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Sarah Heald, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1842
Date of death: 3 Jul 1842
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Endocarditis. Ulceration of caecum and ascending colon.
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

n/a Mokham, 19, (Indian) Valet

Occupation or role: (Indian) Valet
Gender: Male
Age: 19
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1878
Date of death: 5 Jun 1878
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis, tuberculous (Abdomen);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'The patient spoke English but imperfectly, so that no complete history could be obtained: he stated that the symptoms complained of began with a rigor about 13 days before admission, and continued, with costiveness of the bowels, but no vomiting'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Lusila, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Gender: Male
Age: 23
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1854
Date of death: 17 Dec 1854
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Scrofulous deposit in intestinal glands. Ulceration of glottis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Larynx)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This poor black, who was a native of Angola, and had been in the West Indies, had been 10 years in England, & was waiter in an eating house. He had not been conscious of illness till during the last 6 months when he had suffered from cough & haemoptysis, followed by hoarseness & sore throat’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, larynx

Type of injury: n/a

James Powell, [No age stated], [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Dec 1864
Date of death: 16 Dec 1864
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Cut (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'A short time before admission he was found attempting to drown himself in the Serpentine, having first cut his throat with a common table knife. He will assign no reason for the act, but appears to be partially imbecile’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Suicide

Alfred King, 66, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jul 1900
Date of death: 27 Jul 1900
Disease (transcribed): Biliary obstruction. Carcinoma of ampulla of vater
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Bile ducts); Cancer (Bile ducts)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Ten weeks before admission the patient had pain in the abdomen after dinner. A week later he became jaundiced and the urine was a dark colour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas and duodenum, urinary tract, alimentary canal and kidneys. The post mortem contains a report by humphry davy rolleston ‘primary carcinoma of the ampulla of vater with report of a case presenting some features of interest’
Type of incident: n/a

Fidele Bader, 66, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1896
Date of death: 17 Jan 1897
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy and failure of heart: pleural effusion: thrombosis of pulmonary artery. Carcinoma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Hypertrophy (Heart); Heart failure (Heart); Pleural effusion (Lung); Thrombosis (Pulmonary artery); Carcinoma (Stomach) ()
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'The man was a Swiss and spoke English badly. Family history good no history of malignant disease, no previous illness. For last 2 or 3 years suffered from attacks of what seemed to be typical asthma, Dec 24th had a very bad attack of shortness of breath admitted here'. [The medical notes give a different date of admission and date of death to the dates at the top of the page].
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Van Coppenolle, 41, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Gender: Male
Age: 41
Date of admission: 17 Apr 1878
Date of death: 22 Apr 1878
Disease (transcribed): Multiple secondary abscesses of the liver from ulceration of the Vermiform appendix
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Ulcer (Appendix);
Admitting doctor: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'No satisfactory history was to be obtained: the patient, whose native tongue was Flemish, spoke English but imperfectly, and was not very clear in his ideas. He attributed his illness to drinking a glass of ices water when hot, 12 days before admission. He had a rigor immediately or shortly after, and commenced to suffer pain in the epigastrium. The second, third, and fourth days he vomited freely. He sweated profusely from the first'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Ignatius Gabrielski, 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jul 1852
Date of death: 5 Aug 1852
Disease (transcribed): Phthysis. Extensive deposit in both lungs. Firm double pleural adhesions. Extensive intestinal ulceration
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Adhesions (Pleura); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: A Polish man who could speak no English. He had been suffering for some time from cough, emaciation and latterly had lost his voice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Hope, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1898
Date of death: 4 Feb 1898
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of oesophagus. Alberts’ operation
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Operation (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See surgical notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No examination after death
Type of incident: n/a

Emile Bruck, 35, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1897
Date of death: 1 Jan 1898
Disease (transcribed): Perforated duodenal ulcer. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Duodenum); Perforation (Duodenum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Hayward, John Warrington. Allingham, Herbert William
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: The patient complained of pain in the abdomen in the region of the umbilicus.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testicles and toe joints
Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Berwick, 9 months , [Child of] Bootmaker

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

Eliza Gurr, 47, [Wife of] Porter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Porter
Gender: Female
Age: 47
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1904
Date of death: 3 Feb 1904
Disease (transcribed): ? Myelitis. Syphilis. Gumma in liver. Ivory like skull
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord); Syphilis (Systemic); Granuloma (Liver);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Patient was not seen by the Medical Registrar. When admitted, the day before death, H.P. [House Physician] reported that the patient had complete paralysis and loss of sensation of the legs, and paresis of the arms. The urine had to be cathaterized, and a bed sore was forming on the sacrum'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Lowther, 58, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1891
Date of death: 28 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Diarrhoea (Bowels)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was for some years an indoor servant, but had been out of employment for six months before his death. Formerly he had been a ship's steward. He was on board ‘The Challenger' at the time of the American war, and contracted ague in Vera Cruz in 1862. He afterwards voyaged to India, but had no more ague and never suffered from dysentery'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Patridge, 29, Labourer, ex soldier

Occupation or role: Labourer, ex soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 July 1877
Date of death: 19 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Old hepatic abscesses. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Abscess (Liver); Amyloidosis (Liver, Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: During the Ashanti war in 1874 he had a fever, and he was invalided in 1875 for pain in the right side of the chest. Early in November he began to cough, shiver, vomit and to experience pain in the right shoulder. He spat green matter and sweated much.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine and brain
Illustration or photograph: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Loddy, 47, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1919
Date of death: 22 Dec 1919
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Edwards, [Unknown]
Medical examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Post mortem examination performed by: Ellis, Harold
Medical notes: He had had intermittent pain in the chest since 1915, and vomiting after food. He worked in the army until March 1919.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach and supra clavicular glands
Type of incident: n/a

Raymond Smith, 6 weeks, [Child of] Clerk

Occupation or role: [Child of] Clerk
Age: 6 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1919
Date of death: 21 Dec 1919
Disease (transcribed): Congenital pyloric stenosis
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: The child was not breast fed, it took Glaxo for the first four weeks of life and did not vomit. For the last two weeks it had vomited daily.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, peritoneum, alimentary canal, oesophagus, stomach, liver, spleen, pancreas and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Paton, 58, Lamplighter

Occupation or role: Lamplighter
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1919
Date of death: 15 Dec 1919
Disease (transcribed): Septicaemia. Enlargement of lymph glands. Ulceration of tonsil. Retropharyngeal abscess
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic ); Enlarged (Lymph nodes); Ulcer (Palatine tonsil); Abscess (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He first noticed enlargement of glands in the neck and groins about six weeks before admission. Since then he had become increasingly weak.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thyroid, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, valves, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Farr, 39, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1919
Date of death: 9 Dec 1919
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative colitis
Disease (standardised): Colitis, ulcerative (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: English, T. Crisp
Medical examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He had been ill for six weeks with colicky pain in the abdomen. At first he was constipated, but then had constant diarrhoea and melaena.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Alimentary canal, intestines, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and abdominal aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Ada Jones, 46, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Dec 1919
Date of death: 2 Dec 1919
Disease (transcribed): Acute appendicitis. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Appendicitis (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: She had acute abdominal pain with vomiting and diarrhoea eight days before admission, believed to be due to fish poisoning.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Wilder, 56, Builder

Occupation or role: Builder
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1919
Date of death: 2 Dec 1919
Disease (transcribed): Multiple fractures of ribs. Ruptured spleen with haemorrhage into peritoneal cavity. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Rupture (Spleen); Haemorrhage (Abdomen); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Post mortem examination performed by: Ellis, Harold
Medical notes: The patient had fallen off a roof.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, brain and miscellaneous
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

John Major, 56, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1919
Date of death: 2 Dec 1919
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of rectum. General anasarca
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Oedema (General)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He had symptoms of pain, tenesmus and intermitting constipation coming on gradually in the past six months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, bladder, prostate, alimentary canal, intestines and rectum
Type of incident: n/a

Morris Moonen, 56, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1919
Date of death: 28 Nov 1919
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Septic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Back, Ivor Gordon
Medical examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He had a long transverse cut across the neck, severing superficial muscles, thyroid cartilage, just above the vocal cords.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, thyroid, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Frederick Wingrove, 49, Glover

Occupation or role: Glover
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1919
Date of death: 27 Nov 1919
Disease (transcribed): New growth of liver. Ascites. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Liver); Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: His illness began with pain in the right flank, loss of appetite and gradual swelling of the abdomen for months ago. He had lately become breathless.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

[No name], 50, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: Brought in dead
Date of death: 24 Nov 1919
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, coronaries, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, urethra, prostate, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Frank Pardon, 28, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1919
Date of death: 23 Nov 1919
Disease (transcribed): Caseous and miliary tuberculosis of the lungs. Tuberculous ulceration of the larynx and intestines. Generalized T.B.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Larynx); Ulcer (Larynx); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (General)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: He was in this hospital a month ago with pleurisy and effusion. A week ago he developed sudden acute pain in the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

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