The following is an alphabetical list of some patients who were treated at the Sussex County Hospital, mainly in the 1850s. These details have been extracted from three sources: (A) The Association Medical Journal, a forerunner of The British Medical Journal; (B) The Brighton Gazette; and (S) The Sussex Agricultural Express. One or two patients were admitted in 1849.
Surname | Firstname | Year | Age | Occupation | Place | Disease/ injury | Outcome | Notes | Source | |
BAKER | Elizabeth | 1854 | 2 | – | – | Broken arm | – | Accident | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
BEAURICK | James | 1854 | 46 | – | – | Injury to ankle joint | – | Accident | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
BEST | George | 1857 | – | – | Lewes | Severely crushed toes, both feet | – | Accident: railway truck passed over feet | S | 03/10/1857 p4 |
BLABER | William | 1854 | – | – | – | Fractured collar bone | – | Accident | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
BLAKER | Walter | 1857 | – | – | – | Injury to right eye | – | Accident: spent gun shot | S | 24/01/1857 p4 |
BOLSTED | Thomas | 1855 | 10 | – | – | Injury to knee | – | Accident: a fall | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
BOURNE | James | 1853 | – | – | – | Injuries to head, face & arm | – | Accident: knocked down by engine in Balcombe tunnel | B | 04/08/1853 p5 |
BOURNE | Job | 1855 | 14 | – | 9 Essex Cottages | Fractured fibula | – | Accident: slipped on ice | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
BRAY | Mary | 1854 | – | – | – | Injury to ankle joint | – | Accident: a fall | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
BRAYTON | Alfred | 1854 | 2 | – | – | Severely burnt | – | Accident | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
BRIMSLEY | Caroline | 1855 | – | – | Ebenezer Cottage, London Rd | Fractured humerus | – | Accident: sudden jerk when lifiting a pump handle | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
BURGESS | Henry | 1855 | 40 | – | Falmer | Frost bite, hands | – | Urgent case | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
CAIN | Esther | 1850 | 21 | – | – | Heart disease, anaemia etc | Died | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 125 |
CARN | Thomas | 1854 | 62 | – | – | Severe fracture of shoulder blade & scalp wound | – | Accident: fell 12 ft in unfinished house | B | 03/0801854 p5 |
CHATER | George | 1855 | – | – | – | Fractured radius | – | Accident: a fall | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
CHILDS | Mary | 1850 | 19 | – | – | Hysteria | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 104 | |
CHIPPING | Thomas | 1859 | – | – | – | Severe eye injury | – | Blow from a piece of timber | S | 09/05/1857 p4 |
CHRISTMAS | Charles | 1855 | 23 | – | 39 William St | Severe injury to hand | – | Accident: caused by a turning lathe | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
CLEMENTS | James | 1850 | 9 | – | – | Apoplexy | Died | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 101 | |
COLBROOK | Daniel | 1855 | 17 | – | 10 Chapel St | Injury to knee joint | – | Accident: a fall | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
DALE | – | 1850 | 10 | – | – | Chorea | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 103 | |
DOWDEN | Fanny | 1851 | 10 | – | – | Chorea | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 104 | |
DYER | Mary | 1850 | 22 | – | – | Meningitis | Died | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 100-01 | |
EACOCK | Joseph | 1859 | – | – | – | Badly contused thigh | – | Railway accident | S | 03/12/1859 p4 |
ELPHICK | George | 1849 | 28 | – | – | Cerebral abscess | Died | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 102 | |
EMERY | Benjamin | 1850 | 67 | – | – | Heart disease | Relieved | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 125 |
FUNNELL | Emily | 1859 | – | – | – | Sprained ankle | – | Accident | S | 09/05/1857 p4 |
GEERE | Samuel | 1854 | 43 | – | – | Serious injury to hip | – | Accident: fall from a cart | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
GOBLE | Julia | 1857 | 17 | Servant to Mr Jones, draper | Western Rd | Severe burns | Died | Accident: dress caught fire. Inquest | S | 26/12/1857 p4 |
GODLEY | Henry | c1851 | 23 | – | – | Accidental poisoning | Recovered | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 128-29 |
GOLDSMITH | Ann | 1854 | – | – | Injury to leg | – | Caused by a kick | B | 15/06/1854 p5 | |
GUILDFORD | George | 1857 | – | – | – | Severe concussion | – | Accident: 30 feet fall down a stair well | S | 24/01/1857 p4 |
HALLIDAY | James | 1855 | 4 | – | – | Fractured collar bone | – | Accident: a fall | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
HARDMAN | Willis | 1857 | – | – | – | Loss of left hand | – | Accident: caused by circular saw. Amputation higher up his arm | S | 26/12/1857 p4 |
HARDY | Maria | 1855 | 24 | – | – | Contusion of foot | – | Accident: a fall from a cart | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
HARRIETT | William | 1857 | – | – | – | Bad scalp wound | – | Accident: thrown from horse | S | 23/05/1857 p4 |
HAYLLAR | Ann | 1857 | – | – | – | Fracture of small bone of leg | – | Accident: fall down stairs | S | 26/12/1857 p4 |
HAYWOOD | Andrew | 1857 | – | Servant to Dr Jardine | – | Injury to spine | – | Accident: fall down stairs | S | 03/10/1857 p4 |
HUGGETT | Benjamin | 1855 | 37 | – | 2 Montagu St | Scalp wound & back injury | – | Accident: a fall at the water works | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
HUNT | Maria | 1850 | 30 | – | – | Kidney disease | Left at own request | Died shortly after discharge | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 127 |
JENNER | William | 1857 | – | – | – | Injury to left hip | – | Accident: landslide while excavating at Shoreham | S | 24/01/1857 p4 |
KING | William | 1853 | “child” | – | – | Severe scald | – | Accident | B | 04/08/1853 p5 |
KNOWLES | James | 1854 | 19 | – | – | Left wrist cut & much bruised | – | Accident: caused by wheel at [railway?] station | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
KNOWLES | James | 1857 | – | – | – | Severe burn, left ankle | – | Accident: occurred when casting hot metal | S | 23/05/1857 p4 |
KNOWLES | John | 1857 | – | – | Lewes | Compound fracture of right leg | – | Accident. Leg amputated; mortification set in | S | 20/06/1857 p4 |
LEONARD | Walter | 1859 | – | – | – | Very severe burns | Died | Accident | S | 03/12/1859 p4 |
LESTER | George | 1854 | – | – | – | Injury to face | – | Accident: caused by stones. Admitted with Kitty McCarhty | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
LOADER | Thomas | 1857 | – | – | – | Injury to nose & eyes | – | Accident: brick fell on him from scaffolding | S | 26/12/1857 p4 |
LYONS | William | 1854 | 43 | – | – | Compound fracture of left thigh with serious bruises & contusions about face & arms | – | Accident: caused by wheel at [railway?] station | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
MARCHANT | Charles | 1855 | 16 | – | – | Contusion of elbow | – | Accident: blow from a stone | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
MARSH | – | 1849 | 18 | – | – | Epilepsy | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 103 | |
McCARTHY | Kitty | 1854 | – | – | – | Injury to face | – | Accident: caused by stones. Admitted with George Lester | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
MEADS | Sarah | c1851 | 9 | – | – | Cerebellum disease | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 103 | |
MITCHELL | James | 1850 | 12 | – | – | Chorea | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 103-04 | |
MOORE | Peter | 1855 | 25 | 104 St George’s Rd | Scalded foot | – | Accident: caused by boiling water | B | 01/03/1855 p5 | |
NUNN | Peter | 1855 | 25 | – | 2 Rock St | Fractured arm | – | Accident: a fall | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
PARIS | John | 1854 | “young man” | – | – | Severe scalp wound | – | Accident: fall during a dispute | B | 03/0801854 p5 |
PARKER | Ann | 1857 | – | – | – | Badly cut hand | – | Accident: cut by piece of glass | S | 20/06/1857 p4 |
PARKER | Robert | 1855 | 6mths | – | 13 Sussex Sq | Severely scalded | – | Accident | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
PAUL | Richard | 1854 | 21 | – | – | Crushed in the loins | – | Accident: caught between a cart & a wall | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
PEERS | Edward | 1855 | 11 | – | Preston | Serious injury to left hand | – | Accident: explosion of pistol (see also William Sutton – same incident) | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
PELLETT | James | 1855 | 62 | – | 31 Hanover Terrace | Injured knee joint | – | Accident | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
PENFOLD | Thomas | 1857 | – | – | – | Bruised chest & back | – | Accident: struck by a cow | S | 20/06/1857 p4 |
PHILLIPS | Murray | 1857 | – | – | Preston | Severe laceration of muscles of right leg & injury of small bone | – | Accident: entangled in thrashing machine | S | 20/06/1857 p4 |
PLANNER | Charles | 1857 | – | – | – | Severe back injury | – | Accident: fall from scaffold | S | 20/06/1857 p4 |
RANDALL | Francis | 1854 | – | – | – | Injury to lower jaw | – | Accident | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
RDLEY | Thomas | 1857 | – | – | – | Deep incised wound, left side | – | Accident: received in a scuffle | S | 03/10/1857 p4 |
ROGER | James | 1857 | – | – | – | Fractured forearm & severe bruising | – | Accident: fell 40 ft from tree | S | 03/12/1859 p4 |
ROWLAND | Edwin | 1854 | 16 | – | – | Fracture of base of skull | – | Accident: fall a height | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
SIBNEY | – | 1851 | 42 | Domestic nurse | – | Haematemesis | Recovered | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 126 |
SMITH | Henry | 1855 | 44 | – | 6 Hereford St | Burns | – | Accident: fell 20 ft in quicklime | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
STAGLE | Eliz. | 1850 | 61 | – | – | Intestinal obstruction | Died | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 126 |
STANDING | William | 1855 | 44 | – | – | Fractured ribs etc | – | Accident: fall at Church St Brewery | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
STAPLETON | John | 1853 | – | – | – | Injury to stomach | Died | Blow to stomach | B | 04/08/1853 p5 |
STEPHENS | Francis | 1857 | – | – | – | Severe bruise, right hip & thigh | – | Accident: large box fell in him | S | 23/05/1857 p4 |
SUNWELL | William | 1853 | – | – | – | Slight injury | – | Accident: fell from a horse while exercising it on the race-hill | B | 04/08/1853 p5 |
SURTEES | Thomas | 1857 | 15 | – | – | Severe injury to hand | – | Accident: caught in machinery | S | 23/05/1857 p4 |
SUTTON | William | 1855 | 16 | – | Preston | Injury to left arm | – | Accident: pistol shot (see also Edward Peers – same incident) | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
TAYLER | Albert | 1855 | 15 | – | 133 Sussex St | Fractured humerous | – | Accident: fell 15 ft down a well in Sydney St | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
TIDY | James | 1851 | 34 | Farm labourer | – | Albuminuria | Recovered | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 128 |
TUCKER | Henry | 1854 | 13 | – | – | Dislocated elbow joint & fractured arm | – | Accident: a fall | B | 15/06/1854 p5 |
TUCKER | James | 1857 | 6 | – | – | Fractured both thighs & other severe injuries | – | Accident: entangled in the wheel of a fly | S | 23/05/1857 p4 |
TURRELL | Catherine | 1849 | 18 | – | – | Albuminuria | Died | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 126-27 |
TYRRELL | John | 1857 | – | – | – | Severe wrist wound | – | Accident: happened when cleaning a pain of glass | S | 03/12/1859 p4 |
VINCENT | Ebenezer | c1851 | 10 | – | – | Struma | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 100 | |
VINE | Richard | 1855 | 38 | – | 2 Edward St | Contusion of shoulder | – | Accident: a fall | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
VIRGO | William | 1854 | – | – | Fractured foot | – | Accident: run over by cart wheel | B | 15/06/1854 p5 | |
WELLER | Reuben | 1851 | 12 | – | – | Chorea | Recovered | A | 04/02/1853 1(5): 104 | |
WHEATLEY | Stephen | 1851 | 29 | Farm labourer | – | Albuminuria | Recovered | – | A | 11/02/1853 1(6): 127-28 |
WHITE | Frederick | 1855 | 52 | – | 41 Albion St | Compound fracture of radius | – | Accident: Run over by a truck at the railway | B | 01/03/1855 p5 |
WILSON | James | 1857 | – | Workman at Hullett & Abbey’s brewery | – | Severe injury to left knee | – | Accident: 18 gallon cask fell on his leg | S | 03/10/1857 p4 |
WITHINDEN | Jane | 1853 | – | – | – | – | – | Accident: fall from a swing | B | 04/08/1853 p5 |
WREN | Ellen | 1855 | 11 | – | – | Shoulder injury | – | Accident: caused by pump handle | B | 15/02/1855 p5 |
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