ALL DIED AT SAME AGE.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, 7 May 1913, Page 8

ALL DIED AT SAME AGE.

A curious family history of death occurring at the same ago was revealed at an inquest at the London Coroner’s Court recently. The inquiry concerned the death of a man named Oliver, aged 56. Ho had been ill for some weeks, and being much better, went to an office in Aldermunbury, E.C., and obtained a situation. An hour or two later heavy snoring was heard in an adjoining room, and on the door being flung open, Oliver was found unconscious on the floor. He was removed ou the ambulance to St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, where he died. A manufacturer’s agent, who had known the deceased for some years, stated that ho always had if on his mind that he would die suddenly, as his father, a sister, and a brother had done at the age at which ho had arrived. Dr. Gostwyck Shore, of St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, said that death was due to apoplexy. Answering a juryman, who asked why a doctor was not called before the man was taken to the hospital, an inspector said it was the invariable practice in the city to call the electric ambulance ami take the patient to the hospital, as it was quicker than summoning a medical man. One of the electric ambulances, ho added, could always he called to a case and have the patient at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in fivo minutes from any part of the city. Of course, if the patient was suffering from wounds or suspected poisoning, the police used their discretion. The jury returned a verdict of “Death from natural causes.”