Downham in 1882 - Deaths of Reeve family

[Foz405]

I'm hoping someone can help me.  Apparently the children David, George and William Reeve all died in June 1882 in Downham.  They would have been visiting as the family came from Whittington just north of Northwold.
The parents were David & Martha Reeve.
If anyone knows of anything which could have caused this, I'd be most grateful.  No, I don't have their death certificates which may have made it clear.

Thanking you
Grahame

[The Yokel]

Hi Grahame

They were burried in Stoke Ferry (which is in the Downham Registration District)
If you check out
https://www.familysearch.org/s/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004115519.004115519_00396

there were five children from the same family who all died of scarlet fever. (see notes in the margin of the register)

regards
yokel

[Sandymc47]

Hi
I remember even in the 1950's Scarlett Fever was still classed as a dangerous disease.  I remember living in Leeds and people especially children still got that disease.  They did, however, recover as by that time antibiotics were available.  I remember that Scarlet Fever was the first injection I had as a child when I was about 8 years old. We didnt have jabs in those days for measles, chicken pox, german measles or mumps.   To make US tough (as we say in Yorkshire) you had the disease and survived. In fact we were put with others who had these child hood diseases so we caught them before we were older when they had worse symptoms.
Those were the days.
So sorry to read this story about these poor children, but I do remember that people like my Mother remember lots of people even in Leeds dying in years gone by as it was a nasty disease which is now curable.
 
regards
Sandymc

[Foz405]

Hi Grahame

They were burried in Stoke Ferry (which is in the Downham Registration District)
If you check out
https://www.familysearch.org/s/image/show#uri=https%3A//api.familysearch.org/records/pal%3A/MM9.1.i/dgs%3A004115519.004115519_00396

there were five children from the same family who all died of scarlet fever. (see notes in the margin of the register)

regards
yokel

Thank you very much.  I don't know how I missed this, but once again, thanks.

Grahame