DEATH OF AN INFANT.
ASPHYXIATION THE CAUSE. [BY TELEGRAPH.PRESS ASSOCIATION.] 1 DUNEDIN, Thursday. An inquest was opened to-day on the body of the newly-born infant found in a sack on St. Clair beach on Tuesday, with a piece of linen tied tightly round the neck. Dr. Evans said the body was fully developed and well nourished. There was a circular pressure mark on the neck, and he was of opinion the child had lived, and that the cause of death was asphyxiation. There was no water in the lungs, showing that it had not been drowned. There must have been somo interference with the air supply. A constable said the bag had apparently been in the sea, but it could not have been thero long. It was found at high-water mark. The coroner adjourned the inquiry sine die.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVII, Issue 17375, 23 January 1920, Page 4
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