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George Pitts, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1850
Date of death: 2 Mar 1850
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the right leg. Tetanus six days after injury
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient about an hour before his admission, to save himself from falling jumped from a height of ten feet and fell with his right foot twisted under him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, cranium and spinal canal
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Batchelor, 7, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1850
Date of death: 2 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the knee joint. Amputation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with strumous disease of the knee joint which had existed for about three years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Burt, 8, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1859
Date of death: 6 Feb 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip. Fever (?scarlatina)
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Scarlet fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in September 1859 with a strumous hip joint. She had been out of health for nearly a year, & six months before symptoms of hip disease began to shew themselves’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hip joint, throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Barrett, 10, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Nov 1859
Date of death: 15 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Five days before admission he fell down on his left side whilst playing with another boy, he got up and walked home without pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined at the usual time, but afterwards by direction of the Coroner’s Jury, the left hip was examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

George Carter, 45, Omnibus driver

Occupation or role: Omnibus driver
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1860
Date of death: 5 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased heart & kidneys. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart, kidneys); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was an omnibus driver of drunken habits, like most of his class. Three months before his admission he noticed a small swelling in the right groin, for which he wore a truss’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Springwood, 15, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1860
Date of death: 7 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Acute periosteal abscess of the tibia. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Two years before admission this boy fell down & struck his left knee on a stone. He had synovial inflammation, which in a few weeks got well by blistering [..] since that time he had been subject to pain in the joint, but had never laid up for it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Edward Brown, 40, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1860
Date of death: 29 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic inflammation & hypertrophy of the skull. Chronic arachnitis. Trephining. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Skull); Arachnitis (Brain); Trephining (Skull); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was at work at the railway bridge at Pimlico, when a stone about the size of a man’s fist fell 30 feet onto his head. He was picked up insensible & conveyed here with as little delay as possible. On admission he was just recovering from his concussion’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Burton, 70, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1860
Date of death: 21 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the acetabulum. Abscess in hip joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis); Abscess (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was said to have fallen between 8 & 9 feet from a scaffold, but how his leg was placed in the fall no one knew’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left hip

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Martha Field, 2, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 7 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Charlotte Warner, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1860
Date of death: 23 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the vaccination. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess; Vaccination; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'One month before admission, this patient was vaccinated. The vaccine took well, but when the pustule had scabbed over, she gave her arm a violent blow, this was followed by inflammation of the arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Hill, 41, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 May 1860
Date of death: 24 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted on the 28th of May giving the following account of herself. She had always enjoyed very good health until 11 weeks before her admission, when she was attacked with ‘pleurisy’ which lasted for 3 days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Kent, 32, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1860
Date of death: 3 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Wound of the hand. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital with an extensive incised wound of the left hand caused by a chaff cutting machine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Hand, cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John May, 19, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1860
Date of death: 2 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of the neck. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Neck); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Four or five days before this patient was admitted into the hospital he noticed a small pimple on his chin, in course of twentyfour hours it became extremely painful and there was considerable swelling about it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Harding, 42, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1860
Date of death: 1 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Diffuse inflammation along the sheats of the cord. Psoas abscess. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Inflammation (Spinal cord); Abscess (Psoas muscles); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Two years before admission he wrenched his back & had occasionally suffered since that time with pain & stiffness. Ten months before admission he was suddenly seized with acute pain in the right lower extremity, followed in a few minutes by the same pain in the other extremity, which prevented his standing up. He went into Winchester Hospital, 3 months before admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: n/a

James Pickup, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Oct 1860
Date of death: 9 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'On the 2nd of October he caught his left hand between the wheel side of a cart, causing an extensive lacerated wound of the back of the hand. He went to a medical man who put in suture, but feeling the hand constantly getting worse he came to the hospital as an OP [out-patient]’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Henry Shirley, 15, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1860
Date of death: 22 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of foot. Abscess in ankle & tarsal joints. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Foot); Abscess (Ankle); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'One the 17th of this month his boy tripped over a stone & sprained his left ankle, he walked home, went to bed & was attended by a medical man who ordered poultices. On the 18th he complained of much pain in foot & there was considerable swelling. During the evening he became delirious’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, left foot

Type of incident: n/a

John West, 35, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1860
Date of death: 26 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia after amputation of forearm
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Amputation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital having had his hand & wrist completely smashed. It appeared that shortly before admission his hand had been caught between a pile & the monkey employed to drive it into the ground. Immediately after his admission the limb was removed a few inches above the wrist joint, by the circular method. He never had a bad symptom & was discharged with stump all but healed on the 18th’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump of forearm, left shoulder, cranium, thorax, abdomen, right buttock

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Goddard, 61, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Nov 1860
Date of death: 3 Dec 1860
Disease (transcribed): Large sloughing abscess in thigh, knee-joint and leg. Pyaemia?
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Thigh, knee, leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: '3 weeks before admission this patient stated that after having been exposed to the weather he was attacked with stiffness & swelling in the right thigh. This was soon followed by pain which extended down to the knees’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Chambers, 3, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 May 1861
Date of death: 15 May 1861
Disease (transcribed): Stone in the bladder. Fever
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Bladder); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The child was admitted into the Hospital with symptoms of a stone in the bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

George Waterton, 22, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Oct 1870
Date of death: 2 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the femur. Operation. Osteomyelitis. Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Leg); Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James. Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Five years before admission, the patient had inflammation and swelling of the right thigh bone, no cause assigned. An abscess formed and some bone came away from an opening at the outer side of the femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Exterior of body. No further examination of the body was permitted
Type of incident: n/a

George Fowler, 35, Goods guard

  • Occupation or role: Goods guard
    Age: 35
    Gender: Male
    Date of admission: 9 Mar 1872
    Date of death: 9 Mar 1872
    Disease (transcribed): Railway accident. Amputation at thigh. Exhaustion
    Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Exhaustion (Systemic)
    Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
  • Rouse, James
    Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
    Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
    Medical notes: This man had the left leg completely crushed by the passage of an engine over it.
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys
    Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Smith, 72, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1875
Date of death: 18 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia? Stricture of the urethra
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient had been under treatment for some time and on examination the bladder was distended and the patient was unable to pass his urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidney, ureters and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

William Smith, 64, Dyer

Occupation or role: Dyer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Aug 1875
Date of death: 21 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Septicaemia. Uraemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Uraemia (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from stricture of the urethra for many years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Caroline Nelson, 9, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1875
Date of death: 25 Aug 1875
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Secondary deposits in heart and lungs
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Deposits (Heart); Deposits (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

James Boon, 24, Tailor

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1876
Date of death: 21 Sep 1876
Disease (transcribed): Wound of knee joint. Abscess of thigh. Chronic pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Knee); Abscess (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Stirling, Edward Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was working with a chisel which slipped and cut his knee.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the right knee was examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

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