INFANT OVERLAIN.
[I'ltOM OUB OWN CORBKSrONDKNTS.] ■■'••;:'■ '■; ■ Eketahuna, OotobeF 16. At an inquest to-day touchiug tho death of -a child of thrco months through accidental suffocation while- in its parents' 'bod, Mr. AV. P. James, S.M., coroner, said that tliis Was tho third or fourth case in tho district during the last three mouths under similar circumstances. Ho considered that legislation should be introduced the Same as in I'liitjland to inakb it an oltcnce for parents to,allow infants to sleep in tho samo bed Vvitll thetm Such culpable negligence on pafcnts' part should be coped With. Dr. Clmdwick's dvidelicu was that the practice Was unhciilthy--mid dahgorous, aiid thiit A\\ Itiiciitioli wasMiiblo. A verdict of ;iccidimt.a] suffocation was roCuxiuA ■ . .-
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 7
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117INFANT OVERLAIN. Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 18, 16 October 1907, Page 7
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