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cause of death
« on: Tuesday 24 January 23 16:03 GMT (UK) »
I know what I think it says but would like a second opinion if anyone has time to look as I'm a bit crosseyed today :-)

1860 cause of death for a wee boy aged 2 and a half,

its the first line I am wondering about.

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Re: cause of death
« Reply #1 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 16:42 GMT (UK) »
Gosh, this is a hard one Boo.  I'm wondering if the last two words are - of Hep - perhaps hepatitis?

Are there any other words on the certificate whose letters look like the first word.  I thought the first letter may be B or a fancy M.

Finding any mentions of causes of infant deaths online is hard to find.  I did find a glossary of medical terms used in the 18th & 19th centuries but nothing looked likely.

https://www.thornber.net/medicine/html/medgloss.html
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: cause of death
« Reply #2 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 16:50 GMT (UK) »
Thanks for looking Girl Guide. I was trying to find some sort of medical term which may have contributed to the peritonitis but maybe the two were unrelated?
I was wondering if it may say Burn to of Hip?

I've had this cert for almost 15 years but am going through all the certs at the mo adding the ones not yet entered as postems on FreeBMD.

EDIT have checked the rest of it and not another B or M to be seen


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Re: cause of death
« Reply #3 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 17:01 GMT (UK) »
Well I wouldn't disagree with burn to hip but I thought the word before "Hip" "Hep" was 'of' rather than 'to'.  It would be a very long 't' if it was 't'.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: cause of death
« Reply #4 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 17:04 GMT (UK) »
and when I posted the full cert I changed the 'to' , to say 'of' - but forgot to say I'd edited it. Apologies, I really should have said that.

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Re: cause of death
« Reply #5 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 17:12 GMT (UK) »
There tends to be quite a bit of fancy writing during Victorian times and it can get difficult to work out what has been written.  The B of burn has a bit of a flourish to it and the D of Dunstan is quite flowery.
Ashford: Somerset, London
England: Devon, London, New Zealand
Holdway: Wiltshire
Hooper: Bristol, Somerset
Knowling: Devon, London
Southcott: Devon, China
Strong: Wiltshire
Watson: Cambridgeshire
White: Bristol
Windo - Gloucestershire, Somerset, Wiltshire

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Re: cause of death
« Reply #6 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 18:53 GMT (UK) »
Can’t help with the first part but it looks like the word after the 3 weeks is peritonittis. My understanding is this would be an infection in the abdomen.

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Re: cause of death
« Reply #7 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 19:49 GMT (UK) »
It does look like Burn of Hep.  Hmm. Hip would make more sense but every other 'i' is dotted.

As polarbear says peritonitis is usually caused by something internal in the abdomen, eg appendicitis or perforated colon.
Middx - VAUS, ROBERTS, EVERSFIELD, INMAN, STAR, HOLBECK, WYATT, BICKFORD, SMITH, REDWOOD
Hants - SMALL, HAMMERTON, GRIST, FRYER, TRODD, DAGWELL, PARKER, WOODFORD, CROUTEAR, BECK, BENDELL, KEEPING, HARDING, BULL
Kent - BAYLY, BORER, MITCHELL, PLANE, VERNON, FARRANCE, CHAPMAN, MEDHURST, LOMAX, WYATT, IDEN
Devon - TOPE, BICKFORD, FOSTER
YKS - QUIRK, McGUIRE, BENN
Nott/Derbs - SLACK
Herts - BARNES
L'pool- PLUMBE
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Re: cause of death
« Reply #8 on: Tuesday 24 January 23 19:52 GMT (UK) »
The only thing I see is Burn of Hep(atitis), but I'm not sure this makes (medical) sense.
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