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Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1891
Date of death: 25 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Multiple embolism of lungs. Congestion of brain. (?Septicaemia)
Disease (standardised): Embolism (Lungs); Congestion (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Hale, Geoffrey Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'The patient when admitted was too ill to be able to give a reliable history. From the friends, the disease was caused from a fall on his head about a week previous to his admission here. After the accident was said to have been insensible for an hour, and had been very delirious ever since'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, neck, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 May 1850
Date of death: 2 Jun 1850
Disease (transcribed): Strumous disease of the knee joint. Amputation. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with strumous disease of the knee joint which had existed for about three years.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and right lower extremity
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 7 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Lacerated wound of the arm. Fracture of ulna. Dislocation of radius. Abscesses. ?Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Arm); Fracture (Arm); Dislocation (Arm); Abscess; Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A few months before admission this child was knocked down by one of Pickfords vans, one of the wheels passing over the left arm’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1893
Date of death: 29 Mar 1894
Disease (transcribed): Stricture of oesophagus. (Gastrostomy)
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Oesophagus); Gastrostomy (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Notes in possession of Mr Cassé'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Mar 1883
Date of death: 18 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Pleuro-pneumonia. Empyema. Castration
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Castration (Gonads)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He had long had a hernia on the right side of the scrotum and since September last the right testis began to swell.
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: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1860
Date of death: 4 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Traumatic gangrene of the leg & thigh
Disease (standardised): Gangrene (Leg, thigh)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'About an hour before admission she, getting out of an omnibus, when she was knocked down by a van, the […] wheel of which passed over the […] left knee’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, left lower extremities

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 July 1876
Date of death: 13 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the viscera. Softening of bones. Pressure on spinal cord.
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Systemic); Softening (Bones); Pressure (Spinal Cord)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: This patient's right breast was removed two and a half years before admission by Mr Rouse, and two other small tumours subsequently removed.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchi, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, brain, spinal cord and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1884
Date of death: 21 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Crushed toe. Lymphangitis
Disease (standardised): Injury (Foot); Lymphangitis (Lymphatic vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
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: Cabman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1876
Date of death: n/a
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient was not admitted into the wards as he was brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 69
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Sep 1879
Date of death: 24 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Erysipelas. Gangrene
Disease (standardised): Erysipelas (Skin); Gangrene (Indeterminate)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Needlewoman
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1876
Date of death: 29 Mar 1876
Disease (transcribed): Femoral hernia. Artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Colostomy (Anal canal)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This woman had noticed a swelling in the left groin for eighteen years, which went and came. A few days ago it came down and did not go back.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Only the abdomen was examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Feb 1892
Date of death: 12 Mar 1892
Disease (transcribed): Rupture of an abdominal aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Abdomen); Rupture (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: For sometime the man had complained of pain about the dorsal region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, larynx, pericardium, heart, intestines, peritoneum, liver, bile ducts, pancreas, suprarenals, spleen, kidneys, bladder and testes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1883
Date of death: 15 Mar 1883
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart. Erysipelas after scalp wound
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Ross, Daniel McClure
Medical notes: He was struck on the chest by the shaft of a carriage, knocked down and rendered insensible for the space of fifteen minutes.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Wife
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Mar 1885
Date of death: 28 Mar 1885
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Sheild, Arthur Marmaduke
Medical notes: For some fifteen years she had been liable to the appearance of a tumour in the right side of the belly.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and uterus
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1860
Date of death: 2 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Angular curvature of the spine. Caries of sacrum
Disease (standardised): Spinal curvature (Spine); Caries (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from weakness of the back for four years before her admission. About 18 months before admission she noticed projection of the spine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 7 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in iliac fossa. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Hip); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: Two weeks before admission the patient was carrying a sack of coals on his back when he slipped and fell, striking himself violently on the abdomen.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 38
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1871
Date of death: 4 May 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cancerous growth in cervical & lumbar glands
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Glands)

Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George and Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This woman had suffered from gradual enlargement of the cervical glands for eight months. When admitted there was a large tumour filling up the hollow of the neck and extending across tracheae’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1860
Date of death: 1 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Chronic rheumatic arthritis of hip. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Hip); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man stated that 4 months before his admission he was pushing a carriage into a coach house, when he felt something give way in his left knee. The following morning the left hip was […] swollen, & the thigh became perfectly black, as if from a severe bruise’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, hip joint

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1882
Date of death: 26 Mar 1882
Disease (transcribed): Caries and necrosis of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Caries (Skull); Necrosis (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Turner, George Robertson
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: This child was admitted with a history of an abscess having formed over the left mastoid process of the temporal bone, which had been lanced and the matter evacuated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1861
Date of death: 2 Apr 1861
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Bronchitis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Rouse, James
Medical notes: The patient had been in the habit of gin and porter drinking and five years before admission had had an attack of delirium tremens. Four days before admission while walking he felt pain in the scrotum and noticed swelling.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1860
Date of death: 1 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of uterus, vagina, bladder, lung & brain
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Uterus, vagina, bladder, lung, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A pale, cachectic-looking woman, was admitted under Dr Fuller [Henry William Fuller] for supposed disease of the kidneys. She gave the following account of herself. For the last three years she had suffered from menorrhage, until 6 months ago when the discharge almost entirely ceased’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1880
Date of death: 16 Mar 1880
Disease (transcribed): Stricture – hypertrophied bladder. Surgical kidney. Disease of heart valves. Hypertrophied heart. ‘Pulmonary apoplexy’
Disease (standardised): Constriction (Ureter); Disease (Bladder); Surgical (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Haemorrhage (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: It appears that he had suffered from a non-traumatic stricture for four years and had been under medical treatment for some time.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Urethra, bladder, kidneys, heart, aorta, lungs, liver, spleen, pancreas and brain
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1893
Date of death: 20 Mar 1893
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs)

Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical notes: The man fell off the van he was driving and was run over by it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, brain, spinal column, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, pericardium, heart, abdomen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminales, kidneys, liver and spleen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1886
Date of death: 5 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cut (Pharynx); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'No history of his life could be obtained. He is said to have been drinking heavily & to have been in a state of melancholia. He was found with his throat cut'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, heart, aorta, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, brain
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 65
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1884
Date of death: 15 Mar 1884
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma uteri
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
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