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Sarah Teulett, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1859
Date of death: 1 Aug 1859
Disease (transcribed): Arachinitis. Softening of brain. Fever (?)
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: It was ascertained that about a week ago, being at the time apparently in good health, she suddenly lost her power of speech.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Govett, 31, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1860
Date of death: 8 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Oxalic acid poisoning
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Poisoning
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had indulged in habits of intemperance for several years, he confessed to drunkenness three or four days in the week and said that he had had delirium tremens repeatedly. On the evening of the third of August when excited with liquor he purchased and swallowed three pennyworth of oxalic acid. When brought to the hospital immediately after, his hands and feet were cold and the pulse very feeble’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, throat, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

James Slade, 56, Farrier

Occupation or role: Farrier
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jul 1860
Date of death: 22 Aug 1860
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Hypertrophy of the heart. Disease of the liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A farrier of pale, pasty complexion and formerly a great drinker. Two years before he had been in the hospital with dropsical legs and cough and was discharged ‘cured’. Five months ago the swelling reappeared’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Steadman, 40, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jun 1863
Date of death: 10 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: On admission this patient was suffering from trismus. It appeared that he had received some injury in the back from a fall.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, cord, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Marshall, 27, Interpreter

Occupation or role: Interpreter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1863
Date of death: 17 Jul 1863
Disease (transcribed): Cranial periostitis (syphilitic). Consequent meningitis
Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had enjoyed good health except for syphilis which he had contracted some years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Birch, 36, Smith

Occupation or role: Smith
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1863
Date of death: 2 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Inflammation of the bowels. Fever
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Intestines); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: It was learnt that he had taken to his bed a week before when he had severe headache, some diarrhoea and vomiting with rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleura, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain and suprarenals
Type of incident: n/a

William Fife, 33, Omnibus conductor

Occupation or role: Omnibus conductor
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1863
Date of death: 18 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia?
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Freeman, Samuel George
Medical notes: His illness had commenced, he stated, a week ago with pain in the loins increased by stooping and in both knees.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, pleural cavities, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Richard Forder, 36, Office keeper

Occupation or role: Office keeper
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Sep 1863
Date of death: 13 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Purpura. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Purpura (Skin); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man related that he had been employed as an office keeper, and was much confined to the home, and liable to much running up and down stairs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Pudney, 3, Child

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1863
Date of death: 19 Nov 1863
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: From birth he had been subject to wheezing at the chest. Three days before admission he had an alteration to his voice and an external swelling above the angles of the jaws.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, pharynx and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Carter, 16, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1863
Date of death: 20 Nov 1863
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina?
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This boy was admitted complaining of general pains about the limbs, particularly in the knees, of three days duration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, pharynx, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Samuel White, 16, Sweep

Occupation or role: Sweep
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1863
Date of death: 24 Nov 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: When the notes of the case were taken he was lying low in bed, breathing chiefly with his chest, dusky in the face, having hot skin but cool extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Mahol, 50, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Nov 1863
Date of death: 1 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic gout. Pyaemia(?)
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Gout (Joints); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This case is not entered
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Anne Shepherd, 34, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1863
Date of death: 25 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Quinine
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had been ill six days with pains in the limbs and sense of coldness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Rosa Morath, 16, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1864
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient, a well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, was admitted on the 3rd January with symptoms of typhoid fever, having been ill for two weeks. When first seen on that day she was lying low in bed with the legs drawn up, sensible and replying in a dreamy way, but apt to wander in her statements’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Cunningham, 58, Harness maker

Occupation or role: Harness maker
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 13 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Typhus?
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This was a case of a spare, emaciated old man, who entered the hospital complaining of pains in the loins and right leg of seven or eight weeks’ duration. His previous health had been good’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Howe, 36, Mason

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Dec 1863
Date of death: 14 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Softening of cord (myelitis). Typhus
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord); Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This patient, a healthy-looking man, whose manner was natural and intelligent, entered the hospital suffering from palsy, which was becoming general. He was by trade a mason, had never contracted syphilitic sores’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, cord, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Brooks, 35, Calter

Occupation or role: Calter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1864
Date of death: 17 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'The patient, a needy knife-grinder, was admitted in a condition of great prostration and although perfectly rational, was unable to recall the circumstances of his illness. He spoke of having been subjected to great poverty and consequent anxiety from having a large family to support. His wife, a sister of the patient next to be mentioned, was convalescing from typhus fever. He had felt ill and unequal to work for five or six weeks though he battled on till seven or eight days before his admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Shirley, 19, Hawker

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1864
Date of death: 17 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'A well-nourished, healthy-looking girl, a few months married, a hawker by profession and much exposed to the weather, was admitted covered with a rubeoloid eruption, which from its involving the face was regarded at first by some as that of measles. She had a pulse of 120, warm harsh skin, red rough and dry tongue, no abdominal pain or tenderness but considerable fulness as of early pregnancy, observable dyspnoea and some anxiety of manner, face flushed, eyes suffused. The rash had been first noticed on the morning of her admission. Her illness was supposed to have lasted now five days dating from the time chilliness and debility were first complained of (a sister (wife of the patient whose case is recorded next before) had been attacked ‘with supposed typhus three weeks back and seen by this patient seven days before her own admission)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Harris, 19, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864
Date of death: 23 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted in a very prostrate state, anaemic and wasted with dorsal decubilus[?], burning dry skin, quickened breathing, a very compressible pulse of 128 though tongue dry and glazed. His face was anxious, he replied with some liveliness to questions but his answers were not accurate, when left to himself he conversed in a low tone and rational, pleasant manner as though someone was near by’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Edward Evans, 15, Errand boy

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1864
Date of death: 5 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted in a sullen state of mind following an active delirium insomuch that it was occasionally difficult to keep him in bed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, pharynx, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alice Prout, 5, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1864
Date of death: 13 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This child, a cousin of Morgan [William Morgan, PM/1864/43] and exposed to the same contagion, was brought to the hospital five days after the appearance of eruption and survived for two days after admission. A brother and sister had been affected, and the latter had died. Our patient was very fretful and uneasy’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Pansey, 40, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1864
Date of death: 3 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Diseased kidneys?
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'Not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Emma Malster, 28, Scrubber

Occupation or role: Scrubber
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1864
Date of death: 4 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'A scrubber employed in the hospital, a fairly nourished person of florid complexion. She had had severe cold for a week with shivering and bad headache, but not pains in the limbs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Gill, 10, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1864
Date of death: 14 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted with moderate general dropsy. He was of pale, waxy complexion, the tongue was clean and moist, pulse feeble and heart sounds natural. There was no distinct history of scarlatina, though two weeks before the oedema was first noticed, the boy had complained for a day of sore throat and had shivered’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Ingram, 40, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1846
Date of death: 30 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after labour
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Childbirth
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'It appeared that three weeks before this woman’s admission here, she had been brought to the Queen Charlotte’s Hospital in a very destitute condition, and there delivered of a full-grown child half an hour after her arrival’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen, joints

Type of incident: n/a

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