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William Gilbert, 36, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1888
Date of death: 16 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Haemoptysis. Cavities at both apices
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract); Cavities (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Brought in dead. Not seen by the registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines, lungs,

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Westbrook, 24, Dustman

Occupation or role: Dustman
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1888
Date of death: 24 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus. Endocarditis (Recent vegetations on mitral & aortic valves. Old thickenings of free borders of these valves)
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic); Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no history of previous illness, and he denied having been injured. The account he gave of the onset of his illness was that he was in good health till May 12th when he had pain in his back & vomiting. He had no shivering. On 13th & 14th he had pain in his back and could walk with difficulty. On the 15th he could not walk. He thought he improved slightly before he came in’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, liver, kidneys, spleen, stomach, intestines, tonsils, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Rebecca Ryves, 60, Lady’s companion

Occupation or role: Lady’s companion
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Apr 1888
Date of death: 29 May 1888
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of right mamma. Amputation. Pyaemia. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Scirrhus (Breast); Amputation (Breast); Sepsis (Systemic); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Always good health. About 18 months ago, she first noticed a dimple on the right mamma, a swelling formed & this slowly got larger […] While at Wimbledon [Atkinson Morley Hospital in Wimbledon], was up & about & able to walk about the grounds. Got an attack of erysipelas in the wound & died of pyaemia’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right shoulder, peritoneum, abdomen, thorax ('Died at Wimbledon’)

Type of incident: n/a

Esther Gigg, 20, General servant

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 20
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 May 1888
Date of death: 4 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral abscess in the right temporo-sphenoidal lobe following disease of the right petrous bone
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Disease (Temporal bone)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Since at 2, she has had double diarrhoea. This never troubled her & she had good health up to May 8th, when she was seized with pain in the right ear. A few days afterwards she vomited & after being under the care of a doctor for a fortnight, she was sent to St George’s as a case of meningitis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: ‘Only head opened’

Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Hackett, 25, [Wife of] Carman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Carman
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 May 1888
Date of death: 7 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Myelitis. Localized empyema in right pleura. Hypeolatic pneumonia of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Myelitis (Spinal cord); Empyema (Lungs); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A married woman. On May 14th she fell downstairs & hurt her back. Next day she came to the hospital & was able to walk in. She was treated as [?] OP [out-patient] & on reaching home she felt so ill that she went to bed. She was able to get up daily but on May 22 she found herself unable to move her legs or to pass urine’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Spinal cord, brain, abdomen, liver, thorax, pleurae, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Francis Page, 9 months, [Child of] Butler

Occupation or role: [Child of] Butler
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1888
Date of death: 18 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): ?Bronchitis. Tubercular disease of bronchial glands. Scattered tubercles in lungs and kidneys & spleen
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs, kidneys, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child’s mother said that she had been married for 18 months and had only one child, the patient. She had never had a miscarriage. The infant was strong during the first three months of his life. When about 3 months old, he had ‘congestion of the lungs’, of which the symptoms were cough and dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

John Fraser, 45, Drayman

Occupation or role: Drayman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1888
Date of death: 19 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Right haemothorax. Surgical emphysema. Left pneumothorax. Recent infarctions of right kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Haemothorax (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs); Infarction (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'He was IP [in-patient] about 12 years ago, suffering from epileptic fits. Was drinking all evening, & in crossing the road was knocked down by a bus, the wheel passed over his chest. He was a brewer’s drayman & had been a heavy beer drinker for many years’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right leg, sternum, pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, ribs, brain

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Katie Catterell, 8, [Unmarried child of] Machinist

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Machinist
Age: 8
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1888
Date of death: 24 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was well till the day before her admission, when she woke up and complained of ear ache and pain in her neck. Her mother noticed that her neck was slightly swollen. The child did not then complain of sore throat. The drains of the house were ‘done up’ at the beginning of the year. The child lived in a neighbourhood infected with diphtheria, Lupus Street, and she went to St Gabriel’s School (where diphtheria was prevalent apparently)’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, pharynx, heart, pericardium, larynx, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, lungs, intestines, ovaries

Type of incident: n/a

Louisa Blackmore, 41, [Wife of] Waterman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Waterman
Age: 41
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1888
Date of death: 1 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left patella. Disorganisation of left knee joint. Syphilis. Stenosis of mitral and aortic valves. Hypostatic pneumonia. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Knee); Syphilis; Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Le Cronier, Maxwell
Medical notes: 'Syphilis for 17 years. Slipped & fell against the kerb stone on March 5th. She tore through the ulcerated skin all round the knee joint, fractured her patella & opened the joint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Left knee joint, brain, abdomen, heart, lungs, tonsils, spleen, kidneys, liver

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

John Taylor, 64, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1888
Date of death: 15 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of 7th dorsal vertebra & angular curvature. Generally scattered tubercles in viscera. Paraplegia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine, internal organs); Spinal curvature (Spine); Paraplegia (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of heritable disease. He had lived a healthy life and travelled to France, and ‘the Cape’ on ‘works’. In February 1886 he ‘caught cold’ and afterwards suffered much from cough and pain in his left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, testicles, stomach, ileum, aorta, legs, spine

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Eyears, 16, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 16
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1888
Date of death: 19 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient said he had had ‘brain fever’, scarlatina and measles about 10, 8 and 6 years before he came to the hospital. He had had no other illness. On the night of July 13th he went to bed in a state of health. On the morning of the 14th he woke up at 7.30. He then had severe pain at the upper part of his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, heart, larynx, trachea, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Rodwell, 60, House porter

Occupation or role: House porter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1888
Date of death: 24 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Granular contracted kidneys. Emphysema and bronchitis. Pleuritic effusion & ascites
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Effusion (Pleura); Ascites (Peritoneum)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man came into the hospital first in 1878, when he was under Dr Whipham [Thomas Tillyer Whipham] (see Hospital Register 1878, No 917). He was then suffering from cough, dyspnoea and dropsy. He said he had not been laid up before, he ascribed his illness to getting wet in a ditch’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, heart, lungs, larynx, trachea, bronchi, spleen, kidneys, liver, testes, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Morton Warren, 23, Footman

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1888
Date of death: 8 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Almost complete consolidation of left lung by yellow tubercle, with vomica in upper lobe
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Three years before he came to the hospital the patient had rheumatism and was laid up in bed for about 2 months. There was no history of scarlatina. Three weeks before he came in he began to suffer from cough and headache: during the week before his admission he lost much flesh: he had no night sweats. For 2 days before he came in he had much diarrhoea: he was able to work till he came to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, testes, stomach, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Cornelius, 14, Greengrocer

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 14
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1888
Date of death: 29 Sep 1888
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Ulceration of verniform appendix
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Ulcer (Appendix)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Was well ‘till Sept 17th when he struck his right side again a barrow handle. He was an itinerant greengrocer. On Sept 18th [he] was seized with severe pain in the abdomen, for which he took ginger wine. On Sept 20th, he committed several times & was freely dosed with castor oil, after which his bowels were open’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Peritoneum, abdomen, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, thorax, heart, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Jessie Johnson, 1, [Child of] Groom

Occupation or role: [Child of] Groom
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Sep 1888
Date of death: 8 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain)
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 one of a family of 2. Her father, mother and sister were in good health. The infant was well till 2 months before her admission when she became drowsy and fretful. She had been fed on Ridge’s Food and savory Morris’ food’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: skull, brain, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Agnes Ballantyne, 58, Museum cleaner

Occupation or role: Museum cleaner
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Aug 1888
Date of death: 6 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diabetes. Tubercular deposit in left lung and spleen
Disease (standardised): Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas); Tuberculosis (Lungs, spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of heritable disease. She had good health till about 6 years before her admission when she began to suffer from polyuria and eczema of the vulva. She became an out-patient under Dr Owen [Herbert Isambard Owen] in 1885’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, uterus, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

George Payne, 28, Hotel porter

Occupation or role: Hotel porter
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1888
Date of death: 15 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of phthisis. The patient had not suffered form rheumatism, nor from scarlatina. Two years before his admission he had slight haemoptysis, he brought up altogether about a tablespoonful of blood. Two months before he came to the hospital he began to be troubled with cough and for a fortnight before his admission he had night sweats’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

William Perrin, 22, Labourer

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

Richard Pearson, 47, Policeman

Occupation or role: Policeman
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1888
Date of death: 9 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Intestinal obstruction. Abdominal section. Division of band, at apex of a large Meckel’s Diverticulum was found a divided band. On ileum near extremity marks of compression. Slight peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Intestines); Section (Abdomen); Meckel’s diverticulum (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James and Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A policeman, whose general health has always been good. Six years previously he became ruptured on the right side & has since worn a truss. The rupture has not come down for 6 years. On evening of Dec 2nd he had a desire to defecate after dinner & [?] a small, hard motion was passed & since then there has been total constipation. He began to vomit at night & has ejected everything he has taken’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, oesophagus, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Minnie Chivers, 5 year 6 months, [Child of] Hall porter

Occupation or role: [Child of] Hall porter
Age: 5 year 6 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1888
Date of death: 6 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Broncho pneumonia (Pertussis)
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Whooping cough (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The child was one of a family of three. One died of bronchitis and hooping cough about a week before the patient came to the hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, larynx, trachea, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Louisa Gray, 3, [Child of] French polisher

Occupation or role: [Child of] French polisher
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Dec 1888
Date of death: 8 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient’s address was 107 Colshill Buildings, Pimlico Road. The mother said she had noticed bad smells in the home. There was no history of diphtheria amongst the immediate neighbours but the disease had been very fatal in Pimlico generally.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Tonsils, uvula, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, small intestines, brain and membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Robert Street, 9, [Child of] Hairdresser

Occupation or role: [Child of] Hairdresser
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Dec 1888
Date of death: 8 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in the right cerebral hemisphere. Small cirrhotic liver. Old peritonitic adhesions
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Cirrhosis (Liver); Adhesions (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: The patient had always been anaemic. His abdomen had always been large. The patient’s father was a moderate drinker and it was said that the boy had been accustomed to have spirits given to him to drink.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull, brain, right middle ear, eyes, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, thorax, heart and lungs
Type of incident: n/a

John Applebee, 13, [Child of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Dec 1888
Date of death: 17 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Blow from a foil in epigastrium. Perforation of transverse colon. Chronic peritonitis. Pneumonia and caseation of bases of both lungs
Disease (standardised): Wound (Abdomen); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung); Caseation (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Whilst fencing he received a blow at the upper part of his abdomen. He suffered much pain at the time, but it did not last long, and the injury was forgotten until November 5th when he began to have abdominal pain and shivering.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart and oesophagus
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Frederick Jackman, 42, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1889
Date of death: 3 Feb 1889
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Perforation (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William. Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: Two years before his admission the patient had haematemesis. He said he brought up a gallon of blood and that it smelt worse than a sewer. Two months before he came to St George’s the patient had much vomiting and lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, stomach, thorax, lungs, trachea, larynx, oesophagus, pharynx and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Martha Turner, 36, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1889
Date of death: 2 Mar 1889
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: In November 1888 she began to suffer from cough. About the middle of December she first has a great deal of dyspnoea. At the end of the month she began to sweat at night.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

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