Thank you so much for all your replies.
KathMc - I actually found this information in 2004 and from as far as i remember I got the information from the Salisbury Health Authority (pretty sure) I do know that i had to write to the relevant health authority explaining why I wanted the Records and I was lucky because it was just under the 100 years but they agreed to send it. The Form it came in was a copy of what appears to be like a book and its taken me several years to decide to completely transcribe it. Here is a snippet..
Physical Condition : Patient is a strong well nourished man of dark complexion and dull melancholy aspect. Hair black : face clean shaven : Eyes hazel : Pupils equal, both irregular in hue and both react very slightly to light & accommodation. Tongue, large, tremulous well marked fibrilary tremor, slightly furred teeth. Regular to fair condition. Pulse 66, regular good force and volume, tension moderate. Heart appears displaced downwards - apex to left of Easiform Cartilage. Lungs and abdominal organs appear healthy. Knee jerks absent. Scars - right side of neck from old abscesses : a few small scars on legs & tattoo marks left forearm. Denies any Venereal Disease.
Ragna Margrethe Soeter was my Great Grandmother and who i was named after, she died aged 29 when my grandmother was a few months old.
Janescroft - Yes it was a dreadful shock to us all, and it was only last week that i realised that he had died of Syphliss which explains now why noone had anything to do with him.
Lydart- Thank you. I have been overwhelmed by how helpful and what lovely people you all are. I have posted on other sites but have never had many replies and never found everyone so friendly.
The Picture is of my Great Grandmother My fathers mothers mother. She came from Slovanger (think its spelt like that) in Norway. My Grandmother was a nanny for the Prince of Norway and came over to England and met an Englishman. I have some wonderful Norweigan Photo albums with some wonderful and haunting photos.
