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Garrett J Berry, 38, Horsekeeper

Occupation or role: Horsekeeper
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1861
Date of death: 14 Dec 1841
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was a case of Pyaemia in a man who had been long ill with Rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

George Miles, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1857
Date of death: 19 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

James Simmons, 36, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1857
Date of death: 25 Feb 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was removed unexamined
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline McMurtice, 16, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857
Date of death: 1 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Arachinitis. Ulceration of the large intestine. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She had been observed of late to be low spirited, very languid and indisposed to exert herself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Price, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 May 1857
Date of death: 4 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Pericarditis. Inflammation of all the large serous cavities
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Inflammation (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This girl had been in the hospital during the early part of the Spring for haemoptysis and supposed hypertrophy of the heart.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Smith, 10, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1857
Date of death: 18 Nov 1857
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: This boy had been sick about three days. The eruption of scarlet fever had been out two days, and from the time of its appearance he had been delirious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Phrarynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Bond, 41, Baker

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1857
Date of death: 15 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Bronchitis. Congested kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs); Congestion (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A baker who has suffered from winter cough for 7 or 8 years. Six months ago his breathing became affected to a much greater extent’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Groom, 47, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1857
Date of death: 16 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Granular kidneys. Anasarca
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Gray, Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A labourer who had been suffering from cough & shortness of breath for two months, however he kept on with his daily work until a week before admission when owing to the great increase of dyspnoea he was compelled to lay up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Day, 67, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1858
Date of death: 5 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased tricuspid & mitral valves. Bronchitis. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was admitted late on the 3rd & died early on the 5th inst was only seen once by the physician, who considered him to be suffering from bronchitis & also from some limited pneumonia. There was considerable oedema of the lower limbs. No opportunity was afforded for making an examination of the urine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Mary Newman, 46, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1858
Date of death: 8 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart (tricuspid & mitral valves) & kidneys. Low pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A delicate woman who had been in a poor state of health for some time, and had suffered from cough & emaciation six months. Ten weeks ago she was attacked with severe dyspnoea & pain in the chest, & the legs & abdomen began to swell’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Richard Horlock, 54, Laundryman

Occupation or role: Laundryman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1858
Date of death: 21 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A laundryman who stated that he caught a severe cold whilst sitting up nursing his sick wife. Oedema of the legs rapidly followed this chill & at a later period the abdomen swelled. He suffered severely from rheumatic gout 16 years ago: except this his health had been good until the present illness came on. He formerly lived for years in a hotel, but had always been temperate’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Gilbert, 45, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1858
Date of death: 10 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the aorta. Diseased kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A carpenter who was in the hospital last winter with ascites & what was supposed to be valvular disease of the heart. He was made out-patient after a time & got better; then in February he caught a fresh cold, & the legs became anasarcous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Neller, 31, Purveyor of cats’ meat

Occupation or role: Purveyor of cats’ meat
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1858
Date of death: 14 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys. Anasarca. Angular curvature of the spine
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Edema (Systemic); Scoliosis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A purveyor of cats’ meat who was taken ill nine days before admission with pain in the epigastrium, which was soon followed by swelling of the legs & abdomen. All the winter he had suffered from cold & cough, & he had had numerous scrofulous abscesses, the scars of which were everywhere seen. There was also angular curvature of the spine about the middle of the dorsal region’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Haron, 17, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1858
Date of death: 21 May 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Albuminuria (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Stephen Bradford, 31, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1858
Date of death: 10 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Albuminuria
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Albuminuria (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Cable, 20, Housemaid

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jul 1858
Date of death: 25 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A housemaid, living in the neighbourhood of Berkeley Square, where she had been ill four days with aching pains in the limbs, headache, sickness & rigors. There was no evident source of infection in her London home, & on further inquiry it turned out that during the past fortnight she had been in the country nursing her mother who was ill of fever. She was speechless when brought to the hospital, & had a hot, dry skin with a rapid, feeble pulse, dry black tongue & sordes on the lips & teeth’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Ann Coleman, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1858
Date of death: 21 Aug 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

John Earwicker, [No age stated], [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1858
Date of death: 14 Sep 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A pallid, emaciated man suffering from low fever and diarrhoea of three weeks’ duration. He had been light-headed at night for nearly the whole of this period, so his wife reported; and the bowels had been very much relaxed, the stools often containing blood. He was very deaf & perspired profusely’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William West, 34, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1858
Date of death: 16 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Perforation of the intestine
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted in a very advanced stage of fever with dry tongue, sordes on lips, weak pulse averaging 120, & enormous distension of the abdomen with considerable hardness. The back part of the pharynx was swollen & ulcerated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Douglas, 53, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1858
Date of death: 11 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Jackson, 7, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1859
Date of death: 16 Feb 1859
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatina
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: When this child was brought to the hospital it was said that four days previously she had returned from school with sore throat, and that two days later a red eruption appeared upon the skin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The fauces and parts in the neck were alone examined
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Osborne, 19, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1859
Date of death: 14 Mar 1859
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia (? spontaneous)
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Four days previous to admission this patient had been exposed to cold while attending his father’s funeral, this was followed by pain in the hips and knees which he supposed to be rheumatic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right wrist
Type of incident: n/a

John B Allen, 25, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1859
Date of death: 27 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Poisoning by bitter almonds
Disease (standardised): Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man was found in a state of insensibility upon a seat in Green Park with his head hanging over the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Suicide

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

William Carter, 44, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1859
Date of death: 17 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellular inflammation of thigh. Pyaemia?
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Five days before admission this man was said to have been seized with pain in the belly and loins, and with rigors.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right thigh
Type of incident: n/a

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