Occupation or role: [Child of] Farm labourer
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 16 May 1888
Date of death: 11 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Talipes. Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Talipes (Foot); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
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: 'The boy was originally admitted in 1887 for talipes for which tenotomy was performed. He was re-admitted with a view to further operation’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pharynx, tonsils, larynx, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, abdomen, stomach, intestines, brain, ears

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Butler
Age: 9
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1888
Date of death: 15 Jun 1888
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. Necrosis of ilium. Lardaceous degeneration of viscera following excision of hip joint
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Necrosis (Hip); Degeneration (Internal organs); Excision (Hip joint)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'Not examined’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1888
Date of death: 15 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): Tubercular disease of 7th dorsal vertebra & angular curvature. Generally scattered tubercles in viscera. Paraplegia
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Spine, internal organs); Spinal curvature (Spine); Paraplegia (Nervous system)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient gave no history of heritable disease. He had lived a healthy life and travelled to France, and ‘the Cape’ on ‘works’. In February 1886 he ‘caught cold’ and afterwards suffered much from cough and pain in his left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Abdomen, thorax, lungs, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, bladder, testicles, stomach, ileum, aorta, legs, spine

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1888
Date of death: 23 Jul 1888
Disease (transcribed): ?Pyaemia. Empyema at both bases. Meningitis, cerebral and spinal. Epiphysitis of lower end of left humerus with destruction of left elbow joint
Disease (standardised): Sepsis (Systemic); Empyema (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain, spine); Epiphysitis (Arm, elbow)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child came from the Victoria Hospital for Children, where she had been treated for about 3 weeks for cough and dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, ears, lungs, abdomen, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Soldier
Age: 1
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Aug 1888
Date of death: 9 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child was the only son of his mother, who was healthy. She said that the patient’s father was delicate and that his lungs were supposed to be weak. The infant had thrush when 5 weeks old, and when six months of age he had bronchitis and hooping cough’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, thorax, lungs, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 9 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 12 Aug 1888
Date of death: 13 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Ulceration of large intestine
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Ulcer (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The child who was 9 months old had diarrhoea for 3 or 4 days before her admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Heart, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Aug 1888
Date of death: 15 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative arthritis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Joints); Pneumonia (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'No history of importance till Dec ‘87 when an abscess formed in the left arm which was opened & drained. On 28th July he jumped over a gale & strained his right hip. He continued to limp about till Aug 2 when the pain obliged him to lay up’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, pancreas, duodenum

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [[Child of] ] Carman
Age: 9 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Aug 1888
Date of death: 18 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Catarrhal enteritis. Rickets
Disease (standardised): Enteritis (Intestines); Rickets (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Not seen by registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Thymus, brain, heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, spleen, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 14 months
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jul 1888
Date of death: 30 Aug 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets. Tubercular meningitis
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones); Meningitis (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Davidson, William Marshall
Medical notes: 'The child was, apparently, in good health until 14 days before admission, when she began to vomit after all food, & seemed generally ill. Seven days later she had 3 fits ‘
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, peritoneum, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Draper’s assistant
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1888
Date of death: 16 Sep 1888
Disease (transcribed): Caries of cervical spine
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Post mortem examination performed by: Bull, William C.
Medical notes: 'About 12 months before admission, a ceiling fell & struck her head. This did not cause her more than a few minutes’ pain. About June 1st ‘88 she noticed that her neck was stiff: this gradually got worse but she is free from pain unless she moves her head’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: ‘Permission was only obtained to examine the neck’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Brushmaker
Age: 17
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1888
Date of death: 22 Sep 1888
Disease (transcribed): Strumous ulceration of shin. Lardaceous degeneration of viscera following chronic arthritis of left knee which had been removed by amputation
Disease (standardised): Ulcer (Leg); Degeneration (Internal organs); Arthritis (Knee); Amputation (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See surgical notes’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No post mortem examination’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Stoker
Age: 31
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1888
Date of death: 5 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Two abscesses in left cerebral hemisphere. Caries of left temporal bone. Chronic phthisis of right lung. Old hip disease right
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Caries (Ear); Tuberculosis (Lungs); Disease (Hip)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The man could give no account of his family. His memory was bad, and his own history was elicited with difficulty. He gave no history of syphilis. For 19 months before he came to the hospital he suffered from cough and had during that time several slight attacks of haemoptysis’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: brain, spinal cord, ears, eyes, lungs, liver, spleen, kidneys, intestines, stomach, bladder, testicles, right hip

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Traveller
Age: 1
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1888
Date of death: 19 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Rickets
Disease (standardised): Rickets (Bones)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'Dead immediately after admission. Not seen by registrar’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Bones, head, thorax, larynx, trachea, cervical glands, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, mesenteric glands, stomach, intestines, fibulae

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: P.O. Overseer
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Oct 1888
Date of death: 27 Oct 1888
Disease (transcribed): Abscess of neck. Rheumatism. Pyrexia. Cause of death not ascertained at the post mortem examination
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Neck); Rheumatism (Joints); Fever (Systemic)
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 married woman who had one child. Three weeks before admission she had an ulcerated throat: this got better but a swelling formed on the right side of her neck’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Right knee, left wrist, neck, thorax, heart, spleen, liver, kidneys, uterus, stomach, intestines, brain

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cabman
Age: 28
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Sep 1888
Date of death: 1 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Suppurative arthritis. Tuberculosis. A few tubercles found in the membranes of the brain. Increased quantity of fluid in the lateral ventricles
Disease (standardised): Arthritis (Joints); Tuberculosis (Lungs, brain)
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: '16 years ago, he was laid up for 6 months with pain in the right hip; an abscess formed & burst: he recovered quickly & was able to walk well’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: ‘Skull only allowed to be opened’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Labourer
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Oct 1887
Date of death: 16 Nov 1888
Disease (transcribed): Left hip joint disease. Amputation at the joint. General tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip joint); Amputation; Tuberculosis
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry and Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Left hip, thorax, lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Milliner
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 6 Nov 1888
Date of death: 11 Dec 1888
Disease (transcribed): Morbus cordis (Adherent pericardium. Vegetative disease of mitral & aortic valves. Cardiac hypertrophy and dilatation of all cavities). Old angular curvature of spine
Disease (standardised): Disease (Heart); Spinal curvature (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: Penrose, Francis George
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The girl had rheumatic fever 3 times. The first attack occurred about three, the second two and the third one year before her admission. For 6 months before she came in she suffered from palpitation, and for 2 months from dyspnoea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Brain, spinal cord, abdomen, chest, spleen, liver, kidneys, lungs, heart

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Clerk
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 18 Jan 1887
Date of death: 30 Apr 1887
Disease (transcribed): Hip disease. Septicaemia
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: '[No history] of heritable disease. As a child she had abscesses in the neck [

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 3
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 17 May 1887
Date of death: 22 May 1887
Disease (transcribed): Mastoid abscess. Pneumonia. Caries of temporal bone. Otorrhoea
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Ear); Pneumonia (Lung); Caries (Ear); Otorrhoea (Spine)
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee and Bull, William Charles
Medical notes: 'Since Oct 3 weeks the boy had discharge from the right ear. This on several occasions had stopped & then the child complained of headache which was relieved as soon as the discharge was re-established'

Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Unmarried child of] Lodginghousekeeper
Age: 11
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 13 Oct 1886
Date of death: 15 Jun 1887
Disease (transcribed): Caries of spine. Psoas abscess. Lardaceous liver
Disease (standardised): Caries (Spine); Abscess (Muscles); Amyloidosis (Liver)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: des Voeux, Harold Antoine
Medical notes: 'Twelve months ago his back began to grow out & he had pains which shot down his legs. He was supplied with a machine to support his back'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Aug 1887
Date of death: 30 Aug 1887
Disease (transcribed): Purulent unilateral meningitis. Otorrhoea. Caries of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Meningitis (Brain); Otorrhoea (Spine); Caries (Ear)
Admitted under the care of: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard and Bull, William Charles
Medical notes: 'Measles in '83. Never had scarlet fever. For 12 months she had discharge from the right ear'
'Head only examined'
Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Clerk
Age: 29
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Sep 1887
Date of death: 21 Sep 1887
Disease (transcribed): Cerebral abscess. Unilateral purulent meningitis. Otorrhoea. Caries of temporal bone
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Meningitis (Brain); Otorrhoea (Spine); Caries (Ear)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard and Bull, William Charles
Medical notes: 'An abstemious man, whose history was good excepting that he had left otorrhoea since childhood'

Illustrations: NoChart
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Porter
Age: 7
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Oct 1887
Date of death: 20 Oct 1887
Disease (transcribed): Disease of hip. Amputation at hip joint. Shock
Disease (standardised): Disease (Hip); Amputation Shock
Admitted under the care of: Holmes, Timothy
Medical examination performed by: Bull, William Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'Her mother suffered from strenuous[?] abscesses in the neck when young. When at 4, she got pain in her hip & was OP [out-patient] at the Evelina Hospital. This was 'cured' but in April '86 the hip again became bad & she was again an OP. The limb was put up in plaster-of-Paris'

Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 24 Oct 1887
Date of death: 26 Nov 1887
Disease (transcribed): Rheumatism. Morbus cordis. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism Disease (Heart); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See notes in medical register'
'Not examined'
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Baker
Age: 26
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 3 Dec 1887
Date of death: 13 Dec 1887
Disease (transcribed): Aortic rheumatism. Delirium tremens
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Heart); Alcohol withdrawal delirium (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Dent, Clinton Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Slater, Charles
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: 'The patient was of a rheumatic family and had had rheumatism 13 years previously. She was liable to rheumatic pains'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: lungs, pericardium, heart, peritoneum, liver, brain
Illustrations: No
Type of incident: n/a