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Robert Bertram, 23, Agent

Occupation or role: Agent
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1887
Date of death: 11 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'His father died of consumption. His illness commenced with a cold 3 months before coming here. Increasing weakness, emaciation, cough & night sweats ensued’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Skull, brain, ears, abdominal cavity, thorax, lungs, larynx, pericardium, heart, pharynx, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Frederick Davey, 15, [Unmarried child of] Tailoress

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Tailoress
Age: 15
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1888
Date of death: 12 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis. Pericarditis. Cerebral haemorrhage at base and on surface of cord. Infarcts in spleen and kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Haemorrhage (Brain); Infarct (Spleen, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The boy was one of several healthy children. He had rheumatic fever at the age of 9 and again at 14, One the first occasion the Dr pronounced his heart to be seriously affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, eyes, abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, pleurae, pericardium, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Thomas Lester, 38, Signal man

Occupation or role: Signal man
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Dec 1887
Date of death: 13 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): New growth. Sarcoma of lung, diaphragm, brain
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Lung, diaphragm, brain)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had been a soldier, and had ague, when in India. He had also had syphilis? 8 years ago he had a severe illness lasting 14 days with headache and delirium. For 6 months he had been growing weak & suffering much from headache, his mental condition had also deteriorated with much depression of spirits’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, eyes, ears, thorax, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, oesophagus, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Boyle, 50, Governess

Occupation or role: Governess
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1888
Date of death: 13 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Alcoholic cirrhosis of liver and kidneys. Hemorrhage from the mucous membrane of small intestine. Oedema of larynx & lungs
Disease (standardised): Liver cirrhosis (Liver, kidneys); Haemorrhage (Intestines); Edema (Larynx, lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She had had acute rheumatism 3 times. Her husband said that drink was her great weakness. For two years past she had had frequent attacks of jaundice & much bilious vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, pleurae, lungs, larynx, heart

Type of incident: n/a

James Mauser, 67, Commissionaire

Occupation or role: Commissionaire
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1888
Date of death: 13 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated right inguinal hernia. Operation for radical cure. Relapse of hernia
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin); Operation
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A commissionaire who had been improved for many years. He had never worn a truss, & for years the bowel had been partly irreducible’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

John Merriman, 38, Carman

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 38
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Dec 1887
Date of death: 18 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis with pleurisy on the left side
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man had previously been in this hospital. For 6 weeks before coming here he had been suffering from bad cough, and loss of voice, and more recently had spat up a little blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, pia mater, thorax, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, heart, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Samuel Garrett , 50, Bootmaker

Occupation or role: Bootmaker
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1888
Date of death: 20 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of lower lobe of right lung. Purulent meningitis of brain and spinal cord. Vegetation on mitral valve. Infarct in right kidney
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain, spinal cord); Vegetation (Heart); Infarct (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'Was in this hospital in Sep 1887 under the case of Dr Dickinson [William Howship Dickinson], suffering from pleurisy. He was then in the hospital 14 days. After leaving he kept well until the Xmas festivities, these brought on sharp lancinating pains in the right side of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, ears, eyes, thorax, pleurae, lungs, larynx, trachea, pericardium, heart, kidneys, spleen, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Saker, 41, Commissionaire

Occupation or role: Commissionaire
Age: 41
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1888
Date of death: 22 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation from mitral incompetence
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'Had been 20 years a ‘guardsman’. Had never had rheumatism or syphilis. Had always been temperate. As a boy was said to suffer from palpitations of the heart. Had good health up to five years ago when he was laid up with cough & cold’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, abdominal organs, liver

Type of incident: n/a

William Wilson, 59, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 59
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 23 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of lower end of the oesophagus. 2ndary infiltration of cardiac orifice & end of stomach. 2ndary deposits in liver
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Oesophagus, heart, stomach); Deposit (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had good health until Feb 1887 when suddenly became unable to swallow solid food, any attempt to do so being attended by pain & regurgitation. From that date he had lived on fluids’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Oesophagus, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, pancreas, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Benjamin Bell, 57, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jan 1888
Date of death: 23 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of right lower lobe with small patch of gangrene. Large empyema full of stinking pus in lower part of right pleura
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs); Empyema (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had been in this hospital 30 years previously suffering from ‘fistula’. He was well up to Jan 6th. On that date while at work he was seized with sharp lancinating pain in the right side of the chest’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Larynx, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, brain, stomach, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Bond, 36, [Wife of] Porter

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Porter
Age: 36
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1888
Date of death: 23 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of manubrium sterni (small round-celled sarcoma). Secondary infection of cervical glands of right side. Large white kidneys
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Sternum); Infection (Cervical glands); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She had been married 15 years. She had had 2 miscarriages but bore no children alive. Was well up to Sep ‘87 when she began to lose blood per vaginam’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, trachea, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, sternum, neck, spleen, kidneys, uterus, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

David Ferguson, 45, Butler

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Jan 1888
Date of death: 24 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'There was no family history of heritable disease. The man had never previously [been] ill. He was a butler but claimed to be considered temperate. He had been losing strength for 4 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, ears, eyes, abdomen, peritoneum, stomach, intestines, thorax, pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, larynx, trachea, spleen, kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Garrett Healey, 40, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1888
Date of death: 25 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Fusiform aneurism of ascending portion of arch of aorta, bursting into the pericardium. Also dissecting aneurism of descending thoracic and abdominal aorta
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Heart, aorta)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He had never been laid up previously, but had for some monts been complaining of thoracic pain. While at work he was seized with sudden & violent abdominal pain & great collapse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, spleen, kidneys, liver, thorax, pericardium, aorta

Type of incident: n/a

John Cox, 40, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tetanus
Disease (standardised): Tetanus (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'The man was a drunkard. There was some history of epilepsy, the first fit having occurred 4 years & the last 8 months previous to his accident. He was knocked down by a cart, the wheel of which passed over his right knee’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right thigh, cranium, lungs, heart, spleen, spinal cord (‘inquest case … No lesions found at PM in any way explaining the cause of death, except the wound in the right thigh’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Elizabeth Forrett, 45, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 45
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated left inguinal hernia, reduced by operation. Cyst of the left ovary with twisted pedicle
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Groin); OperationCyst (Ovaries)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'A widow who had had 4 children. There had been a hernia on the left side for 3 years. She had worn a truss over a hernia which had never been reduced’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, ovary, intestines, spleen, kidneys, liver, heart, lungs, brain, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Henry Reeves, 3, [Child of] Blacksmith

Occupation or role: [Child of] Blacksmith
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria. Tracheotomy
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx); Tracheotomy
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child had been suffering from cough & dyspnoea for 2 or 3 days. The source of infection was not traceable. No other members of the family were affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Neck, larynx, trachea, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Agnes Parker, 22, [Wife of] Postman

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Postman
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Chronic Bright’s disease. Acute serous effusion into the tongue and larynx
Disease (standardised): Nephritis (Kidneys); Effusion (Tongue, larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She was in this hospital last year suffering from albuminuria, the result of scarlet fever (Notes are being bound). After leaving the hospital her headaches continued with much nausea & vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, eyes, neck, tongue, larynx, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Mabel Stallion, 4, [Child of] Butcher

Occupation or role: [Child of] Butcher
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Jan 1888
Date of death: 26 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'Died of asthenia immediately on reaching the ward’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, ears, pharynx, neck, larynx, trachea, lungs, heart, liver, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

John Sutton, 67, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 67
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Purulent meningitis over the surface of the right hemisphere of the brain following injury
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Injury (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: '[No history] obtainable. He had been drinking. Usually drunk gin. He was not deaf before the accident. He was riding in a [?] & was thrown out. He could not remember the accident’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Cranium, ears, spleen, kidneys, liver, lungs, larynx, heart, pericardium (‘inquest case’)

Type of incident: Accident

William Brooks, 34, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Jan 1888
Date of death: 28 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Emphysema and bronchitis. Dilatation and hypertrophy of the right side of the heart
Disease (standardised): Emphysema (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'He was in this hospital with bronchitis in Feb 1887. After leaving he kept fairly well until October when he had to give up work owing to swelling of his legs’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, kidneys, spleen, stomach, brain, spinal cord

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Ridgeway, 62, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1888
Date of death: 29 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Old pleurisy of right side. Bronchitis. Emphysema and oedema of left lung. Cavities of heart dilated. Mitral valve, some stenosis
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs); Emphysema (Lungs); Edema (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man was admitted in a moribund condition. He had been a free drinker of all he would get. His illness began two years ago with cough and dyspnoea, swelling of the legs & belly. He had twice recently been tapped in Westminster Hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, heart, lungs, aorta

Type of incident: n/a

Elizabeth Mossman, 68, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 68
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1888
Date of death: 29 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia of the lower lobe of the left lung. Fatty heart. Early renal cirrhosis
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lungs); Disease (Heart); Cirrhosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'She was much disfigured by small pox. Had three healthy children. Her illness began on Jan 22nd with an attack of shivering & vomiting. She had kept her bed up to coming here, suffering chiefly from thirst & fever’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Eyes, abdomen, heart, pleurae, lungs, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach

Type of incident: n/a

Alfred Laidler, 51, Plumber

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 51
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1888
Date of death: 31 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Small, red, granular, contracted kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'His occupation was that of a plumber. He had suffered from scarlet & typhus fevers, also from yellow fever in India. He was the subject of a stricture of the urethra for which he had previously been treated in this hospital in 1887’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, lungs, heart, kidneys, bladder, liver, spleen, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Jane Barge, 40, [Wife of] Plasterer

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Plasterer
Age: 40
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 14 Jan 1888
Date of death: 31 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Remarkable pigmentation of the skin
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pigmentation (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: '18 years ago she had an attack of rheumatic fever. She used to be stout, but had been losing flesh for 4 years. She had suffered from winter cough for 6 years. 2 years ago she had jaundice, and since that date her skin had been growing dark, almost black, in patches, being always for instance suspected of having a ‘black eye’ on the right side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines, lungs

Type of incident: n/a

Albert Kent, 2, Bricklayer

Occupation or role: Bricklayer
Age: 2
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Jan 1888
Date of death: 31 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Bronchopneumonia of both lower lobes of lung
Disease (standardised): Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child had been well up to two days before coming here, when it was attacked with severe cough. It was think & pale’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys, liver, stomach, intestines, mesenteric glands

Type of incident: n/a

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