Re: early death certificate

Would that be Contagious or infectious?

I'm open to correction here but I think the carrier is infectious and the carried infection would be contagious. If correct that would make the body infectious. I think by this time not only was the plague pit passe but there were procedures in place for such remains.

Meantime back to the question I have examples of Doctors and caregivers present at the death as informants but I always assumed that the informant had to know the deceased, at least briefly, in life and thus be able to identify the remains if not present at the passing.

MickG

Mary Lou McLaren wrote:
Or could there have been some rule about burying someone who died from typhus.....were "contagious" bodies dealt with differently??

mary lou


From: "C Rihan" <csrihan.no.spam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: GENBRIT-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: early death certificate
Date: Wed, 03 May 2006 15:11:36 GMT

"Fiona Hevey" <fiona.hevey@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:A27609EA-03CA-4C06-9B2F-C670E57BE2E5@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>I have received a death certificate for Frederick BLATCH who died aged 28
>on 30 July 1837, and the death was registered on 2nd August.
>
> Unfortunately the certificate gives no address for the deceased. It just
> states that he was a schoolmaster aged 28.
>
> The informant was:
>
> "William Perry
> 7 Danvers Street
> Chelsea
> Undertaker"
>
> The cause of death was Typhus fever.
>
> Looking at the map, Danvers street is just down by Cheyne Walk, and St
> Margarets West is Knightsbridge. There are some other family members in
> St Luke's Chelsea which is nearby, but I am looking for ideas on how I
> can positively identify that this chap is who I think he is.
>
> Could anybody help with any ideas on where he may have been buried? Were
> there any records for Schoolmasters in this area? Was it usual for
> undertakers to register a death?

I've not come across an undertaker registering a death, but may
be I have too small a sample of death certificates.

Could he have been a relative? I can just picture a family asking an
undertaker relative to help sort out all the details.

Best wishes
C.Rihan



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