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Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1872
Date of death: 31 Dec 1872
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, John William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was a patient in the hospital in November 1872 with continuous cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1874
Date of death: 9 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Caseous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was attacked with cough and spitting of mucopurulent fluid. He had never had haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Mar 1871
Date of death: 10 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Bones); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Thirty years before admission this man had received a kick by a horse on right thigh. This was followed by inflammation and necrosis of the bone, portion of which were removed and he apparently recovered. A few weeks before admission it again became painful’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873
Date of death: 26 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Caries of metatarsal bone. Suppurating inguinal glands. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Foot); Suppuration (Lymph nodes); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: No history could be obtained of this child. On admission he was suffering from necrosis of the metatarsal bones of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bones and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 May 1871
Date of death: 21 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Scrofula. Scrofulous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Tuberculosis (Lymph nodes); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This child had been vaccinated 2 months before admission in three places on left arm. All became sore in a fortnight and remained open six weeks. There was no history of ‘snuffles’. The mother said she had one other child, which was healthy, but that it had a rash about head and face when about seventeen months old. The mother had frontal headache, but no rash, nor other signs of syphilis. Hair not thin. Father said to have died four months before, from ‘consumption’. Before marriage he had eruption on legs’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, bones, joints, glands

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1897
Date of death: 14 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): General peritonitis, rupture of small intestine
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Rupture (Intestines) ()
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'Whilst trying to stop a runaway horse he fell under the wheels which passed over his body, thigh and left arm. On admission was very collapsed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1873
Date of death: 1 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis. Caseous pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman said she had been out of health for two months with pain in the belly and diarrhoea, much wind after food and loss of flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, glands and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Organist
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1874
Date of death: 17 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He had been an out patient at Brompton for five months commencing sometime last November or October. About sixteen weeks before admission he found on waking one morning that he could not move his left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1874
Date of death: 19 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Crushed fingers. Contusions. Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Crushed (Hand); Contusions (Hand); Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man fell off the shaft of a cart while sleeping and the wheel passed over his legs and left hand.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and spinal membranes and cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Mar 1887
Date of death: 14 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of the sigmoid flexure of the colon. Colotomy. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Colon); Colostomy (Colon); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'This man was transferred from the care of Dr Cavafy for operative treatment, as medicine had failed to relieve his symptoms'

Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1891
Date of death: 2 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Chronic ulcer of leg. Amputation through knee joint. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'For many years patient had had an ulcer of the left leg […] No history of syphilis. Great pain in it'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, limbs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1873
Date of death: 4 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Mitral disease. Cirrhosis of the liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman stated that for two years she had been out of health with shortness of breath, pain in the chest and occasional palpitation worse on any exertion.
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: Chairmaker
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Dec 1873
Date of death: 20 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the spine. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was transferred from the Physician and stated that since May 1873 he had been gradually losing the use of his legs which he attributed to having got wet through.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, spine and spinal cord
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1891
Date of death: 2 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Caries of bone. Lardaceous disease. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Bone); Amyloidosis (Tissues); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'Had always been very delicate. Fourteen days prior to admission she had had great pain on the left side of the anus and a swelling appeared. It burst and discharged a quantity of offensive pus'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Back, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1873
Date of death: 4 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of pylorus. Phthisis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Abdomen); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: For a month this man had had pain in the belly after food with frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1873
Date of death: 4 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Syphilis. Phthisis. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Intestines); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that for the last eighteen months he had had swelling of the legs and occasionally of the face.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, cranium membranes, brain and penis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1873
Date of death: 7 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Whooping cough. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Whooping cough (Lung); Bronchopneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This child had had an attack of whooping cough for a month. About a week back the breathing became short with constant cough and frequent sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1874
Date of death: 26 Apr 1874
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Empyema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Empyema (Pleura)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He had been subject to winter cough ever since he could remember accompanied with expectoration, but never haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General manager
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1871
Date of death: 30 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound dislocation of ankle. Compound fracture of radius & ulna. Fractured femur. Pyaemia (pleurisy). Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Dislocation (Ankle); Fracture (Arm, thigh, skull); Sepsis (Systemic)

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'He fell 50 feet from a scaffold which gave way’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, joints, cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1875
Date of death: 11 Jan 1875
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Pleuro-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Pleuropneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This girl had had a sore throat for five days and had been getting gradually worse.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart, glands and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Apr 1873
Date of death: 19 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Amputation of breast. Erysipelas. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Breast); Erysipelas (Skin); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman had a cystic tumour of the breast removed by Mr Tatum about five years ago.
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: Chemist
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Apr 1873
Date of death: 19 May 1873
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid carcinoma of liver. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Liver); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Laking, Francis Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man stated that he had been failing in health for the last two years with pain in the chest and frequent cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Watchman
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1897
Date of death: 28 Apr 1897
Disease (transcribed): Haematuria. Bronchitis. Villous carcinoma of bladder
Disease (standardised): Haematuria (Urogenital system); Bronchitis (Lung); Adenoma, villous (Bladder) ()
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Jaffrey, Francis
Post mortem examination performed by: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted for haematuria of 4 years standing but it did bleed every time he passed urine, the urine passed first then the blood followed by a burning sensation, he had to strain during the act. Was very deaf and it was next to impossible to get a lucid account of his illness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 May 1871
Date of death: 8 Jun 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'He fell off a window sill, about 20 feet to the ground. When admitted was much collapsed, he was bruised about back & chest, there were several ribs fractured on the left side’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Feb 1870
Date of death: 25 Apr 1870
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Syphilitic affection of the larynx and liver. Nephritis.
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Syphilis (Larynx, Liver); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: The patient had contracted syphilis ten years before. Two years before admission, ulceration of the throat commenced which had never healed and a tumour on the side of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, spleen, kidneys, bladder and liver
Type of incident: n/a