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Another death cert query
My great grandma's death cert says certified by G W Huntbach Coroner for the city of Stoke on Trent Staffs(?) post mortem without inquest.
Would the post mortem be to discover cause of death and no inquest as there was nothing suspicious? If this was in 1951 would there be any paperwork left?
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You could be right there Kit, although over 100 years later my dad had a post mortem, but his was because he had been in hospital for less than 24 hours.
Suppose it depends of what and where she died
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Yes, I would say you are right, Kit (about the reason for the pm).
Not really any chance of paperwark from this case though, I'm afraid. Erm....Yes, Stoke on Trent is Staffordshire! (I think it's officially Stoke-upon-Trent)
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Yes, absolutely. The same was on my Granny's death certificate, in 1969. She had collapsed indoors, was taken to hospital and died there.
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Good grief, that's a name I remember seeing in the local papers a lot in the past. Yes, Stoke upon Trent is Staffordshire (think Staffordshire potteries)
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I don't know where she died but it wasn't at home. The cert very nicely said, under her occupation, her address and that she was the widow of her husband and his occupation. The cause of death sounds awful - toxic myocarditis, peritonitis and carcinoma of the rectum. The post mortem makes me wonder if she wasn't receiving any treatment.
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It does sound as if she wasn't receiving any medical treatment because normally, if she had been diagnosed with those things, it would say on the death cert something like "four months" "five days" and so on.
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My Mum died at home in 1997, but the doctor wouldn't sign the death certificate as, although he had been treating her for heart & blood pressure problems for 6 years, he hadn't seen her for 5 days prior to her death. He told me he wasn't allowed to declare a cause of death so there had to be a post mortem. There was no inquest though. Her cause of death (haven't got the certificate to hand so I can't say the official name) was hardening of the arteries and heart failure.
I presume an inquest wasn't necessary in Mum's case because the post mortem proved the cause of death was the same problem that the doctor was treating her for.
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Thanks OC and Sue.
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