DEADLY BACILLUS.
INFECTED MUTTON CAUSES DEATH. GERMS GATHERED AFTER SLAUGHTER, SAYS DOCTOR. By Telegraph.—Press Assn.—Copyright.—A us. anil X.Z. Cable Assn. (Received .Tunc 27, 10.30 a.m.) LONDON, June 26. At an inquest at Hammersmith into the death of a dairyman. a verdict was returned that the man died front foodpoisoning’, attributed to a meal of imported mutton. Evidence was given that an analysis of his stomach contents revealed bacillus aertryck, which exists chiefly in mutton, and sometimes in fish. A pathologist. Dr Bronte, expressed the opinion that the carcase became infected after slaughter, from air, water, soil or a workman’s hands. Bacillus would not grow while the carcase was frozen, but its generation was probably aggravated by the heat wave. The Coroner, Dr Oswald, said that some people would perhaps be prejudiced against colonial mutton, but he considered such mutton safe, because the sheep lived in line pastures in countries that were not over-populated.
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 17575, 27 June 1925, Page 1
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