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A wound on the forearm was mentioned at the Northampton General Hospital on Monday, when an inquest was opened on a popular Rushden lad. Albert Edgar Dickens, aged 17, who died at the hospital on Saturday night.
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Albert E Dickens
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The unfortunate youth was the second son of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Dickens, of 61, Trafford-road, Rushden. He was employed in the lasting department of the Rushden C.W.S. boot factory, and it was there that the injury occurred. Last Friday, a few days after the incident, he was admitted to the hospital. His condition rapidly deteriorated and death occurred at 10.25 p.m. on Saturday.
The Rushden police received particulars from the Northampton Borough Police on Sunday, and in the afternoon Inspector R.E. Valentine began inquiries regarding the circumstances in which the injury was received.
Dickens had been working at the C.W.S. boot factory since leaving the Newton-road School. He was formerly in the St. Mary’s Church choir and St. Mary’s Boy Scouts. He had been a member of the St. Mary’s Church Institute football and cricket teams, and up to the time of his death attended the St. Mary’s Bible Class. This season he had played football for the Intermediate Old Boys.
His brother is L/Cpl. Stanley Dickens, of the Northamptonshire Regiment, and he has five sisters.
At the opening of the inquest by Mr. A.J. Darnell (Borough Coroner) at Northampton Hospital on Monday, Supt. Williams and Inspector Valentine represented the County Police. Mr. Bernard Tippleston appeared for the C.W.S. Boot Works, and others present included H.M. Inspector of Factories (Mr. J. Tecey) and the chief officer of the Rushden Employment Exchange (Mr. T.C. Percival). Only two witnesses were called.
The father of the dead lad, Edgar Dickens, motor driver, 61, Trafford-road, Rushden, gave evidence of identification and said that his son was employed in the lasting room at the C.W.S. works in Portland-road, Rushden. The Coroner expressed sympathy with the relatives.
Dr. J. L. Coles, locum tenens house surgeon at the hospital, said the lad was admitted at noon on Friday, suffering from septicaemia and in a semi-delirious state. He had an incised wound on the left forearm which witness was satisfied was the source of the septic poisoning. The lad, who was incoherent, was seen by Dr. Holman, one of the hon. surgeons, but no operation was attempted. His condition deteriorated and he died at 10.25 p.m. on Saturday. Death was due to septicaemia, and a laboratory blood test confirmed that view.
In answer to Supt. Williams, witness said that apart from the poisoning the wound was not of a dangerous character. At this stage the Coroner adjourned the inquest sine die.
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