Hello, I would really appreciate your input in explaining a particular cause of death please. In 1852, in Cambridgeshire, a 44 year old unmarried woman was certified to have died of "Pressure on Brain". She died at "Wisbeach Road Manor" which leads to my second question. What was this place? Was it a place where she probably worked, or was it a place that kept her as a "patient"? I'm hoping that someone on the List is familiar with that area of Cambridgeshire. (I've written "Wisbeach" as it seems to appear on the death certificate, but perhaps it is Wisbech?? Registration District was North Witchford). Thank you very much for assistance. Lois in California _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/

It will be WISBEACH not Wisbech. There still is a Manor House in Wisbeach. You can find it on Google. Though Wisbeach Road Manor is an odd way to put it. Cambridgeshire archives look like a good place to search. Pressure on the brain could be something like meningitis. Peter Amsden Argyll, Scotland > From: "Lois Susanne Bakar" <lsb255@hotmail.com> > Reply-To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2005 23:37:43 -0700 > To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [SoG] 19th C Diseases > Resent-From: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com > Resent-Date: Thu, 22 Sep 2005 00:37:51 -0600 > > Hello, > I would really appreciate your input in explaining a particular cause of > death please. In 1852, in Cambridgeshire, a 44 year old unmarried woman was > certified to have died of "Pressure on Brain". > > She died at "Wisbeach Road Manor" which leads to my second question. What > was this place? Was it a place where she probably worked, or was it a place > that kept her as a "patient"? I'm hoping that someone on the List is > familiar with that area of Cambridgeshire. (I've written "Wisbeach" as it > seems to appear on the death certificate, but perhaps it is Wisbech?? > Registration District was North Witchford). > > Thank you very much for assistance. > > Lois in California > > _________________________________________________________________ > Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! > http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ >

Wisbech is small market town in Norfolk. Water on the brain implies to me a blockage in drainage system from the brain into the spine and can be caused by infections - meningitis, encephalitis or brain abscesses, tumours of the brain or clots in the brain as a result of a stroke, high blood pressure and nowadays the 'pill'. Best Wishes, Martin, Askett, Bucks. -----Original Message----- From: Lois Susanne Bakar [mailto:lsb255@hotmail.com] Sent: 22 September 2005 07:38 To: SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com Subject: [SoG] 19th C Diseases Hello, I would really appreciate your input in explaining a particular cause of death please. In 1852, in Cambridgeshire, a 44 year old unmarried woman was certified to have died of "Pressure on Brain". She died at "Wisbeach Road Manor" which leads to my second question. What was this place? Was it a place where she probably worked, or was it a place that kept her as a "patient"? I'm hoping that someone on the List is familiar with that area of Cambridgeshire. (I've written "Wisbeach" as it seems to appear on the death certificate, but perhaps it is Wisbech?? Registration District was North Witchford). Thank you very much for assistance. Lois in California _________________________________________________________________ Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ ________________________________________________________________________ Essential facts about burns and blast injuries: http://www.doctors.net.uk/burnsandblasts _______________________________________________________________________

Could it be "Wisbeach Road, Manea"? Manea is a village about 12 miles south of Wisbech (which is now spelt without the "a"), and may well have been in the North Witchford Registration District. Since there was also a Wisbech Registration District, it's hard to imagine that an address in the town would have been in a different one. Sorry - can't help with the other questions. Arthur Kennedy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lois Susanne Bakar" <lsb255@hotmail.com> To: <SOG-UK-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 7:37 AM Subject: [SoG] 19th C Diseases > Hello, > I would really appreciate your input in explaining a particular cause of > death please. In 1852, in Cambridgeshire, a 44 year old unmarried woman was > certified to have died of "Pressure on Brain". > > She died at "Wisbeach Road Manor" which leads to my second question. What > was this place? Was it a place where she probably worked, or was it a place > that kept her as a "patient"? I'm hoping that someone on the List is > familiar with that area of Cambridgeshire. (I've written "Wisbeach" as it > seems to appear on the death certificate, but perhaps it is Wisbech?? > Registration District was North Witchford). > > Thank you very much for assistance. > > Lois in California