Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Mar 1863 Date of death: 6 May 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull, ribs and leg. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: While working in a sewer, the earth suddenly gave way and he was knocked down and partly buried under it. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, chest, abdomen and leg Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Potman Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 12 May 1863 Date of death: 13 May 1863 Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: On the 30th of April he fell a distance of twelve feet to the ground. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cord Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 30 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 May 1864 Date of death: 9 May 1864 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of elbow joint. Fever Disease (standardised): Fracture (Elbow); Fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Case not given’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’
Occupation or role: Porter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Dec 1862 Date of death: 21 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left leg. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, bones and veins Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Gardener Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Aug 1863 Date of death: 6 Sep 1863 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of thigh. Pyaemia. Dysentery Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic); Dysentery (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a fracture of the left thigh and right leg, occasioned by a fall from a ladder. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, thighs and veins Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Butler Age: 23 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Aug 1865 Date of death: 8 Sep 1865 Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of peyer’s patches Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Peyer’s patches) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: The patient had been ill for six days with headache and pain in the back. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Schoolgirl Age: 5 Gender: Female Date of admission: 24 Dec 1862 Date of death: 4 Jan 1863 Disease (transcribed): Burn. Measles. Pneumonia Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Measles (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This patient was suffering from a burn on the inner side of the left arm. She had been attending the hospital for nine days as an out patient. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Schoolgirl Age: 7 Gender: Female Date of admission: 11 Jan 1864 Date of death: 20 Jan 1864 Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'On the 26th of December she trod on an old iron meal stand and received a small wound on the ball of the toe of the right foot, some pain & inflammation followed and the part was kept poulticed’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Section of post-tibial nerve, brain, spinal cord, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 7 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Feb 1864 Date of death: 14 Feb 1864 Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'In good health till the morning of the 9th of present month, when he complained of pain in his back, and as there was some account of a slight blow to this part, he was admitted into hospital, but no lesion of any kind was discovered. Two days afterwards an eruption appeared, not unlike that of variola, and he was placed under the care of the physician’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, cord, fauces, chest, abdomen
Occupation or role: Married Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 3 Feb 1863 Date of death: 7 Mar 1863 Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease. Amputation. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: About four years before her admission the patient noticed a small tumour in the popliteal space of the left leg. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and leg Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 29 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 Feb 1864 Date of death: 3 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of leg and ankle. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Fell from a scaffold a distance of forty feet. He was admitted into the Oxford Ward on February 8th with a compound fracture of the right leg. The wound was about an inch in length, and the end of the upper fragment protruded through it’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, legs
Occupation or role: Midwife Age: 43 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Feb 1864 Date of death: 6 Mar 1864 Disease (transcribed): Poisoned blood, from wound in finger? Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Wound (Finger) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Medical notes: 'Admitted with poisoned thumb on February 28th. About a week before admission attended a case of midwifery which terminated fatally: she stated that she had a small scratch by the side of the nail of the right thumb, but did not take any particular notice of it till February 22nd when it became very painful’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen