Scarlet Fever in Kilbirnie c.1861
Posted: Tue Jun 23, 2020 7:04 pm
Hi,
Does anyone know the extent to which Kilbirnie was hit by the Scarlet Fever epidemic? My great great grandparents (McGrain and Duffy) lost a child in 1861 to Scarlatina. The next death on the register is a Catherine Duffy also Scarlatina and just a few days later. I think these children may have been cousins.
Also does anyone have information on the living conditions for Irish immigrants to Kilbirnie at this time? Those mentioned above lived at Stonebridge then Maybole Street. Sweet Caroline posted something a few years ago about Stonebridge. Could it have been an area of Kilbirnie? Maybe the houses didn't even have numbers?
I'd be very interested in anything that gives me more of an idea of the lives of these immigrants, especially in their early years in Scotland.
Many thanks
Does anyone know the extent to which Kilbirnie was hit by the Scarlet Fever epidemic? My great great grandparents (McGrain and Duffy) lost a child in 1861 to Scarlatina. The next death on the register is a Catherine Duffy also Scarlatina and just a few days later. I think these children may have been cousins.
Also does anyone have information on the living conditions for Irish immigrants to Kilbirnie at this time? Those mentioned above lived at Stonebridge then Maybole Street. Sweet Caroline posted something a few years ago about Stonebridge. Could it have been an area of Kilbirnie? Maybe the houses didn't even have numbers?
I'd be very interested in anything that gives me more of an idea of the lives of these immigrants, especially in their early years in Scotland.
Many thanks