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Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 Jan 1860
Date of death: 17 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Burn
Disease (standardised): Burn (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Johnson, Henry Charles
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Domestic servant
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 17 Jan 1860
Date of death: 20 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Meningitis. Softening of fornix
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Softening (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman, who had been a domestic servant, had been subject to headaches for a long time; for a fortnight she had been out of health, suffering at first from pain in the chest only. Six days before admission she became delirious, talking and laughing continually, and frequently vomiting’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 28 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Fatty heart
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'When this man was admitted, he did not appear to be seriously ill. He had been complaining for 11 months of loss of power, and pains in both forearms’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Spinal cord & muscles, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 9 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Diseased kidneys. Old dislocation of radius
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys); Dislocation (Wrist)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Few years before his admission, this man had some complaing which he described as ‘chronic fever’ and it appeared he never was well afterwards, Five months afterwards he coughed up a large quantity of blood, and ever afterwards had a slight cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Left arm, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 28 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Typhoid fever
Disease (standardised): Typhoid fever (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This young woman had been ill 8 days before admission, she had had frequent vomiting, with gradually increasing lassitude, shivering and diarrhoea. At night she had been slightly delirious. No spots were observed previous to admission. When she was seen, a good many very characteristic rose spots were scattered over the chest and abdomen’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Soldier
Age: 75
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1860
Date of death: 11 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Disease of liver. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Disease (Liver); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'An old soldier, formerly of Napoleon’s Polish lancers. He had fought in nearly all the wars of the empire. He had been frost-bitten at Beresina [battle of Berezina, 1812], and again at Moscow [?battle of Borodina, 1812]. He was wounded at Austerlitz [battle of Austerlitz, 1805], recovered a sabre cut at Vittoria [battle of Vitoria, 1813]. Altogether he shewed seven scars. He escaped from Waterloo [battle of Waterloo, 1815] unhurt. Latterly he enjoyed a pension for a few years, but lost it on account of his republican views. He was expelled from Paris and contrived to get his living by selling pencils about the streets of London. He attributed his illness to eating sprats’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined, as it was sent to Kinnerton Street [Medical School]; but the liver was taken out, and preserved as a preparation’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 53
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 20 Jan 1860
Date of death: 21 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Renal disease
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had, it appeared, been suffering from cold and cough ever since November. Three days before admission this became suddenly worse, and became accompanied withmuch dyspnoea, pain in the chest and sore throat’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1860
Date of death: 25 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Effusion (traumatic) of blood in arachnoid. Compression & bruise of the brain
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Bruising (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had been subject to epileptic fits for some years & on the morning of admission (while walking on the pavement) he fell down in a fit & struck his head against the kerb stone, he was picked up & brought to the hospital [and] it was stated by those who brought him that a large amount of blood had been lost’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1860
Date of death: 25 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pericarditis. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had been married at the age of 15 and borne 9 children, had been out of health for some months, since Christmas she had been confined to her bed. This illness she attributed to having been delivered of a child some short time before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 62
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1860
Date of death: 31 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Pleuropneumonia. Pulmonary apoplexy. Hypertrophy of heart
Disease (standardised): Pleuropneumonia (Lungs); Stroke (Lungs); Disease (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had twice had acute rheumatism, but his chest was not known to have been affected in either attack. Until some weeks before admission, his health was pretty good, he then began to suffer from cough and shortness of breath’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 60
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1860
Date of death: 7 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A painter. He had for a great many years been subject to rheumatic gout; of this he had an attack four months ago, which has kept him confined to bed since. He never had any other complaint’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 28 Jan 1860
Date of death: 24 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Bronchitis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Bronchitis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Jan 1860
Date of death: 30 Jan 1860
Disease (transcribed): Strangulation of intestine through an artificial anus
Disease (standardised): Strangulation (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: n/a

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 4
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Jan 1860
Date of death: 1 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Croup
Disease (standardised): Croup (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 13 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Ascites. Jaundice
Disease (standardised): Ascites (Peritoneum); Jaundice (Skin)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'As the body was not examined, this case is not given’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 14 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'When this patient was admitted, she appeared in an excited, half-crazed state, and could not give a very lucid account of her preceding symptoms. She said that she had been ill for two years, that she had spat blood, and had cough with frequent vomiting. She had not menstruated for 18 months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 19 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'For 12 months this man had suffered from cough, expectoration and increasing debility. For three or four months he had had habitual night sweats’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 72
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 9 Apr 1860
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene
Disease (standardised): Gangrene
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A month before admission he cut a corn on the little toe of the right foot. He cut it rather more than he intended & made a small wound. He continued to walk about & it did not heal’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, arteries, abdomen, right shoulder

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 16 Jun 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diseased vertebrae & hip
Disease (standardised): Disease (Vertebrae, hip)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Three years before admission this man was attacked with pain in the right knee-joint, after a few weeks it became to severe that he went into St Mary’s Hospital’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, right thigh

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 33
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 2 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Aneurism of the arch of the aorta, bursting into the pericardium. Inflammation & gangrene of the lung
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta, pericadium); Inflammation (Lungs); Gangrene (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man was admitted on the 16th of Nov 1859. He then said that he had suffered from cough and expectoration for six weeks, for the same time he had been getting thinner and his voice had been becoming hoarse’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 9 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Senile gangrene
Disease (standardised): Gangrene
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'The body was not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 42
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 17 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Dilated heart
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lungs); Dilation (Heart)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This patient had had cough during the cold months of the last three years, this was generally accompanied with shortness of breath and oedema of the legs. He never spat blood’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 34
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 1 Mar 1860
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of mamma (cancer of the breast). Miscarriage
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Breast); Miscarriage
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This woman, who had been much addicted to drinking, was admitted complaining of pain resembling rheumatism in the back and [?]. from which she had suffered for three months’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Coachman
Age: 46
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 2 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Oedema glottidis
Disease (standardised): Edema (Larynx)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'A coachman. On the day before his admission, this man returned from his day’s work saying that he felt cold and disposed to shiver. When he had gone to bed he complained of pain in one ear and of stiffness down the neck’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Throat, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 35
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 1 Feb 1860
Date of death: 14 Feb 1860
Disease (transcribed): Phthisis. Pneumothorax
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Lungs); Pneumothorax (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pitman, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Howship
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man had had cough for one month previous to admission, with occasional spitting of blood in small quantities, losing of flesh and sweating at night. When he came into the hospital, his health did not appear much affected’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a