City & Liberty of
Westmr. in the
County of Midsex }

Informations taken this Sixth day
of October 1788 at the Parish of St. Mary
in the Liberty of Westmr. & County of
Midsex upon an Inquisition
touching the death of William Gr [..]
an Infant lying dead in the said
Parish Liberty and County.

Elizabeth Grey< no role > Wife of Thomas Gray< no role > of Fulham
Field in the Hamlet of Hamesmith and Parish
of Fulham Gardener on her Oath saith, That she
is Mother of William Grey< no role > an Infant of the age
of four Years and that on the 20th. day of June
last in the Evening Deced was in Dept. Hetchin
Playing, That she had taken a large Pot of
the Fire in which a Piece of Beef had been
Boiled [..] put it upon the Health, Says
that the Child in Playing about Accidentally
fell backwards into the Pot and thereby was
much Scalded upon his Back Hips Thighs &
Back side, Says that she Dressed the Deced
and endeavoured to person in a Cure but
without effect That on the Thirteenth day of
July last She brought the Deced to the
Westmr. Hospital in the Parish of St. Margaret
Westmr. where he was Dresser and off
care taken of him by the Surgcons but
Deced died in the Hospital on the Third
Instant, and Dept. believes that the Deced
died in consequence of being [..] alded and
Brunt as abovementioned.

Elizabeth Gray< no role >

William Chambers< no role > House Surgeon at the Westmr.
Hospital on his Oath saith That on the thireenth
day of July last (as Dept. thinks) the Deced was
brought to said Hospital having been very much Scalded