WERE THE FACTS DISCLOSED

Stratford Evening Post, Issue 38, 18 February 1929, Page 5

WERE THE FACTS DISCLOSED

MENTAL HOSPITAL TRAGEDY.

PATIENT SCALDED TO DEATH.

Press Association— Copyright NELSON, This Day

To-day, 'the coroner, Mr T. EMaunise.ll, S.M., delivered the following verdict at the inquest into the death of Richard Charles James Alsi'ord, a live year old mental hospital patient: "Deceased died from shock due to scalds sustained m a bath, having been placed there by a pattient who was aide to gain access to the bathroom, because of the bathroom door having been negligently left unlocked, or by obtaining the door key through a nurse's negligence." In the course of a review of the evidence, the coroner said exhaustive inquiries into the tragedy had faded ijo reveal just how it had occurred. 'This was to be deplored for it was difficult to see how it could occur, without someone knowing the reason, and the question arose whether there had been a lull disclosure of facts.