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John Hawkins, 28, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 May 1870
Date of death: 6 Sep 1870
Disease (transcribed): Caries of spine. Lumbar abscess.
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined, the case if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Schofield, 30, Married woman

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1861
Date of death: 20 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of skull. Arachinitis
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Skull); Arachnoiditis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission she was struck on the head by a shovel. She was knocked down and was rendered unconscious for a few minutes. She lost a considerable amount of blood. She went to Middlesex Hospital when on examination a scalp wound exposing bone was discovered. Three days after the injury she had rigor followed by sweating and fever. A week after the accident the right fore arm became swollen and red, with inability to extend the fingers.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen. The uterus contained a foetus, about 5 months old
Type of incident: Homicide/murder

George Charlton, 73, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Feb 1860
Date of death: 28 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phimosis. Gangrene after operation
Disease (standardised): Phimosis (Penis); Operation; Gangrene
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar 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

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

Henry McDermott, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1860
Date of death: 26 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation & gangrene of the arm. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Arm); Gangrene (Arm); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Seven days before admission he had a very small cut over the last phalanx of the thumb on its inner surface, three nights after great pain came on together with redness & swelling which extended up to the shoulders’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Sarah Richard, 30, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1860
Date of death: 3 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Cachetic ulceration of the leg
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar 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, as it was sent to the dissecting room’

Type of incident: n/a

William Greaterix, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1860
Date of death: 27 Oct 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bruise of brain. Rupture of liver
Disease (standardised): Bruise (Brain); Rupture (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was driving a water cart. When the horse made a sudden dart, the man was thrown down backwards, his feet being caught by some rope attached to the cart, his body being between the wheel of the cart & the horse, & his head was dragged along the road for some yards’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Ann Smith, 39, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1860
Date of death: 21 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of the frontal bone
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar 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

Joseph Nelson, 58, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1860
Date of death: 13 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar 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

Charles Heath, 29, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1860
Date of death: 25 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Effusion (traumatic) of blood in arachnoid. Compression & bruise of the brain
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to epileptic fits for some years & on the morning of admission (while walking on the pavement) he fell down in a fit & struck his head against the kerb stone, he was picked up & brought to the hospital [and] it was stated by those who brought him that a large amount of blood had been lost’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Margaret Balmain, 50, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1860
Date of death: 20 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of femur. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with a traumatic fracture of the left femur just below the trochanter, there was considerable displacement. She was very unhealthy in appearance, her complexion being sallow […] She stated that the day before her admission, she had slipped down some steps, striking the outer side of the thigh against the floor’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

George Clarke, 29, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1859
Date of death: 3 Apr 1859
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs and clavicle. Scalp wound. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Clavicle); Wound (Scalp); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: This man just before admission fell off the top of a cart containing gravel, and the wheel of it passed over his right side of head and shoulders.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and extremities
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Stole, 13, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Feb 1859
Date of death: 23 Feb 1859
Disease (transcribed): Cyst in right cerebral hemisphere, found by dilatation of the lateral ventricle. Idioticy. Burn
Disease (standardised): Cysts (Brain); Intellectual disability (Brain); Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: From the age of nine months he had been subject to epileptic attacks, and it was in the course of one of these that he fell into the fire.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Leamand, 70, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 70
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Nov 1859
Date of death: 15 Dec 1859
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Diseased kidneys (Pyelitis)
Disease (standardised): Enlarged (Prostate); Disease (Kidney); Pyelitis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: About three years ago he noticed for the first time that he did not pass his urine as usual.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

John Pilcher, 48, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1859
Date of death: 22 Jan 1859
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had had a stricture of the urethra for four years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

William Edwards, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1859
Date of death: 11 Jul 1859
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had had a large scrotal hernia for the last two years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Taylor Buchanan, 39, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 May 1859
Date of death: 23 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had had a stricture for the last six years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

John Lloyd, 42, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 May 1859
Date of death: 18 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of urine
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Nine or ten years ago he first noticed he had a stricture, the result of gonorrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Fanny Watkins, 26, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1859
Date of death: 18 May 1859
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic ulceration of throat
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Ulcer (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Therefore the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Thursfield, 60, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1858
Date of death: 16 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Enlarged prostate. Abscesses between the muscular fasciculi of the bladder. Scattered abscesses of the kidneys. Insanity
Disease (standardised): Enlargement (Prostate); Abscess (Bladder, kidneys); Insanity
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'Was admitted under Dr Page [William Emanuel Page] for fever & slight delirium, having at the same time retraction & incontinence of urine. He says he had never had either of the 2 latter before, nor can any history of diseased prostate be obtained’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Ward, 41, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1858
Date of death: 31 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Abscess of thumb
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Abscess (Thumb)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Cooper, George Frederick and Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'Had a chap on her hand a week before admission, when she was washing some clothes, there [?] soda in the water, & from that time, an abscess formed there, getting worse till she came as OP [out-patient] 2 days ago’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Patrick Ryan, 40, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1858
Date of death: 23 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of the arm for gangrene, following diffuse inflammation
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Gangrene (Arm); Inflammation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Therefore the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

George Rivers, 25, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1858
Date of death: 28 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the femur. Diseased kidneys. Old fracture of thigh, abscess
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Thigh); Disease (Kidneys); Fracture (Thigh); Abscess (Thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'Twelve years since he had fractured his thigh bone through the lower third and on the right side. Subsequent necrosis occurred at the site of fracture [and] an abscess formed, and dead bone removed through the aperture of discharge. He had continued to enjoy tolerably good health until lately. Two months before admission an abscess formed again at the former site’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, pharynx, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Agnes, 33, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1858
Date of death: 13 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of the urethra. Inflamed bladder
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Urethra); Inflammation (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Hart, Ernest Abraham
Medical notes: 'Had suffered great difficulty in passing water for the last nine years, but with the exception of one occasion, about ten years ago, had never had any instrument passed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

John Davis, 52, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1858
Date of death: 30 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Stricture of the urethra
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Constriction (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Therefore the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

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