DEATH FROM PERITONITIS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 19135, 1 April 1924, Page 5

DEATH FROM PERITONITIS

CORONER’S INQUIRY. INQUEST ADJOURNED SINE DIE. Tho initial stages of an inquest were entered upon by Mr 11. W. Bundle, S.M., sitting as coroner, yesterday at the Hospital, as to flic death of Winifred Jessamine Chambers, 31 years of age, who died in tho hospital on Friday evening last. Deceased had been respondent in a petition in divorce in February, a decree then being granted Sergeant Dunlop represented (he police at the inquest, and Mr Cf. W, Bay lee appeared for the husband of deceased. Clarence Chambers, butcher, said that he identified the body as that of his late wife, whom he had seen in Ob. mam on November 4 last. Ho and his wife had separated in 'May 1020, at Dunedin, and bad since that time remained apart. There were, four children of the marriage, and his wife had kept tho eldest, and he (witness) had kept the other three Dr Perry, assistant medical officer at th" Hospital, stated that on March 13 deceased had ibeen admitted to the institution, apparently suffering from general peritonitis, and was acutely ill. An immediate operation was performed, and there was a slight improvement for 10 days. .She then became v. nrsc. and died at 6.30 p.m. on March (28. In the opinion of witness death was due to heart failure following peritonitis. Mr Baylce; Did the deceased make any statement whether she was living with her husband or not

Dr Perry: Not to me. Dr Ivcrach, house surgeon, said he had charge of the deceased from the time of her admittance He confirmed the evidence of Dr Perry. Deceased had denied that she was pregnant. She said she was not pregnant, because she had b:en separated from her husband for some years. She did not give any information respecting her husband’s whereabouts.

Dr Lynch, clinical pathologist, stated that he, in company with Dr Drennun, hrd made a post morten examination of deceased. Tho patient had acute suponrative peritonitis, associated with and arising from septic salpingitis with an abscess. There were present the remains of early pregnancy. The miscarriage might have been accidentally caused. The inquest was then adjourned sine die. DUNEDIN BOWLING CENTRE. TO THU KIUTOK Sib, —Kindly allow mo to make a correction in re your report this morning of tho Dunedin Bowling Centre’s meeting. lam made to say that “an official tester had been appointed for the Canterbury Centro, but he had not been recognised by the association, nor had the table tasters appointed by the Wellington and Auckland Centres.” What I did say was that an official tester was appointed for the Canterbury Centre with jurisdiction in that centre only, and the sainc applied to the table testers in Auckland and Wellin-ton they are not association testers, having jurisdiction in their respective centres only.-—I am, etc.. James J. Marlow. March 31.