Tinned Herrings.
An order has been issued by the Admiralty prohibiting the issue to troopships of " tinned fresh herrings." The following are the circumstances which have given rise to the order :—A petty officer of the Crocodile died on January Bth last, when in the Indian Ocean, of acute irritant poisoning (probably from ptomaines), caused by liis having eaten some tinned fresh herrings seventeen hours previously, while three other men who also partook of them were taken seriously ill but recovered. The tin had been open about forty-eight hours before the men ate the herrings. To guard against future accidents tinned fresh herrings have been forbidden to be carried by the troopships, aud all other fish preserved in tins, with the exception of such as are kept in oil, are to be consumed as soon as opened, or else destroyed.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5317, 4 July 1892, Page 3
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140Tinned Herrings. Oamaru Mail, Volume XVII, Issue 5317, 4 July 1892, Page 3
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