1851.

[EllieMichelle_x]

When i was researching my family tree, 10 members of my family died in 1851. We think they lived in Belchamp otten. I have no idea why, so does anyone know if there was a disease outbreak that caused them to die, or if it was something else. Thank you

[Jeuel]

I don't know where Belchamp otten is.  The only way to know how they died is to get the death certs or hope its mentioned in the burial registers.

How spaced out were the deaths?  If they were all in the same quarter same page or adjacent pages it might mean they'd died at the same time - perhaps in an accident.

Have you looked to see if lots of other families died in the same area?

The Victorian age was characterised with lots of outbreaks of disease - cholera, typhoid, typhus, measles (a childhood killer), diphtheria, whooping cough, tuberculosis, scarlet fever....

those are just the ones off the top of my head. 

You say you think they lived in Belchamp otten - have you found them on the census?

[Jeuel]

I see Belchamp Otten was in Suffolk.  You might find posting on the Suffolk board will attract the attention of someone who has info about local outbreaks.

[Mark1973]

I had loads of family members die in 1849 in Ruislip, there was a Cholera epidemic.