Alice Cromby

Alice Cromby died from puerperal fever after giving birth, but it was thought that the fever had been brought about prior to the birth through the use of a dirty instrument by a third party, but the evidence was considered slight and an open verdict was returned.

Alice Cromby was a married woman but had been lodging with a woman at 36 Belgrave Street and had not lived with her husband for about eight years. Her sister said that she last saw Alice Cromby about six weeks before her death.