FOUND DEAD IN BATH
WOMAN PATIENT IN HOSPITAL,
Margaret E. Ellis, a single woman, aged 60 years, and a patient in Little Company of Mary Hospital, was found dead in a bath at the hospital yesterday morning. She had been washed by a nursing sister, and was not a patient who would normally *be allowed into the bathroom. • Miss Ellis lived at Bury street, Sumner, and was admitted to the hospital on December 29. An inquest was opened yesterday before Mr E. C. Levvey, Coroner, and evidence of identification was given by a brother. Henry Ellis, who said his sister had been admitted to hospital with nervous trouble. The inquest was adjourned sine die.
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Press, Issue 22599, 3 January 1939, Page 10
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