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Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1881
Date of death: 7 Jan 1881
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Enlargement and rupture of spleen
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Rupture (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Harper, Gerald Samuel and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No known family diseases. Had scarlet fever when a boy. No other definite disorders since. Was taken ill on Dec 31 with some cough & slight shivering fits. Continued to feel ill, & took to bed on Jan 3. Was then in no pain. Bowels regularly open'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Grocer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1881
Date of death: 23 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Disseminated sclerosis
Disease (standardised): Sclerosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient was first admitted in Jan 5, 1880. His articulation was then too defective to make it possible to learn any particulars of his history. He was a moderately nourished man, rather pale, with red hair and cool, moist skin. The limbs & head trembled violently if he attempted to make any exertion but there was no loss of muscle power'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Roadmaker
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1881
Date of death: 5 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Senile changes: Emphysema (+ tubercle) of the lungs. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Senility (Systemic); Emphysema (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: He says he has been very healthy until lately when he has been suffering from some of the infirmities of old age. On the morning of March 4th he seems to have fainted when sweeping the street and was brought back to his home, very weak & drowsy, his talk mumbling and almost unintelligible. No definite paralysis, could walk with assistance'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 51
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1881
Date of death: 9 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She can remember no serious illness, & was in full work up to a fortnight ago. On Feb 24, 9 days before admission she had a rigor with some vomiting, loss of appetite, headache, pain in abdomen & back followed. For the next seven days she went on doing some work in the kitchen. Bowels open once daily, character of motions not noticed. On the 9th day she took to her bed and called in medical advice. 4 liquid motions were passed on 9th day; there was slight delirium at night; increase of thirst, sweating, abdominal & dorsal pain; cough trifling throughout'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, blood, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, uterus

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Artist
Age: 49
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1881
Date of death: 17 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of illness until about a fortnight ago, when he began to feel extremely weak & exhausted: occasional shivering & completely loss of appetite'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, pancreas, spleen, kidneys, suprarenal bodies

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1881
Date of death: 25 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Continued fever. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Nothing could be gathered from his friends & relations beyond that he had been severely ill for 7 or 8 days & delirious for the last 48 hours'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1881
Date of death: 26 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pernicious anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of family disease. Up to 1879 he has led a healthy life & has had strength fully equal to the average. Height 5ft6, weight 10st 7lb. In constant work as a baker; living good, no overwork, no dyspeptic symptoms, of fresh colour. During 1879 he went through a long treatment by mercury & Pot. Iod. [potassium iodide] for primary syphilis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1881
Date of death: 27 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): [Poisoning?]
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She was a general servant to Mrs Kreuger, 14 Tavistock Place, and was brought to the hospital by her mother-in-law. Many details in her history were represented differently by different witnesses, some of her mother-in-law's statements were admittedly false & the history was left very obscure by the subsequent inquest. She was described by her mistress as in good health & spirits on April 20, as being absent from the house for more than 24 hours and on her return April 22 saying that she felt ill & disinclined for food. On 23rd, 24th, 25th she vomited much & seemed worse; on 25th she was taken to St Bartholomew's Hospital but not admitted. A prescription was given her which she got made up elsewhere & took. She was removed to her mother-in-law's house in Knightsbridge in a noisy & talkative state & then according to her mother-in-law's account accused herself of having taken poison'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, blood, heart, arteries, intestinal tract, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, generative organs, bladder, muscles

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1881
Date of death: 29 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Hypertrophy & dilatation of the heart. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Family history healthy. No history of rheumatism or previous illness. Healthy & active as a child. Has had measles & whooping cough; no scarlet fever. Two months ago she is described by her father as having a red patchy rash on her legs, not noticed elsewhere, not accompanied by any considerable pain. She lay in bed for 2 days; she got up to look at the snow storm on Jan 18 & is said to have caught cold'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 May 1881
Date of death: 13 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: He has been a very healthy man: no history of infection can be traced. On the morning of the 11th he felt quite well, but about noon he had 5 'fits' of which he can give no account. Delirium came on rapidly after these and profuse diarrhoea (6 or 7 motions during the afternoon; character not known). He was brought at once to the hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 May 1881
Date of death: 17 May 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Inflammation of the tonsils and larynx
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Inflammation (Tonsils, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'About four weeks before admission he received a blow on the right upper eyelid which broke the skin and caused considerable surrounding inflammation which was slightly erysipelatous. He attended as a surgical out-patient for about 3 weeks, during which time the facial swelling extended downwards to the submaxillary region where a protuberant and acutely painful tumour formed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, throat, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 May 1881
Date of death: 7 Jun 1881
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Family history healthy: no severe illnesses when a boy; syphilis at 24. He became bald before he was 30. Three years ago he had a small painless tumour on the vertex which suppurated for some time leaving ultimately a rough hard painless circular patch 1 1/42 inches across of degenerate bone. He has as a rule drunk about 2 pints of beer a day; spirits seldom'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, peritoneum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stillman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1881
Date of death: 6 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier and Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He had suffered a good deal from rheumatism. He began to feel unwell ten days before admission: felt generally ill with headache, retching, diarrhoea and abdominal pain'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 55
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Aug 1881
Date of death: 10 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral congestion. Granular kidneys. Opium poisoning
Disease (standardised): Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidneys); Poisoning (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Willis, Arthur Keith
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient was brought to the female surgery about 10.15am on the morning of August 10; she said she had taken laudanum about 20 minutes before admission. She was quite conscious at the time and the pupils slightly contracted, an enema was given at once and acted quickly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain, stomach

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1881
Date of death: 29 Aug 1881
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'She had been working in a building where bad smells were prevalent (a fellow worker of hers had been attacked with typhoid fever a few days previous to her own illness) and she had been ailing for a few weeks before admission. 12 days before admission she felt generally ill; she had some shivering; pains in the back and limbs; heaviness about head; she did not then lie up. Two days afterwards her prostration increased; she felt thirsty, feverish; she then took to her bed. Two or three days before admission diarrhoea appeared (2-3 times daily)'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestine

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1881
Date of death: 20 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient had been in very good health until 4 days ago when she was seized suddenly with a shivering fit and left in a prostrate condition from which she has never rallied. Much headache; frequent cough; scanty bronchitic sputa. Bowels not open for 3 days until the day before admission. Great thirst. The scanty evidence from patient and friends shewed no definite symptoms of disease of longer standing'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1881
Date of death: 21 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal pneumonia. Oedema
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He has been employed as a painter for the last 34 years; colic 7 years ago, no wrist drop. Has habitually drunk small quantities of beer & spirits, no excesses. During the last 7 years has had occasional pains in the smaller joints. Has noticed polyuria for 3 or 4 years; no dyspepsia or headache. Increasing dyspnoea and cough lately; slight oedema'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lace cutter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Sep 1881
Date of death: 24 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration. Cerebral congestion
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer; Congestion (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The few particulars obtained from his brother point to an origin of the disease about a fortnight or rather more before admission. Nine days before, headache was severe, vomiting frequent. The day after that he took to bed & was violently purged. Delirium began 5 days ago and has been almost constant. About 8 motions daily for the last 3 days'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, alimentary canal, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Infant
Age: 19 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1881
Date of death: 25 Sep 1881
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The mother said that the child had shewn no sign of illness of any sort until the morning of Sep 24 when it vomited profusely several times. It was brought to the hospital about 8pm on the same day in a very drowsy state'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brewer
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Nov 1881
Date of death: 22 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'An imperfect history was obtainable of a gradual onset of illness about a fortnight before admission characterised by headache, loss of appetite and strength with pain in the back of the neck, and a week later with much diarrhoea. He had been delirious for two nights before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Nov 1881
Date of death: 25 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'The patient on admission was not in a condition to give any very definite account of her illness & none other could be obtained. It appeared that about a month before her admission (whilst suckling a child 13 months old) she began to feel languid & suffer from headache; no rigor; headache gradually increased, and a fortnight later diarrhoea began with some abdominal pain & tenderness; thirst, feverishness & restless nights; no solid food taken for 4 weeks; no medical advice; she came up to London from Market Harborough on the day of her admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1881
Date of death: 30 Nov 1881
Disease (transcribed): Lead poisoning. Granular kidneys. Ulceration of the bowels
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic); Disease (Kidneys); Ulcer (Bowels)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He had been a painter for 35 years; had taken many precautions against absorbing lead; no history of colic or wrist drop previous to the present. He drank spirits in considerable quantities. He gives no history of previous illness. About 3 weeks before admission he was obliged to give up work from wrist drop & concurrent colic. His temper grew exceedingly irritable & his symptoms worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1881
Date of death: 20 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal septicaemia. Acute peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Postpartum depression (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'There was some tubercular history in the family: as a child she had frequent barking cough & swollen glands in the neck. The catamenia [menstruation] appeared at 13 and have of late years been irregular & painful, occurring as a rule every three weeks, & never absent, she says, more than 2 months. About Christmas 1879 she was laid up with 'overwork'. Since then she has been in good health, & has acted as a servant to a crêche. Six days before admission she described herself as feeling quite well. A day later menstruation began with diarrhoea and uch pain: she had several rigors next day and the diarrhoea increased with many feverish symptoms. She denied having noticed during her life any abdominal tumour.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, abdomen, generative organs, uterus, vagina, ovaries, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wine merchant
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1881
Date of death: 27 Dec 1881
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Zimmermann, Benjamin Frazier
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'He had good general health until 1877 when he had syphilis with secondaries affecting the throat & skin considerably. In Dec 1880 his throat was ulcerated for a second time and in Jan 1881 the rash appeared, which had not completely disappeared at any time up to the date of his admission. The rash was first noticed on the arms & legs; the tongue was much swollen'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1881
Date of death: 9 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: She had been subject to frequent coughs with slight night sweating. For many months she had slight oedema of the feet in the evening.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, pelvis, ovaries, uterus, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a