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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 14:12 BST (UK) »
Hi,

I think the "years certified" mean the number of years the person had the illness. Ive got death certs showing days/weeks/months or years.

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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 14:35 BST (UK) »
Yes - "years certified" is the doctor's certification of the length of the illness.

Sometimes the doctor (presumably) didn't report a number of years so the registrar entered "years certified" without a number in front of it.
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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 14:39 BST (UK) »
I agree with nanny jan.The suggestion fits with my own collection
of death certificates. I even have one mentioning six hours (Cholera).

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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 15:31 BST (UK) »
My Granddads Death Cert also had senile decay as the cause of death.  I made a point of asking the Doctor just what that meant as Granddad was not in the least forgetful and was very aware of things that were going on in the world. Doctors reply was it was another way of saying his body had worn out because of his  age, he was 92.
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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 15:44 BST (UK) »
HI,

One of my early death certs gives the cause as "decay of nature" which I guess is much the same as senile decay.

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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #14 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 18:54 BST (UK) »
Quote from: nanny jan on Wednesday 26 June 13 15:44 BST (UK)
HI,

One of my early death certs gives the cause as "decay of nature" which I guess is much the same as senile decay.

Nanny Jan

I tried to find out what just the word  "decay" meant a while ago . 
I was studying my family in the  Keighley (WR Yorkshire)  Parish register c 1780s  (wich gives  a lot of info at that point in time",  eg place of residence , maiden names , d/o  , s/o , and causes of death) . I noticed that "decay" was given for all age groups , some were babies . Some had died in the workhouse  . I suspect it was being used as a catch all description in those cases i saw .

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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #15 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 19:09 BST (UK) »

Good point sallyyorks; in my case it was for a very old person.


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Barham/SFK   Rainer/CAN (Toronto) Gillians/CAN  Sturgeon/CAN (Vancouver)
Bailey/LDN Page/KNT   Paling/WA (var)



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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #16 on: Wednesday 26 June 13 19:45 BST (UK) »
Thanks everyone, for the replies  :).  There are no numbers in front of mine so the length will likely remain a mystery.
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Re: Cause of Death - Senile Decay
« Reply #17 on: Tuesday 26 December 23 02:38 GMT (UK) »
I sure hope it’s not dementia! I couldn’t imagine all of my family dying from that! Senile Decay seems to be the most common cause of death for older people in my tree followed by probably Bronchitis & various heart issues.
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