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| Birth: | 30 Dec 1850 in Bald Mountain, Washington Co., NY |
| Death: | 26 Jan 1860 in Bald Mountain, Washington Co., NY |
| Sex: | M |
| Father: | George Leroy Robinson b. 22 Apr 1822 in 181 Anthony Rd, Bald Mountain, Washington Co., NY |
| Mother: | Charlotte McChesney b. 7 Jan 1825 in Albia, Rensselaer County, NY |
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| Burial: 29 Jan 1860 Sec D, Lot 110, Greenwich Cemetery, Greenwich, NY |
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Individual:
Buried in Greenwich Cemetery, old Robinson family plot.
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"CHILDHOOD DISEASES IN THE VICTORIAN AGE, PART I: THE FAMILIES,"
by Karen Frisch
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Children in the nineteenth century faced tremendous physical hazardsthat are almost unimaginable in today's world. Long before they would ever reach the age where they could enter the workforce they had to survive the variety of epidemic diseases that ravaged America
throughout the Victorian era. Our ancestors' children became so accustomed to seeing horse-drawn hearses on a regular basis that they
developed a game called Funerals, just as children today play Doctor or House.
From the great epidemic diseases to more common illnesses that still afflicted children well into the twentieth century, sickness put
young children and their families at great risk for much of the nineteenth century. Since poorly-trained physicians had no knowledge
of vitamins, nor did they understand the benefits of bathing, general health remained questionable throughout the century.
Diseases such as rickets, which could have been cured with sunlight, led to bone deformities and left children vulnerable to other
diseases. Those who entered hospitals frequently never came out, and many chose to avoid the "Dead House" altogether. Nearly a third of
deaths annually throughout much of the century were to children under the age of five.
Among illegitimate children in cities the death rate was even higher. One of the greatest killers of very young children was diarrhea,
which could kill an infant within 48 hours. Outbreaks of diarrhea resulted from a combination of poor sanitation, lack of hygiene, and
unusually steamy summers. Children who did not die were often left in such a weakened condition that they later fell victim to other
diseases such as measles, pneumonia, or bronchitis.
Among the deadly hazards older children faced were scarlet fever, measles, diphtheria, and smallpox. Leaving many victims who survived
blind or deaf, scarlet fever was prevalent in America for much of the century, affecting children from age two to ten. In England, it raged
from the 1840s through the 1870s among children aged four to eight. Measles outbreaks in England in 1863 and 1874 proved even more
deadly. Consumption claimed the majority of victims throughout the century, with whooping cough another significant killer.
Children who did not die of disease but managed to survive were often left severely crippled and at the mercy of public opinion. Nineteenth
century belief held that families who were forced to endure such hardships were suffering a punishment from God, and many people often
remained prejudiced against the afflicted families. Such diseases took an emotional toll on the parents as well as physical.
Deaths of children from epidemic disease were so common that parents often assumed an attitude of resignation and did not seek medical
attention, believing it was a foregone conclusion that if a child fell sick death was surely imminent.
The losses were perhaps hardest on the family's remaining children whose lives were changed forever. Well-bred children were expected to grieve for six months for their young sister or brother, unable to escape the grim image of the body laid out in the home, the curtains
kept drawn until after the funeral.
Paying for funerals became so burdensome that many families in England entered their children into burial clubs shortly after birth
in order to avoid financial ruin. Parents set money aside regularly so they would be able to afford funeral costs should another child
succumb in the next epidemic. The poor sometimes arranged with undertakers to bury a deceased child in a stranger's grave.
Many were lucky and survived the epidemics during their childhood. But those who did lived with the memory of loved ones whose deaths
from disease were either too sudden or too slow.
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