1860 Diagnosis on death register

[luvtotravel]

Cathrine died in Apr 1860, age 43, two months after giving birth to her last child.  Appreciate assistance with cause of death.  Might be related to pregnancy, she had previous still births or death of child shortly thereafter.

[Girl Guide]

Looks like diarrhoea to me, for six months?

[Viktoria]

I agree Diarrhoea ,I can’t really make out how long but six months is the nearest I can get to .
Must have been something like Crohn’s disease.
Haw sad and having had a baby too.
Viktoria.

[artifis]

Looking at the certification date of 22nd April I think it might be for 2 months thereby coinciding with the birth of her child.  If that's the case then maybe something happened during the birth that left the poor woman in this condition?

[GR2]

It could be 4 months. It isn't 2, if you compare the 22nd further down.

[Gadget]

I agree - it's a 4.

 

[luvtotravel]

Thanks for your replies.  I thought the same but was hoping it was some postpartum term used in 1860.  I did look at the birth record for the child, William, born 6 Feb 1860, no unusual notes, but William is not on the 1861 Census, nor is there a death record.  Did they record all deaths of young infants in Scotland at that time? Or, maybe he was given to a family member to raise?