A heartbreaking letter reveals a health visitor's request for two-year-old Awaab Ishak to be moved out of his mould-hit home.
The toddler died on December 21, 2020, just over a week after his second birthday. He had been living in a one-bedroom flat at the Ilminster block on Rochdale's Freehold estate, which is owned and managed by Rochdale Boroughwide Housing (RBH).
Home Office pathologist Dr Philip Lumb previously told Rochdale Coroners' Court that mould at the property was 'the most plausible, or only explanation' for the fatal breathing conditions that led Awaab's death. The inquest heard this week how one of Awaab's health visitors, Caroline Ridley, sent a letter to RBH in July 2020 supporting a request for the family to move due to damp and mould.
