At the inquest the coroner's officer stated that "all he found in the room was a lot of old rags covered with vermin.

He had got himself smothered with the vermin.

The room was in a shocking condition, and he had never seen anything like it.

Everything was absolutely covered with vermin." The doctor said: "He found deceased lying across the fender on her back.
She had one garment and her stockings on.

The body was quite alive with vermin, and all the clothes in the room were absolutely grey with insects.