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Occupation or role: Commercial traveller
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1871
Date of death: 10 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Emphysema of lungs. Dilated heart. Cheesy deposits in kidneys. Enlarged prostate. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Deposit (Kidneys); Disease (Prostate); Cystitis (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man stated that he had suffered from severe epigastric pain for about a fortnight. At the same time his urine dribbled away from him. He had been very sick’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Shop boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1885
Date of death: 3 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: He had pains in the limbs dating from Christmas Day and lasting a week, which returned for a fortnight in the hips and shoulders. He complained of pain in the throat.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary tract, brain, pharynx, mouth and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Apr 1874
Date of death: 7 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidney. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney); Oedema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was said to have vomited much blood, was very weak and had slight jaundice.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Apr 1871
Date of death: 7 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man had suffered for three months from abdominal pain, cough & dyspnoea. Shortly before admission his legs swelled. There was no history of previous rheumatism’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1886
Date of death: 16 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the brain
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: On February 20th he did not feel well, with some weakness of the left arm and giddiness. Sitting by the fire, he had an ‘aura’ in the left arm, with twitching, and then he became unconscious.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach, intestines, dura mater and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1875
Date of death: 24 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Bronchitis (Lung); Oedema (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
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: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1881
Date of death: 19 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Hypertrophy and fatty degeneration of the heart. Cirrhosis (atrophic)
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis

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 had whooping cough badly when a child. In 1850 she was in St Bartholomew's Hospital for 3 months where she had typhus fever from which she made a very quick recovery, followed by abscesses about the hip & thigh, to which she attributed her subsequent lameness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bus driver
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1869
Date of death: 19 Mar 1869
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Rupia. Oedema and emphysema of lungs. Amyloid?
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Rupia (Skin); Oedema (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Amyloidosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was a driver of one of the Putney Buses, had been accustomed to drink freely and had contracted syphilis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Mar 1882
Date of death: 31 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal ulceration. Perforation. Peritonitis (typhoid)
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Zimmerman, Benjamin Frazier
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission his dyspnoea became troublesome with cough and increased hoarseness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Publican
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1871
Date of death: 5 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied heart. Pleuritic effusion. Miliary tubercles
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Effusion (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This man had suffered from nocturnal polyuria for many years & for the last two or three had noticed his ankles to be slightly oedematous in the evening. He had not however suffered severely till five weeks before admission, when he got a bad cough with gradually increasing dyspnoea’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1877
Date of death: 11 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration of bowel. Perforation. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was in failing health, when three weeks or more before admission, commenced cough and nasal catarrh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and intestine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1877
Date of death: 11 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular phthisis. Ulceration of bowel. Ulcerative laryngitis.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ulcer (Intestines); Ulcer (Larynx); Laryngitis (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This child, whose mother and all her family were consumptive, had always been ailing and languid, subject to cough and sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, intestine, brain and larynx
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1879
Date of death: 7 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Chronic bronchitis. Emphysema. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was admitted in a condition which precluded examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1872
Date of death: 17 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy. Intense congestion of the brain. Commencing granular degeneration of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man was in the hospital in October of 1870 .The history of his illness then was that one day while at dinner e became suddenly stupid and lost the power on the left side about a week before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milkman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1886
Date of death: 12 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Emphysema. Adherent pericardium. Dilated right side of heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Emphysema (Lung); Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had bronchitis when a child and was in the hospital for that disease. He had scarcely ever been free from the complaint. He came in for the fourth time with oedematous legs, his breath became daily shorter and he had much dyspnoea with much cyanosis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1873
Date of death: 13 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Mitral contraction. Hypertrophy and dilatation of ventricles. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Adherent (Heart); Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient first came to the hospital in October of last year complaining of rheumatic pains about the body which had confined him to bed for about three days.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1882
Date of death: 27 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulceration and perforation of small intestine
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Five days before admission she began to feel chilly, with vague aching pains all over and much headache.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, peritoneum and intestinal canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hall porter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1883
Date of death: 13 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Three weeks before admission he had slight rigors and some abdominal pain with loss of appetite that made him give up his work and go into the country.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, alimentary canal, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1877
Date of death: 10 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of anterior wall of stomach: perforation
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with haematemesis, which was not continued in the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum, stomach and douglas' pouch
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1882
Date of death: 10 Jan 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of larynx. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Larynx); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Fisher, Frederick Charles
Medical notes: Three months before admission he began to feel pain on the flanks and he suffered much from painful cough and mucopurulent sputa.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, larynx and bronchi
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1887
Date of death: 19 Mar 1887
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Oedema and congestion of the lungs. Dilatation of the right side of the heart. Congestion of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Edema (Lung); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient had a healthy family & personal history. He had been subject to a winter cough for a year or two & more particularly during the winter of '86 & '87. He was a coachman & much exposed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1877
Date of death: 9 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular pneumonia. Bronchitis. Congestion of viscera.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Congestion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was not seen by the Registrar.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1862
Date of death: 27 Mar 1862
Disease (transcribed): Hepatic abscess, consequent upon dysentery
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Liver); Dysentery (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: On admission this woman’s feet were slightly anasarcous and she complained of pain in her right hypochondrium.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 61
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1874
Date of death: 18 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Mitral contraction. Granular kidneys. Cirrhosis of liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman was admitted almost in a dying state, with orthopnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1873
Date of death: 7 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Caries of femur. Lardaceous disease. Pleurisy. Ascites
Disease (standardised): Caries (Leg); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Ascites (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: For nine years this man had had disease of the right hip and thigh bone with much purulent discharge.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones
Type of incident: n/a