THE DIFFERENCE IN A NUMBER
TqE Medical Press and Circular relates the following extraordinary mistake : “ A working man, afflicted with small-pox, was removed to one of the metropolitan district hospitals ; his wife applied from day to day for information respecting his state, and was told 1 No.— ’ (by which ho was designated) was worse, and in time was dead ; in due course a letter arrived, requesting her to arrange for the removal and interment of thebody. A coffin was provided, the body placed therein, and screwed down to prevent infection, mourning procured for the woman and child,and the funeral duly solemnised. A week after the disconsolate widow was astonished by her husband opening the door and walking into the room in which she was at work. An error in the number had occasioned the mistake. The man and his wife are now endeavouring to obtain from the hospital authorities the amount expended upon the funeral and mourning."
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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 23, 2 November 1871, Page 3
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157THE DIFFERENCE IN A NUMBER Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 23, 2 November 1871, Page 3
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