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Occupation or role: Coffee house keeper
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1858
Date of death: 13 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dilated heart. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was a coffee house keeper had been ailing some five months with cough & aphonia, but he had only kept his bed nine weeks, & this was on account of an attack of acute rheumatism’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1858
Date of death: 5 Apr 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of the heart. Old aneurism of the abdominal aorta. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Aneurysm (Aorta); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man had suffered more or less for 16 months with cough, shortness of breath & pain in the chest. The legs had also been apt to show signs of oedema. During the summer months he was better, but as his old symptoms returned towards the close of last year he came as out-patient & attended for nearly 8 weeks’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1857
Date of death: 9 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundryman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1858
Date of death: 21 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A laundryman who stated that he caught a severe cold whilst sitting up nursing his sick wife. Oedema of the legs rapidly followed this chill & at a later period the abdomen swelled. He suffered severely from rheumatic gout 16 years ago: except this his health had been good until the present illness came on. He formerly lived for years in a hotel, but had always been temperate’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1858
Date of death: 20 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Softening of the brain. Phthisis. Ulcerated intestines
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This lad was brought to the hospital in a state which showed that he had been very much neglected. He was then in a dying state, quite delirious, & unable to give any account of his feelings. It appeared that before Christmas he had been in University College Hospital with remittent(?) fever. After leaving the hospital in January he came home & never seemed to rally thoroughly, creeping about the house & existing rather than living. He had no nurse to attend upon him & was consequently in an extremely filthy condition’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Lighterman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1858
Date of death: 20 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Valvular disease of the heart. Pulmonary apoplexy. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Stroke (Lungs); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A lighterman, of very intemperate habits, having frequently taken a pint of gin per diem. He had been feeling out of health 5 months but had only laid by for a month. Constant colds taken whilst at work were followed by cough & dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1858
Date of death: 19 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Cystic degeneration of the kidneys
Disease (standardised): Degeneration (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A tailor who stated that five years ago he was attacked with pain in the region of the right kidney & haematuria. He got cured of this, but five months before admission the same symptoms retured, the pain at first being in the right loin, but afterwards in the left’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1858
Date of death: 18 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart. Pneumonia. Diseased kidneys. Congenital phrenic hernia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Hernia (Diaphragm)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As in the preceding case, no opportunity was afforded for a history of the progress of the disease being taken’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1858
Date of death: 18 Mar 1858
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Dropsy. Malignant disease of the ovary
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys, heart); Edema (Systemic); Malignant disease (Ovaries)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This woman was admitted in a dying condition & no opportunity presented for taking any history of her previous symptoms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1857
Date of death: 7 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Exhaustion after diphtheritis
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Exhaustion
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man previously to his admission had been under the care of a medical gentleman in the neighbourhood for 3 weeks with diphtheritis of which it is expected that he was cured, a very large layer of false membrane having been removed. But he complained of difficulty in swallowing, & as he could not afford, he said, to pay for a consultation he came into the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 28 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of the uterus, vagina & bladder. Distension of the ureters & kidneys. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Uterus, vagina, bladder); Distension (Ureters, kidneys); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard and Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'A married woman with puffy, sallow face, who was admitted suffering from slight cough & considerable dyspnoea. There was pain over the left breast, loud mucous rates over both lungs & a loud murmur at the apex of the heart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1857
Date of death: 7 Jan 1858
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Old pericarditis. Diseased kidneys. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man had been ill for 16 months. Previously his health had been good. He was accustomed to drink pretty freely. His attack commenced with jaundice, but how long this continued is not mentioned. Swelling of the legs followed & the urine became of a deep colour’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 22 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian cyst. Diseased kidneys. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Cyst (Ovaries); Disease (Kidneys, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cachectic-looking woman who had had very poor living for some time, & had been maltreated by her husband. Nearly four years ago she became the subject of ovarian dropsy. A medical man in Lissen Grove attended her, performed paracentesis, & drew off 4.2 pints of clear limpid fluid. The cyst apparently arose from the left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1858
Date of death: 18 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Liver, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man came under the care of the physician after being admitted as a surgeon’s patient for necrosis of the humerus. It appeared that 14 years ago he had syphilis very badly; in other respects his health had been good. Seven weeks before admission he said he caught cold & very soon his legs became anasarcous & his belly much enlarged. He had also cough & some pain in the right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Keeper of urinal
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1858
Date of death: 13 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Large fatty heart. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This old man, who was admitted in an emaciated condition & with great oedema of the lower limbs, had worked for upwards of twenty years in the Thames Tunnel, & then was placed for the remainder of his days as keeper of a urinal in the park where he was exposed to all weathers, & often had to remain all day in his wet clothes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1858
Date of death: 8 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Dropsy. Diseased heart (tricuspid & mitral valves) & kidneys. Low pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Edema (Systemic); Disease (Heart, kidneys); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A delicate woman who had been in a poor state of health for some time, and had suffered from cough & emaciation six months. Ten weeks ago she was attacked with severe dyspnoea & pain in the chest, & the legs & abdomen began to swell’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1858
Date of death: 5 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophy of heart. Diseased tricuspid & mitral valves. Bronchitis. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lungs); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was admitted late on the 3rd & died early on the 5th inst was only seen once by the physician, who considered him to be suffering from bronchitis & also from some limited pneumonia. There was considerable oedema of the lower limbs. No opportunity was afforded for making an examination of the urine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1858
Date of death: 25 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Pericarditis. Deposit (?inflammatory) in the substance of the heart
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Pericarditis (Heart); Deposit (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Hastings, Cecil William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'Ten days before admission this patient was seized with acute rheumatism, the swelling principally affecting the hands. A week later she had dyspnoea & hard, dry cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Feb 1858
Date of death: 3 Feb 1858
Disease (transcribed): Gangrene of the lung
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'No history was obtained of this case. The man who was in a dying state when admitted sank in a few hours’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Wig maker
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858
Date of death: 12 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Gallstones. Perforation of the gall bladder. Ulceration of the intestines
Disease (standardised): Gallstone (Gallbladder); Perforation (Gallbladder); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man who was a wig maker was admitted in a state of great prostration following an attack of gall stones. He had no pain except when pressure was made over the right hypochondriac region’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1858
Date of death: 9 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Cirrhosis. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A cab driver who had been ill three weeks. His habits were very intemperate & in May last he had an attack of delirium tremens. He attributed his present illness to cold; having been exposed to the rain for 16 hours. For three weeks he had been troubled with vomiting after meals’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Nov 1858
Date of death: 4 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis. Softening of the brain. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with what appeared to be rheumatic pain in the head, knees & back. It came on 10 weeks ago without any assignable cause. His manner was dull & sluggish & his expression heavy’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Nov 1858
Date of death: 3 Dec 1858
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Diseased kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man had been under the care of the surgeon for a wound of the hand from which he had nearly recovered & was within three days of leaving the hospital when cough & expectoration with extreme dyspnoea came on & he sank in a very few days from suffocation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Nov 1858
Date of death: 28 Nov 1858
Disease (transcribed): Fever & sore throat
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Sore (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined the case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Designer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1858
Date of death: 12 Nov 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Encysted emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A designer who had been out of health three months with general languor & shortness of breath. For some little time he had also suffered from oedema of the feet and legs. Three weeks before admission he observed a swelling on the right side of the chest & when he came to the hospital there was a fluctuating tumour of considerable size about two inches below the right nipple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a