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Occupation or role: Gas fitter
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Mar 1868
Date of death: 12 Apr 1868
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of spine.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man had fallen off a scaffold about ten feet high the day before admission and was paralysed at once.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spine
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 6 Feb 1864
Date of death: 9 Feb 1864
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of base of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Braine, Francis Woodhouse
Medical notes: 'Was admitted in the evening of the 6th February in a state of complete insensibility, respiration blowing, blood running from both ears, from mouth, and some coming forwards under the left conjunctiva; there was a scalp wound leading to exposed bone at the back of the head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head (‘no other part could be examined’)

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Valet
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 July 1877
Date of death: 30 July 1877
Disease (transcribed): Gun short wound of the lung
Disease (standardised): Wound (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Bennet, William Henry
Post mortem examination performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: The patient placed the muzzle of a rook rifle over his heart and shot himself.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, pericardium, heart, liver, kidneys, spleen and brain
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Cab man
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1873
Date of death: 19 Feb 1873
Disease (transcribed): Compound comminuted fracture of left tibia and fibula. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Bones, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen and kidneys
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Cab driver
Age: [No age stated]
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1866
Date of death: Brought in dead
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: Brought in dead.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Butler
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Sep 1869
Date of death: 18 Sep 1869
Disease (transcribed): Bruising of intestines, the result of a kick by a horse. Peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Bruising (Intestines); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Leigh, William
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical notes: This patient had been kicked by a horse in the abdomen shortly before admission.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Baker
Age: 32
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Feb 1866
Date of death: 5 Feb 1866
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture. Amputation. Death from shock
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Indeterminate); Amputation (Indeterminate); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Aug 1845
Date of death: 8 Oct 1845
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse inflammation of the arachnoid at the base of the brain. Injury of leg. Erysipelas. Loose cartilages in knee joint
Disease (standardised): Inflammation (Brain); Injury (Leg); Erysipelas (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted under the care of the surgeon for a small wound on the outside of the knee, for which he had attended for as an out-patient. He was in an extremely listless state with a very low pulse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen, right inferior extremity

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Nov 1866
Date of death: 13 Nov 1866
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of thigh
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ring, Edmund Cuthbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a comminuted fracture of the lower end of the left femur.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The thigh only was examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Child
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Sep 1864
Date of death: 22 Sep 1864
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Stonemason
Age: 76
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Nov 1875
Date of death: 19 Nov 1875
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of fibula
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg)
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: The only part examined was the seat of the injury
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Excavator
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Oct 1865
Date of death: 31 Oct 1865
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull. Trephining. Arachinitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Trephining (Skull); Arachnoiditis (Brain); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical notes: This man was admitted with an injury to the head, produced by a load of ‘compo’ falling on it.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, chest and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1864
Date of death: 24 Oct 1864
Disease (transcribed): Wound of hand. Phlebitis. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Hand); Phlebitis (Blood vessels); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'Case not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 2 Dec 1870
Date of death: 15 Dec 1870
Disease (transcribed): Burn.
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
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 if not herein reported.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: The body was not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 37
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Sep 1847
Date of death: 14 Sep 1847
Disease (transcribed): Extensive fracture of skull. Extensive extravasation of blood internally with laceration of brain.
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Laceration (Brain); Extravasation (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Blagden, Robert
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Henry
Medical notes: On admission this patient was in a state of complete insensibility. The injury was caused by his falling from a scaffold about eight feet from the ground, upon which his head struck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head and heart
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Apr 1875
Date of death: 15 Apr 1875
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Thrupp, James Godfrey
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This patient had been seen to fall from a height.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pericardium, pleurae and lungs
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Chaff cutter
Age: 43
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Nov 1873
Date of death: 2 Feb 1874
Disease (transcribed): Fractured jaw. Erysipelas
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Jaw); Erysipelas (Skin)
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?

Occupation or role: Plumber
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 19 Aug 1865
Date of death: 19 Aug 1865
Disease (transcribed): Fractured skull
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: French polisher
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1872
Date of death: 20 May 1872
Disease (transcribed): Compound fracture of femur. Delirium
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Leg); Delirium (Brain)
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.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Schoolboy
Age: 13
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Nov 1871
Date of death: 2 Dec 1871
Disease (transcribed): Ruptured liver & kidney. Extravasation of blood into the peritoneal cavity
Disease (standardised): Rupture (Liver, kidney); Extravasation (Peritoneum)
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 boy was run over by a cab, the wheel of which, it was said, passed over his abdomen. When admitted he was much collapsed and very faint, & complained of much abdominal pain and tenderness’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 54
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Oct 1873
Date of death: 9 Oct 1873
Disease (transcribed): Injury to head. Laceration of brain. Fractured ribs and clavicle
Disease (standardised): Injury (Head); Laceration (Brain); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Clavicle)
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 fell down about ten stairs on to his head.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, brain, pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys and bones
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 21
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1871
Date of death: 14 Sep 1871
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of 7 ribs. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Ribs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Haward, John Warrington
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer and Foster Palmer, James
Medical notes: 'This man fell 20 feet out of a lift. On admission had much pain over right chest, increased on inspiration. There was also a good deal of dyspnoea and the right chest was but little used, about six of the ribs being broken near the spine’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Undertaker
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Jan 1865
Date of death: 9 Jan 1865
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Case not given
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Not examined
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1871
Date of death: 3 Feb 1871
Disease (transcribed): Comminuted fracture of anterior fossa basis cranii. Extravasation of blood into orbit. Suppuration of subcutaneous tissues of scalp
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Skull); Extravasation (Brain); Suppuration (Scalp)

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 man was thrown out of a cart. When admitted was partly sensible, answered questions irrationally, inclined to be violent. Pulse slow’
Post mortem notes: Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Nov 1866
Date of death: 1 Dec 1866
Disease (transcribed): Scalp wound. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Wound (Scalp); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Lee, Henry
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: This man was admitted with a scalp wound produced by being thrown down and his head came in contact with the curb stone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident