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Hi,
I have a death Cert for my wife"s great uncle, Charles Henry Chapman, a retired Master Mariner. cause of death given as, Hemiplegia,accelerated by shock to the system, consequent on acciidental burns.
The informant given - Certificate received from Cecil Holden, Coroner for Birkenhead, Inquest held, 4th, 10th, and 17th July 1902.
Can some kind soul tell me how, and from where I can get copies of the Inquest.
Hello Joseph,
In case you haven't looked it up....
Hemiplegia is total paralysis of the arm, leg, and trunk on the same side of the body. It is commonly a symptom of a stroke.
Wondering if this has a bearing on his accident? In the 1901 census he and his family are residing at 4 Woodland Road, Seaforth, Lancashire. [RG13 / Piece:3444 / Folio:6 / Page:5]
There is a notation in column 17 of the summary page that he is "paralysed". Although it could refer to the entry immediately above for a 20 year old woman resident at #2, who is 'partly blind in one eye'. But she is described as a 'general servant and domestic'. Doesn't seem she could have that occupation if paralysed.
DS
DS
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Hi D.S.
thanks for the info on Hemipleglia. I had found the family in the 1901 census in Seaforth, however he passed away in Tranmere Workhouse Hospital 2nd July 1902. One wonders why, and how he ended up over there.
I found the family about 1910/12, where his wife Elizabeth and eldest daughter, Doris, are running a boarding house in Toxteth Park. His other 3 children I found living, sadly, in the Seamans Orphan Institute, Newsham Park, in aptly named Orphan Drive.
All Charles"s brothers were Master Mariners and in fact his father, Charles Chapman, was the Captain of Brunels "SS Great Britain", which was doing the Liverpool to Australia run in the early 1870s
Hi Joseph,
The workhouse hospital was not specifically solely for workhouse inmates. They were Infirmaries and an early social equivalent of NHS hospitals where people on limited or no means could obtain treatment. Perhaps there was a 'specialist' unit there for Charles' condition, perhaps a burns unit?
You might be lucky enough to track down Charles' medical records in the Wirral Hospitals archives.
