Sudden Deaths.
A child named Cyril Alexander, aged / twelve months, Eon of Mr Thomaa Alexander, of Madras street, died suddenly at its parenta' residence about six o'clock last evening. The child had been suffering from an attack of measles. Dr Jennings was called in but the child died before ' his arrival. Early on Tuesday morning a child named Grace Patterson, aged twelve months, died suddenly at its parents' residence, Edgware road, St Albans. The child had been . suffering from an attack of measles for about eight days. An inquest was held at the Caledonian Hotel last evening before Mr E. Beetham, coroner, and a Jury of which Mr A. Chidgey was chosen foreman. De Meares, who had made a post-mortem examination of the body, stated that the child had died from congestion of the ■ lungs. He disapproved of the mother's treatment in steaming the child's throat with, hot water and eucalyptus oil. Under the circumstances, he considered this treatment was very injudicious. The Jury returned a verdict that the child had died from congestion of the lunge.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 4712, 2 August 1893, Page 3
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