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Occupation or role: Agent
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1887
Date of death: 11 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'His father died of consumption. His illness commenced with a cold 3 months before coming here. Increasing weakness, emaciation, cough & night sweats ensued’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Skull, brain, ears, abdominal cavity, thorax, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, pharynx, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1887
Date of death: 18 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with pleurisy on the left side
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man had previously been in this hospital. For 6 weeks before coming here he had been suffering from bad cough, and loss of voice, and more recently had spat up a little blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, pia mater, thorax, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, heart, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1888
Date of death: 23 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of right lower lobe with small patch of gangrene. Large empyema full of stinking pus in lower part of right pleura
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had been in this hospital 30 years previously suffering from ‘fistula’. He was well up to Jan 6th. On that date while at work he was seized with sharp lancinating pain in the right side of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Larynx, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, brain, stomach, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1888
Date of death: 24 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of heritable disease. The man had never previously [been] ill. He was a butler but claimed to be considered temperate. He had been losing strength for 4 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, ears, eyes, abdomen, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, thorax, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, trachea, spleen, kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'The man was a drunkard. There was some history of epilepsy, the first fit having occurred 4 years & the last 8 months previous to his accident. He was knocked down by a cart, the wheel of which passed over his right knee’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right thigh, cranium, lungs, heart, spleen, spinal cord (‘inquest case … No lesions found at PM in any way explaining the cause of death, except the wound in the right thigh’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Child of] Blacksmith
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child had been suffering from cough & dyspnoea for 2 or 3 days. The source of infection was not traceable. No other members of the family were affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Neck, larynx, trachea, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Butcher
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'Died of asthenia immediately on reaching the ward’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, ears, pharynx, neck, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Plasterer
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1888
Date of death: 31 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Remarkable pigmentation of the skin
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pigmentation (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: '18 years ago she had an attack of rheumatic fever. She used to be stout, but had been losing flesh for 4 years. She had suffered from winter cough for 6 years. 2 years ago she had jaundice, and since that date her skin had been growing dark, almost black, in patches, being always for instance suspected of having a ‘black eye’ on the right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1888
Date of death: 7 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative orchitis, pus in the spermatic cords. Suppuration in and about the vesiculae seminales. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Orchitis (Testicles); Suppuration (Spermatic cords, seminal glands); Sepsis (Systemic)
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 patient’s penis was removed in 1885 at St Thomas’s Hospital. The reason for the operation is not known. No record was kept of the case at that hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, testicles, kidneys, bladder, spleen, liver, thorax, lungs, heart, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1888
Date of death: 7 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Suppuration amongst the praevertebral muscles and in the substance of the sternohyoid and sternothyroid muscles. Hyperpyrexia. ?Pyaemia from an undiscovered cause
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Muscles); Fever (Systemic); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man had been ill a week before coming here, with persistent high temperature, & a swelling (purulent) in the right side of the neck, the cause of which was never apparent. He was first seen here by the surgeon, & afterwards by Dr Dickinson [William Howship Dickinson]’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Neck, brain, spinal cord, alimentary canal, larynx, thyroid, trachea, bronchial tubes, lungs, pericardium, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, urethra, testicles, cervical vertebrae

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1888
Date of death: 8 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis and right pleuritic effusion
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Effusion (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'Good health up to five years ago when he came into this hospital with pleurisy in the left side. He never completely lost the resulting cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1888
Date of death: 9 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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 patient was in St George’s Hospital in March 1887 […] He was admitted for sub-acute rheumatism. Whilst in the hospital he began to suffer from cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, larynx, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1888
Date of death: 10 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 in good health till 10 weeks before he came to the hospital. The first symptom noticed by the mother was abdominal swelling; the child appeared to be well, apart from this. He was taken to a dispensary. Dropsy was diagnosed’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Cellarman
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1888
Date of death: 10 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (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 patient gave no history of heritable disease, but she was ignorant of the causes of death of her parents, and of a brother and sister. She was married and had five children’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, heart, spleen, kidneys, uterus, ovaries

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Dec 1887
Date of death: 11 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'Twenty five year ago, he had a chancre which was followed by dermato-syphilis. At times he has had ulcers about the legs for which he has been OP [out-patient] here. Never a heavy drinker’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Leg, heart, lungs, spleen, liver, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1888
Date of death: 11 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic suppuration of right knee joint. Psoas abscess. Gland abscesses. Albuminoid degeneration of liver, spleen, kidneys
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Knee); Abscess (Psoas muscle, glands); Degeneration (Liver, spleen, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'This boy was admitted first in July ‘87 with a mass of enlarged glands in groin & an abscess over the knee’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen, leg, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Gas fitter
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1888
Date of death: 14 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
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 generally had good health. She lived at a house at Fulham, where the drains were very offensive: other people living there frequently had headache’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, lymphatic glands, stomach, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart, brain, ears, pharynx, larynx, trachea

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Packer
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Feb 1888
Date of death: 16 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Grey granulations of the greater part of the both lungs. Small cavities at both apices
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis, meningeal (Brain); Disease (Lungs)
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 was said to have had fever and ague in India. Two years before admission he said he had ‘congestions of the lungs’. At that time he had pain in the side. He was ill in bed about 6 weeks. He was an habitual drinker of black beer and took some pints daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spleen, liver, kidneys, mesenteric glands, stomach, thorax, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Carman
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Feb 1888
Date of death: 27 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy; Bronchopneumonia (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: 'The child was one of a family of five, two of whom died: one of ‘debility’, the other of ‘decline’ (after measles). When 6 months old he had bronchitis and was ill about a fortnight’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pharynx, larynx, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1888
Date of death: 28 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis of both lungs. Large white kidneys. Mulberry calculus in pelvis of right ureter
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Calculus (Ureter)
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 was in the army and was invalided from Malta. He was at Netley [Royal Victoria Military Hospital] for a month. His chief symptoms were giddiness and shortness of breath. He left Netley about 2 ½ years before coming to St George’s’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thorax, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Milkman
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1888
Date of death: 29 Feb 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated omental femoral hernia. Peritonitis, blocking of left ureter. Cystic left kidney, sack cyst being full of putty-like material
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Thigh); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
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 history given by the patient’s friend was that her health was good till 14 days before her admission. For 14 days she had suffered much from vomiting. Her bowels were open daily’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, thorax, liver, stomach, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1888
Date of death: 2 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Ischio-rectal abscess. Suppuration behind neck of the bladder. Ulceration of rectum & of penis. Chronic orchitis of both testicles
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (Perineum); Suppuration (Bladder); Ulcer (Rectum, penis); Orchitis (Testicles)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'He was previously in the hospital in 1882 with swelling of the right [?]: an abscess formed & was opened […] In 1885 he had haemoptysis & a bad cough & was OP [out-patient] here. Soon afterwards, he got superficial ulceration on the scrotum, which ‘has travelled about’. There has been rapid loss of flesh of late’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Penis, scrotum, testicles, rectum, spleen, liver, thorax, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Dressmaker
Age: 2 weeks
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1888
Date of death: 4 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Umbilical pyaemia. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Jaundice (Skin)
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 one of twins. Illegitimate. He was a fortnight old and had always been weak’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, heart, kidneys, liver

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Feb 1888
Date of death: 4 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis & pericarditis. Formation of clots in veins and the right auricle, which suppurate. Intense anaemia
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Clotting (Blood vessels); Suppuration (Blood vessels); Anaemia (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'When 20 years of age the patient had acute rheumatism and was treated as an inpatient at St Thomas’ Hospital, where she remained for about 5 weeks. From that time she suffered from i) palpitation, ii) dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, thorax, spleen, larynx

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Blindmaker
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Feb 1888
Date of death: 8 Mar 1888
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured spleen. Abdominal section. Purulent peritonitis. Ruptured intestines.
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Spleen, intestines); Section (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: '[No history] of any importance previous to the accident. The boy was knocked down & the wheel of a carriage passed over his abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: Trauma / accident