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1849 Was there an epedemic
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 25 Jul 2006 10:02 |
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Pat, As a matter of interest, what were the ages and gender of your seven? In Bermondsey, it was found that women and children were much more likely to contract the disease. This has been put down to the men being at work and drinking from a different source most of the time. (And probably drinking more beer than water!) Roger |
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Roger in Sussex | Report | 25 Jul 2006 08:57 |
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There was a very serious cholera epidemic in 1849. I have an order of service given to be used in all churches and chapels on Thursday 15th November 1849 '...being the Day appointed for a GENERAL THANKSGIVING to Almighty God: To acknowledge His Great Goodness and Mercy in removing from us that grievous Disease with which many Parts of this Kingdom have been lately visited.' The way this spread seems to have been by drinking water which had been contaminated by sewage, so it tended to effect families, while people living quite close but drawing water from a different well might have escaped. |
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Janet in Yorkshire | Report | 25 Jul 2006 00:51 |
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In the burial register for my local town , I found smallpox, followed by diptheria and then a measles epidemic. I think we forget, sometimes, just how deadly so called childhood diseases were. Scarlet fever also did the rounds very regularly, All these could easily wipe out a whole family, in addition to the ones Nell has already given. jay |
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Patricia | Report | 25 Jul 2006 00:20 |
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Thanks for that Helen I will buy a certificate when I am a bit more flush. Pat |
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Unknown | Report | 25 Jul 2006 00:14 |
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I googled and found there was a cholera outbreak in Wolverhampton (which I think is in the same area as Dudley) in 1848. It killed 500 people. |
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Patricia | Report | 25 Jul 2006 00:08 |
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Hello Helen They were all in Dudley in Staffordshire - the father was an Ag Lab. Thanks Pat |
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Unknown | Report | 25 Jul 2006 00:00 |
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I expect so. There were regular epidemics of cholera in the 1840s, 50s and 60s. And consumption, or as we call it nowadays, TB was endemic and caused lots of deaths - it is highly contagious, so quite likely that several members of the same family would die from it. Wherabouts did all these deaths occur? |
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Patricia | Report | 24 Jul 2006 23:59 |
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Can anyone tell me if there was an epedemic of some kind in 1849 as I lost seven members of my family in one go, Its alot of money to spend to get cerificates for all of them. Has anyone any clues please. Pat |
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