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Occupation or role: Police inspector
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1862
Date of death: 11 Jun 1862
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: No occupation
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Jun 1862
Date of death: 11 Jun 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of brain. Trephining
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Trephining (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was brought in in a state of insensibility, having been knocked down and run over by a cab.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Mason
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 May 1862
Date of death: 25 Jun 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh. Amputation. Death from pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Stone mason
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 May 1862
Date of death: 30 Jul 1862
Disease (transcribed): Caries of vertebrae
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient, on admission, stated that twenty five years ago he fractured his pelvis. Five months ago he noticed a lump on the left hip.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Engine driver
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 15 Dec 1862
Date of death: 15 Dec 1862
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Laceration of internal carotid artery
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Arteries)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted having been found insensible near an engine of which he was the driver. It was supposed that he had been struck on the head by some of the machinery.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and skull
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Porter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Dec 1862
Date of death: 21 Jan 1863
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of left leg. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a compound fracture of both bones of the left leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen, bones and veins
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1863
Date of death: 5 Feb 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull. Compression of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Compression (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: The patient had fallen to the ground from a scaffold forty feet high.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1863
Date of death: 8 Feb 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: He fell from a window about twenty five feet high, through a skylight of thick glass, on to some stone pavement.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 8
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Feb 1863
Date of death: 7 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1863
Date of death: 15 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Disease of spine
Disease (standardised): Disease (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: This patient was admitted with a small sinus situated opposite the gluteus maximus muscle of the left buttock.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen and spine
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Park constable
Age: 66
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1863
Date of death: 16 Mar 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine. Bruise of cord
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Bruise (Spinal cord)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: He was employed as a constable in Hyde Park. On the 7th March he fell a distance of about seven feet on to some stone paving.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine and cord
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Waterman
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Apr 1863
Date of death: 31 May 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fractured leg. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jun 1863
Date of death: 26 Jun 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of pelvis
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man had been run over by chariot, the wheels of which passed over his right groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1863
Date of death: 18 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 68
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Oct 1863
Date of death: 19 Oct 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of clavicle. Severe bruising of body
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Clavicle); Bruise (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 63
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1863
Date of death: 14 Dec 1863
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of humerus
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1864
Date of death: 1 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured thigh, fractured arm and other severe injuries
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Thigh, arm)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Case not entered’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Mar 1864
Date of death: 28 Mar 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured ribs. Laceration of lung
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Laceration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'This patient, on attempting to stop a runaway horse, was crushed between a wall & a cart’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Apr 1864
Date of death: 22 Apr 1864
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'A tin pail loaded with ‘comps’[?] fell a distance of 25 feet, & the edge struck him on the top of his head, sending him insensible for a few minutes. On admission there was a wound about 2 ½ inches long over the sagittal suture’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, chest, abdomen, spine

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 61
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Apr 1864
Date of death: 8 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Deep wound of brain
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Wound (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'On the 22nd of April while engaged in blasting some earth, the powder he was using suddenly exploded, and blew a quantity of stones and dirt up into his face
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part of the body was examined’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Errand boy
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 May 1864
Date of death: 23 May 1864
Disease (transcribed): Separation of sutures of skull with fracture
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This patient was working on a scaffold this afternoon, when he slipped & fell about 14 feet, striking the back of his head, he was insensible when picked up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Foreman
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Feb 1864
Date of death: 6 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Disease of knee
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Knee)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jun 1864
Date of death: 21 Jun 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fractured spine
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 37
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 May 1864
Date of death: 2 Jul 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of sacrum, leg etc
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Pelvis, leg)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Sacrum, leg, chest, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1864
Date of death: 12 Aug 1864
Disease (transcribed): Injury to back, smashed ankle
Disease (standardised): Injury (Back); Injury (Ankle)
Admitted under the care of: Pollock, George
Medical examination performed by: Bagshawe, Frederic
Post mortem examination performed by: Leigh, William
Medical notes: 'This man was working on the leads of a house, when he fell over on to a skylight about 40 feet beneath. He was not seen to fall, but was found’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Chest, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a