CAUSES OF DEATH: HUNGARIAN TO ENGLISH

The following list of causes of death in Hungarian, with English translation, 
may be of help in understanding the Jewish Community Death records for the 19th 
and early 20th century. The original lists were provided by Debbie Korman with 
additions by Peter Gergay.

CAUSES OF DEATH IN HUNGARIAN

Aggkor...old age
Agyvelogyulladas...inflamation of the brain
Aszkor...consumption
Belhurut..intestinal disease
Cholera...Cholera
Csecsrak...breast cancer
Gorcsrangas...jerking cramps
Gymor rak....stomach cancer
Kanyaro....measles
Sarlach...Scarlet Fever
Szivbaj...heart disease
Szuleszielgyengules...mother died in labor following childbirth
Tudolob...pneumonia
Tudohudes...cold in lung
Tudovesz...Tuberculosis
Typhus..Typhus
Veleszuletett gyengeseg....inherited weakness
Vengelgyengules...final weakening
Vizkor....edema
Vorheny...scarlett fever
Veteles and elveteles...miscarriage

Judith Deutsch Bennett