Hello Dorothy, Yes, very sad, thank goodness we have better health care and medical science, tho I have read in recent years that TB has been re-appearing in UK, they think mainly to do with the huge influx of ethnic workers and asylum seekers flocking into UK. The visits to the Dr that Dorothy mentioned would all have had to be paid for. She had a tough life in her early married years didnt she. Hard for us to imagine babies being born with measles. Some families lost several members, including the children to TB, heart breaking for them, the men had to try and remarry quickly to try and get their children looked after. NIt is nice that Dorothy was so good at letter writing, my grandmother looked after the letters very well, it is now about 85 years since these letters were written. Thank you for your email and interest. Pat in Grimsby, Lincolnshire