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Offline Nick29

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Re: Greenwich union workhouse early 1900's ideas please
« Reply #18 on: Saturday 11 September 10 12:12 BST (UK) »
Maybe he had a medical problem that needed repeated treatment ?   Let's not forget that there were no antibiotics in those days, so diseases which are cured in no time at all today were a real problem then.
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Re: Greenwich union workhouse early 1900's ideas please
« Reply #19 on: Saturday 11 September 10 12:40 BST (UK) »
Glad I could be of assistance! - don't forget that if you inquire at the Metropolitan Archives, you could probably find out *why* he was admitted...

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Re: Greenwich union workhouse early 1900's ideas please
« Reply #20 on: Saturday 11 September 10 15:53 BST (UK) »
Richard ,the dates and times of admittance and discharge are all that was on the record at metropolitan archives so I do not think I will ever find out

It could have been a medical problem but his older brother was a DRUGGIST surely he would have gone to him they lived close enough.
The more I think about it the more I think he was either shunned by his family or he himself cut himself off from them. Perhaps he did have a form of dementia
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