infant

Child: 
infant
Parent(s): 
Jane Arnold
Race: 
White
Cause of Death
COD Category: 
Accident
COD: 
Other
COD Inquest Finding: 

upon our oaths do say . . .that the child's death came by bleeding at the navel or umbilicus but we think if the child had received proper attention it would have survived

COD Short Description: 
bleeding umbilicus and neglect
Notes: 
infant
Original Record: 
3004

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