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I'm researching family history and have found that my
greatx4 grandfather's death certficate says that he died
in 1871 from:
"emphysema of lungs (3 years), bronchitis (9 months), anasarca (7 months)"
He lived in a suburb full of Victorian terraced houses all spewing out chimney-smoke, and close to
industrial Manchester's city-centre.
What would it have been like to suffer these illnesses? Would the smog-filled air have been
responsible for his ill-health?
Ellie
ellie said:I'm researching family history and have found that my greatx4 grandfather's death certficate says
that he died in 1871 from:"emphysema of lungs (3 years), bronchitis (9 months), anasarca (7 months)"
He lived in a suburb full of Victorian terraced houses all spewing out chimney-smoke, and close to
industrial Manchester's city-centre.What would it have been like to suffer these illnesses? Would the smog-filled air have been
responsible for his ill-health?
Absolutely. It was the height of a coal-fired industrial revolution. Air pollution in England at
that time was hideously bad, especially in industrial centers like Manchester.
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