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Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Dec 1865
Date of death: 12 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Lumbar abscess. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lumbar); Cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The history of this case was obscure. Except for an attack of bronchitis she appeared to have had no illness up to four months before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 19 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'For 12 months this man had suffered from cough, expectoration and increasing debility. For three or four months he had had habitual night sweats’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 7
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Apr 1860
Date of death: 6 May 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strumous meningitis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This child, who had long eyelashes and light hair and was of obviously tubercular aspect, became a surgeon’s patient for stiffness of neck Feb 29th, and on the 10th of the following month was transferred to the physicians. He had been under-fed, complained of pain in the belly, and stiffness of the neck, and pains about the occiput’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1859
Date of death: 23 Aug 1859
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturgess, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: Two days before admission he had begun to complain of languor and had some trifling difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Mouth, larynx, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jul 1863
Date of death: 15 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Freeman, Samuel George
Medical notes: When admitted she had been three months ill, her complaint commencing rather suddenly with dyspeptic symptoms, vomiting after food and confined bowels.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, pleural cavities, lungs, spleen, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1861
Date of death: 5 Jan 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This was a case of phthisis in the last stages.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith’s apprentice
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 24 Aug 1857
Disease (transcribed): Softening of brain. Distended ventricles. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Softening (Brain); Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: He had been ill nearly eight weeks with what his medical attendant designated as low fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1864
Date of death: 22 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This was a case of a miserable, emaciated old man having the withered and wrinkled face of a mummy, who for four months lingered out his existence in the hospital dying of phthisis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jul 1863
Date of death: 12 Aug 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
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: [No occupation stated]
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Jan 1861
Date of death: 28 Feb 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient had had several attacks of haemoptysis, the first 20 years ago, and head long been subject to cough. Last September this increased and she began to be troubled with night sweats. On admission she was very pale and emaciated, had much cough with expectoration, sometimes of blood, and experienced much shortness of breath and pain about the left side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, larynx, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1857
Date of death: 1 May 1857
Disease (transcribed): Fever. Arachinitis. Ulceration of the large intestine. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Fever (Systemic); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Ulcer (Intestines); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: She had been observed of late to be low spirited, very languid and indisposed to exert herself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Feb 1861
Date of death: 30 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Peritonitis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: The patient who had frequently appeared as a patient with attacks of dropsy, had been suffering from an increase of that complaint since the preceding Christmas. She had swelling of the legs and belly, and frequent vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1863
Date of death: 27 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Typhus
Disease (standardised): Typhus, epidemic louse-borne (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This woman was stated to have been ailing for some weeks with what her friends called something of a low fever.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Interpreter
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jul 1863
Date of death: 17 Jul 1863
Disease (transcribed): Cranial periostitis (syphilitic). Consequent meningitis
Disease (standardised): Periostitis (Skull); Syphilis (Systemic); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient had enjoyed good health except for syphilis which he had contracted some years before.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Designer
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Aug 1858
Date of death: 12 Nov 1858
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Encysted emphysema
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'A designer who had been out of health three months with general languor & shortness of breath. For some little time he had also suffered from oedema of the feet and legs. Three weeks before admission he observed a swelling on the right side of the chest & when he came to the hospital there was a fluctuating tumour of considerable size about two inches below the right nipple’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1859
Date of death: 11 Jun 1859
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Jun 1859
Date of death: 20 Oct 1859
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis. Empyema (old). Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Empyema (Pleura); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Thomas
Medical notes: He had suffered for a fortnight from cough and pain in the right side of the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Aug 1862
Date of death: 14 Sep 1862
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Albuminous urine
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Albuminuria (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Tepper, John
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: A case of phthisis, with albuminous urine.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This case was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 May 1857
Date of death: 7 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Anasarca. Pleuro-pneumonia. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Oedema (Leg); Oedema (Abdomen); Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: She was quite well until three months since when she had a severe fall on her back, and it was thought that her dropsical symptoms first appeared immediately after the accident.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Nursemaid
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Oct 1861
Date of death: 11 Oct 1861
Disease (transcribed): Acute Rheumatism. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Rheumatic fever (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Wadham, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient was a pale, ill nourished looking girl who for some time had been attending a dispensary for pain across the chest and general ill health.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, liver, kidneys, stomach and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brewer’s man
Age: 52
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jul 1865
Date of death: 16 Jul 1865
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Enlarged liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Enlarged (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted into the hospital in 1862 with profuse haematemesis. This recurred three months before the present admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1857
Date of death: 27 Jun 1857
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Post mortem examination performed by: Hastings, Cecil William
Medical notes: This man was admitted with bronchitis symptoms and after he had been in the house a short time he was found to be phthisical.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Saddler
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jun 1858
Date of death: 3 Jul 1858
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing sore throat
Disease (standardised): Sloughing (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Rogers, George Goddard
Medical notes: 'This man worked in a saddler’s shop near Leicester Square. He was well until a fortnight (ten days?) before admission, when he began to feel languid, & had rigors followed by sickness & loss of appetite. Twenty four hours later he experienced pain in the throat, especially on the right side, and this uneasiness grew worse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 May 1863
Date of death: 2 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Haemoptysis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Haemoptysis (Respiratory tract)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Harvey, Edward Robinson
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been out of health for two months before admission with cough, dyspnoea, loss of strength and appetite with haemoptysis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1861
Date of death: 11 Mar 1861
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This case is not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a