The English Measles.(Not German Measles) our family buried a number of young folk from 1890 to 1906 from the English measles. it was the "other" bugs that did the killing but the measles let them in. IE. pneumonia, bronchitis, septic throat, tonsillitis, tuberculous(TB,-consumption) Robyn On 19/02/17 18:54, Murray Reid wrote: > Scarlet Fever? > I seem to recall there is a mass grave beside "All Saints" church in Howick for about 15 children. Many related and some of Minister Lush's own children. > Murray Reid > Tuakau > > -----Original Message----- > From: NEW-ZEALAND [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Beth Wagstaff > Sent: Sunday, 19 February 2017 3:51 PM > To: New-zealand <[email protected]> > Subject: [nz] 1854 Auckland - what was killing people? > > Afternoon. > Does anyone know if there was an epidemic or flu or something sweeping Auckland in mid-late September 1854 that would kill several children from the same family, with a week or so of each other? > Thanks, Beth > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > > > > The List Guidelines > > http://new-zealand-l.blogspot.com/ > > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >