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Diptheria Epidemic in 1863

This information is from the Fincham St Martin with St Michael burial registers for 1813-1863, and 1863-1931.

At the end of the burial register for 1813-1863, the rector, the Rev William Blyth, has written:

This book contains the burials of half a century,
and the average is exactly 16 per annum.

This book (containing 800 entries) was finished under
very melancholy circumstances. A fatal epidemic, diptheria
in its various forms, has prevailed for about 12 months
in the parish, and still continues its unsparing ravages.
Hereby the number of deaths, according to the annual aver-
ages, are already exactly doubled, no less than 23 or 24
having occurred from this disease alone. *

WB. Sept 4th 1863

* Also 14 more in the new book.

WB. March 2d 1864

The rector does not indicate which deaths were due to diptheria, so the final 32 entries from the first register, and the first 24 entries from the second register have been transcribed below.

Burials 1813-1863
Name.	When buried.	Age.
Rebekah Able	Sept 20 1862	12
Eliza Gowers	Nov 2 1862	7
Sarah Claydon	Dec 3 1862	9
Elizabeth Claydon	Dec 5 1862	14
Susanna Bland, widow	Jan 25 1863	91
John Fisher	Feb 23 1863	4
George Claydon	Feb 27 1863	7
Ann Fisher	Mar 1 1863	4
James Ebenezer Fisher	Mar 4 1863	2
Ann Maria Claydon	Mar 11 1863	5
Hannah Lemmon	Mar 14 1863	76
Jacob Bellham	Mar 22 1863	5
Frederick Addison	Mar 25 1863	infant
Sophia Complin	Mar 25 1863	4
Frances Edith Addison	Mar 28 1863	5
Rebecca Harrison	Mar 29 1863	1
Mem: 1863. April 11th. An infant was buried, having been found dead in the pond next Rectory Garden. Coroner's Inquest: no evidence as to the cause of death.
Arthur Addison	Apr 8 1863	infant
Ellen Blyth	Apr 30 1863	23
Frederick John Rumball	May 21 1863	3
Minnie Scott	May 27 1863	1
Ann Elizabeth Southgate	Jun 1 1863	9
William Aylmer Cator	Jun 4 1863	7
Ann Southgate, widow	Jul 5 1863	65
Martha Bellham	Jul 20 1863	10
Elizabeth Bellham	Aug 2 1863	8
John James Rixx	Aug 6 1863	4
Martha Ann Rixx	Aug 13 1863	6
Dorothy Porter	Aug 18 1863	8
Mary Ann Sanders	Aug 23 1863	8
Ellen Rixx	Aug 25 1863	infant
Fanny Towler	Sep 3 1863	13
Laura Mary Lemmon	Sep 4 1863	11

Burials 1863-1931
Name.	When buried.	Age.
Robert Lemmon	Sep 9 1863	5
Ann Barsham, widow	Sep 10 1863	78
Harriett Towler	Sep 10 1863	14
Charles Joseph Lemmon	Sep 11 1863	7
Rebecca Porter	Sep 12 1863	12
Jessie Addison	Sep 15 1863	3
Annie Lemmon	Sep 16 1863	9
Harriet Jane Lemmon	Sep 21 1863	4
Sarah Ann Sanders	Sep 26 1863	8
Martha Easter	Sep 29 1863	2
Daniel William Waters	Oct 6 1863	3
Elizabeth Laws	Oct 21 1863	30
Edith Maria Coldham	Oct 31 1863	3
Mary Elizabeth Emmerson	Nov 6 1863	2
Mary Ann Riches	Nov 9 1863	12
Ann Laws	Nov 10 1863	11
Sarah Matilda Knock	Nov 26 1863	12
Jessie Mason	Jan 11 1864	infant
William Hebgin	Jan 13 1864	71
Mary Ann Fisher	Jan 29 1864	11
Isaac Brown	Feb 27 1864	12
Mary Ann Parker	Mar 8 1864	12
Susan Cater alias Wortley	Mar 12 1864	53
William Knock	May 14 1864	69
Note. Feb 12 1864. An unbaptized child of Sophia Complin was buried - aged 7 weeks.

Notes

Frederick and Arthur Addison, buried March 25th and April 8th 1863, were twins.
The Abode for each person was Fincham, except for Hannah Lemmon, buried March 14th 1863, from Shouldham.
The burials were all performed by the Rev William Blyth, except:
W.F. Welch, Vicar of Stradsett, officiated for
     Sarah Claydon, buried Dec 3 1862
     Frederick John Rumball, buried May 21 1863
     Martha Ann Rixx, buried Aug 13 1863
     Dorothy Porter buried Aug 18 1863
A. Thurtell, Rector of Oxburgh, officiated for
     Ellen Blyth, buried Apr 30 1863
John Holley (of Barton Bendish), officiated for
     Daniel William Waters, buried Oct 6 1863

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Diptheria Epidemic in 1863