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From: SANDRA DAVIES <>
Subject: Re: [Dyfed] Cause of Death
Date: Thu, 24 Jun 2010 23:44:12 -0700 (PDT)
In-Reply-To: <283458.3795.qm@web25001.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>


Hi Megan

Spittal is actually a place in Pembrokeshire, maybe Common was the name of the dwelling 

http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/wal/PEM/Spittal/index.html

Regards
Sandra


--- On Thu, 24/6/10, Megan Roberts <> wrote:

From: Megan Roberts <>
Subject: [Dyfed] Cause of Death
To: "Dyfdd List" <>
Date: Thursday, 24 June, 2010, 19:35

I have been looking again at a death certificate I got and would appreciate the lists views as to whether my interpretation of the cause of death is likely to be correct.

The death took place 1 Nov 1873 at "Common Spittal" and the cause of death appears to read "Paralysis No Medical Attendance".  The death was registered by a relative, who was said to be present, but who lived elsewhere.

My queries are:

1.    would it have been normal for death in such circumstances not to have been signed off by a doctor?

2.    was "Common Spittal" the poor house?

thanks

Megan


     

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