Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 50
Gender: Male
Date of admission: n/a
Date of death: 31 Dec 1907
Disease (transcribed): Malignant stricture of the oesophagus. Bronchitis. Bronchiectasis. Granular kidney
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus); Bronchitis (Lung); Bronchiectasis (Lung); Disease (Kidney)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: For four weeks before admission the patient had suffered from increasing difficulty in swallowing.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, tonsils, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, oesophagus, stomach, pylorus, small intestine and large intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Gardener
Age: 65
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 27 Jan 1903
Date of death: 25 Mar 1903
Disease (transcribed): Columnar celled carcinomatous stricture of the rectum and ulceration of the colon. Dilatation of the whole aorta. Saccular aneurysm on transverse arch. Hypostatic pneumonia. Aortic disease. Urethral stricture. Cystitis
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Intestines); Ulcer (Intestines); Dilatation (Aorta); Aneurysm (Aorta); Pneumonia (Lung); Disease (Aorta);Constriction (Urethra) ; Cystitis (Bladder)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: English, T. Crisp
Post mortem examination performed by: Whipham, Thomas Roland Charles
Medical notes: The patient was in hospital the previous year, suffering from aortic aneurysm. He was admitted into the surgical wards with urethral stricture and cystitis.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Peritoneum, alimentary canal, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, genito-urinary tract, pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart and aorta
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carpet layer
Age: 53
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 3 Oct 1887
Date of death: 6 Jan 1888
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Ewart, William
Medical examination performed by: Turton, Robert Straker
Post mortem examination performed by: Margerison, Richard
Medical notes: 'This man had been a carpet layer & swallowed many nails & tacks. His family history was unremarkable. He was a healthy man up to Xmas ‘86 when cold brough on rheumatic pains’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Body parts examined: Pleurae, lungs, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, stomach, intestines

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Laundress
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Nov 1866
Date of death: 5 Dec 1866
Disease (transcribed): Scirrhus of pylorus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Stomach)
Admitted under the care of: Fuller, Henry William
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: The first symptoms of the illness were pains in the stomach after food, accompanied by vomiting.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 22
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 30 Sep 1891
Date of death: 30 Sep 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of testis. Growth in glands around aorta. Thrombosis of inferior vena cava. Embolism of right pulmonary artery
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Testis); Growth (Aorta); Thrombosis (Blood vessels); Embolism (Blood vessels)
Admitted under the care of: Dickinson, William Howship
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Dickinson, William Lee
Medical notes: 'This man was a baker but since April 1891 he had not worked, having been laid up at that time by severe illness in some hospital or infirmary. In June he was able to walk away and was lost sight of by his relations. On the day of his death he spent some hours lying upon the grass in Hyde Park in the company of a casual acquaintance. He complained of feeling unwell, and in particular had no appetite. While on the grass he blacked his own and his companions boots and made a slight alteration in his dress. Upon rising to go, having walked a very few years, he fell to the ground with a cry of pain, pressing his hands to the front of the chest. He became ‘black as jet' in the face and died very speedily, before he could be brought to this hospital'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Head, thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housemaid
Age: 42
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Sep 1905
Date of death: 5 Dec 1905
Disease (transcribed): Intra-abdominal malignant disease. Laparotomy
Disease (standardised): Malignant disease (Abdomen); Laparotomy (Abdomen)
Admitted under the care of: Jaffrey, Francis
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No necropsy’

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Nurse
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 23 Jan 1916
Date of death: 30 Jan 1916
Disease (transcribed): Excision of rectum for carcinoma. General peritonitis
Disease (standardised): Excision (Rectum); Cancer (Rectum); Peritonitis (Abdomen)
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: For ten months she had had a rectal discharge.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Local examination only made
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Charwoman
Age: 50
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Apr 1914
Date of death: 17 May 1914
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of bile ducts. Secondary growths in the liver. Cholangiectasis. Jaundice. Gastric ulcer. Haemorrhage into stomach and bowels
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Bile ducts); Cancer (Liver); Cholangiectasis (Bile ducts); Jaundice (Skin); Ulcer (Stomach); Haemorrhage (Stomach);Haemorrhage (Intestines)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Ewart, George Arthur
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For the past five months she had suffered from colicky attacks of pain in the gall bladder region.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Typist
Age: 27
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 25 Aug 1919
Date of death: 18 Nov 1919
Disease (transcribed): New growth of bronchus. Obstruction of bronchus. Infiltration of lung, pericardium and heart. Bronchiolectasis. Septic pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Lung); Obstruction (Lung); Infiltration (Lung); Infiltration (Lung); Infiltration (Heart); Bronchiolectasis (Lung);Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Golla, Frederick Lucien
Medical examination performed by: Bull, Henry Cecil Herbert
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: Her illness began in May with cough and palpitation of the heart. She also complained of headache, night sweats and losing weight.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, glands, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 56
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 4 Mar 1891
Date of death: 9 Apr 1891
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of gall-bladder. Ulceration into colon
Disease (standardised): Sarcoma (Gallbladder); Ulcer (Colon)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Post mortem examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Medical notes: 'Was in hospital about 6 months ago with a swelling over the region of the gallbladder'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 31
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 27 Aug 1894
Date of death: 7 Sep 1894
Disease (transcribed): Ovarian tumour
Disease (standardised): Tumour (Ovary)
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Post mortem examination performed by: Ward, Arthur H.
Medical notes: 'Patient had noticed an abdominal swelling for about 7 mos [months]. No pain on bending-down. […] On admission there was an abdominal tumour lying in the right iliac region. It was hard and dull'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Abdomen
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 62
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 5 Apr 1905
Date of death: 16 Apr 1905
Disease (transcribed): Morbus renum. Granular kidneys. Enlarged heart. Suprarenal tumour. Depression of cerebral cortex by tumour of skull
Disease (standardised): Disease (Kidneys); Disease (Heart); Tumour (Kidneys); Tumour (Skull)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: Symes-Thompson, Henry Edmund
Post mortem examination performed by: Jex-Blake, Arthur John
Medical notes: 'The patient was admitted to the hospital complaining of kidney disease. Her previous history was devoid of important incidents, medically speaking; she had worked hard as a dressmaker in London for the last 25 years of her life’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen, brain, spinal cord, joints

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Carman
Age: 57
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 26 Sep 1892
Date of death: 28 Sep 1892
Disease (transcribed): Epithelioma of the middle of the oesophagus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Oesophagus)
Admitted under the care of: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Allingham, Herbert William
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: The patient had had difficulty in swallowing for about seven months.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Brain, spine, pleurae, lungs, pharynx, heart, aorta, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, bladder, prostate, vesicula seminalis, kidneys and liver
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Parlourmaid
Age: 29
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 26 Oct 1886
Date of death: 6 Nov 1886
Disease (transcribed): Sarcoma of muscles of thigh. Amputation through upper third. Death from haemorrhage and shock in forty hours
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Leg); Amputation (Leg); Haemorrhage (Leg); Shock (Systemic)
Admitted under the care of: Haward, John Warrington
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: n/a

Occupation or role: Kitchenmaid
Age: 23
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 29 Nov 1886
Date of death: 17 Dec 1886
Disease (transcribed): Pneumonia. Encysted empyema. Pericarditis. Diphtheria
Disease (standardised): Pneumonia (Lung); Empyema (Pleura); Cysts (Pleura); Pericarditis (Heart); Diphtheria (Pharynx)
Admitted under the care of: Wadham, William
Medical examination performed by: Griffiths, Herbert Tyrrell
Post mortem examination performed by: Sisley, Richard
Medical notes: The patient was well up to the night of the 26th November when she had a rigor and cough came on with pain in the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Pleurae, lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, aorta, peritoneum, liver, spleen, pancreas, kidneys, bladder, uterus and intestines
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [Wife of] Grocer
Age: 60
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 22 Oct 1903
Date of death: 10 Nov 1903
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of uterus
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Uterus)
Admitted under the care of: Dakin, William Radford
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: n/a
Body parts examined in the post mortem: No necropsy
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Housekeeper
Age: 66
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 21 Jun 1900
Date of death: 8 Jul 1900
Disease (transcribed): Bronchitis. Recurrent scirrhus mamma
Disease (standardised): Bronchitis (Lung); Cancer (Breast)
Admitted under the care of: Rolleston, Humphry Davy
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: See Medical Notes
Body parts examined in the post mortem: N/a
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Cook
Age: 48
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 May 1917
Date of death: 26 Jun 1917
Disease (transcribed): Carcinoma of stomach involving liver & pancreas
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Stomach, liver, pancreas)
Admitted under the care of: Pendlebury, Herbert Stringfellow
Medical examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Post mortem examination performed by: Ingleby, Helen
Medical notes: '10 months ago patient was in the Weybridge Cottage Hospital for diarrhoea & epigastric pain. No vomiting. She was very anaemic & was told she had an enlarged spleen but she herself noticed no lump’
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen

Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Married
Gender: Female
Age: 33
Date of admission: 31 Jul 1878
Date of death: 13 Nov 1878
Disease (transcribed): Rodent ulcer resulting from injury to the Tympanum (Epitheliomatous)
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma, basal cell (Ear);
Admitting doctor: Rouse, James
Medical examination performed by: Bennett, William Henry
PM performed by: Ewart, William
Medical notes: 'History. 12 wks [weeks] before admission a polyp was extracted from the left ear – Profuse otorrhoea followed – Since that occasional acute pain but not long continuing till 5 wks [weeks] ago when persistent acute earache came on – Parts over mastoid bone became swollen and tender – Fortnight ago skin over swelling gave way and some blood matter came away. […] No history of cancer'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, uterus, brain, ulcer
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: General servant
Age: 15
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Oct 1867
Date of death: 16 Nov 1867
Disease (transcribed): Malignant disease
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Spinal cord); Cancer (Lung); Cancer (Pleura); Cancer (Leg)
Admitted under the care of: Page, William Emanuel
Medical examination performed by: Thompson, Reginald Edward
Post mortem examination performed by: Pick, Thomas Pickering
Medical notes: 'This case was one of the most intense and and horrible suffering that it had been my lot to see.’ Three weeks before admission she was pushed against a wall and hit in the lowers ribs of the left side.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Cranium, spine, thorax and abdomen
Type of incident: Trauma/accident

Occupation or role: Dressmaker
Age: 22
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 19 Jan 1895
Date of death: 26 Feb 1895
Disease (transcribed): Leucocythaemia. Pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood); Pneumonia (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Whipham, Thomas Tillyer
Medical examination performed by: Fyffe, William Kington
Post mortem examination performed by: Ogle, Cyril
Medical notes: For the last three months she had noticed a lump growing in her left side and during that period she had been getting whiter and had lost flesh.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, trachea, larynx, heart, liver, spleen, kidneys, adrenals, pancreas, stomach, intestines, bladder, glands and bones
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Servant
Age: 49
Gender: Female
Date of admission: 1 Mar 1876
Date of death: 2 Apr 1876
Disease (transcribed): Cancer of cervical glands, palate, lungs
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Lymph nodes); Cancer (Mouth); Cancer (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Barclay, Andrew Whyte
Medical examination performed by: Fenwick, John Charles James
Post mortem examination performed by: Lee, Robert James
Medical notes: This woman said that she had been subject to cough and spitting for some time and had spat some blood a few weeks ago.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, palate, heart, liver and kidneys
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Pewterer
Gender: Male
Age: 46
Date of admission: 24 Jan 1899
Date of death: 28 Mar 1899
Disease (transcribed): Recurrence of epithelioma of tongue: Cervical glands involved
Disease (standardised): Carcinoma (Tongue, lymph nodes);
Admitted under the care of: Bennett, William Henry
Medical examination performed by: Collard, Frederic Stuartson
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: 'See Surg. [Surgical] notes'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: 'No autopsy'
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: Manservant
Age: 40
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 21 Apr 1913
Date of death: 2 Jun 1913
Disease (transcribed): New growth in left kidney invading left renals vein and left vena cava. Metastases in liver and glands. Aspiration pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Cancer (Kidney); Cancer (Veins); Cancer (Liver); Cancer (Lymph nodes); Pneumonia, aspiration (Lung)
Admitted under the care of: Collier, James Stansfield. Fedden, Walter Fedde
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: For the last two years he had had three attacks of what appeared to be renal colic.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Lungs, larynx, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, liver, spleen, kidneys, bladder, prostate and alimentary canal
Type of incident: n/a

Occupation or role: [No occupation stated]
Age: 16 months
Gender: Male
Date of admission: 14 Feb 1898
Date of death: 16 Feb 1898
Disease (transcribed): Leukaemia
Disease (standardised): Leukaemia (Blood)
Admitted under the care of: Cavafy, John
Medical examination performed by: n/a
Post mortem examination performed by: n/a
Medical notes: Includes an article reprinted from The Lancet called ‘A case of Lymphadenoma involving the stomach in a child aged eighteen months complicated by rickets and closely stimulating leukaemia’ by H D Rolleston and A C Latham.
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, pleurae, lungs, bronchial glands, thyroid, pericardium, heart, abdomen, spleen, pancreas, suprarenals, liver, kidneys and bladder
Illustrations: Yes
Type of incident: n/a