Occupation or role: Nurse Age: 70 Gender: Female Date of admission: 30 Oct 1874 Date of death: 1 Nov 1874 Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia (operation). Peritonitis Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington Medical notes: This woman was ruptured on the right side. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Widow Age: 67 Gender: Female Date of admission: 29 Jun 1876 Date of death: 5 Jun 1876 Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis following operation for left inguinal hernia Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: The hernia had existed forty years. For seven years it had been irreducible and she had often suffered from vomiting and pain. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Married Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jul 1875 Date of death: 13 Jul 1875 Disease (transcribed): Muco-purulent infiltration of lungs. Nephritis Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This patient was admitted with oppressed breathing, anxious expression, tongue and mouth dry, difficulty in swallowing and emitting a strong odour. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and uterus Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 25 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 Jun 1867 Date of death: 6 Jul 1867 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Pyaemia Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Sepsis (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient was kicked by a horse on the forehead on the 29th May last. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Labourer Age: 44 Gender: Male Date of admission: 11 Jul 1873 Date of death: 14 Jul 1873 Disease (transcribed): Collapse Disease (standardised): Collapse (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: n/a Post mortem examination performed by: n/a Medical notes: Not reported here Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 68 Gender: Female Date of admission: 9 Jul 1845 Date of death: 26 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive burn. Mucous surface of duodenum slightly increased in vascularity. Other viscera healthy Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an extensive burn situated upon the right arm, right side of the chest, neck and face, and apparently in many places having destroyed the whole thickness of the skin. Her clothes had caught fire shortly before her admission’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 66 Gender: Male Date of admission: 29 May 1845 Date of death: 28 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of the leg, with extensive suppuration. Pleurisy in right side, and 2ndary deposits in both lungs Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Suppuration (Leg); Pleurisy (Lungs); Deposit (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Pollock, George Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to be in the habit of drinking. Whilst in a state of intoxication he fell down stairs, and was brought to the hospital stunned by the fall and with a compound fracture of the right tibia’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Right lower extremity, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 06 Sep 1847 Date of death: 06 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the cervical vertebrae. Compression of chord. Sudden death after a few hours. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Compression (Spinal cord); Death, sudden (Systemic) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: On examination it was found that the whole body and extremities up to the clavicles were completely paralysed. These symptoms had followed a fall from a cab. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, spinal chord, blood and kidneys Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 56 Gender: Male Date of admission: 6 Jul 1875 Date of death: 18 Jul 1875 Disease (transcribed): Abscess of the right gluteal region. Emphysema and fatty heart Disease (standardised): Abscess (Buttocks); Emphysema (Lung); Disease (Heart) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This patient was admitted with an abscess in the right gluteal region, apparently due to some disease of the bone in the ilium. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver and kidneys Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Jul 1845 Date of death: 28 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the spine with softening of the spinal chord. Extensive ruptures, perfectly united, about the liver and right kidney Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Softening (Spinal cord); Rupture (Liver, kidney) Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have been subject to fits of giddiness for several years and it was supposed to be during one of these that he walked forwards off a hay rick about 30 feet high. He was reported to have fallen upon his back across a large piece of wood’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 27 Gender: Female Date of admission: 04 Aug 1847 Date of death: 07 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritis. Flabby heart. Medullary disease of bronchial glands and lungs. Ascites. Small malignant tubercles under peritoneum. General peritonitis. Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Disease (Lung); Ascites (Abdomen); Cancer (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: This patient was admitted suffering from ascites. She had suckled her child up to two months ago, when gradually increasing debility warned her that it was necessary to give up suckling. About this time her legs began to swell. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Schoolboy Age: 14 Gender: Male Date of admission: 7 Apr 1875 Date of death: 19 Jul 1875 Disease (transcribed): Large abscess of the cellular tissue of the right lumbar region Disease (standardised): Abscess (Back) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: He was admitted with a fluctuating swelling the size of an orange situated over the right saphenous opening. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, liver, kidneys and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 31 Gender: Male Date of admission: 28 Jul 1847 Date of death: 12 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Pleuritic adhesions of hydrothorax. Dilatation and hypertrophy of left ventricle and fatty heart. Ascites. Thickened peritoneum. Liver diseased. Kidneys granular, the left contracted. Spleen softened. Disease (standardised): Adhesions (Pleura); Disease (Heart); Ascites (Abdomen); Thickening (Abdomen); Disease (Liver); Disease (Kidney);Disease (Spleen) Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: This man was admitted suffering from anasarca of long duration. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 38 Gender: Female Date of admission: 14 Jul 1845 Date of death: 29 Jul 1845 Disease (transcribed): Large fibrous tumour of the uterus blocking up the pelvis, ulcerating and destroying the walls of the vagina both posteriorly and anteriorly and destroying the neck of the bladder. Other viscera healthy Disease (standardised): Tumour (Uterus); Ulcer (Vagina, bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'Sarah Few, a married woman, of a sallow complexion and emaciated, had had a child 13 years before her admission into the hospital. She stated that she had had some discharge from the vagina for two or three years and the the blood discharged in menstruation had contained during that time some coagula. 15 months ago she found that she was becoming weaker and losing flesh’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: Paper hanger Age: 30 Gender: Male Date of admission: 22 Jul 1863 Date of death: 1 Aug 1863 Disease (transcribed): Arachnitis with effusion. Stricture of urethra Disease (standardised): Arachnoiditis (Brain); Effusion (Brain); Constriction (Urethra) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: This patient had suffered from stricture of the urethra for several years. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, ureter, kidneys, bladder and brain Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Carman Age: 19 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Jun 1862 Date of death: 12 Jul 1862 Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic ulceration of fauces, larynx and trachea Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Systemic); Ulcer (Pharynx); Ulcer (Larynx); Ulcer (Trachea);
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship Medical notes: This man was admitted for an Hunterian Chancre of one months standing. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Grocers porter Age: 17 Gender: Male Date of admission: 2 Feb 1869 Date of death: 14 Jun 1869 Disease (transcribed): Disease of knee. Empyema Disease (standardised): Disease (Knee); Empyema (Pleura) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: The history given was that eight years ago he fell on to his left knee which became swollen and painful and abscesses formed. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen and knee joint Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 37 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Sep 1847 Date of death: 14 Sep 1847 Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of skull. Extensive extravasation of blood internally with laceration of brain. Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: On admission this patient was in a state of complete insensibility. The injury was caused by his falling from a scaffold about eight feet from the ground, upon which his head struck. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and heart Type of incident: Trauma/accident
Occupation or role: Waiter Age: 38 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jun 1877 Date of death: 30 Jun 1877 Disease (transcribed): Injury to ankle. Delirium Tremens. Cerebral and pulmonary congestion. Granular kidney. Fatty heart. Disease (standardised): Injury (Ankle); Alcohol Withdrawal Delirium (Brain); Congestion (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart); Congestion (Lung) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William Medical notes: On the day before admission the patient was kicked by another man on the right ankle. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, brain and spinal cord Type of incident: Homicide/murder
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 20 Gender: Male Date of admission: 10 Jul 1844 Date of death: 8 Aug 1845 Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound and denudation of bone. Extensive inflammation between the bone and the dura mater with effusion of pusiform fluid both in the cavity of the arachnoid & in the sub-arachnoid tissue. Suppuration in the orbits. Softening of brain. 2ndary deposits in lungs. Kidneys mottled Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Inflammation (Brain); Suppuration (Brain); Softening (Brain); Deposit (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys) Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient fell from a scaffold about 32 feet high and was stunned for half an hour after the fall. When admitted, a lacerated wound presented itself upon the right temple’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, orbits, thorax, abdomen
Occupation or role: Cabman Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 27 Jul 1876 Date of death: 28 Jul 1876 Disease (transcribed): Cerebral haemorrhage and bruising Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Brain); Bruising (Brain) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James Medical notes: A heavy man, he was seen to fall suddenly off his cab and when picked up was found to be quite insensible. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and stomach Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 35 Gender: Female Date of admission: 28 Apr 1868 Date of death: 2 Jul 1868 Disease (transcribed): Stricture of intestine after operation for hernia Disease (standardised): Constriction (Intestines); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This patient had been ruptured for three years, but had never worn a truss. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: Cook Age: 56 Gender: Female Date of admission: 21 Jun 1869 Date of death: 22 Jun 1869 Disease (transcribed): Strangulation of intestine through hole in omentum Disease (standardised): Strangulation (Intestines); Perforation (Intestines) Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering Medical notes: This woman had always had good health with the exception of an old hernia, until the 28th when she first noticed a pain in the belly. Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen Type of incident: n/a
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 32 Gender: Male Date of admission: 14 Aug 1845 Date of death: 17 Aug 1845 Disease (transcribed): Extensive laceration of the spleen, from a fall, with slight laceration of the liver, and effusion of blood into the peritoneum. Lungs loaded with red, frothy serum and partially solidified. Other viscera healthy, except slight thickening of mitral & aortic valves Disease (standardised): Laceration (Spleen, liver); Effusion (Abdomen); Disease (Lungs, heart) Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: 'This patient was reported to have fallen a distance of twenty feet and to have struck his side against a pole. After the injury he remained insensible for some time’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax
Occupation or role: [No occupation stated] Age: 6 Gender: Female Date of admission: 13 Dec 1844 Date of death: 2 Jan 1845 Disease (transcribed): Burn. Lobular pneumonia. Ulcers on chordae vocalis and in duodenum Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin); Pneumonia (Lungs); Ulcer (Larynx, intestines) Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry Medical notes: ‘This patient after her admission became gradually weaker and weaker, and finally died of exhaustion’ Body parts examined in the post mortem: Larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen