AN ELDERLY PENSIONER DIED OF HYPOTHERMIA IN HER

AN ELDERLY PENSIONER DIED OF HYPOTHERMIA IN HER

CONSTANTLY DAMP HOME EARLIER THIS MONTH.

LOUISE AUSTIN, 75, OF MARMAUNT ROAD, EAST DULWICH, SUFFERED

BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA AS A RESULT OF A FALL THREE DAYS BEFORE HER

DEATH ON DECEMBER 2.

SOUTHWARK CORONERS COURT HEARD THE PENSIONER’S ROOM WAS

CONSTANTLY DAMP AND HER GAS FIRE WAS ON 24 HOURS A DAY.

AND THE FRAIL WOMAN IS THOUGHT TO HAVE LAID ON THE FLOOR

OF HER ROOM FOR MORE THAN THREE HOURS BEFORE SHE WAS FOUND.

CORONER DR ARTHUR GORDON DAVIES SAID MRS AUSTIN DIED OF

HYPOTHERMIA AND BRONCHIAL PNEUMONIA.

HE RECORDED A VERDICT OF

ACCIDENTAL DEATH.

ENDS