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Abraham Cocksedge, 46, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 May 1864
Date of death: 23 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical hernia, strangulated but relieved by operation. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Died from a low form of pneumonia. Case not entered’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Ballard, 54, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1863
Date of death: 12 Feb 1863
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in prostate. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Prostate); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: About nine months ago he perceived that his stream of water began to get smaller, and for the last few months he had had incontinence of urine, accompanied with aching pain in the region of the bladder.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Boots, 38, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1863
Date of death: 6 May 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull, ribs and leg. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: While working in a sewer, the earth suddenly gave way and he was knocked down and partly buried under it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, chest, abdomen and leg
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

David Evans, 38, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1863
Date of death: 5 Feb 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull. Compression of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had fallen to the ground from a scaffold forty feet high.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Eleanor Farnham, 26, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 May 1863
Date of death: 31 May 1863
Disease (transcribed): Abscess on back
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Back)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: At the time of her admission this patient had an immense abscess covering the whole of the right buttock.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Eliza Moore, 53, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1863
Date of death: 1 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of arm. Ulceration of ulnar artery
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Arm); Ulcer (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: During the summer months of the present year while suffering from a poisoned finger, she was attacked by phagedaena.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Stump, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Glass, 69, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1863
Date of death: 3 Feb 1863
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: On the 31st January the patient fell down some stairs and cut her head in two places.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Elizabeth Humphrey, 43, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Oct 1863
Date of death: 6 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of leg. Bed sores
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Pressure ulcer (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Was admitted on October 27th 1863 with diffuse cellular inflammation of the right leg, from the knee to the ankle. An attempt was made to save the skin by timely incisions, but it had quite lost its vitality, and in the course of a week became a mass of slough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, head, chest, abdomen (‘the right leg had been amputated about the middle of the thigh’)

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth M. McLellan, 44, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1864
Date of death: 19 Jan 1864
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Perforation of bowel by stricture
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Stricture (Bowel)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'On the 15th instant after great exertion was suddenly seized with the symptoms of strangulated hernia, and on retiring to rest, she noticed a small swelling on the right femoral region. She continued to suffer the umbilical pain, and to vomit till the 18th shen she was admitted’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen White, 2, Child

  • Occupation or role: Child
    Age: 2
    Gender: Male
    Date of admission: 7 Jan 1863
    Date of death: 11 Feb 1863
    Disease (transcribed): Diarrhoea. Collapse of lung
    Disease (standardised): Diarrhoea (Intestines); Collapse (Lung)
    Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
  • Barclay, Andrew Whyte
    Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
    Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
    Medical notes: This child was in an extremely emaciated condition on her admission at which time she was suffering from diarrhoea and sloughing about the rectum and anus.
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
    Type of incident: n/a

Emma Colvert, 21, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Dec 1862
Date of death: 16 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart. Consequent plugging of cerebral vessels
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Plugging (Vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: She was said to have had scarlatina some years ago and to have had failing health for some years. A sudden attack of an apoplectic character had occurred shortly before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pericardium, heart and kidney
Type of incident: n/a

Francis Holmes, 42, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1863
Date of death: 27 Nov 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ascites. Disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen); Disease (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted in a very emaciated condition for stricture of the urethra. At the same time he appeared to have extensive disease of both lungs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Ballard, 38, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1862
Date of death: 21 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left leg. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, bones and veins
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Eden, 38, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 3 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Necrosis of skull. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Skull); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Contracted syphilis in 1858, & was not put under the mercurial treatment: a secondary eruption appeared in 1860, and in 1862 several nodes formed in various parts of the skull, but disappeared under treatment. He was salivated in 1859 for a sore on the penis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

George Eggs, 57, Game keeper

Occupation or role: Game keeper
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Aug 1863
Date of death: 4 Sep 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of prostate. Suppuration in kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Prostate); Suppuration (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of pain, during and following, micturition.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

George Farmer, 63, Cab driver

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1863
Date of death: 19 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of knee
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Freeman, Samuel George
Medical notes: The patient received a blow on the outer side of his left knee, which was followed by an abscess.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, pleurae, lungs, peritoneum and abdominal viscera
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Ward, 23, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1865
Date of death: 8 Sep 1865
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Ulceration of peyer’s patches
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Peyer’s patches)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: The patient had been ill for six days with headache and pain in the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest
Type of incident: n/a

Harriett Freeman, 28, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1863
Date of death: 21 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Abscess of ovary. Phlebitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Abscess (Ovary); Phlebitis (Veins)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient on her admission was in the last stage of phthsis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Holmes, 72, Hairdresser

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1864
Date of death: 29 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Granular degeneration of kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'During the whole of 1863 he suffered from many attacks of boils on various parts of his body, and was generally out of health’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Moxey, 47, Exciseman

Occupation or role: Exciseman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1863
Date of death: 29 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Suppuration in the subperitoneal cellular tissue of the rectum after operation for fistula
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Rectum); Fistula (Rectum); Operation (Rectum)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from fistula for many years, and had been operated on without much benefit.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Bennett, 59, Lath render

Occupation or role: Lath render
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1863
Date of death: 2 Apr 1863
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia. Operation
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: A double inguinal hernia had existed for ten years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Clarke, 46, Fitter

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1864
Date of death: 24 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of urine. Stricture of urethra
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Bladder); Stricture (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Was brought to the hospital with an irregular scalp wound on the right frontal eminence about three inches in length’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: urethra, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Freeman, 42, Livery stable keeper

Occupation or role: Livery stable keeper
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1865
Date of death: 25 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of stomach. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: Two weeks ago when walking in his usual health, he brought up a quantity of clotted blood by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

James Hart, 66, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1863
Date of death: 3 May 1863
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in cavernous body communicating with urethra
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man fell about six weeks before admission and struck he penis violently against a projecting piece of wood.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and urethra
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Jane Secker, 27, Milliner

Occupation or role: Milliner
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1863
Date of death: 30 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of base of skull by caries? Disease of kidneys
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Skull); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: She always had delicate health and about three years ago has a large chronic abscess on the outer side of the left thigh which never healed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thigh, brain, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

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