A baby who lived in an apartment in the mold association of molding accommodation in northern London died of unrelated causes, found a coroner.
Akram Mohammed died in February at the age of 15 weeks, which, according to his parents, was due to wet conditions in their house in Camden.
Earlier this year, the boy’s death sparked angry demonstrations aimed at Notting Hill Genesis of the Housing Association, on the state of the family’s apartment and the failure of rectifying them.
The assistant coroner Edwin Buckett acknowledged that their house was wet and moldy, but concluded that Kram was actually died of Streptor B, pneumonia and vitamin D deficiency.
In evidence given to the hearing at the Tribunal of the Coroner of St Pancras last week, a pathologist said that fungal growths in the lungs of Akram did not correspond to the mold found at the family’s home.
The court heard that the mother of the baby Aiat Mohammed had herself contracted group B Streptococcus, known as Strep B, before the birth of Akram and, as it had not been treated, the infection was transmitted to him. The bacteria affects around 500 newborns in the United Kingdom each year.
Outside the court on Monday, Akram’s father Abdushafi Mohammed told the BBC that he had accepted the coroner’s conclusions.
In a statement, Patrick Franco, Managing Director of Notting Hill Genesis, said: “Our hearts go to Mr. and Ms. Mohammed on the devastating loss of Baby Akram.
“Our commitment remains to provide all the support we can to the family and find them a permanent home that meets their needs now and the future.”
