STARVED TO DEATH
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At the Bethnal-green Coroner's Court an inquest was held on Sarah Ann Chapman, four weeks old, the child of a cabinetmaker of Minerva-street, Hackney-road, who died, just after admission to the North-Eastern Hospital.
The mother, who was emaciated and miserably dressed, said she had three other children, and her husband had been able to obtain very little work since June last. The most that he had earned in any one week since them was 8s., and they paid 3s. 9d. for rent.
The coroner's officer said both the parents were most respectable and sober, and their home, though almost destitute of furniture, was very clean and well kept. The family had been living on bread-and-butter and tea, and often very little of that. The coroner gave the woman 10s. from the poor-box, and the members of the jury also gave her small sums. A verdict of "Death from starvation" was returned.