Excavations at the site of a future shopping center in Leeds have revealed the burials of at least 28 people, mainly children, who died between 1797 and 1848.
According to a report published in Yorkshire Evening Post, analysis of the remains shows that the people were in extremely poor health and some may have possibly died during an 1832 cholera outbreak. The condition pf the remains confirms that living conditions in the city were particularly grim for the lower classes.
Bio-archaeologists found that at least nine of the children suffered from diseases such as rickets and scurvy.
According to a report published in Yorkshire Evening Post, analysis of the remains shows that the people were in extremely poor health and some may have possibly died during an 1832 cholera outbreak. The condition pf the remains confirms that living conditions in the city were particularly grim for the lower classes.Bio-archaeologists found that at least nine of the children suffered from diseases such as rickets and scurvy.
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