From: nemonews@hotmail.co.uk   
      
   On 30-Aug-18 09:05 PM, Chris Dickinson wrote:   
   > I'm looking at the death certificate of a 'silk weaver' in Leek, aged 60, in   
   1845. A dominant industry there.   
   >   
   > The cause of death was stated bluntly as 'Decayed Bone' - which sounds to me   
   as though the doctor was all too familiar with the problem (arthritis,   
   perhaps?).   
      
   Possibly osteoporosis?   
      
     Was this an occupational hazard and why?   
      
      
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