At an inquest at Stepney, E., on Selina Vogt, 24, of Mile End, London, it was stated that she became ill alter eating a duck's egg. Dr. Thomas, medical officer for fcitepney, said there was no doubt that death was due to infection from the bacillus Aertryckc, one of the Gaertner group usually associated with food-poisoning from eating meat. It. was relatively heat-re-sisting, so that the ordinary boiling or frying which the eggs underwent in cooking was not sufficient. So far as ho could trace, there had been no record in tho United Kingdom of any cases of food-poisoning from eggs, but in French literature there were some cases in which ducks' eggs were implicated. There was no doubt that bacteria could penetrate the bhell into the egg. A verdict of death by misadventure was recorded.
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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 18670, 20 April 1926, Page 11
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