The Danger of Tinned meats.

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Date:1893

Description:A newspaper cutting from the Birmingham Mail August 3rd 1893.This is a report following the inquest into the death of of a young girl who died as a result of eating rabbit from a damaged tin. The tinned meat had been purchased from a shop in Franchise street, Perry Barr. However the coroner found that no blame was attached to anyone and returned a verdict that "the child had been accidentally poisoned by eating tinned rabbit".
This item is taken from the G.H. Osborne newscuttings collection

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Public Health Perry Barr Franchise Street 1837 - 1900 (Victorian Period)

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Donor ref:L93.2 G.H. Osborne collection (15/3022)

Source: Local Studies & History Department , Birmingham Central Library

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