AN ALARMING EPIDEMIC.
.• » ■ WHOLESALE POISONING IN THE MIDLANDS. BEER SUSPECTED. TTniteS Press Association— By EJ&ofcrU Telegraph—Copyright. (Received Nov. 28, 9.20 a.m.) LONDON, Nov. 27. There is ,much alarm in the Midlands, owing to the\epidemic of alleged arsenical! beer poisoning. Numerous cases ihave beeni observed for several months. The Health, Officer, a.t> Salford, states that eighiy-eigltf; deaths from alcoholism have occurred in/ Salford alone duringvthe past eight months.! The brewers 'deny that there ie arsenic in! stheir beer, and invite itfnresbigation. They! are withdrawing supplies \ open to the bub-, picion of contamination.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 6962, 28 November 1900, Page 2
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91AN ALARMING EPIDEMIC. Star (Christchurch), Issue 6962, 28 November 1900, Page 2
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