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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 year 2 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1889
Date of death: 1 Apr 1889
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Measles. Collapse of lungs. Fractures through both femurs and the left humerus
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bone); Measles (Immune system); Fracture (Leg); Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The child was brought up from the Victoria Hospital for Children, Chelsea. The individual who brought her did not know her history, but it was said that the child was sent to St George’s because she had measles.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain, spinal cord, humerus and femurs
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1908
Date of death: 22 Apr 1908
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis of lumbar spine. Psoas abscess (acute)
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle)
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: Back, Ivor Gordon
Post mortem examination performed by: Spriggs, Edmund Ivens
Medical notes: Fourteen days before admission the patient had noticed a pain in the small of her back when walking.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 May 1843
Date of death: 21 Jun 1843
Disease (transcribed): Angular Curvature. Caries of Spine.
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Babington, George Gisborne
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Taxi driver
Age: 6
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jul 1918
Date of death: 9 Oct 1918
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic fever. Acute endocarditis & myocarditis. Pericardial adhesions
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever; Endocarditis (Heart); Myocarditis (Heart); Adhesion (Pericardium)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Medical notes: Pain in legs & feet 10 days ago'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gas fitter
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1913
Date of death: 19 Nov 1913
Disease (transcribed): Acute mastoiditis. Radical operation. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Mastoiditis (Skull); Operation (Skull); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bull, William Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1888
Date of death: 9 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was the only son of his mother, who was healthy. She said that the patient’s father was delicate and that his lungs were supposed to be weak. The infant had thrush when 5 weeks old, and when six months of age he had bronchitis and hooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Son of] Firewood seller
Age: 10
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1915
Date of death: 28 Jan 1915
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis of fibula. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He knocked the right leg three days ago and it became painful and swelled.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1871
Date of death: 23 Oct 1871
Disease (transcribed): Caries of lumbar vertebrae & sacrum. Lardaceous disease. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine, pelvis); Disease (Kidney); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

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: 'This boy was first admitted in March 1870, when he had had pain in left hip for six months. No injury was known. Father dead, several children died young. There was pain and stiffness about left hip, and a sinus discharging at outer side of hip, which had been open a month’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, bones, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Fitter
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1893
Date of death: 14 Apr 1893
Disease (transcribed): Septic pneumonia. Osteomyelitis
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Pneumonia (Lung); Osteomyelitis (Bone)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Wells, Sydney Russell
Medical notes: The man fell off a scaffold about thirty feet.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Legs, skull, brain, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Waiter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 May 1903
Date of death: 10 Aug 1903
Disease (transcribed): Spleno-medullary leucocythaemia. Gout. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood); Gout (Joints); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient was admitted complaining of great weakness, pain and swelling of the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, thyroid, pericardium, heart, vessels, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, alimentary canal, genito-urinary tract and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Oct 1918
Date of death: 21 Oct 1918
Disease (transcribed): Osteomyelitis of femur. Infarcts of lungs. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Osteomyelitis (Thigh); Infarction (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: 4 days ago he had pain in the right knee. The following day it began to swell, and the next day the swelling had extended up the thigh. Yesterday he had a rigor and high temperature, and the swelling was half way up the thigh. Appetite poor. Sleeping badly'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 Dec 1888
Date of death: 5 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Periostitis and ostitis of tibia with extreme hemialgia following syphilia
Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Leg); Osteitis (Leg); Neuralgia (Nervous system); Syphilis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient contracted syphilis sixteen years back and for the oast two years his left leg had been swollen and the seat of constant pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Leg, skull cap, brain, spinal cord, spine, thorax, abdomen, spleen, liver, kidneys, testes, small intestines and eyes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1856
Date of death: 26 Dec 1856
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Malformation of the right arm
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Malformation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: After exposure to cold and wet ten weeks ago his legs began to swell and he had cough and pain all over the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Sep 1883
Date of death: 30 Oct 1883
Disease (transcribed): Disease of sacro-iliac joint. Amyloid degeneration
Disease (standardised): Disease (Joints); Amyloidosis (Spleen); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: For five months he had been losing flesh and appetite, and had been complaining of wearing pain in his back. He also walked a little lame.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1853
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatic fever followed by pneumonia and pericarditis. Diseased heart and valves. Sudden death
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever (Tissues); Pneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: The mother reported that her child's illness ad commenced with an attack of rheumatism a month before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1879
Date of death: 17 Apr 1879
Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatism and ?
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic disease (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient was transferred to Mr Pollock from Dr Barclay and died five days afterwards.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1907
Date of death: 17 Nov 1907
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia. Septic arthritis
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Arthritis (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: A fortnight before admission a swelling appeared in the neck and this was opened four days before admission and pus was evacuated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Mar 1849
Date of death: 12 Jul 1849
Disease (transcribed): Caries & necrosis of the ilium. Disease of the sacro-iliac joint, Abscess in the left iliac cavity
Disease (standardised): Caries (Hip); Necrosis (Hip); Disease (Hips); Abscess (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted with a chronic abscess situated in the left gluteal region which had been some months in forming, but had not prevented him from following his usual employment, which was that of a labourer, more than a week or ten days’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [[Child of] ] Carman
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1888
Date of death: 18 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal enteritis. Rickets
Disease (standardised): Enteritis (Intestines); Rickets (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not seen by registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thymus, brain, heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, spleen, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] carman
Age: 6
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1911
Date of death: 13 Jan 1911
Disease (transcribed): Acute toxic purpura. Arthritis.
Disease (standardised): Purpura (Skin); Arthritis (Joints)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The day before admission, the child complained of abdominal pain and nausea. A purple rash later appeared on the face and legs.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, alimentary canal, brain, spinal cord and joints.
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: School boy
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jun 1866
Date of death: 30 Mar 1867
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Two and a half years before his admission this boy had fallen off the back of a large dog, on which he was riding and hurt his right hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and thigh
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Metal turner
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1866
Date of death: 10 Dec 1866
Disease (transcribed): Disease of spine. Psoas and lumbar abscess. Phthsis. Amyloid degeneration
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine); Abscess (Psoas muscle); Abscess (Lumbar); Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Two and a half years ago he was quite well, but shortly after an abscess formed in the back, since which his health had been deteriorating.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1857
Date of death: 1 Dec 1857
Disease (transcribed): Diseased hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
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: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1887
Date of death: 16 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Left hip joint disease. Amputation at the joint. General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip joint); Amputation; Tuberculosis
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry and Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Left hip, thorax, lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder

Type of incident: n/a