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Maria Beard, 54, Shopkeeper

Occupation or role: Shopkeeper
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1886
Date of death: 1 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Peritonitis. Omental hernia. Congestion of the lungs
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'With the exception of rheumatic fever in '62, the patient had been well, & had had no constipation up to the 17th December'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, peritoneum, stomach, uterus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Warren, 53, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1862
Date of death: 5 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the heart. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Oedema (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: A case of disease of the heart with dropsy.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Hannah Saville, 50, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1872
Date of death: 29 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae. Psoas abscess. Miliary tubercles
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Tuberculosis (Lung)
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 patient was brought to the hospital by his son who stated that his mother had been out of health for two months, constantly complaining of pains about the body and being unable to do her work.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

George Wood, 51, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Mar 1875
Date of death: 25 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the middle and internal ear (left). Abscess in the left peduncle of the cerebellum. Abscesses (pyaemic) in the left lung
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ear); Abscess (Brain); Abscess (Lung); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This man had suffered for six or seven weeks from pain in the head, chiefly at the back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, organs of special sense and cerebrum
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Flaxman, 10, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1880
Date of death: 28 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Malformation of heart. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Malformation (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Dunbar, James John Macwhirter
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: All her life the patient was subject to cough and every winter it became worse and in foggy weather. She had always had palpitation on exertion and soon lost her breath.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Catterall, 9 years 6 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1879
Date of death: 17 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Caries of left orbital plate. Inflammatory softening of brain and suppuration. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William. Wadham, William
Medical notes: There was nothing remarkable in the history until eighteen months before admission when he entered Belgrave Hospital for diseased bone on the forehead, the result of a blow.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, cranium, meninges and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Charles Mason, 61, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1881
Date of death: 30 Mar 1881
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Atheroma. Hypertrophy of heart. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain);
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Medical notes: 'No history of previous illnesses could be gathered from his relations. He had been in continuous work as a lawyer's clerk until 1pm on March 30 when he put his hand on his head, complaining of acute pain, & fell down unconscious without cry or convulsions. He spoke once or twice about half an hour after the first attack, saying that he felt better but subsequently relapsed with further convulsions into complete coma which soon became stertorous'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, lungs, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Reuben Higgerty, 41, Tailor

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1873
Date of death: 30 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Dilatation of the aorta. Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart. Cirrhosis of the liver. Dropsy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Aorta); Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver); Oedema (Indeterminate)
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 man was in comparatively good health up to four months before his admission, when he suddenly lost his sense falling of his chair.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Annie Prince, 73, Caretaker

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 73
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Mar 1886
Date of death: 22 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain)
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 was brought into the Hospital in a state of deep unconsciousness. She had a cough for five weeks, but was supposed to be in fair health. She was heard to moan on the morning of the 20th and she was found to be unconscious on the floor.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, arteries, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines, pancreas, membranes and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Hone, 57, Shoemaker

Occupation or role: Shoemaker
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1877
Date of death: 26 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac dilatation with hypertrophy. Congestion of viscera. Old emphysema
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Congestion (Systemic); Emphysema (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: About October 1876 the patient began to feel weak and chilly and suffered from pain about the epigastrium. Early in the following January he suffered from palpitation, a fortnight later from dyspnoea, and for a month before entrance to the hospital from swelling of the legs and abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Edward Marshall, 48, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1870
Date of death: 5 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia.
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Scalp)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from a cough for three months, and four days before admission he had severe rigors. On admission he was jaundiced and there was tenderness over the hepatic region and liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones and joints, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Wheeler, 39, Auction Porter

Occupation or role: Auction Porter
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1870
Date of death: 6 Feb 1870
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Apoplexy.
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The man was brought in comatose with a history of a fit immediately before admission. He was stated to be a hard drinker and had complained of pain in his head, on which he was accustomed to carry considerable weights.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Stephen Calaher, Schoolboy

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1871
Date of death: 7 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Scarlatinal nephritis. Effusion into the pleurae & peritoneum. General dropsy
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Nephritis (Kidney); Effusion (Pleurae, peritoneum); Edema (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This child, having had scarlatina, was permitted to go out during desquamation three weeks before admission, & became dropsical’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Catherine Thornhill, 15, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Jan 1869
Date of death: 8 Jan 1869
Disease (transcribed): Chorea
Disease (standardised): Chorea (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This girl had been ill since Christmas, with chorea which was supposed to have been induced by excitement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

John Hudson, 31, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1872
Date of death: 7 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Pleurisy. Paracentesis thoracis. Empyema. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Paracentesis (Thorax); Empyema (Pleura); Exhaustion (Systemic)
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 patient said that for sixteen days he had had pain in the left side with shortness of breath. It commenced with an attack of shivering and as if a knife were being run into him.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Strong, 26, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Mar 1879
Date of death: 26 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Purulent bronchitis. Empyema. Chronic abscess of tibia
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Abscess (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient was too weak for thorough examination.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus and tibia
Type of incident: n/a

James Churchill, 30, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Feb 1886
Date of death: 29 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Adherent pericardium. Hypertrophy and dilatation of the heart. Aortic incompetence. Mitral dilatation. Haemorrhage into cardiac walls. Pulmonary apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Adherent (Pericardium); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
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 always been well up to 1878 when he had acute rheumatism. For the last six months he had had shortness of breath with occasional cough and sternal pain for the last six weeks.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, stomach and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Charles Crawley, 52, Messenger

Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1862
Date of death: 23 Apr 1862
Disease (transcribed): Ascites, Malignant disease of the liver
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was a case of ascites, supposed to be connected with malignant disease of the liver.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Kemp, 21, Housemaid

  • Occupation or role: Housemaid
    Age: 21
    Gender: Female
    Date of admission: 23 Mar 1877
    Date of death: 30 Mar 1877
    Disease (transcribed): Typhoid ulcerations of bowel. Pneumonia. Pleurisy.
    Disease (standardised): Typhoid Fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines); Pneumonia (Lung); Pleurisy (Pleura)
    Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
    Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
    Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
  • Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
    Medical notes: For ten days the patient had had a headache, felt chilly and shivered; for five she had been very weak and kept to her bed; for four had had a cough and for three a sore throat. The bowels were confined.
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and intestine. The post mortem was from Dr Whipham's notes
    Type of incident: n/a

Arthur Woodman, PC

Occupation or role: PC
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1871
Date of death: 28 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the liver. Oedema of right leg from pressure
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Edema (Leg)
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 was first admitted on March 2. He then stated that his health had been good until last Xmas, when he was laid up for eight days with slight jaundice, nausea & pain in the right hypochondrium. From this he recovered completely & was able to return to his work’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, veins

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Judd, 38, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1883
Date of death: 28 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Pleuritic effusion. Cirrhosis of liver. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Mitral valve stenosis (Heart); Effusion (Pleura); Cirrhosis (Liver); Disease (Kidney)
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 the weather grew very cold and she complained that she could not keep warm and took to bed. For a fortnight before admission her doctor had told her that he could not feel her pulse at the wrist.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Thompson, 35, Barman

Occupation or role: Barman
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1876
Date of death: 17 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Biliary abscesses
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Biliary tract)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This man was admitted with history of cough for three weeks without spitting. His abdomen had been painful and getting larger.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and stomach
Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Goodwin, 48, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1869
Date of death: 6 Apr 1869
Disease (transcribed): Purpura. Morbus cordis. Serous apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Disease (Heart); Stroke (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: He had been ill since the 20th March with pains in the knees and ankles, and he had frequently suffered from rheumatism.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Matilda Brooks, 38, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1879
Date of death: 29 Mar 1879
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma of pulmonary artery. Occlusion of its right division. Dilatation and hypertrophy of right ventricle
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Blake, Henry. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient had suffered from pain in the side and palpitation for three months about two years before admission, and pain about the right clavicle and side of the head for thirteen months before. She had had a cough ever since accompanied by dyspnoea and palpitation.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, peritoneum and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

John Clark, 50, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Apr 1887
Date of death: 18 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Cerebral haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Granular (Kidney); Haemorrhage (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient, who was a painter, was not known by his wife to have had colic gout or any other illness. There was no history of alcohol or syphilis'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

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