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" <[email protected]> wrote: >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.