The Sun.
London, England, 1825-08-27 00:00:00

ST. GEORGE'S HOSPITAL.

Inquisitions were last night taken before To-
mAs HIGGs, Esq., on the bodies of two patients
of the above Hospital.
The first case was that of Lucy Hunt, an aged woman/ rt;
siding in St. Alban's-place, Haymarket, who was injured la,
the head about a fortnight back, by the fall of a pail which had
been placed on the dust bin. She was in consequence conveye
to this Hospital. a to
Mr. and Mrs. Gibbs, relations to the deceased, deP°,se; of
having visited her in the Hospital every day up to the ua7 -
her death.
Mr. William Carroll, the House Surgeon of the HosPitai:
deposed to the deceased's being brought there on Friday Weil,
She had a wound on the scalp bone of her head, which at
_„
time was • not considered dangerous. Every thing proper was
done for her. She went on very favourably until Saturday Tr'
when she was attacked.' with erysipelas in her head. From
died
great
age and weakness, her constitution gave way, and she
from the effects of the wound.
Examined by Mr. Gibbs.—Was there any large artery is het
d
heWa cut ?
itness—She told me she had lost upwards of two quait,s
of blood, and I should therefore suppose there must hall
been.
Mr. Gibbs—l should have thought you must have disc°,l:
vered whether it were so or not, when you examined the icanto
Witness—lt was not necessary to examine it.
Mr. Gibba—l understand poultices were applied to the head
from day to day ?
Witness—That was not till after she had been four Jar 13
the
M Hoital.
r. Gibbs—Why were they more necessary then than
at
first ? •
Witness—Because the wound did not heal up as was
pected.
[Here the examination closed, and the Coroner turned tot
Jury, and inuired whether the were satisfied.]
One of the Jury replied, that they had as yet no evidencE tte'l
theidentity of the body they had seen. True it was they
seen a female body; but whether it was that of the deco'
they had et to l.
Anothery Jurorearn remarked that he did not think there co,ittilii
be any reasonable doubt on that subject ; but still he thotigiir
disreputable to the Hospital not to send somebody to point
the body from the two others by which it was placed. at
A third jurOr remarked that the porter aid come down
last, and point it out. only
One or two of the jurors replied, that they had waiteo -thti
time in the room, and yet the porter had not conie when.
left A
. net,
gentleman here rose, and addressing himself to the Cor° ect
said, he was a Governor of the Hospital, and that with req' to
to some of the Jury not having had the body pointed 0?,,.ie
them, it was their own fault, as they ought to have ordered
of the porters to have attended them.
Coroner.—l never know where to find them. a 110`
Governor.—l trust, Sir, you will take care in future the
permit a jury to apply such words as " disreputable lw
conduct of the Hospital.
Coroner.— certainl think diputable.
Governor. I say I say that it issre the wish of the Governor`
that the juries should always have every attention.
Coroner.—We always send notice by the Beadle fewiti;;
flutes before, and yet it has repeatedly happened that Hies be,
jot
been-kept waiting in the cold and wet ten or more m
fore the door has been opened.
Governor.—Then I trust you will take care.and remcdY that
for
Cthe future ?
oroner.—How am I to remedy it ?—The last Do'
were there, we found only the patient Allen to attersatroa
the man about whose conduct the jury expressed so
anTorieiniiolen. the
idle here entered the room, gthastnefi
irregularity in the present instance aroasnetfircemxi7iitsaibneeini
porter, and his having mislaid the keys. viewed the
Here the colloquy ended, and a witness having vie'!"
body in the interim, now returned, and identified it.
The jury returned a verdict—" Accidental death.' swap
The second inquiry was touching the death of John
a bricklayer, who, it appeared, fell from a scaffold, on
,i'eat?,
he was at work, in the Vauxhall-road,
this Hospital, where he died. Verdict—" Accidental!,
_opt
A Juror here remarked, that as the business was now p_tv jive
to a close, he would just express his hope that the ne:Lbt,lfe_f
they were called to view a body at the Hospital, they tt;,
accommodated with a light, so that they might not fall
stairs, as they were in danger of doing.
Coroner—We did not know who to call to; there we'd to L'
Governor—you ought to have called for a light.
_,,,oeer,lt.
and was con'Tetttb.
persons in the hall, but none cf them seemed dispose
tend on us.
tali‘,lr observedG urne y
thata sun rf.aeosna,pwi ;
ye
tbelieve,ta m ijosP
have led to so much unpleasantness.
Coroner—lt is not the first time it has happened.
The conversation here dropped. tklieey
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