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Commission of Inquiry Regarding Mrs. Donald Ritchie and the Loss of Her Unborn Child (1951)
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- British Columbia. Commission of Inquiry Regarding Mrs. Donald Ritchie and the Loss of Her Unborn Child (1951)
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6.5 cm of textual records
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Appointed by Order-in-Council no. 848, April 19, 1951. Commissioner: H.S. Wood. Report May, 1951. An inquiry was ordered to determine the truth of newspaper stories regarding Mrs. Donald Ritchie's loss of her unborn child by being unable to gain admission to hospital. The Commissioner ruled that, although it would have been desirable to place Mrs. Ritchie in hospital for her health's sake, her admission would not have saved the child.
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This series consists of records of the Commission of Inquiry Regarding Mrs. Donald Ritchie and the Loss of Her Unborn Child, 1951. Commission records include Provincial Secretary files P-5 which contain correspondence, vouchers, copy of Letters Patent appointing the commissioner, transcript of evidence presented at proceedings (original and copy) and exhibits (list of exhibits in proceedings, pp. ii-iii). Also included is the commissioner's six page typewritten unpublished report which concluded that Mrs. Ritchie was not an emergency case and the loss of her baby was not caused by the failure to admit her to hospital, although this was an appropriate case for hospitalization.
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Transferred from the Legislative Library, 1979.
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Accession number(s): GR-0922