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Mary Beasley, 79, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 79
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1877
Date of death: 28 Aug 1877
Disease (transcribed): Hernia. Operation without opening the sac. Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: Six months ago she noticed a small lump in the left groin which disappeared when she laid down and gave her no pain until four days before admission when she also noticed the swelling was larger than normal and vomiting commenced.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, kidneys, brain and intestine
Type of incident: n/a

John Dakin, 18, [No occupation]

Occupation or role: [No occupation]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1877
Date of death: 3 Mar 1877
Disease (transcribed): Tumour of axilla. Removal. Haemorrhage.
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Axilla); Operation (Axilla); Haemorrhage (Axilla)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The case was not reported here.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Anna Maria Owen, 67, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 67
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jun 1876
Date of death: 5 Jun 1876
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis following operation for left inguinal hernia
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Morgan, John Hammond
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: The hernia had existed forty years. For seven years it had been irreducible and she had often suffered from vomiting and pain.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen, lungs, heart, liver, kidneys and spleen
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Canavin, 69, Widow

Occupation or role: Widow
Age: 69
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1875
Date of death: 24 Oct 1875
Disease (transcribed): Peritonitis following hernial operation. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Peritonitis (Abdomen); Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Daley, 43, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Jan 1875
Date of death: 16 Feb 1875
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of pelvis (removal). Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Epithelioma (Pelvis); Operation (Pelvis); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This patient had a malignant tumour the size of a baby’s head occupying the fold of the left groin.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, spleen, kidneys and glands
Type of incident: n/a

Lydia Badcock, 50, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 13 Feb 1875
Date of death: 15 Feb 1875
Disease (transcribed): Crushed feet. Double amputation
Disease (standardised): Crushed (Foot); Amputation (Foot)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not reported here
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Ann Creid, 70, Nurse

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 70
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Oct 1874
Date of death: 1 Nov 1874
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated femoral hernia (operation). Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This woman was ruptured on the right side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys and organs of generation
Type of incident: n/a

Charlotte Phillips, 3 days , [No occupation stated]

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3 days
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 Mar 1874
Date of death: 22 Mar 1874
Disease (transcribed): Imperforate rectum (lumbar colotomy). Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Imperforate (Rectum); Colotomy (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This infant was sent from Queen Charlotte’s Hospital with a history that since its birth it had passed nothing by the rectum.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, peritoneum, intestines and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

William Anderson or Linneker, 45, Stableman

Occupation or role: Stableman
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1873
Date of death: 14 Jul 1873
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropnemonia. (Old laryngotomy)
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Pleura, Lung); Laryngotomy (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: This man was operated on for spasm of the glottis in this hospital eight year ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, larynx, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

John Parker, 73, Coachman

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 73
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Jul 1873
Date of death: 9 Jul 1873
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of the skull. Laceration of the middle meningeal artery. Trephining
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Trephining (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: The patient was thrown from a carriage on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Robert Turner, 76, Labourer

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1873
Date of death: 3 Apr 1873
Disease (transcribed): Strangulated inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Granular kidneys
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rowland, Edward Roger
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: He had a rupture for the last eighteen years, for which he had never worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, peritoneum, intestines, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Ann Bulman, 66, Married

Occupation or role: Married
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1872
Date of death: 8 Dec 1872
Disease (transcribed): Right inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation (Abdomen); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had had a right femoral hernia for twelve years for which she had worn a truss.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, hernia and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

Joseph Carpenter, 57, Lodging house keeper

  • Occupation or role: Lodging house keeper
    Age: 57
    Gender: Male
    Date of admission: 20 Mar 1872
    Date of death: 11 Jun 1872
    Disease (transcribed): Disease ankle joint. Amputation of foot and ankle. Gangrene of flaps. Pyaemia
    Disease (standardised): Disease (Ankle); Amputation (Foot); Gangrene (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
    Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
    Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
    Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
  • Laking, Francis Henry
    Medical notes: This man was admitted with chronic disease of the left ankle joint.
    Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bladder
    Type of incident: n/a

Henry Moody, 22, Breaksman

Occupation or role: Breaksman
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Mar 1872
Date of death: 15 Apr 1872
Disease (transcribed): Railway accident. Amputation of leg and hand. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Amputation (Leg); Amputation (Hand); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: He fell of a train in motion and the wheels passed over the right leg.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Skull. The friends objected to any further examination of the body.
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Margaret Welsh, 7, Schoolgirl

Occupation or role: Schoolgirl
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1871
Date of death: 11 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Disease of the hip joint. Removal of the head of the femur
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Removal (Femur)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This child was admitted with hip disease of a years duration following a fall.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and peritoneum
Type of incident: n/a

William Watson, 63, Clerk

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 63
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1872
Date of death: 10 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Atheroma. Gangrene of the toes of the left foot. Amputation. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Plaque, atherosclerotic (Arteries); Gangrene (Foot); Amputation (Foot); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Six weeks before admission this man had felt some irritation of the skin of the right leg, which became red. This subsided, but soon after he felt much pain in the toes of the left foot.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

James Powell, 75, Gardener

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1872
Date of death: 9 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of lower jaw. Removal of portion of lower jaw. Extensive haemorrhage
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Jaw); Removal (Jaw); Haemorrhage (Lip)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: For four or five months he had noticed a painful hardness on the inner side of the cheek on the right side, and of the gum of the lower jaw. She attributed this to the irritation of a jagged tooth.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Mary Ann Earl, 57, Laundress

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 57
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1872
Date of death: 5 Feb 1872
Disease (transcribed): Cancerous tumours of inferior surface of sphenoid bone. Removal of right maxilla superior. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Skull); Removal (Skull); Exhaustion (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: Seven weeks before admission the patient began to have pain in the right upper jaw, and that side of the face began to swell.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, glands and skull
Type of incident: n/a

George Dyer, Brakesman

Occupation or role: Brakesman
Age: 23
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1871
Date of death: 12 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of leg. Contusions. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Contusions (Leg); Amputation (Leg)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Frederick Trottman, Iron fitter

Occupation or role: Iron fitter
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1871
Date of death: 28 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Depressed fracture of the skull. Trephine applied. Bone found in brain substance. Extravasation of blood. Softening
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Softening (Brain)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'An iron bolt about 4 tons fell from a height of 50 feet on to vertex of skull’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium (‘permission to examine the rest of the body was refused’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Prudence Heritage, Housekeeper

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 25
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Jul 1871
Date of death: 20 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Syphilitic contraction of rectum. Passage of bougie. Perforation of rectum. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Syphilis (Rectum); Dilation (Rectum); Perforation (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'This patient had had discharge of matter and occasionally of blood from rectum, for three years, with increasing difficulty of passing motions. Two years ago some diseased bone came away from right ulna’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, organs of generation, bones

Type of incident: n/a

Robert Jones, [Occupation not stated]

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 81
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jun 1871
Date of death: 7 Jul 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fibrous tumour of testicle. Castration. Exhaustion
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Testicle); Castration; Exhaustion

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

William Battersby, Druggist

Occupation or role: Druggist
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Feb 1871
Date of death: 28 Apr 1871
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of rectum, intestinal obstruction. Colotomy
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Rectum); Obstruction (Intestines); Colotomy

Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'In October 1870 this patient began to have pain in right shoulder & right hypochondrium, and also to suffer from constipation’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen (‘the friends objected to any further examination of the body’)

Type of incident: n/a

Charles Mills, Carpenter

Occupation or role: Carpenter
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jan 1871
Date of death: 1 Feb 1871
Disease (transcribed): Crushed arm. Amputation
Disease (standardised): Injury (Arm); Amputation (Arm)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, the case is not herein reported’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

William Coton, Cow keeper

Occupation or role: Cow keeper
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Jan 1871
Date of death: 3 Jan 1871
Disease (transcribed): Inguinal hernia. Operation. Peritonitis. Scrofulous disease of the left kidney. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Hernia (Abdomen); Operation; Peritonitis (Abdomen); Disease (Kidney); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: 'He had had a left inguinal hernia 30 years, & worn a truss for a few years, but as it did not keep hernia back he relinguished it, and has worn none for 15 or 20 years. For this last period he has not been able completely to return the hernia. In the evening of December 29 the tumour became larger and he had pain and sickness. Violent attempts seem to have been made at reduction’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

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