atrophy of liver. Haemorrhagic spots
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had been reported to be slightly out of health, and on the day before admission he grew rapidly worse, vomited profusely, and fell into a state of collapse with jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, pleura, lungs, trachea, heart, abdomen, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, stomach, intestines and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Maud Wilkinson, 14, [Child of] Widow

Occupation or role: [Child of] Widow
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jun 1885
Date of death: 6 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: She attributed her illness to eating a bad picked onion, but other people who were eating at the same time were not ill.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Arnold, 56, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883
Date of death: 31 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum. Colotomy. Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Colotomy (Intestines); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had suffered from symptoms of disease of the rectum for twelve months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Susan Webb, 48, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1883
Date of death: 4 May 1883
Disease (transcribed): Strangulation of colon by internal band
Disease (standardised): Strangulation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: She had habitual constipation for several years. She was seized with acute pain in the abdomen and since then had had frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The friends of this patient objected to a post mortem, but allowed an opening to be made into the abdominal cavity provided the incision was not longer than eight inches.
Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Weller, 24, [Child of] Gardener

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

William Comber, 30, Billiard maker

Occupation or role: Billiard maker
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1908
Date of death: 25 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes mellitus. Chronic fibrotic pancreatitis associated with multiple pancreatic calculi
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Pancreatitis (Pancreas); Calculi (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was readmitted complaining of weakness, wasting and polyuria.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pleurae, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, kidneys, suprarenals, spleen, pancreas and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

William Taylor, 22, Police constable

Occupation or role: Police constable
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1908
Date of death: 26 Jul 1908
Disease (transcribed): Appendicitis. Appendicectomy. Suppurative pylephlebitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Appendicectomy (Appendix); Suppuration (Veins); Phlebitis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He gave a history of sudden onset of abdominal pain nine days previously, which had continued up to admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Dowden, 65, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1915
Date of death: 7 Jun 1915
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma coli. Abdomino perineal resection
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Resection (Abdomen, Perineum)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had been passing blood for the last two months and for some months the bowels had been troublesome.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Matthews, 43, Horsekeeper

Occupation or role: Horsekeeper
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1910
Date of death: 5 Jun 1910
Disease (transcribed): Pyopneumothorax and mediastinal abscess ulcerating into oesophagus. Pyopericardium. Pulmonary thrombosis
Disease (standardised): Pneumothorax (Lung); Abscess (Mediastinum); Ulcer (Oesophagus); Pyopericardium (Heart); Thrombosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson. Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Higgs, Frederick William
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: The patient was seized with sudden acute epigastric pain while waling. He was doubled up.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, oesophagus, diaphragm, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, liver, gall bladder, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, pancreas and pulmonary artery
Type of incident: n/a

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