church burial register St George in the East

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Hello,
I am looking for information on Caroline Barker died aprrox age36 1910 possibly beginning of that year. Thank you

[terrysfamily]

There is a Caroline Barker on FreeBMD age 36 St George in the East 1c 195, is this the information you're looking for ?

[Kerrywood]

I'm afraid she won't be buried in the churchyard. Metropolitan churchyards were closed from the mid 1850s because of overcrowding. Burials generally went to outlying suburban cemeteries. This link (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/hitch/gendocs/cem.html) takes you to a useful list.

If you're trying to identify this Caroline BARKER, going the burial route is a non-starter in London in 1910. You'll be better off ordering the death certificate, which is cheaper than any cemetery search would be. Sorry.

[Peter Goodey]

There is also an entry in the Death Register of the St George in the East Infirmary, Died 5.35 am on 5 Feb 1910, age 36, admitted 6.12.09 from 8 Boyd Street.
Where buried: Private.
By whom buried: Hickman

The St George in the East registration district and the St George in the East poor law union covered several church parishes, not just St George in the East itself.

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Thanks all
Peter that is her, right address, you are all brilliant on this site!

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Peter I just wanted to thank you again for that poignant entry you found in the death register of St George in the East infirmary for my great gran Caroline Barker. I found it very moving to think of my great gran, the young age she was when she died and leaving a family, the youngest a baby. I know we are all looking for dates and names and places but to see an entry like that makes it very personal.

[Peter Goodey]

According to the Hospital Records Database, it later became St George in the East Hospital (NHS) and closed in 1956. There are Admission & Discharge Registers covering 1910 but no clinical records seem to have survived.

[Kerrywood]

There are Admission & Discharge Registers covering 1910
These are browsable on Ancestry:

London, England, Poor Law Records, 1834-1940 > Tower Hamlets > Stepney > Admission and Discharge > Saint George in The East Infirmary: Admission and Discharge Register > 1909-1910

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Thanks kerrywood I don't currently subscribe to Ancestry but considering the times I have 'topped up' my credits on fmp pehaps I should have! I shall look into tis further.

[Kerrywood]

Depending which London borough you're in, you may be able to access Ancestry at your local library.

The register entry is unlikely to add much more than a reason for admission, which may simply be "Illness", or similar. But you would be able to track back for any earlier admissions and might pick up a little more detail.