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Occupation or role: Married
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1893
Date of death: 18 Nov 1893
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of appendix caeci. Suppuration in peritoneal cavity. Puncture of liver followed by haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Suppuration (Abdomen); Puncture (Liver); Haemorrhage (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: A woman of costive habit, who felt well in November 7th and ate a raw apple. She awoke on November 8th with bad pain in the lower abdomen on the right side without relief to the pain. Vomiting and shivering then occurred.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1891
Date of death: 25 Oct 1891
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of a gastric ulcer
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This girl was a housemaid who became a kitchenmaid about a year before her death because, being anaemic, she found herself unable to run up and down stairs. There was a history of some dyspeptic pains for the last year, but none of haematemesis. The anaemia continued in some degree, though the bowels acted daily, and the catamenia [menstruation], though scanty, were regular'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Postman
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s disease. Acute serous effusion into the tongue and larynx
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Effusion (Tongue, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She was in this hospital last year suffering from albuminuria, the result of scarlet fever (Notes are being bound). After leaving the hospital her headaches continued with much nausea & vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, eyes, neck, tongue, larynx, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1883
Date of death: 24 Jan 1883
Disease (transcribed): Acute rheumatism. Adherent pericardium. Vegetation on aortic and mitral valves
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Adherent (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He first felt rheumatic symptoms in 1876. Ever since then he had been short of breath and felt much palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1893
Date of death: 7 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Calculous suppression of urine
Disease (standardised): Calculi (Ureter); Suppression of urine (Ureter)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John. Dent, Clinton Thomas. Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: In April 1892 this man passed a stone by the urethra. In July 1892 he suffered from an attack of pain in the left loin, shooting into the groin, lasting for five days, and accompanied by vomiting and shivering. A fortnight before admission he had a precisely similar attack.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, intestines, pancreas, spleen, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1894
Date of death: 2 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Acute necrosis of os calcis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Necrosis (Foot); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering transferred from Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'On Feb: 20th this boy twisted his left ankle by falling off a ladder: this was followed by pain for only 3 minutes - no limping resulted. On Feb: 25th he awoke shivering, and with pain in left ankle […] On Feb: 27th his face was very flushed - no rash elsewhere - Much sweating. [...] All joints apeared normal except the left ankle, where there were redness and swelling involving dorsum'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Foot, leg, kidneys, spleen, lungs, pericardium, heart
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Horse keeper
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1892
Date of death: 22 Aug 1892
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage around pancreas. “Fat necrosis”
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Pancreas); Necrosis (Fats)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man declared that about eighteen months before admission a cart wheel passed over his abdomen, but that at the time he was not laid up on account of the accident.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminalis, testes and liver
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Mar 1882
Date of death: 25 May 1882
Disease (transcribed): Ulcerative endocarditis. Cerebral embolism
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Heart); Endocarditis (Heart); Embolism (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: Three months before admission, when acting as a waiter at the new university club, he was struck accidentally on the head by a piece of coal.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 25
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jul 1884
Date of death: 7 Jul 1884
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of appendix caeci. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: On June 29th he ate a plentiful dinner with no discomfort immediately following. The next day he had a rigor, pain began in the abdomen and he had some vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Paperhanger
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1883
Date of death: 13 Nov 1883
Disease (transcribed): Anaemia
Disease (standardised): Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Five or six years ago he began to vomit blood and at the same he passed some which was very dark with his water.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 17 Feb 1881
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous kidneys (large white)
Disease (standardised): Lardaceous disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte and Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'Her father & some of his family are consumptive. She is one of a family of 11 children, & has never been strong, although never laid up for more than a day or two with definite illness. Much winter hacking cough, spits up a small quantity of grey mucus. For many years she has been subject to attacks of vomiting with diarrhoea coming on after the vomiting has stopped'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 May 1870
Date of death: 5 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Enteric Fever. Ulceration and perforation of the large intestine. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestine ); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This girl had been a patient of the Fever Hospital for measles and on her discharge was sent to the servants home. While there she was seized with pain and aching in the limbs and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1870
Date of death: 31 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the spinal cord.
Disease (standardised): Softening (Spinal Cord)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman, a hard drinker, was brought to the hospital in a helpless state, very drowsy, unable to give any account of herself and having entirely lost power over her legs and apparently her arms also.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of generation, cerebrum and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Apr 1885
Date of death: 27 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Chorea
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Central nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The child had epileptic fits from three months old. For the last 6 years she had had ‘piano’ movements of the left hand and fingers.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Dec 1870
Date of death: 1 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1889
Date of death: 4 Sep 1889
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Perforation of vermiform appendix and caput coli. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Perforation (Appendix); Perforation (Intestines); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Lancaster, Ernest Le Cronier
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: For the last fortnight she had had abdominal pain and swelling, together with diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, pericardium, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Probationer Nurse
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1870
Date of death: 14 Oct 1870
Disease (transcribed): Septicaemia.
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Cavafy, John
Medical notes: This woman had been weak and out of health for some months, taking very little food. There was no distinct illness until ten days before her admission when she complained of a sore throat and some pain in the muscles of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, larynx and fauces. The post mortem was taken from Dr Cavafy's notes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1871
Date of death: 29 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Disease (Heart)

Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman who in her youth had been accustomed to drink large quantities of spirits, was seized six weeks before her admission with severe pain in the right hypochondrium. She became jaundiced & at the same time the abdomen began to swell. The jaundice subsided but the abdominal swelling increased & in a fortnight her legs also became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Feb 1871
Date of death: 13 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of caecum. Large abscess behind the peritoneum
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Intestines); Abscess (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'On Jan 25, this girl, who for a day or two had slight pain in the limbs & chest, was seized with distinct rigors & vomiting. There was no diarrhoea, but the vomiting continued’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1871
Date of death: 26 Mar 1871
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophied & dilated heart. Emphysema of lungs. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman, who was extremely ill on admission, said she got severe cough & dyspnoea three weeks previously & at the same time her legs swelled. The legs were much swollen, face congested, there was orthopnoea. In front there was very noisy breathing with rhonchi quite obscuring the heart sounds. She was too weak & ill to permit of further examination’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1890
Date of death: 17 Dec 1890
Disease (transcribed): Ulceration of faecal concretion out of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: On December 11th she rose in the morning feeling quite well, and began to perform her usual work of cleaning fire grates. Suddenly she was seized with severe pain shooting over the whole abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, ovaries, bladder, kidneys, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, larynx, pericardium, heart, brain and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1893
Date of death: 16 Dec 1893
Disease (transcribed): Stenosis of both bronchi
Disease (standardised): Constriction, pathologic (Lung)

Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: She apparently had had winter cough for four years previously, without haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, trachea, bronchi, pleurae, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, pancreas, kidneys and bladder
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Nov 1891
Date of death: 14 Dec 1891
Disease (transcribed): Polypus obstructing small intestine
Disease (standardised): Polyps (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman, the mother of two, had been a widow for 17 years. In later life she became very stout and had gout in the fingers at various times during the last 15 years. But her health was generally good till the beginning of 1891 when she began to lose weight. In February she had influenza, and was thereby much pulled down'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1891
Date of death: 7 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (left apex). Emphysema
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient was a widow who had borne 9 children. She had enjoyed very good health on the whole with the exception of bronchitis of recent years. She was an in-patient at Middlesex Hospital 5 years ago with a severe attack and since then it had recurred every winter'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Aug 1870
Date of death: 21 Aug 1870
Disease (transcribed): Constriction of the small intestine by a fibrous band circumscribed. Peritonitis.
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Laking, Francis
Medical notes: A week before admission, the child was seized with sudden violent abdominal pain, since which the bowels had not been open. The case history was taken partly from Dr Laking's notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder and intestines. The post mortem was from Mr Laking's notes
Type of incident: n/a