In July 1909 Fannon's two sons, 6 year old Frank and 3 year old George Harry died within days of each other, he had lost his 1 year old daughter Fanny in the March previous.
Fannon requested that the coroner should open an inquest into their deaths, he believed they had been poisoned, a coroners jury however found that they had all died from natural causes.
Mark Fannon said that his suspicions had been raised because another of his children that was also unwell had told him that a strange man had given him a piece of toasted bread that had some funny butter on it.
The boy only took two bites of the bread and became ill, his legs, head and body became swollen and he became livid. The two dead boys hadn't eaten any of the bread but had come in contact with their poorly sibling.
The coroner disagreed with Mr. Fannon saying that the boys could not have been poisoned by infection, he added that the house in which they were living in was unsanitary.
Dr. Aveling from Royton stated that both the boys had died from bronchial pneumonia, this was after he had conducted a post mortem examination of the body of George, he also added that the house was a back to back and should be condemned.
The jury added in their remarks that the coroner should report that the house was not fit for human habitation.
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