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Luke Proctor Death
« on: Saturday 09 January 16 20:55 GMT (UK) »
Good Evening people,

I have just found this death whilst researching:

Luke Proctor: Buried 02/10/1825 aged 45.

The Burial persons abode is listed as Pest House, what could this mean?

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Re: Luke Proctor Death
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 09 January 16 20:57 GMT (UK) »
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A pest house, pesthouse or fever shed was a type of building used for persons afflicted with communicable diseases such as tuberculosis, cholera, smallpox or typhus. Often used for forcible quarantine, many towns and cities had one or more pesthouses accompanied by a cemetery or a waste pond nearby for disposal of the dead.
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Re: Luke Proctor Death
« Reply #2 on: Saturday 09 January 16 21:12 GMT (UK) »
Thank you so much Groom
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