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Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1872
Date of death: 16 Aug 1872
Disease (transcribed): Diarrhoea
Disease (standardised): Diarrhoea (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Medical notes: The patient was drawn to the hospital during the night in an exhausted and dying state, suffering from diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1872
Date of death: 19 Aug 1872
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of hepatic duct. Abscess of liver. Cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Hepatic duct, common); Abscess (Liver); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Medical notes: This man stated that he had not been in good health for a year, having had constant pains about the body with occasional sickness and swelling of the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Aug 1872
Date of death: 21 Aug 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Yellow atrophy of do
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Atrophy (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Medical notes: About a year ago this patient lost his wife. He then took to drinking and had continued in a depressed state of mind ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1872
Date of death: 26 Aug 1872
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing ulceration of throat
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Pharynx); Sloughing (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Medical notes: The history given by the friends of the patient was that she was quite well up to about two weeks ago when she first complained of shivering and feeling ill.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1872
Date of death: 28 Aug 1872
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Tubercle of lung. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Medical notes: This man stated that for six months he had had occasional swelling of the feet, which lately had much increased in size.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1872
Date of death: 10 Sep 1872
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Ulceration of intestines
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Medical notes: This boy first came to the hospital in July of this year complaining of intense pain in the head especially after taking food.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, lungs, heart, abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1875
Date of death: 18 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (encephaloid) of both ovaries, liver and abdominal glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Clarke, John
Medical examination performed by: Lacy, Charles De Lacy
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman stated that she had noticed a swelling in the abdomen some three months before her admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a