Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 61 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Sep 1850 Date of death: 28 Oct 1850 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the femur. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Howse, Alfred Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan Medical notes: A week before this patient's admission he was pushed down and fell violently on the right hip. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and left lower extremity Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: Married Age: 33 Gender: Female Date of admission: 6 Apr 1863 Date of death: 12 Apr 1863 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Erysipelas Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Erysipelas (Skin) Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This woman was of dissolute habits and was struck with a bar of iron on the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 8 May 1862 Date of death: 25 May 1862 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Abscess in brain Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Abscess (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson Medical notes: A short time before admission, this patient was pulled off his carriage by another man, striking his head against the ground. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and its contents, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 13 May 1847 Date of death: 15 May 1847 Disease (transcribed): Acute peritonitis and escape of faecal matter after rupture of intestine. Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Rupture (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: On the evening of May 12th this patient while drunk and in a quarrel received a violent kick from a heavy booted foot on the hypogastrium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: Police inspector Age: 40 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 May 1868 Date of death: 2 Jun 1868 Disease (transcribed): Diffuse cellulitis. Fatty heart. Disease (standardised): Cellulitis (Tissue); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: Seventeen days before admission he was stabbed on the back of the upper third of the right forearm by a prisoner with a pair of scissors. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: Butcher Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 20 Aug 1886 Date of death: 23 Aug 1886 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of sternum. Pyaemia? Disease (standardised): Fracture (Sternum); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles Post mortem examination performed by: Davis, Weston Peel Medical notes: The man is said to have gone home and found another man in bed with his wife. A scuffle ensued, in which the wife sat upon his chest while her friend thrashed him Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, joints and spleen Type of incident: Murder/homicide
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 55 Gender: Male Date of admission: 23 February 1844 Date of death: 30 Mar 1844 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the inner malleolus; suppuration of the ankle joint; diffuse cellular inflammation of leg; fatal from profuse discharge; secondary deposit in the liver. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ankle); Suppuration (Ankle); Inflammation (Leg); Deposit (Liver) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Medical notes: The patient was admitted after being thrown down whilst wrestling, with his foot under him. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left inferior extremity, abdomen and thorax Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: Shopboy Age: 16 Gender: Male Date of admission: 17 Aug 1870 Date of death: 19 Aug 1870 Disease (transcribed): Double Empyema. Pericarditis. Disease (standardised): Empyema ( Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte Medical examination performed by: Cavafy, John Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer Medical notes: A month before admission, this patient had been kicked on the right side by a boy, and from that time had had much pain in the side with increasing dyspnoea, cough and much slightly blood tinged expectoration. The case history was taken partly from Dr Laking's notes. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys Type of incident: Homicide/murder?
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Dec 1846 Date of death: 20 Dec 1846 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound with cellular inflammation. Secondary pleuritis and abscesses of lungs. Pus in sterno-clavicular joint Disease (standardised): Wound (Head); Inflammation (Head); Pleurisy (Pleura); Abscess (Lung); Suppuration (Sterno-clavicular joint) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: This man came to the Hospital in consequence of having been pushed down some steps during a drunken brawl and thereby received a small wound on the forehead. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and cranium Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: Commissionaire Age: 26 Gender: Male Date of admission: 15 May 1938 Date of death: 24 May 1938 Disease (transcribed): General peritonitis following wound of abdomen Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Wound (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Nicholls, Marriott Fawckner Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: Teare, Robert Donald Medical notes: He was attacked in Hyde Park and received several blows in the face and some in the stomach. Two feet of small intestine was hanging through the abdominal wound. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, bladder, stomach and small intestine Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: Gentleman’s servant Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 24 Nov 1847 Date of death: 07 Dec 1847 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Operation of trephining. Extensive abscess of brain. Sloughing of dura mater. Softening of septum lucidum. Bloody extravasation into pleurae. Congestion of lungs. Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Trephining (Skull); Abscess (Brain); Sloughing (Brain); Softening (Brain); Extravasation (Pleura);Congestion (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George Medical notes: Three weeks before admission this man was seen by the House Surgeon with a scalp wound which had been inflicted by a shovel on the left side of the head. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium and thorax Type of incident: Homicide/murder