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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1890
Date of death: 2 Apr 1890
Disease (transcribed): Pneumothorax (right side). Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumothorax (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The child was anaemic but well nourished. She suffered from cough and dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, larynx, thyroid, oesophagus, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, pancreas and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Aug 1882
Date of death: 6 Aug 1882
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: Ten days before admission he was laid up with measles with much coryza and cough. He had been kept in bed, the the cough had grown worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2 ½
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1894
Date of death: 9 Jan 1894
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Commencing tuberculosis.
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'This child had measles shortly before last Christmas - and suffered from cough, continually, since then - no hooping had been noticed, although a brother was suffering from Hooping Cough. There was no history of tubercular symptoms in the family. The child had never had fits nor any previous illness. […] Soon after admission a general convulsion took place. The child died shortly afterwards'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1885
Date of death: 11 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia (after immersion)
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Case reported by Medical Registrar No 919
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Policeman
Age: 1 year 1 month
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1889
Date of death: 29 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Measles. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Measles (Immune system); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here. See medical notes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No post mortem examination
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Feb 1891
Date of death: 26 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (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: 'The mother of the patient is not robust, but there is no family history of tuberculosis. The child had had no measles, whooping-cough, chicken-pox or scarlatina. Three months before admission it had an attack of bronchitis. On Feb 20th the breathing was noticed to be rapid, and there was feverishness. It was unweaned'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Nov 1870
Date of death: 21 Nov 1870
Disease (transcribed): Lobular pneumonia.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: It was stated by the friends of this child that she had been ill for six weeks with a severe cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1871
Date of death: 11 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (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 child had had cough for some time, which had latterly got much worse’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 May 1870
Date of death: 18 May 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1892
Date of death: 10 Apr 1892
Disease (transcribed): Mitral stenosis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickson, T.W.
Medical notes: In September 1877 she was an inmate of this hospital with acute rheumatism. During the attack a systolic and a distolic cardiac murmur developed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Sep 1897
Date of death: 27 Sep 1897
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'V. [Vide] Medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No examination post mortem'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1895
Date of death: 27 Jan 1895
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, larynx, heart, spleen, pancreas, duodenum, kidneys, suprarenals, joints and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1897
Date of death: 5 Jun 1897
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of internal iliac vein, embolism of pulmonary artery. Pyopneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Abdomen); Embolism (Heart); Hydropneumothorax (Pleural cavity) ()
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: 'This patient when seen the day after admission was so extremely ill, suffering acutely from dyspnoea, that any history was of necessity, in the absence of friends, very brief. Physical examination being impossible. She had had a miscarriage (at 5 months) 3 weeks before admission, followed in two days by severe pain in the Right chest. She had severe rigors at first, and lost blood, for a fortnight, after the illness began'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

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: Married
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Dec 1870
Date of death: 23 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous disease. Pleurisy. Peritonitis from Paracentesis Abdominis.
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney); Pleurisy (Pleura); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Paracentesis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman said that she first noticed her belly begin to swell in May of that year and it gradually increased in size, followed by the legs. There had been previous good health and she had never drunk spirits.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, intestines, organs of generation and spleen
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1870
Date of death: 21 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Croup.
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
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: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 1 ½
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Mar 1894
Date of death: 24 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Broncho pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See medical notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined post mortem'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1883
Date of death: 22 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Bronchitis. Catarrhal pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Bronchitis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For two days before admission she had been vomiting frequently, and on the morning of March 18th she had four or five convulsive attacks
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Jun 1870
Date of death: 1 Jul 1870
Disease (transcribed): Lobular pneumonia. Renal congestion. Nephritis.
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This child was admitted with whooping cough and there was also slight bronchitis of both lungs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1891
Date of death: 26 Jan 1891
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Membranous laryngitis. Ulceration in ileum
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Laryngitis (Larynx); Ulcer (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: 'No family history of phthisis or other disease. The child had had several slight attacks of bronchitis, but on the whole had had very fair health. Eleven days before admission the rash of measles appeared after much coryza, and simultaneously the child became hoarse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jun 1889
Date of death: 6 Jul 1889
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sortain, Bertram V.
Medical notes: In April 1889 the child had measles and recovered. On June 20th he had a headache and a powder of unknown composition was given to him. He then had vomiting and diarrhoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, kidneys, intestines, liver, spleen, brain, eyes and ears
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] General dealer
Age: 2 years 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Jul 1885
Date of death: 5 Jul 1885
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: He had caught cold which became much worse, with slight white expectoration and a little fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Mar 1886
Date of death: 15 Mar 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For notes of this case, see Medical Cases No. 339
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a