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Occupation or role: Messenger
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Mar 1887
Date of death: 20 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Perforation of ileum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Perforation (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The patient was of a healthy family. He had been a ship's steward & had had dysentery 16 years previously but no other illness. He was addicted to alcohol'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1887
Date of death: 11 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Aortic & mitral disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'He was a delicate-looking man with slight cyanosis, orthopnaea and profuse general sweating'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Nov 1887
Date of death: 9 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Obstruction of the bowels. Volvulus of ascending colon. Colotomy etc
Disease (standardised): Obstruction (Bowel); Volvulus (Colon); Colostomy (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a labourer who had served in the army & been in India, but while there had been free from dysentery'

Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1887
Date of death: 27 Sep 1887
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever. Ulceration of intestines
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Medical notes: 'Patient was a painter who for 14 days before admission had complained of shooting pains in the back & arms and above the ankles. After the 10th he was laid up in bed'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1887
Date of death: 10 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'About 3 weeks before admission he appears to have been ill with some cough & expectoration but improved for a day or two & then 14 days before applying at the hospital commenced to have pains in the back & weakness'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Greengrocer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1887
Date of death: 13 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever. Perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic); Perforation Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a greengrocer, who was quite well until October 28th when he had cold shivers & severe pain in the lumbar region accompanied by headache, but no vomiting or diarrhoea'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, brain
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Potman
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Feb 1887
Date of death: 3 Mar 1887
Disease (transcribed): Aortic disease
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient had had no previous illness. 3 months ago he began to suffer from dyspnea being then in the employ of a butcher & engaged in carrying heavy weights'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Commercial traveller
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Nov 1887
Date of death: 16 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a traveller of not very temperate habits, who had suffered 3 times from rheumatic fever and for some years had in the winter dyspnoea & cough'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Nov 1887
Date of death: 12 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Pericarditis
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient was a man who had had good health and was moderate as to alcohol'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Tailoress
Age: 12
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 8 Jan 1887
Date of death: 11 Jan 1887
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Death from syncope
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Syncope (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient returned home on Dec 31st from Kilburn where she had been nursing a baby who was unwell. The nature of the baby's illness was not known, but is recovered'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, alimentary tract, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 May 1887
Date of death: 18 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Epilepsy
Disease (standardised): Epilepsy (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'The patient was a general servant, not of a neurotic family & not known to have had any fits previous to May 20th'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1887
Date of death: 21 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Thrombosis of cerebral sinuses and superficial cerebral veins
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Vernon, Arthur Heygate
Medical notes: 'The patient was a dressmaker of phthisical family history but who had enjoyed good health until recently, when she complained of headaches & shortness of breath'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Coal porter
Age: 3
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1887
Date of death: 12 Jul 1887
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: White-Cooper, George Owen
Medical notes: 'Not seen by registrar. Patient appears to have been ill for about 1 week'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Nov 1887
Date of death: 15 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient was a charwoman who for 7 years had been subject to winter coughs & dyspnoea on exretion[?]. She had also had frequent attacks of gout'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Oct 1886
Date of death: 26 Feb 1887
Disease (transcribed): Tubercle in lungs & spleen etc
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Spleen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a cook with a good family & personal history. No history of syphilis. She was first admitted in Jun '85 with a laryngitis which yielded to specific treatment'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, abdomen, liver, spleen ('microscopically lymphadenome H.D.R.[?]; including 'microscopic report')
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Mar 1887
Date of death: 9 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient, who was a dressmaker, was of a non-tubercular family and had had good health until 7 months before admission'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Blacksmith
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1887
Date of death: 10 Mar 1887
Disease (transcribed): Endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Endocarditis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a blacksmith of healthy antecedents both personally & in regard to heritable diseases'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Apr 1887
Date of death: 14 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Little was known of the patient except that she had been vaguely unwell when she travelled from Scotland to her situation in London on Ap 1st'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1887
Date of death: 26 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mitral & triampid stenosis
Disease (standardised): Stenosis (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a plumber's assistant. He was healthy up to the age of six. He then had chorea and subsequently 3 other attacks, the four attacks spreading over about 4 years'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Nov 1887
Date of death: 10 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient was of no occupation. After feeling unwell for 2-3 days she had vomiting & slights rigors on Oct 23rd. She at once took to bed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Baker
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1887
Date of death: 13 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Aortic rheumatism. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Heart); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was of a rheumatic family and had had rheumatism 13 years previously. She was liable to rheumatic pains'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, brain
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Sep 1887
Date of death: 16 Sep 1887
Disease (transcribed): Lardaceous disease of kidneys etc
Disease (standardised): Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell and Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Patient had suffered from syphilis'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Bootmaker
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1887
Date of death: 13 Feb 1887
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma (cancer) of the pancreas
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient has not been well for the past 3 years since the birth of her last child, suffering with bearing down pains. Five months before admission the catamenia [menstruation] cased, and she began to suffer from constripation and seven weeks before admission she was seized with dull aching pain'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1887
Date of death: 16 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Large white kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was a cab driver of previously intemperate habits, who had suffered from gout & was liable to winter coughs. About 3 weeks before admission he caught cold'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: pleurae, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 19 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Oct 1887
Date of death: 31 Oct 1887
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia. Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lung); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was well until 1 month ago when glandular swellings were noticed on the throat'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a