Personal Details Name: baby Rootman Other Names: baby of Mrs GB Rootman Born in camp? No Place of death: Mafeking RC Age died: 3 months Died in camp? Yes Cause of death: diarrhoea & convulsions Race: white Marital status: single Nationality: Transvaal Registration as child: Yes Unique ID: 71410 Camp History Name: Mafeking RC Age departure: 3 months Date departure: 13/10/1901 Reason departure: Death Tent number: 183 Illness Reason: diarrhoea & convulsions Description: died Out patient: Yes Reason: diarrhoea & convulsions Out patient: Yes Notes: last attended: 9/10/1901 duration of illness: 5 days Sources Title: TKP 101 Tvl Government Gazette Type: Transvaal Government Gazette Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: 101 Dates: 1901 Notes: 29/11/1901, p.1689 Title: DBC 159 Mafeking DL Type: Death certificates Location: National Archives, Pretoria Reference No.: DBC 159 Dates: 12/10/1901- Notes: 2_378

Acknowledgments: The project was funded by the Wellcome Trust, which is not responsible for the contents of the database. The help of the following research assistants is gratefully acknowledged: Ryna Boshoff, Murray Gorman, Janie Grobler, Marelize Grobler, Luke Humby, Clare O’Reilly Jacomina Roose, Elsa Strydom, Mary van Blerk. Thanks also go to Peter Dennis for the design of the original database and to Dr Iain Smith, co-grantholder.