Anonymous, The Amity-Place Abortion Case
“ We find that Susannah Lattin came to her death by metro-peritonitis, the result of child birth, at the establishment of Dr. Grindle. No. 6 Amity-place. We further censure Dr. Grindle for the irregular manner of conducting its business, relative to taking in women to confine; and also to his method of adopting the children so delivered, we further recommend the Legislature to so enact a law whereby all such establishments shall be under the supervision and control of the Board of Health, or so other recognized authority ”
