Whitechapel Infirmary registers 1885-1887

[Sam Flynn]

For clarity

I've only made a start on this

...by which I mean, I've only made a start on putting "Widow/Wife/Child of X (X's occupation)" into the "Remarks" column. The entries for 20/11/85-14/12/85 as posted above are complete.

[Jon Guy]

Hiya Sam

If ever there was one woman who needed to watch her back in 1888 :

09/12/1885,"Hart","Fanny",62,"28 Wellclose Square/Workhouse","Single","Charing","Infirm","Not given

[Chris Scott]

Hi Gareth
many thanks indeed for posting those
Let me know by mail when you are ready for any more
Regards
Chris

[Sam Flynn]

Ready when you are, Chris Thanks for the thanks.

Note that someone we had down originally as "Spetzina" (in the 1888 batch) was actually "Spelzini" - I checked the Census, and she appears above:

09/12/1885,"Spelzini","Bridget",34,"16 George St","Widow",,"Rheumatism",13/12/1885,"Widow of Joseph (Glass pane maker)"

[KatBradshaw]

Mmmmmmmm

Whats going on here?

26/11/1885,"Borwick?","Elizabeth",37,"36 Shepherds Bldgs Workhouse","Married","Cooper","Scabies",20/01/1886,"Wife of John"
26/11/1885,"Borwick?","Elizabeth",9,"36 Shepherds Bldgs Workhouse","Child of John",,"Scabies",20/01/1886,
26/11/1885,"Borwick?","Caroline",8,"36 Shepherds Bldgs Workhouse","Child of John",,"Scabies",20/01/1886,
26/11/1885,"Borwick?","John",6,"36 Shepherds Bldgs Workhouse","Child of John",,"Scabies",20/01/1886,
26/11/1885,"Borwick?","Mary Ann",4,"36 Shepherds Bldgs Workhouse","Child of John",,"Scabies",20/01/1886,
26/11/1885,"Borwick?","William","2 months","36 Shepherds Bldgs Workhouse","Child of John",,"Scabies",20/01/1886,
26/11/1885,"Borwick?","Harriet","4 months","36 Shepherds Bldgs Workhouse","Child of John",,"Scabies",20/01/1886,

[Sam Flynn]

Whats going on here?

Most of a family infested by the scabies mite, Kat - a not infrequent occurrence, I'd wager, in those days. Look out for entries listing "scabies" or "phthiriasis" in the records, and they quite often appear in twos or threes.

[Tom_Wescott]

Hi all,

This extraordinarily interesting and valuable thread came to a dead halt almost four years ago with no entries after Dec. 14th, 1885. What happened?

Yours truly,

Tom Wescott

[Robert]

No one got sick any more.

[tji]

No one got sick any more.

I'm thinking Chris might have

Tracy