Cause of Death?

[David Lea]

Good Afternoon

I've another 'cause of death' query taken from a Scottish death certificate. This time, it relates to a 2 year old little girl.

I can tell it relates to a *** disease of the elbow joint and some sort of abscess but can't decipher the rest.

Any help would be gratefully received.

Thank you

David

[nanny jan]

Scrofulous........   xxxx.....phthisis pulmonalis = old name for TB.

Long duration

As cert. by

[JenB]

First two lines are:

Scrofulous disease of
Elbow Joint

[JenB]

I think line 3 is Lumbar Abscess.

[Annie65115]

Scrofula = tb
phthisis = tb
and a "lumbar abscess" may well have been a psoas abscess = Pott's disease = (you guessed it) tb.

Poor little mite was obviously riddled with the infection.

[rosie17]

Another one here poor wee thing
Rosie

[David Lea]

Thank you everyone for your comments / answers... your help is very much appreciated.

Yes, poor little thing, she was one of several children from the same family who died of tb.

Kind Regards and Happy Christmas

David