TYPHOID IN AN ASYLUM.
(Per Press Association.) „„ / AUCKLAND, Feb. 28. I he Coroner (Mr Cresham) held an inquest at Avondale Asylum to-day ; on the death of a male patient. Evidence was given by Dr. Burraclough I that a post mortem examina-1 tion disclosed that death was due | to typhoid lover. He attributed the j presence of typhoid to the fact that a blockage had taken place in a , drain—a defect which had been remedied;. Tho jury brought in a verfict of death from typhoid fever, and , : added the following rider ;—" That ' this jury request the Coroner to convey to the Inspector of Public Works its surprise that at a public institution like Avondale Asylum such a d.seaseas typhoid should have been allowed to germinate in consequence ol the careless blockage of a drain "
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7751, 1 March 1905, Page 2
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133TYPHOID IN AN ASYLUM. Taranaki Daily News, Volume XLVII, Issue 7751, 1 March 1905, Page 2
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