Occupation or role: Coach builder Age: 24 Gender: Male Date of admission: 21 Mar 1871 Date of death: 30 Mar 1871 Disease (transcribed): Ileo-typhlitis Disease (standardised): Typhlitis (Intestines) 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 patient was first admitted on Feb 8 with acute rheumatism. From this he made a good recovery without cardiac affection & was sent to Wimbledon [Atkinson Morley Convalescent Home and Hospital] on March 8. While there his manner was noticed to be strange & morose & he occasionally refused his food. On March 19 he was found wandering about stark naked & talking incoherently & two days later was readmitted here when his temperature was 104.8, pulse 124’ Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium
Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 31 Jan 1905 Date of death: 12 Feb 1905 Disease (transcribed): Renal disease. Ulcerated endocarditis. Aneurysm of branch of superior mesenteric artery Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart); Aneurysm (Mesenteric artery) Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John Medical notes: 'The woman had been treated as an in-patient by Dr Rolleston [Humphry Davy Rolleston] at the end of 1904, & subsequently had been down to the AMCH [Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital]. She was very anaemic and weak at this time, and a diagnosis of small white kidney had been made; she dated her troubles entirely from the birth of her last child, in Oct 1903’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cabdriver Age: 45 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 Mar 1918 Date of death: 16 Mar 1918 Disease (transcribed): Old-standing tuberculous disease of left hip joint. Excision & amputation. Lardaceous disease. Suppurative myositis around left hip & of left psoas & iliacus muscles Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Hip); Amputation (Hip); Amyloidosis (Kidneys); Myositis (Muscles); Suppuration (Muscles) Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: '23 years ago excision of left hip. 1914 sinuses ever since. Scraped. 1917. IP [in-patient] still discharging. Leg wasted. Lordosis. Sent to Wimbledon [Atkinson Morley Hospital]. Oct 1917. ISQ [in status quo]. Amputation through the hip-joint by Mr Fedden [Walter Fedde Fedden]. Much pus found. Drained. Sent to Wimbledon. Mar 13, 1918. Returned from Wimbledon. 3 weeks previously the right foot and both scrota began to swell’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated] Age: [No age stated] Gender: Female Date of admission: n/a Date of death: 26 Aug 1894 Disease (transcribed): Surgical kidney - Alcoholism Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidney); Alcoholism (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy Post mortem examination performed by: Elliott, Harry Scott Medical notes: 'Died at Atkinson Morley Hospital [...] Admitted March 16 1894 - For 6 months has had shooting pains in front of leg and thigh of both legs - No paralysis but weaks about ankles, no pins and needles but numbess of finger tips has existed 6 months. On admission, aspect and voice suggest excessive alcohol' Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Ref no: NV094 Name: Rosemary Freestone (née Terry) Dates at St George's: 1952-1957
Digital image, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Margaret Lloyd.
Image description: PH751 – Rosemary Freestone: Rosemary Freestone in Staff Nurse Uniform, 1956/1957. Taken by John Finlay Lewis, who had his studio near the bus stop in Earls Court Road.
Ref no: NV100 Name: Anne Hendy (née Coulson) Dates at St George's: 1952-1956, 1958-1959
Digital images, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Patricia Gillie.
Image descriptions: PH014 – Staff Nurse Coulson 1955: Staff Nurse Coulson and two student nurses 'report giving' 1955-1956, on either Williams or William King Ward at Hyde Park Corner; PH015 – Ward round 1955: Ward round on either Williams or William King Ward 1955-56; PH016 – Ward work 1955: Ward work, nurse wearing a mask, possibly preparing an injection at Sister's Desk, on either Williams or William King ward; PH719 – Anne Hendy: Anne Hendy in uniform on Bence Jones in 1958
Ref no: NV107 Name: Gillian Perry (née Lloyd) Dates at St George's: 1969-1978
Digital image, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Shirley Orbell.
Image description: PH726 – Gillian Perry nee Lloyd: Gillian Perry (née Lloyd), May 1969 Set, receiving Honours Certificate in Hospital Finals Exam 1972 from Dame Muriel Powell in the Boardroom at St George's, Hyde Park Corner
Ref no: NV114 Name: Ann Sulston (née Hemmen) Dates at St George's: 1949-1953
Digital images, copyright form, audio files and transcript of interview conducted by Jenny Beckingsale.
Image descriptions: PH077 – Ann Sulston in outdoor uniform, c.1949-1950; PH078 – Ann Sulston 1949 Set: March 1949 set at Cumberland House, Earls Court; PH079 – Ann Sulston PTS 1949: PTS [Preliminary Training School] at Cumberland House, 1949; PH080 – Ann Sulston outside AMH [Atkinson Morley's Hospital] 1950; PH081 – Ann Sulston 1950: Group of sisters [?], c.1950; PH082 – AMH 1950: View of Atkinson Morley's Hospital, 1950
Occupation or role: Painter Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Jul 1888 Date of death: 7 Oct 1888 Disease (transcribed): Cancer of the pyloric end of stomach Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach) Admitted under the care of: Owen, Herbert Isambard Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard Medical notes: 'The patient had worked with lead, but had never had any symptoms of plumbium. He suffered much from diarrhoea and in March 1888 he came to St George’s Hospital. His bowels he said acted 8 times a day, and he had pain after food. He was examined by Mr Dent [Clinton Thomas Dent] who found that the internal sphincter of his anus was tight and thick. The diarrhoea ceased and the patient was sent to Wimbledon [Atkinson Morley Hospital] April 21st (See notes 1888 No 349)’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, thorax, heart
Occupation or role: Dressmaker Age: 36 Gender: Female Date of admission: 27 Mar 1918 Date of death: 10 Apr 1918 Disease (transcribed): Acute mastoiditis. Operation. Cerebellar abscess. Pyocephalus. Gangrenous basal meningitis. Encephalitis Disease (standardised): Mastoiditis (Ear); Operation (Ear); Abscess (Brain); Pyocephalus (Brain); Meningitis (Brain); Encephalitis (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta Medical notes: 'Jan 1916 IP [in-patient] for chronic mastoid. Radical cure. Headaches after with intermittent rises of temperature and vomiting. She went to AMCH [Atkinson Morley Convalescent Hospital] where these symptoms continued. Diplopia after the operation, due to weakness in upward movement’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium