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Elizabeth Cartwright, 18, Married woman

Occupation or role: Married woman
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1861
Date of death: 21 Jun 1861
Disease (transcribed): Puerperal Fever
Disease (standardised): Puerpera (Uterus); Fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, 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: This body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Walter Gadward, 65, Porter

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Apr 1891
Date of death: 28 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Chronic interstitial nephritis
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a porter. He had for the most part enjoyed good health, and there was no reason to suspect alcoholic excess. In 1883 he had an attack of rheumatism or gout which confined him to bed for eight days. Oedema of the legs appeared for the first time and in a temporary manner about Christmas 1890 at a time when he was laid up for a few days with ‘bronchitis'. A second attack of bronchitis occurred three weeks later and kept him in bed for a month. Since then he had not been free from oedema'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, head, joints

Type of incident: n/a

William Watson, 42, Painter

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 May 1886
Date of death: 5 May 1886
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Davis, Weston Peel. Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient had oedema of the legs, constipation and pain in the abdomen for four months prior to admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Tait, 56, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Mar 1900
Date of death: 9 May 1900
Disease (transcribed): Pelvic cancer. Pyonephrosis. Surgical Kidney. Pott’s fracture
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Pelvis); Pyonephrosis (Kidney); Fracture (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Post mortem examination performed by: Fenton, William James
Medical notes: The patient was knocked down by a carriage.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

George Kelly, 65, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1851
Date of death: 29 Jul 1851
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the anterior part & base of the skull. Effusion of blood into the arachnoid cavity, the subarachnoid areolar tissue, & the substance of the cerebral hemispheres anteriorly. Diseased heart & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Effusion (Brain); Disease (Heart, kidneys)

Admitted under the care of: Keate, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy and Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: 'He was admitted in consequence of having been run over by a mail-cart, the horse having it is said kicked him after he was knocked down. He was brought to the hospital almost immediately. On his admission there was copious haemorrhage from the right ear & from the nose. There was a wound over the left eye’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Napoleon Bassett, 5, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1849
Date of death: 10 Aug 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull. Ruptured meningeal artery. Extravasation of blood beneath the bone & between it & the dura mater. Meningitis. Fractured clavicle. Encysted kidney
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Rupture (Brain); Extravasation (Brain); Meningitis (Brain); Fracture (Collarbone); Cyst (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This child was admitted with fracture of the right clavicle which had been caused by a fall down a pair of stairs a short time before. He had also on admission a tumour situated above the left ear formed of extravasated blood, which was stated by its mother to have been occasioned by a similar fall about a week before, but she had not noticed anything particular about the child in consequence’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right upper extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Fanny Heffer, [No age stated], [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Aug 1850
Date of death: 7 Sep 1850
Disease (transcribed): Brain wet. Ventricles distended. Miliary tubercles in lungs. Fibrous tumour of uterus
Disease (standardised): Disease (Brain); Tuberculosis (Lung); Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Medical notes: The patient reported that she had had what was called a Nervous Fever ten years ago, and that six weeks back she had been seized in exactly the same way, with shivering, pain in the head and back, followed by great heat and thirst.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen and pelvis
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Wise, 72, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 72
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 May 1870
Date of death: 3 Jun 1870
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid cancer of the Uterus and Ovaries and Peritoneum.
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus); Cancer (Ovaries); Cancer (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This woman had had for three months some difficulty of passing motions, and for the last two weeks none had passed without injections and she had frequent sickness.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

John Aslett, 61, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Apr 1880
Date of death: 4 May 1880
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of ribs and leg (Granular kidneys)
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Leg); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: On the day of admission the wheel of a heavily-laden waggon caught against a post and swung round. The shaft struck him in the sternum and threw him down. While lying on the ground, the horse trod on his left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Herbert Bennett, 37, Valet

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1895
Date of death: 21 Apr 1895
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculosis of suprarenals, lungs, intestines. Pyonephrosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Adrenal glands); Tuberculosis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Intestines); Pyonephrosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: The mother and sister of this patient both died of phthisis. Since last Christmas he had had a bad cough with profuse expectoration.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, pancreas, stomach, spleen, kidneys, suprarenals, intestines, bladder, testes and big toe joint
Type of incident: n/a

George Newell, 31, Groom

Occupation or role: Groom
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 May 1864
Date of death: 6 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Albuminuria. Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Albuminuria (Kidney); Tuberculosis (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Sturges, Octavius
Medical notes: 'This man was a groom, a drinker of porter but of sober habits. He had had cough for eighteen months, but had not given up work till seven weeks before his admission, when the legs became oedematous’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Emma Johnson, 28, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 28
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 May 1867
Date of death: 10 Jun 1867
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Amyloid degeneration
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Amyloidosis (Liver); Amyloidosis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This woman had suffered from cough for two years for which she had attended Brompton and Westminster Hospital.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Matilda Richardson, 40, Dressmaker

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Apr 1875
Date of death: Jun 1875
Disease (transcribed): Hypertrophied heart. Granular kidneys. Abscess of gallbladder
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney); Abscess (Gall bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Medical notes: This woman stated that four months before admission she had been attacked with dyspnoea, cough and spitting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Emma Buckingham, 60, [Wife of] Labourer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Labourer
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 May 1919
Date of death: 3 Jun 1919
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of left hepatic duct obstructing both ducts. Jaundice. Thyroid adenoma. Operation. Oedema of larynx. Chronic interstitial nephritis
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Liver); Jaundice (Skin); Adenoma (Thyroid gland); Operation (Thyroid gland); Oedema (Larynx); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Jex-Blake, Arthur John. Back, Ivor Gordon

Medical examination performed by: Davidson, [Unknown]
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: She had sudden giddiness and vomiting about seven weeks ago. About the same time it was noticed that she was jaundiced. Three weeks ago she had melaena.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, bile ducts, gall bladder, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, suprarenals, bladder, alimentary canal, stomach and rectum
Type of incident: n/a

William Johnson, 33, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Sep 1841
Date of death: 29 Sep 1841
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Left kidney one small tubercle
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Ellen Cleary, 57, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 15 Mar 1865
Date of death: 24 May 1865
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian disease. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Ovary); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: She was in the hospital during June and July 1864 with an ovarian tumour. For about two months after she left she felt pretty well, but since then the tumour had been increasing and she had been getting gradually weaker.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, heart, lungs and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Jane Luscombe, 40, Charwoman

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Oct 1874
Date of death: 14 Oct 1874
Disease (transcribed): Granular kidneys. Apoplexy
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidney); Stroke (Brain )
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman was admitted with a history that she had a fit on the previous Saturday (apparently apoplectic) and had been unconscious ever since.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Sarah Barker, 27, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Sep 1845
Date of death: 15 Jan 1846
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhous ulceration of the vagina spreading to the uterus, and infiltration of scirrhous matter into the cellular tissue of the pelvis. Encephaloid tubercle in liver. Bladder and rectum inflamed. Mottling degeneration of left kidney
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Vagina, Uterus, Pelvis, Liver); Inflammation (Bladder, Rectum); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Gee, Adolphus John
Post mortem examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Medical notes: The patient was admitted with a large tumour situated on the wall of the vagina.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen and thorax
Type of incident: n/a

Henry Spiller, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Gender: Male
Age: 56
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1854
Date of death: 19 Jan 1854
Disease (transcribed): Extravasation of blood into brain. Diseased liver & kidneys
Disease (standardised): Extravasation (Brain); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Liver)
Admitting doctor: Page, William Emanuel
Surgeon: Ogle, John William
Physician: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical notes: 'This man was reported to have eaten a hearty dinner on the day of his admission, and to have been found at 5pm in the stable in a state of stupor; he was at first supposed to be in a state of intoxication, but his friends, feeling alarmed, had got a medical man to see him, who had given him some medicine, after which he had been sick & vomited freely, and his bowel had been freely purged, and at night he was brought to the hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of injury: n/a

Henry Davis, 23, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1866
Date of death: 15 Jan 1866
Disease (transcribed): Disease of heart and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer. Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man, had eight years before admission been attacked with rheumatic fever, accompanied according to report by chorea.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and brain
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Dixon, 21, [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 21
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Jan 1880
Date of death: 10 Jan 1880
Disease (transcribed): Cystic carcinoma of ovary. Ovariotomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Ovary); Ovariotomy (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Post mortem examination performed by: Owen, Herbert Isambard
Medical notes: The patient’s health had been fairly good up to three months before admission when she experienced some shortness of breath. She began to feel ill and lose flesh, and experienced a sudden sharp pain in the left groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, generative organs, lungs, pleurae, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a

Michael Moore, 51, Tailor

Occupation or role: Tailor
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Dec 1888
Date of death: 12 Jan 1889
Disease (transcribed): Foetid empyema (right side. Granular kidneys. False passage in urethra
Disease (standardised): Empyema (Pleura); Disease (Kidney); False passage (Urethra)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Cotes, Charles Edward Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Medical notes: For more than three years the patient had been troubled with his water, having several times to micturate during the night but no trouble in passing in.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Kidneys, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, stomach, intestines, brain and membranes
Type of incident: n/a

Elon Townley, 56, Fireman

Occupation or role: Fireman
Age: 56
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1914
Date of death: 14 Jan 1914
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema. Chronic bronchitis and bronchiectasis. Tubercle. Subacute nephritis. Oxalic acid poisoning
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lung); Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Tuberculosis (Lung); Nephritis (Kidney); Poisoning (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Ogle, Cyril
Medical examination performed by: Waller, Wathen Ernest
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: He was said to have taken oxalic acid on the day of admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: Suicide

[Name redacted], 44, Publican

Occupation or role: Publican
Gender: Female
Age: 44
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1927
Date of death: 17 Jan 1927
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of Rt. [Right] broad ligament communicating and small collection of pus under capsule of fibroid in wall of uterus – Acute general suppurative peritonitis. Cloudy swelling kidneys, fatty infiltration of liver – Acute splenitis – Congestion of lungs and dilatation of Rt. [Right] ventricle
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Uterus); Suppuration (Uterus, abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Infiltration (Liver); Inflammation (Spleen); Congestion (Lung); Cardiomyopathy, dilated (Heart);
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Donaldson, Robert
Medical notes: 'Violent abdominal pain for 5 days – localised in the Rt. [Right] Iliac Fossa. No vomiting. Bowels open. C.O.A. [Condition on admission]. Ill. Tongue furred. T. [Temperature] 101 [degrees]. P. [Pulse] 112. Abdomen slightly distended. Tender and rigid in the Rt. [Right] Iliac Fossa. Operation on admission by Mr Burns. Rt. [Right] Paramedian incision. Hard brawny mass found in the R. [Right] Broad ligament. Incised and blood stained fluid evacuated. Drainage'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Abdomen only'. Pleurae, lungs, mediastinal glands, pericardium, heart, coronary arteries, aorta, peritoneum, intestines, stomach, appendix, liver, gall-bladder, ducts, pancreas, spleen, suprarenals, kidneys, ureters, bladder, uterus, fallopian tubes, ovaries
Type of incident: n/a

[Name redacted], 34, Caretaker

Occupation or role: Caretaker
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1938
Date of death: 21 Jan 1938
Disease (transcribed): Uraemia. Acute nephritis
Disease (standardised): Uraemia (Kidney); Nephritis (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Feiling, Anthony
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Teare, Robert Donald
Medical notes: He was found with his head in a gas oven after a regimental dinner at which he became intoxicated.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Suicide?

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