BURNS PROVE FATAL.
SMALL BOY’S DEATH. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, June 4 A finding that Victor John McKavanagh. a;ed IS months, died at the Wellington Hospital on ’^ une from septic poisoning, folow extensive scalds received .our clays earlier, was returned by . the Coroner at the conclusion of an in T ll ® st ; ■Evidence was given by thei child s mother that the boy knocked the contents of a hot-water electric jug over himself, receiving scalds °" the and body. The injuries later turned septic and on medical advice t was admitted to the hospital, where subsequently he died. . The Coroner observed that the treatment by the medical men appeared to 'have been correct and as far a ■ mission io the public hospital was concerned that was apparently the right course to pursue.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 158, 5 June 1937, Page 9
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131BURNS PROVE FATAL. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVII, Issue 158, 5 June 1937, Page 9
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