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Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 May 1891
Date of death: 28 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (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 was a carman. He said that his health had been good. On May 11th 1891 he was attacked by dizziness and pains in the legs. Next day he shivered a little. On May 13th he was so much worse that he took to bed, and there he remained. There was no diarrhoea, and he treated himself with some purgative medicine'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 May 1891
Date of death: 26 May 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular meningitis. Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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 man was a native of Machynlleth in North Wales. There was no family history of phthisis or other disease. He had lived in London for two years and worked as a plasterer. In January 1891 he had an attack of influenza, and did not recover his health afterwards but always suffered from cough. On May 16th he was at work and fairly well. On May 17th he went to church, but was rather sleepy and had some pain at the back of the head. He was perfectly intelligent, and so far as was known, his eyesight was good. The sleepiness deepened into unconsciousness by May 19th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 May 1891
Date of death: 2 Jun 1891
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in right ovary. Left parametritis. Phlebitis of pelvic veins. Thrombosis of inferior vena cava
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Ovaries); Parametritis (Uterus); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Thrombosis (Blood vessels)
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 woman had borne five children. On March 5th 1891 a miscarriage occurred which was followed by haemorrhage continuing for six weeks at the end of which something was removed from the uterus by a medical man. For nine weeks before admission she had suffered from rheumatic pains and had remained entirely in bed. On May 25th & 26th some shivering occurred'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 9 Jun 1891
Date of death: 12 Jun 1891
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of the vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 woman was a kitchen-maid. She had enjoyed good health, and the catamenial [menstrual] and other functions were reported to be normal. There had been no previous attack of the nature of that for which she was admitted. On June 8th 1891 she awoke at 4am with severe pain in the lower abdomen especially on the right side. During the day she vomited frequently and passed several motions. She was treated by a medical man with opiate pills. The bowels did not act again after the evening'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jun 1891
Date of death: 16 Jun 1891
Disease (transcribed): Haemorrhage from obsolete phthisical vomica
Disease (standardised): Haemorrhage (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Abscess (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: 'This man was an Italian, employed as a butler, who had lived in England for 15 years. There was no evidence that he had been used to alcoholic excess. He had been for long troubled by cough, and during the last 8 months had from time to time brought up a little blood from the mouth. On June 11th he began to bring up blood in large quantity (it was thought by vomiting). This continued, and on June 13th he took to bed. Much blood was brought up during the night of June 14th, and the medical man in attendance reported that ‘epileptoid convulsions' occurred'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 43
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Jun 1891
Date of death: 19 Jul 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: 'The only brother of this patient died of consumption at the age of 28. The woman had borne no children but had three miscarriages. Her general health had been for the most part good. There was no history of previous chest affections, and no haemoptysis. For 12 months ending three years before admission she had been confined to her home by rheumatism. Two months before admission she began to lose health gradually: there was much cough and copious expectoration, and she wasted rapidly. Night-sweats and diarrhoea were absent'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1891
Date of death: 28 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, spleen
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, spleen)
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 man was a coachman who had enjoyed very good health and who was not addicted to alcoholic excess. Five weeks before his admission he was attacked by ‘influenza' consisting of severe frontal headache and general muscular pains. He was confined to bed for three days only, but did not recover his strength'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 10 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jun 1891
Date of death: 1 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Post-pharyngeal abscess. Bronchopneumonia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Pharynx); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
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: 'The mother of this child, a healthy woman, had borne seven previous children, all of whom survived. The patient was said to have had no previous illness whatever. Three weeks before admission it was taken ill with bronchial symptoms, and at the same time a swelling was first noticed on the left side of the neck'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1891
Date of death: 22 Jun 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs, meninges, pericardium
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, brain, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy and Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The mother of this child was reported to be insane so that she was quite unable to take proper care of it. She had, however, been suckling it continuously; and it had been fed also extensively by neighbours with farinaceous food. It had been wasting for about three weeks. Nothing further was known'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spinal cord, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engineer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jun 1891
Date of death: 9 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pulmonary aneurysm
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Aneurysm (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 man was an engineer who had enjoyed excellent health, and who stated that he was not in the habit of drinking more than 3 or 4 pints of beer per diem. No history of influenza. During the winter of 1890-1 he had a slight attack of rheumatism or gout in the right wrist, but he recovered perfectly and remained quite free from cough or any other symptoms of phthisis till 3 weeks before admission when slight haemoptysis began. On the morning of June 25th he coughed up a considerable quantity of blood, but did not feel the worse'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Harness cleaner
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jul 1891
Date of death: 23 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Caries of the lumbar spine. Double psoas abscess. Left empyema
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Hip); Empyema (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, who was a policeman in his youth, had fairly good health till about six weeks before admission, when he had an attack of the then prevalent influenza which shewed itself chiefly by muscular pains and prostration. He became convalescent, but a fortnight later ‘caught a fresh cold' and was delirious for several days. A medical man diagnosed inflammation of the left lung'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cloth worker / Clerk
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1891
Date of death: 16 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumothorax (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 phthisis. The man was a clerk who enjoyed fair health till about Christmas 1890. Then he fell into pecuniary difficulties and began to live poorly. In March 1898 he had an attack of influenza (a previous attack having occurred 15 months before) since which he had lost strength rapidly. He had no haemoptysis. For a few days before admission he had kept his bed, and it was reported that he was delirious'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Footman
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jul 1891
Date of death: 4 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Perforation of vermiform appendix. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Perforation (Appendix); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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 patient was a native of Shropshire, and had been in service in London as a footman for a few months only. He had enjoyed good health with the exception of an attack of influenza three months before his death, and had had no previous illness of an abdominal nature. On June 28th 1891 he was noticed to be drowsy in the evening but made a hearty supper of beef and cucumber. At 5am next morning he woke up with pain in the right side of the belly and vomiting. He thereupon went out for a walk and fell asleep in Hyde Park. On June 30th feeling fairly well he went out with his master's carriage, and while thus employed was seized by acute abdominal pain'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Jul 1891
Date of death: 12 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Otitis media. Cerebellar abscess
Disease (standardised): Otitis media (Ear); Abscess (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: 'This boy had enjoyed good health except in December 1889 when he had an attack of ‘blood-poisoning'. Since childhood he had been partially deaf in the left ear, a condition which was attributed to bathing, but there was commonly no discharge from the ear. On June 18th 1891 he went to bed early because he felt drowsy. Next day he stayed in bed complaining of great pain in and around the left ear and severe general headache. Discharge from the ear was noticed for the first time. On June 30th he vomited frequently, and was noisily delirious in the evening. The mouth was noticed to be drawn up towards the left ear. After this he gave frequent utterance to a ‘nasty screech', but became quieter soon'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, spine, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 13 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Jul 1891
Date of death: 23 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis, lungs and intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, intestines)
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: 'The mother of this child was aged 23 when it was born. She had given birth to two previous children, one of which suffered from hip-disease. On her side of the family there was a strong history of tuberculous disease. The child was born at full term with the help of instruments. At Christmas 1890 it had ‘inflammation of the lungs', and then it began to waste away'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Jul 1891
Date of death: 19 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis [of] lungs and meninges
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, brain)
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: 'A complete history was not obtainable. The following facts were supplied partly by the master of the patient and partly by a female to whom he was to have been married. The man was a gentleman's servant. During the last six weeks he had been rather forgetful and had occasionally complained of headache. He was a heavy drinker of whiskey. In December 1890 he had free haematemesis, but none was known to have occurred more recently. For about four days he had been tottery on the legs'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Constable
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jul 1891
Date of death: 19 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Enteric fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
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 man was a native of Newcastle-on-Tyne. He was a police constable, and was said to be the hardest drinker in the hard-drinking C division. A satisfactory account of the onset of his illness could not be obtained. Probably he was in good health one month before admission, though he had been suffering from gleet for two years. A week later he was taken ill and was seen by the divisional surgeon who diagnosed ‘congestion of the liver from surface-chill. He was kept upon the sick-list for a week, and then was kept in reserve'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Warehouse man
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jul 1891
Date of death: 21 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of right lung
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
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: 'There was no family history of tuberculosis. The patient, a warehouseman or store-keeper, had enjoyed very fair health, except that in 1854 he coughed up a little blood without being seriously ill. It did not appear from the history that he had been addicted to the abuse of alcohol. Eleven weeks before admission he began to lose strength and appetite, and noticed enlarged glands on either side of his neck. Six weeks later he vomited a large quantity of blood on two successive nights, after which he kept his bed. About a week before admission he had several attacks of violent shivering'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1891
Date of death: 18 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'A maternal uncle of this patient died of rapid consumption at the age of 30. The parents were healthy. The mother had borne 8 children of whom 4 died in infancy, 2 from ‘inflammation of the brain'. The patient was thought to be delicate when an infant, but she grew up fairly strong and without any serious illness. For 6 or 7 weeks before Easter 1891 she had been complaining of some pains in the legs but it was not till Exeter day (March 22nd) tat the was thought to be ill. She then took to bed with an attack of ‘influenza' consisting of shivering and pains in the head'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 1 ¾
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1891
Date of death: 20 Jul 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of lungs and intestines
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs, intestines)
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: 'There was no family history of tuberculosis. The child was the fifth-born of a mother who was sickly-looking but without definite ailment. It was said to be healthy till three weeks before admission when it contracted measles and bronchitis'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stonemason
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jul 1891
Date of death: 24 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis. Tubercular peritonitis. Cirrhosis of liver
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Liver cirrhosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Newton, Reginald Frederick Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Both parents of this patient died of pulmonary disease but not till they had reached middle age. The man had been a stone-mason for 14 years, but was formerly a police constable in the C-division (which has the reputation of hard-drinking). He had drunk hard, chiefly, it was said, of beer. In 1874 he had an attack of rheumatism in the ankles, but in other respects his health was not bad till the early part of 1889 when he suffered for 5 months from dropsy in the belly, genitals & legs. During medicinal treatment under which the dropsy disappeared the man became much reduced in flesh and strength. He never had haematemesis or jaundice'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Plasterer
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Aug 1891
Date of death: 16 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Locomotor ataxia
Disease (standardised): Tabes dorsalis (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Dr Olsen
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'Died at the Atkinson-Morley Convalescent Hospital. This man was a native of Warwickshire, but his peculiar surname was stated to be of remote Indian origin. He had been robust, a total abstained from alcohol till the age of 39, and afterwards a very moderate drinker. There was no history of syphilis, and none of plumbism, and his personal experience of rheumatism was limited to a slight attack 10 years before his death and another 7 years later. About the middle of January 1891 on a very cold day he became thoroughly chilled. From this feeling of coldness he never entirely recovered, the hands & feet remaining numbed. Difficulty of walking was noticed later, and a sensation of ‘tightness round the stomach'. He became an out-patient of this hospital on May 15th'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Barmaid
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Aug 1891
Date of death: 23 Aug 1891
Disease (transcribed): Double pyo-salpinx
Disease (standardised): Pyosalpinx (Fallopian tubes)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Romer, Robert Leslie and Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The father of this woman died of phthisis, the sister has also been treated in this hospital for the same disease. The patient was a barmaid of temperate habits, & enjoying good health, until 4 months ago when she had an attack of pleurisy. On August 15th 1891 she was seized with a sharp pain in lower part of abdomen, no vomiting, bowels regular. On the 16th the pain increased & steadily became worse. On the 17th she vomited & commenced to have diarrhoea. Catamenia [menstruation] regular as a rule, ceased in the regular course on the 10th inst'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, thorax

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Horsekeeper
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1891
Date of death: 15 Nov 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: 'One sister of this patient was said to be consumptive. The man had fair general health till about four months before admission when a cough set in, followed by loss of flesh and tendency to sweat at night. There was no evidence that he had suffered from influenza'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Aug 1891
Date of death: 6 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Newton, Reginald Frederick Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril and Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'The boy came from a house in which there had been no cases of suspicious sore throat up to the time that he was taken ill. No previous illness seems to have been suffered from, and the child was in his usual health up to Aug 23rd, when he was observed to breathe with difficulty, and he complained of his throat. No fits and no vomiting occurred'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a