FUMIGATION TRAGEDY
At an inquest in Leeds on three-year-old Edith Ann Atack, Osmondthorpe, evidence was given that the child died after entering unseen a friend's house which was being fumigated with one of the most deadly gases. On behalf of the firm conducting the work, it was stated that the doors of the house should have been closed, and that a man should have been on duty outside to prevent anyone approaching. A warning of danger was pinned on the door. The door was left ajar while employees were inside opening the windows to let the gas out.
Returning a verdict of “Death by misadventure,” the jury suggested that in future a protective grid should be placed over the partly opened doors of houses when they were undergoing fumigation.
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Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 17
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129FUMIGATION TRAGEDY Dominion, Volume 32, Issue 66, 10 December 1938, Page 17
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