CHILDREN LEFT TO STARVE

Sun (Auckland), Volume IV, Issue 1020, 10 July 1930, Page 1

CHILDREN LEFT TO STARVE

Reed. 9.55 a.m. LONDON, Wed. That one child died from pneumonia followixxg nxeasles and nine othei'S suffered ringworm and eczema owing to neglect is the allegation made against Airs. Hilda Fearn, principal of the Mereyale High School, Bickley, made by the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Nine children, aged five to nine years, with bandaged heads, appeared iii court when the case began. The prosecutor said Mrs. Fearn did not call a doctor to the measles cases because on her own statements she owed him money, and her Cheque had been dishonoured. When the doctor ultimately did call he did not see Veronica Budd, who eventually died, until it was too' late.. He then found three more cases of measles and suggested a nurse -would be necessary, but-none was’employed. The girl Budd’s parents had previously been told she was quite well, although she was suffering from measles. An official of the society found the child suffering from measles and practically starving. The eight othex 1 children were

SCHOOL SCANDAL IN ENGLAND ONE CHILD DIES IN A FILTHY ROOM WOMAN GUARDIAN FACES GRAVE CHARGE BECAUSE she owed money to a doctor, the‘principal ol' the Merevale Girls’ High School, in England, is alleged to have neglected nine children who were suffering from measles and ringworm, one of whom died in conditions of disgusting filth. When eventually instructed to call nurses, the woman declined to do so, and. it is reported, she left her young patients to starve and lied to the parents of one of them.

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afflicted with ringworm. One girl of five was bald. Nurses who were called in later gave evidence. The girl Budd’s bed was short, and the room was disgustingly dirty. The case was adjourned.