Unidad documental simple 14 - Alexandra Lane, 1 5/12, [Child of] Traveller

Occupation or role: [Child of] Traveller
Gender: Female
Age: 1 5/12
Date of admission: 10 Jan 1904
Date of death: 11 Jan 1904
Disease (transcribed): Sero-fibrinous pleurisy and pericarditis. Broncho-pneumonia
Disease (standardised): Pleurisy (Lung); Pericarditis (Heart); Bronchopneumonia (Lung);
Admitted under the care of: Penrose, Francis George
Medical examination performed by: Ascherson, William Lawrence
Post mortem examination performed by: Trevor, Robert Salusbury
Medical notes: 'Patient reported to have been ill about a fortnight before admission. No other history could be obtained. When examined child seemed in extremis; She was ashen coloured, extremely cyanosed. Breathing was rapid with grunting expiration. Much recession of the intercostal spaces and in the epigastrium. The last movement increased the distress and cyanosis. The whole of the left side of the chest behind seemed to be dull, and also the lower axillary region'
Body parts examined in the post mortem: Thorax, abdomen
Type of incident: n/a