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Occupation or role: Packer
Gender: Male
Age: 40
Date of admission: 12 Dec 1877
Date of death: 30 Dec 1877
Disease (transcribed): Low pneumonia. Cystic disease of kidneys. Syphilitic disease of liver
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Kidney diseases, cystic (Kidney); Syphilis (Liver);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. No heritable disease in the family. Suffered from 'brain fever' in childhood: from 'rheumatics' in 1857, from occasional sore throats. Venereal sore in 1857 (after the rheumatism) […] A temperate man. Languor and want of appetite, with some loss of flesh for about a month. Attacked with shivering about noon 12 days before admn [admission]: had to leave work and go home. Pain in L [Left] hypochondrium, increased at night, after food, or on inspiration; cough, dyspnoea, and occasional palpitation commenced, and continued. Shivering lasted two days. Bowels costive: urine as usual'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1868
Date of death: 15 Apr 1868
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This patient had suffered from cough 12 months and had come from a Reformatory. He was admitted in the last stage of consumption.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Mar 1884
Date of death: 29 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: The child had had whooping cough for about two months. The day before admission he refused the breast, coughed often and seemed to have pain in the head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
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: 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

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

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1877
Date of death: 18 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not given, as the body was not examined.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

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

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1875
Date of death: 30 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
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: Six weeks before admission this woman had been attacked with pains in the right side, pains across the chest and back, dyspnoea, cough and spitting.
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: 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: Housemaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1875
Date of death: 30 Mar 1875
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic diseases (Tissues); Typhoid fever (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 woman was attacked two days before admission with pain in both feet, the right being the worst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, cranium and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

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

• 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

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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1881
Date of death: 9 Apr 1881
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not reported here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1885
Date of death: 20 Apr 1885
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: The child began to fail on the 16th. He had heavy eyes, headache, slight cough and fever. A brassy cough was noticed the following days with dyspnoea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, bronchi, larynx, trachea, pharynx, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Apr 1876
Date of death: 15 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: No very accurate history was obtained of this girl. It was at first said that she had been ill for three weeks, two of which she had been confined to bed, but it appeared afterwards that she had all her life been subject to cough.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, peritoneum and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1871
Date of death: 30 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Acute tuberculosis. Fatal haemoptysis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Haemoptysis (Lungs); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)

Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'Not seen by me’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1872
Date of death: 11 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Postman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Apr 1887
Date of death: 20 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no phthisical history. The mother died in an epileptic fit. He said that he was perfectly well until Ap 4th and that on the 5th he was drowsy, disinclined to work (he was a letter carrier and shoemaker) and had suffered from gradually increasing weakness'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Mason
Gender: Male
Age: 48
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1878
Date of death: 9 Jan 1878
Disease (transcribed): Pulmonary tuberculosis with fibrosis. Haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemorrhage (Indeterminate);
Admitting doctor: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was not in the hospital long enough before death to allow of examination'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1883
Date of death: 9 Jan 1884
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Mar 1884
Date of death: 15 Apr 1884
Disease (transcribed): Miliary tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Myers, Arthur Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: In July 1883 he had a severe attack of Scarlet Fever and was taken into the Fulham Hospital and stayed for seven months. He was not able to give any accurate description of his illness owing to loss of memory, but recollected about a month after admission he had a fit, haematuria and swollen legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1887
Date of death: 23 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was of a non-tubercular family and had had very good health until 6 weeks before admission'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a