Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Jan 1849
Date of death: 20 Feb 1849
Disease (transcribed): Gonorrhoeal rheumatism. Abscess in the neck. Secondary deposits. Diseased kidneys
Disease (standardised): Rheumatism (Joints); Gonorrhoea (Urogenital tract); Abscess (Neck); Deposit; Disease (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Bence Jones, Henry
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was originally admitted with rheumatism of some standing, & probably gonorrhoeal in its origin. He had an attack of it in September for 2 or 3 days, & then it returned in November & he had been confined to bed up to the 8th January. He was better, & able to get about, but still suffering from pain across the sacrum, running down the outside of left leg & affecting both knees’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, larynx, trachea, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 4 Apr 1849
Date of death: 25 Apr 1849
Disease (transcribed): Fractured lamina & body of cervical vertebrae with displacement & encroachment in the spinal canal. Inflammation & softening of the cord. Congested & condensed lungs. Inflamed ileum, kidneys & bladder
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Neck, spine); Inflammation (Spine); Congestion (Lungs); Inflammation (Intestines, kidneys, bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted into the hospital in consequence of a severe blow on the back of his neck received half an hour before, caused by a fall from a height of about five & twenty feet. He was unable to stand, move his shoulders, or rouse his head erect & complained of pain in the neck. He was not collapsed. His tongue much coated, & his bowels were evacuated involuntarily as the lied upon the bed; but his drunken condition prevented the full extent of his injuries from being ascertained at the time of admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax, abdomen, pelvis

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 16 May 1849
Date of death: 23 May 1849
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid disease of the thyroid body. Constriction of the trachea
Disease (standardised): Encephaloid disease (Neck); Constriction (Trachea)
Admitted under the care of: Tatum, Thomas
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with an enlargement of the thyroid gland of 6 months’ duration. At first its growth was very gradual & unattended by pain, but in the course of a few weeks pain in the left side of the head & face & in the left shoulder were experienced’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Trachea, thyroid gland, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 May 1849
Date of death: 1 Jun 1849
Disease (transcribed): Malignant tumour of the neck. Obliteration of the external & internal jugular veins on the left side. Obliteration of the left lateral sinus
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holl, Harvey Buchanan
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This patient was admitted with that form of malignant disease which has been termed ‘scirrhous infiltration’ extending over the left side of the neck from the angle of the jaw to the clavicle’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, neck , cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 5
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Nov 1849
Date of death: 23 Nov 1849
Disease (transcribed): Scarlet fever. Diffuse inflammation of the cellular tissue of the neck. Pneumonia. Congested & ecchymosed spots in both kidneys
Disease (standardised): Scarlet fever (Systemic); Inflammation (Neck); Pneumonia (Lungs); Congestion (Kidneys); Ecchymosis (Kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: 'This child was reported to have had scarlet fever 3 weeks before her admission. The throat had been sore and about ten days after the eruption appeared, swelling was observed of the throat externally, for which poultices had been applied. There had been no general anasarca observed, although there was slight puffiness of the hands on admission’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 64
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 20 Jul 1855
Date of death: 20 Jul 1855
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: As the body was not examined the case is not given.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: This body by order of the coroner was not examined
Type of incident: Suicide?

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 8 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 11 Jul 1855
Date of death: 3 Aug 1855
Disease (transcribed): Operation for removal of a nevus from the side of the neck. Hepatized lungs.
Disease (standardised): Nevus (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This baby was admitted on account of a nevus rapidly growing on the left side of the neck.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 58
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 12 Oct 1856
Date of death: 12 Oct 1856
Disease (transcribed): Cut throat
Disease (standardised): Wound (Throat)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Gray, Henry
Medical notes: This man was admitted in a dying state. He had cut his throat with a shoemaker's knife.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck
Type of incident: Suicide

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 25 Dec 1844
Date of death: 9 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Meningeal apoplexy. Abscess in neck opening into the internal jugular vein. Bloody fluid in both pleurae and in the pericardium. Heart dilated and slightly hypertrophical, with a small, unhealthy coagulum in its right auricle
Disease (standardised): Stroke (Brain); Abscess (Neck); Disease (Lungs, heart)
Admitted under the care of: Macleod, Roderick
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'The account this patient gave was that about a year ago he began to perceive palpitations of the heart, & was troubled with constant pain in the head, & occasional nausea’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 47
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 18 Sep 1844
Date of death: 20 Jan 1845
Disease (transcribed): Effusion in sub-arachnoid cellular tissue. Arteries of brain extensively thickened by atheroma. Diffuse cellular inflammation of the neck, spreading to the mediastina. Old pericarditis. Heart dilated. Kidneys granular
Disease (standardised): Effusion (Brain); Plaque, atherosclerotic (Brain); Inflammation (Neck); Pericarditis (Heart); Disease (Heart, kidneys)
Admitted under the care of: Nairne, Robert
Medical examination performed by: Hewett, Prescott Gardner
Post mortem examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Medical notes: 'Stated that about 10 months ago, he began to experience much giddiness & uneasiness in the head, which had gone on increasing up to the time of admission. That he never had a fit, but at times had found his limbs numb and weaker than usual, & his extremities cold, more especially on the left side’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 31 Aug 1860
Date of death: 2 Sep 1860
Disease (transcribed): Diffuse suppuration of the neck. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Suppuration (Neck); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Hawkins, Caesar Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'Four or five days before this patient was admitted into the hospital he noticed a small pimple on his chin, in course of twentyfour hours it became extremely painful and there was considerable swelling about it’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Occupation not stated]
Age: 36
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1860
Date of death: 5 Nov 1860
Disease (transcribed): Encephaloid tumour of neck
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Rouse, James
Post mortem examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Medical notes: 'This man stated that for some years he had been troubled with enlarged glands of the neck on both sides. He never made use of medicine to dispose them’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Neck, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Bus inspector
Age: 44
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 29 Apr 1918
Date of death: 1 May 1918
Disease (transcribed): Carbuncle on neck. Pyaemic infarcts in lungs & kidney. Septic bronchopneumonia. Pleurisy
Disease (standardised): Carbuncle (Neck); Infarction (Lungs, kidneys); Sepsis; Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: 'For a week he has had a swelling on the neck, that has been becoming increasingly more painful. He has felt ill, and the appetite has been poor. Bowels constipated’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Collector
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 9 Sep 1918
Date of death: 12 Sep 1918
Disease (transcribed): Tuberculous pericarditis. Pyopericardium. Septic bronchopneumonia. Pulmonary abscess. Adherent pleura. TB liver, spleen. Abscess of neck
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Heart); Pericarditis (Heart); Pyopericardium (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lungs); Abscess (Lungs); Tuberculosis (Liver, spleen); Abscess (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Barwell, Harold Shuttleworth
Medical examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: 'In July he had an abscess opened in the neck. It has never healed. He has been getting short of breath, and he has a cough. Appetite poor. Bowels regular. Getting thin’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manageress
Age: 54
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 10 Dec 1918
Date of death: 19 Dec 1918
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease. ?Primary [Carcinoma of neck]. Secondary, deposits in all viscera, ribs, muscle
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Neck); Deposit (Internal organs, ribs, muscles)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: O’Flynn, Elizabeth
Post mortem examination performed by: Claremont, Hetty Ethelberta
Medical notes: For a month she has had difficulty in swallowing, gradually increasing, until during the last 14 days, she has been unable to take any solid food. Pain on swallowing is great. She has noticed lumps on the right side of the neck for a months. She has had a lump on the right arm for 3 weeks. Appetite poor. Bowels regular. She is getting thin. 2 years ago she had the uterus removed for fibroids'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, genital tract, skull

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 39
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 22 May 1916
Date of death: 22 May 1916
Disease (transcribed): Fracture of transverse processes of cervical vertebrae. Injury to vessels. Haemorrhage. Fractured ribs and sternum
Disease (standardised): Fracture (Spine); Injury (Vessels); Haemorrhage (Neck); Fracture (Ribs); Fracture (Sternum)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, George Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Oakden, William Marshall
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: The patient fell off the dickey of a van and struck the left side of his head and neck against the curb stone.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, neck, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, pancreas, alimentary canal and brain
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 44
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 11 Apr 1852
Date of death: 16 Apr 1852
Disease (transcribed): Sloughing wound of the knee exposing the patella. No injury to knee joint. Spasmodic dyspnoea. Difficulty in swallowing without producing spasms of muscles of larynx and throat. Rigidity of muscles of neck
Disease (standardised): Wound (Knee); Dyspnoea (Lung); Rigidity (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Cutler, Edward
Medical examination performed by: Holmes, Timothy
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, John William
Medical notes: A fortnight before the day of er admission she was thrown by a bull which trampled on her right leg, inflicting a lacerated wound.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Knee, cranium, spinal column, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 11
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 31 Mar 1847
Date of death: 18 May 1847
Disease (transcribed): Scrofulous glands of neck. Phthisis pulmonalis with grey hepatisation of lung. Enlarged mesenteric glands.
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Neck); Tuberculosis (Lung); Disease (Lung); Enlarged (Mesenteric glands)
Admitted under the care of: Wilson, James Arthur
Medical examination performed by: Fuller, Henry William
Post mortem examination performed by: Pollock, George
Medical notes: The account this girl gave of her illness was that for some time she had been suffering in her health, and had more particularly been affected with glandular enlargement about the neck, with cough and slight pain occasionally in the chest.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Soldier
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Dec 1918
Date of death: 5 Dec 1918
Disease (transcribed): n/a
Disease (standardised):
Admitted under the care of: Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: For notes see Surgical register 2197'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No necropsy'

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Painter
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 7 Mar 1905
Date of death: 8 Mar 1905
Disease (transcribed): Septic thrombosis of left jugular vein & left lateral sinus. Laceration of left jugular vein at exit from skull & a portion of a wooden arrow, found embedded in the posterior muscles of the neck
Disease (standardised): Thrombosis (Blood vessels); Laceration (Brain)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: Trauma / accident

Occupation or role: Hairdresser
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 8 May 1905
Date of death: 14 May 1905
Disease (transcribed): Abscess in neck. Pyaemia
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Neck); Sepsis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Turner, George Robertson
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jones, Lawrence
Medical notes: 'No direct cause could be found for the abscess in the neck, the first symptom of which was pain on movement and on swallowing’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Child of] Labourer
Age: 14
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1905
Date of death: 6 Jul 1905
Disease (transcribed): Cervical gland tuberculosis. Tuberculous pleurisy & meningitis. Generalized tuberculosis
Disease (standardised): Tuberculosis (Neck); Pleurisy (Lungs); Meningitis (Brain); Tuberculosis (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 35
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 30 Jun 1905
Date of death: 6 Aug 1905
Disease (transcribed): Cerebellar abscess, rupturing onto surface of brain. Suppurative thrombosis of venous sinuses. Suppuration on posterior aspect of atlas
Disease (standardised): Abscess (Brain); Thrombosis (Brain); Suppuration (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient began to suffer with neuralgia of the right temporal & malar regions in the middle of Jun 1905, the pain occasionally spreading over the whole of the right hand side of the face & head. She had never suffered in this way before’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, cranium

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 10 Jun 1905
Date of death: 6 Sep 1905
Disease (transcribed): Aortic aneurysm. Aspiration pneumonia. Pleurisy & effusion. Tonsillitis. Abscess in oesophagus. Suppurating cervical gland
Disease (standardised): Aneurysm (Aorta); Pneumonia (Lungs); Pleurisy (Lungs); Tonsillitis (Tonsils); Abscess (Oseophagus); Suppuration (Neck)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted in February 1905, complaining of pain in the chest and shortness of breath. At 23 he had been attacked with rheumatic fever, & since that age had been liable to fugitive rheumatic pains in the joints and to sore throats & coughs. Syphilis was denied; the patient said he had never been a heavy drinker, & had taken very little alcoholic liquor since his marriage in 1893’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 58
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Sep 1905
Date of death: 15 Dec 1905
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease in lungs & cervical glands. Thrombosis of inferior vena cava
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Lungs, neck); Thrombosis (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Latham, Arthur Carlyle
Medical examination performed by: Douglas, James Sholto Cameron
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted complaining of loss of power in the left side. In her infancy she had scarlet fever; at 35, & again at 41, measles, each time with pulmonary complications. Her health had always been good, in general, and 5 years before her admission she was insured as a 1st class life’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a