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The Potteries, Notting Hill, smallpox and TB
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Lynda | Report | 7 Sep 2005 10:06 |
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hi all, yesterday I received a death cert for a one year old child who died of smallpox and another for her 10 year old brother who died 2 days earlier of TB. The family were living in Mary Pl, The Potteries, Notting Hill. The year was 1871. I've since learned that this part of London was a slum in those days but does anyone know just how bad it was? Were these diseases common in that area or were my lot just unlucky? Would it be possible to find out if other members of the family caught one of those diseased but somehow survived? Lynda |
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Lynda | Report | 8 Sep 2005 00:26 |
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Thanks everyone for your interesting replies. It's hard, living as we do, in the relatively clean 21st century, to realize just how bad the living conditions must have been in the past. At least it is for me. The thought of this woman nursing those 2 children with no running water, electricity, sanitation etc just fills me with horror. She probably knew they would die. How on earth did the rest of the family survive? Lynda |
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