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Zadwiga Krakowski, 1 year 2 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 2 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1889
Date of death: 1 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Measles. Collapse of lungs. Fractures through both femurs and the left humerus
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bone); Measles (Immune system); Fracture (Leg); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The child was brought up from the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea. The individual who brought her did not know her history, but it was said that the child was sent to St George’s because she had measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain, spinal cord, humerus and femurs
Type of incident: n/a

Zachariah Hubbard, 57, Engine driver

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1901
Date of death: 15 Jun 1901
Disease (transcribed): Fractured twelfth rib. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Brought in dead
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Yvonne Gaillard, 19, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1908
Date of death: 22 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis of lumbar spine. Psoas abscess (acute)
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Spriggs, Edmund Ivens
Medical notes: Fourteen days before admission the patient had noticed a pain in the small of her back when walking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Worthy Bath, [No age stated], Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Feb 1861
Date of death: Before admission
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the vertex and base of skull. Laceration of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: n/a
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient was brought into the hospital quite dead having fallen about 40 feet from a scaffolding onto his head
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and left arm
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Woolfgang Hagen, 17, Waiter

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1910
Date of death: 13 Apr 1910
Disease (transcribed): Avulsion of both legs through middle of shafts of tibia and fibula
Disease (standardised): Fractures, avulsion (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Frankau, Claude Howard Stanley
Post mortem examination performed by: Torrens, James Aubrey
Medical notes: He threw himself in front of a train with suicidal intent. The train passed over his lower extremities.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Womesh Chunder Mazumdar, 28, Barrister

Occupation or role: Barrister
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1873
Date of death: 9 Feb 1873
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Winifred Timms, 54, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 May 1843
Date of death: 21 Jun 1843
Disease (transcribed): Angular Curvature. Caries of Spine.
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Winifred James, 7, [Child of] Gas fitter

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gas fitter
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1913
Date of death: 19 Nov 1913
Disease (transcribed): Acute mastoiditis. Radical operation. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Mastoiditis (Skull); Operation (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Winifred Davis, 5, [Child of] Coachman

Occupation or role: [Child of] Coachman
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1910
Date of death: 29 Nov 1910
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffray, Francis
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: She was struck down by a motor cab and brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, oesophagus, stomach and skull
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Young, 32, Railway porter

Occupation or role: Railway porter
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1902
Date of death: 16 Jan 1902
Disease (transcribed): Multiple fractures (2 compound). Petechial haemorrhages in heart wall on inner surface
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm); Fracture (Leg); Purpura (Heart); Haemorrhage (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Yeatman, 37, Seaman

Occupation or role: Seaman
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1915
Date of death: 13 Dec 1915
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic caries of skull. Gummatous pachymeningitis. Amyloid disease
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Caries (Skull); Meningitis (Brain); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For three and a half months he had complained of pains in many joints, especially the right shoulder, and for seven weeks he had been invalided on account of loss of power in the right arm.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

William Yates, 21, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1887
Date of death: 31 Mar 1887
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead. See surgical notes 560'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

William Wynne, 62, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1846
Date of death: 9 May 1846
Disease (transcribed): Wound in hand. Secondary abscesses in joints and in brachialis anticus. Congestive pneumonia. Heart dilated and atrophied. Disease of left kidney? Blood fluid.
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Abscess (Joints); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from the effects of fracture of the first phalanx of the thumb in December 1842.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and extremities
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Wright, 30, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1845
Date of death: 7 May 1845
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of patella. Erysipelas, with diffuse cellular inflammation of leg & suppuration in knee joint. Secondary deposits in lungs with pleurisy & pneumonia, & bronchitis. Deposition, apparently of lymph, in cortical structure of one kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Erysipelas (Skin); Inflammation (Leg); Deposit (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'He was first admitted on the 4th of March with a transverse fracture of the right patella, caused by direct violence. When admitted there was some swelling but no pain’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Wright, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1882
Date of death: 12 Oct 1882
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae. Abscesses
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Eight months before admission he was kicked on the left buttock where an abscess formed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Woodward, 30, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1882
Date of death: 5 Apr 1883
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For six months he had suffered from constant, wearing pain in the sacral region which was much aggravated by sitting upright.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and vertebrae
Type of incident: n/a

William Wood , 7, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1858
Date of death: 30 Oct 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant tumour of the orbit
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Eye socket)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted with a small tumour not larger than the eye itself, & situated behind it in the left orbit, the eye consequently being protruded’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Orbit, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Witts, 1, [Child of] Soldier

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1888
Date of death: 9 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was the only son of his mother, who was healthy. She said that the patient’s father was delicate and that his lungs were supposed to be weak. The infant had thrush when 5 weeks old, and when six months of age he had bronchitis and hooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

William Wise Wilson, 56, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1845
Date of death: 6 Feb 1845
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound; fissure of skull. Laceration of brain externally & internally
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Laceration (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted in the afternoon of the 4th of February, having fallen a distance of about 10 feet, a wound of the scalp existed upon the upper and posterior part of the right temple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Winton, 40, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jul 1885
Date of death: 1 Aug 1885
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Wingfield, 35, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1901
Date of death: 10 Jun 1901
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of skull. Fracture of twelfth dorsal vertebra
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: Not seen by Surgical Registrar
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, urinary tract, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

William Wilson, 10, [Son of] Firewood seller

Occupation or role: [Son of] Firewood seller
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1915
Date of death: 28 Jan 1915
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis of fibula. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He knocked the right leg three days ago and it became painful and swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

William Wilmshurst, 50, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1884
Date of death: 10 May 1884
Disease (transcribed): Spinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: About three months before admission he had a sore mouth and throat. He had much vague variable pain about the back, running down the legs and making them jump at times.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

William Wilmott, 60, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 May 1891
Date of death: 9 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Wound of lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Wound (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead. Not seen by registrar'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident / suicide

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