death certificate question?

[jonwarrn]

But my question relates to column 1 on the DC it just gives a street. Would that infer the death occurred on the street, cause of death appears to be heart attack. Death by the way was in 1938

A very good question!

[aghadowey]

If it just lists a street perhaps there was no house number but he did die in a house on said street. For death registrations I've seen where people died suddenly it would have listed place of death them usually 'of _' under their name and often something in cause of death box like 'died suddenly at railway station of heart attack.'

[Tempest2]

Jonwarrn thank-you

[Tempest2]

Aghadowey his address is a hostel for working men, which makes me think he was found dead on a street. But like you say in the cause of death box it just says cardinal arrest without the extra wording you would be looking for. He could of course have been visiting someone on that street? Maybe I need to look further at what is on that street?

[jonwarrn]

Hi, sorry if I seem a bit dense!
Is the street given in column one a different one to where the hostel was?
Have you ascertained if there was a public assistance institution (fornerly workhouse) in that street?
Have you looked in the newspapers?

[aghadowey]

I said "often something in cause of death box like 'died suddenly at railway station of heart attack.'" not that this would always be the case.

[Jebber]

The address in Col.1 is the place where the person died. Read the heading, it says when and where died.

[Tempest2]

The address in Col.1 is the place where the person died. Read the heading, it says when and where died.

are you aiming that response at me? I’m not sure where you get the impression I don’t understand what ‘where died’ means? My point is there was no house number recorded just the street name so my question was would that imply he died on the street?

[Tempest2]

Hi, sorry if I seem a bit dense!
Is the street given in column one a different one to where the hostel was?
Have you ascertained if there was a public assistance institution (fornerly workhouse) in that street?
Have you looked in the newspapers?

Not thinking that at all, probably me not explaining properly!
Yes the street where he died is not the same as the hostels address.
No workhouse, but a little further on was the asylum.
Like you I expected a death like this, a body on the street to have made the newspapers, but no amount of searching has found me anything yet