BABY SUFFERS BURNS
CONTACT WITH HOT WATER BOTTLE. DAMAGES AWARDED AGAINST GREY HOSPITAL BOARD. (By Telegraph—Press Association.) GREYMOUTH, This Day. In the Supreme Court today, a claim for £BOO damages resulting from the burning of a baby by a hot water bottle in the Grey Hospital was settled on the basis of £350 damages. The plaintiffs were Mr and Mrs <*} A. R. Ferguson and the defendants Uic Grey Hospital Board. According to the statement of claim, the baby was placed in a cot after birth and the left thigh came into contact with a hot water bottle. Skin grafting was necessary.
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Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1939, Page 8
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101BABY SUFFERS BURNS Wairarapa Times-Age, 31 August 1939, Page 8
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