In my earlier post I suggested "Scarlet Fever" This link confirms my memory. http://manukau.infospecs.co.nz/dbtw-wpd/exec/dbtwpub.dll?BU=http%3A%2F%2Fman ukau.infospecs.co.nz%2Fjourney%2Fhome.htm&QF0=TimeLineRef&QI0==19%20Septembe r%201854&MR=1&TN=source&AC=QBE_QUERY&RL=0&RF=English Murray Reid Tuakau -----Original Message----- From: NEW-ZEALAND [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Penne Sent: Sunday, 19 February 2017 8:42 PM To: Beth Wagstaff <[email protected]>; New-zealand <[email protected]> Subject: Re: [nz] 1854 Auckland - what was killing people? Papers Past 1854 do a have a huge ammount of deaths of infants, one death mentions Whooping cough DIED. At Onehunga Lodge, on March 13th, of hooping cough, Louisa Maria, the infant daughter ofG. O. Ormsby, Esq., aged 31 months if you are meaning the children of Rev Lush, their deaths will be no doubt mentioned in the book published from his diaries?? cheers penne ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Wagstaff" <[email protected]> To: "New-zealand" <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2017 3:51 PM 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