Asbestos killed former clerk (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)

Asbestos killed former clerk

10:00am Monday 25th October 2010 in Local

A WOMAN who died of asbestos-related cancer was pursuing a legal claim for the disease, an inquest heard.

Margaret Dyball, of Quilters Close, Holland on Sea, had worked as a clerk for Upminster Garages Ltd where she believed she was exposed to asbestos.

In a statement she wrote for the legal claim before she died, she said walking to and from her office across a “dirty and dusty” workshop had exposed her to asbestos.

Mrs Dyball, whose family did not attend the inquest in Chelmsford, was admitted to Colchester General Hospital on August 27 with shortness of breath and a chronic cough.

An x-ray showed fluid on the lungs and she died three days later, aged 66.

She had been previously admitted to the hospital, and diagnosed with mesothelioma last year.

A post mortem examination concluded she died as a result of mesothelioma and exposure to asbestos.

Coroner Caroline Beasley-Murray said Mrs Dyball had died as a result of industrial disease.