From: chris@dickinson.uk.net   
      
   On Thursday, 30 August 2018 21:23:53 UTC+1, Jenny M Benson  wrote:   
   > 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?   
   >   
      
   Indeed. More common in women than men though? Sorry, should have said that   
   this was a male.   
      
   If either, that wouldn't suggest any particular causal relationship from silk   
   weaving -  but maybe it was very common in the area or maybe medical histories   
   have mentioned this (like a tailor's bunion; or jaw decay in match-making   
   factories)?   
      
   Chris   
      
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