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First
Burial
The
first twenty burials are shown on pages within this site
The First Burial burial took place on the 1st of
November 1856 and was for a
Harriet
Ross
who was 47years old and a patient who died at the
Sea Bathing Hospital . Under remarks it states that she
was late of Mary-le-bonne. A slightly different spelling
to what we
are used to but it is fascinating that she was likely to
have been subject to
Tuberculosis or similar to have been sent from London to
Margate to recover at
the Margate Sea Bathing Hospital . Later in this booklet
you will find details of a
Dr William Knight Treves F.R.C.S. who was an expert in
this disease and moved
from London to Margate to enable him to work more
closely with those infected.
The first burial page also includes another Sea Bathing
patient and more
interesting in some respects, a number of those who died
are listed as coming
from the Thanet Union (workhouse), Perry’s
establishment or Weekley’s
establishment. These are all poor houses where those who
had no other means
ended their remaining years. The Thanet Union building
survived for many
years at the top of Minster village visible from the
Canterbury Road and a dour
looking building it was. Several of those buried are
listed as paupers and show
what hard times it was for those who could not support
themselves. There was
no pension or support from the government; Jane Kentish
who was buried on the
19th of November was listed as a washerwoman despite her advanced age of 82!
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