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Eleanor Stuart, 22, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1891
Date of death: 6 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Gastric ulcer, perforation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient was a dressmaker who had suffered from dyspeptic pains for 3 years. At the end of October 1890 she had copious haematemesis for the first time, and since then had been too weak to work. The catamenia [menstruation] were said to have been normal hitherto, but ceased entirely at this time'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

John Sedgwick, 47, Fruit merchant

Occupation or role: Fruit merchant
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Feb 1891
Date of death: 7 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of phthisis. This man was a fruit-merchant whose health was good up to the end of July 1890. In the following month he ‘caught a succession of colds', and began to expectorate freely, to sweat at night and to emaciate. He became rapidly very weak, and took to his bed 8 weeks before admission. The sputa had been occasionally streaked with blood'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Goiling, 2, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1891
Date of death: 11 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'In June 1890 the child had measles, and after this its health was thought to be good. For 2 days before admission it had been ill and breathing noisily'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Emily Mountfield, 24, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1891
Date of death: 23 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Empyema
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was a dressmaker, unmarried. In infancy she was seriously ill with chicken-pox and whooping-cough and had a series of convulsions, but subsequently she had fair health, though she was not considered robust. On Feb 3rd she was not quite in her usual health. On Feb 4th she was taken severely ill with a rigor and stitch on the right side'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Goldsmith, 34, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Feb 1891
Date of death: 17 Feb 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of tubercular or other disease. This man was a brass-moulder. In 1883 he had pneumonia (probably double), but was thought to make a perfect recovery. He had no lead-poisoning. There was very little history of phthisical symptoms, except that he had lost flesh of late years'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Pennie, 43, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1891
Date of death: 4 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of tuberculous disease. The woman had borne seven children. The penultimate child died of meningitis. The last confinement was in August 1890; the child died early in Feb 1891 of ‘consumption of the bowels'. The woman had suffered from constant cough and frequent bronchitis attacks for five years. Two years before her death she had an attack of profuse haemoptysis, but none before or since. Since Christmas 1890 she had been emaciating very rapidly, and sweating profusely at night'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Frank Brown, 37, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Feb 1891
Date of death: 30 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Cirrhosis of liver. Ascites. Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver); Ascites (Peritoneum); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of disease beyond that one sister was thought to be consumptive. The man had been a waiter for 22 years during the whole of which time he had drunk beer and spirits freely. He had never vomited blood nor been jaundiced, and his health was said to have been quite good till May 1890 when he was lid up for 3 weeks with some affection of the chest. After this he did not regain his former health, but suffered from cough, some night-sweating and considerable loss of flesh'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull

Type of incident: n/a

Helen Douglas alias Stewart alias Donovan, 24, Cook

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 24
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 Mar 1891
Date of death: 15 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Broncho-pneumonia. Meningitis
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient was a cook. It was stated that she never had scarlatina, dropsy not other illness, and had been in good health till a few months before admission. She had been suffering from coughs and colds during the whole of the inter of 1890-1. On February 25th she was attacked with shivering and became seriously ill'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Spencer, 43, Hammer man

Occupation or role: Hammer man
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Mar 1891
Date of death: 15 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Gangrenous abscess in lung. Ulcerative endocarditis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Endocarditis (Heart); Ulcer (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy and Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This patient was a hammerman. He had been a heavy drinker but not recently. For a week or more before his illness began he had been ‘poorly' and suffering from a cough. On March 4th 1891 he was at work as usual, but next morning was unable to rise from bed. No rigor'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Harry Lindars, 23, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Mar 1891
Date of death: 27 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a groom. There was no family history of phthisis. His health was good till a fortnight before Christmas 1890 when he was taken ill with a ‘severe cold' and pain in the left side of the chest. He stayed in bed for 6 weeks, and then improved sufficiently return to work. He did not however regain his former health; he lost much flesh and had constant cough causing occasional vomiting. He continued at work till March 9th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Coles, 13, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Mar 1891
Date of death: 21 Mar 1891
Disease (transcribed): Mitral reflux. Pericardial effusion. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'This boy was sent here from the Victoria Hospital for Children (the wards of which were being closed). He had been there for ten weeks, and, it was said, was admitted with his first attack of rheumatism'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

James Cole, 9 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1891
Date of death: 1 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, lymphatic glands, intestinal tract
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, lymphatic glands, intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The mother of this child was healthy; she had borne six children in all, three of which died in infancy. The child was born at the full time, and had had no previous illness. For three weeks before admission here it had been at the Victoria Hospital for Children. It was then discharged on account of the closure of the hospital. During these three weeks it had wasted'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Hetty Archer, 2, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1891
Date of death: 2 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, spleen, meninges
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, spleen, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Parents healthy. The mother had borne three previous children, the first two of which were healthy but the third was ricketty. This child was at first thought to be strong. It was suckled for 12 months. For the last 6 months of its life it had been ‘out to nurse'. Until 3 weeks before death it had been under the charge of a person who was said to have neglected it grossly. It was then transferred to better care, being in a very emaciated and lousy state. For a fortnight it improved, but then began to lose flesh again'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen, ribs

Type of incident: n/a

Theresa Russell, 9, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Apr 1891
Date of death: 9 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of tubercular disease. The girl was said to have had good health till 6 weeks before admission when a swelling appeared in the right groin which however soon disappeared. Some time later another swelling appeared on the calf of the right leg, and this was diagnosed by the house-surgeon (who saw the patient in the surgery) on March 17th as an abscess. It was proposed to insert a grooved needle next day but the patient did not return. The swelling disappeared, but on March 27th the girl became very ill and was put to bed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Wiles, 27, Attendant at lunatic asylum

Occupation or role: Attendant at lunatic asylum
Age: 27
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Apr 1891
Date of death: 15 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history of tubercle except that a brother of the patient died of consumption in March 1891. The man had been in the army and spent 6 years in India. Soon after going to India, about 1885, he had some sort of fever which lasted 9 weeks. He appears to have had good health on the whole though he underwent some hardships in India. No scarlatina. No rheumatism. After returning to England in 1890 he became an attendant at a lunatic asylum. He was first admitted to this hospital on Dec 20th 1890 with a history of pleural stitch and shortness of breath for a month'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Constance Bolton, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1891
Date of death: 18 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'No family history was obtainable in this case. The girl had no relations and came from St Peter's Orphanage. She was reported to have been seriously ill for 3 weeks before admission here'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, skull

Type of incident: n/a

Edith Plumb, 30, Children's nurse

Occupation or role: Children's nurse
Age: 30
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1891
Date of death: 22 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Chronic arteritis (syphilitic). Thrombosis of cerebral arteries. Cerebral softening. Spinal meningitis
Disease (standardised): Arteritis (Blood vessels); Syphilis (Systemic); Thrombosis (Brain); Softening (Brain); Meningitis (Spinal cord, brain); ()
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was a children's nurse. She was unmarried but had borne three children, two of whom died in infancy. The man with whom she had consorted for 9 years was able to give no history with a bearing upon syphilis. She had enjoyed excellent health, and complained of nothing but headache of late years'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a n/a

Richard Avant, 46, Hawker

Occupation or role: Hawker
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Apr 1891
Date of death: 25 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Gangrenous abscesses in symmetrical parts of both lungs. Diabetes mellitus
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Lungs); Diabetes mellitus (Pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship and Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a hawker, accustomed to travel about the country. In his youth he was in the navy, and had ague in China in 1863 and dysentery in 1865. With neither of these diseases was he troubled in after life. He described himself as having always been temperate in alcohol and almost a total abstainer during the last 6 years of his life. In November 1889 he had a sudden attack of giddiness and vomiting, and was laid up for a week, at which time he began to pass much urine. He had no medical advice before his first admission into this hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Reuben Donno, 6 months, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 6 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1891
Date of death: 3 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs and lymphatic glands
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, lymphatic glands)
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of phthisis. The mother, who had borne eleven children, ten of which were fairly healthy, was herself healthy at the time of the child's admission into this hospital. This child was never sickled. It was fed chiefly upon Nestle's milk'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head

Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Clayden, 59, Lodginghouse keeper

Occupation or role: Lodginghouse keeper
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1891
Date of death: 12 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Old inflammatory processes at base of left lung. Chronic peritonitis. Numerous abscesses in right lung
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Abscess (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The parents of this man died of old age. The patient was a lodging-house-keeper. He confessed the habit of drinking spirits at odd times. His health was good till five years before his death when he began to suffer from dyspeptic pains after food, and lost flesh. In Dec 1889 he was admitted into this hospital with an abscess over the left lower ribs the cause of which was not discovered. The abscess was opened and soon healed'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Annie Nieblar, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 2 May 1891
Date of death: 5 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing endometritis. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Endometritis (Uterus); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This woman was a native of Munich, who had been in England for two years. She was confined with her first child in August 1890. The child throve well: it was suckled for two months, and then the mother ceased to suckle it because of increasing weakness though the milk did not fail till some time later. Before her confinement she had enjoyed good health, but soon afterwards she began to suffer from spasmodic abdominal pain. She did not regain her health, and finally took to bed one week before admission'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Bertout, 30, Engine fitter

Occupation or role: Engine fitter
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 May 1891
Date of death: 8 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of phthisis. The patient was a Frenchman, an engine-fitter, who had lived mostly in England. He stated that his health was good till about the end of 1889 when he ‘caught a cold' which he did not get rid of. He began to cough and expectorate freely, and lost flesh rapidly. There was never any haemoptysis. For the last six months he had been in poor circumstances, and for two months he had not tasted meat. He continued to work till admitted'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

William Hall, 17, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1891
Date of death: 15 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Amyloidosis (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The father of this boy died young, possibly of phthisis. The boy was never robust. When five years old he suffered from disease near the ankle for which operations were performed at some hospital. From the wounds there was discharge for probably as long as two years. For five or six years he had been short of breath, and for two years had been losing health generally while the finger-ends had been enlarging'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Alma Hunt, 36, Tailoress

Occupation or role: Tailoress
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 May 1891
Date of death: 5 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Lardaceous disease
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Amyloidosis (Tissues)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of phthisis. The woman was married to a plasterer and had lived chiefly in London though she was a native of Exeter. Her circumstances were poor, and she eked out a living by doing the work of a tailoress. In 1880 she was confined twice, both children being still-born. She had suffered from cough and copious expectoration without haemoptysis for two years; for six months the legs had been liable to swell; and for four months she had been unable to work on account of general weakness and shortness of breath. No syphilitic history, direct or indirect could be obtained. There was no evidence that the woman had ever taken a course of mercurial medicine'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Agnes Davies, 21, Saleswoman

Occupation or role: Saleswoman
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 May 1891
Date of death: 19 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Perforating gastric ulcer. Subdiaphragmatic abscess
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Stomach); Abscess (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This was a saleswoman about whom a complete history was not obtained. It was ascertained, however, that she had suffered from dyspeptic pains for some years and that since the beginning of 1891 these pains had been severe. She denied having ever vomited blood. On the afternoon of May 12th she was seized with sudden vuilentn pain which was referred to the right side of the abdomen, the catamenia [menstruation] being present at the time'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

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