TYPHOID AT AN ASYLUM.
- .A. ■ [Ny TKLKGRAVir — niHSs association.] AUCKLAND, 28th Februjuy. The Coroner (Mr. Gresh.wn) h(M uu inquest to-day at Avondalo Asylum on a miilo imliont. Kvidonco was given by Dr. If. Hiirruc'.nugh that a post-mortem examination disclosed that do«ith was duo to tj)>lioid fever. Ho attributed tho prcseiico of typhoid to the f«ct that a block luul taken nlaco in tho dint us, a defect which had been remedied. 2'ho jury brought in a vcrdiel of deatli from typhoid /ever, «ud ndd.-d the hilowing rider:— "Tho jury lequusU tho Coroner to convoy to the Inspector of Public Woiks their it'gn't that «t n, imblic institution like Avondalo Atijlum Mich n (liseaKti as typhoid whouhl havo beuu allowed to gciminatfl in coik-c-<|innco of tho endless blockage of n dm in."
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Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 2
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131TYPHOID AT AN ASYLUM. Evening Post, Volume LXIX, Issue 50, 1 March 1905, Page 2
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