Hi Charani Yes there was an outbreak of cholera in Britain, 1853-1854. I believe that hospital ships were initially for sailors but that other sick citizens were also admitted. There were hospital ship/ships in the area you are searching. Yes, I am pretty sure the C would have indicated cholera. If you google "hospital ships cholera" you will get masses of information, apologies if you have already done this. regards Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Charani" <charani.b@googlemail.com> To: <KENT-ENG@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, February 04, 2010 4:55 PM Subject: [KENT-ENG] Hospital Ship and C > Whilst tracking down the death of my George LEWIS in Greenwich between > 1851 and 1861 I came across three others (apart from mine) all of whom > had their abode as "Hospital Ship" and a "C" against their names. > There were also several pages of others with the same abode with "C" > by their names. > > Would "Hospital Ship" suggest these men were sailors or would it have > been a vessel that was used as an isolation hospital if the "C" stood > for cholera? Was there a cholera outbreak between 1851 and 1854? > > My George wasn't one of the unfortunates. I'm just curious about the > other deaths. > > -- > Charani (UK) > OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM > Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM > http://wsom-opc.org.uk > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > KENT-ENG-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the > quotes in the subject and the body of the message

Barbara Clarke wrote: > Hi Charani > Yes there was an outbreak of cholera in Britain, 1853-1854. > I believe that hospital ships were initially for sailors but that other > sick citizens were also admitted. > There were hospital ship/ships in the area you are searching. Yes, I am > pretty sure the C would have indicated cholera. > If you google "hospital ships cholera" you will get masses of > information, apologies if you have already done this. Many thanks :)) The registers gave no obvious indication whether those who'd died were sailors or local citizens. I've just been reading the transcript of a lecture given on this subject. It was very interesting as was the piece about hospital ships on the Workhouses site. It'll be interesting to see what my George LEWIS's cause of death was when his cert arrives. There wasn't a C by his name so probably not cholera. It seemed to be only those who were given as being from the "Hospital Ship". -- Charani (UK) OPC for Walton, Greinton and Clutton, SOM Asst OPC for Ashcott and Shapwick, SOM http://wsom-opc.org.uk