1878. A Case of Poisoning at Whitchurch from eating Roast Pork.—Only the leg of pork was poisonous, other parts eaten without injury. Two persons died after about thirty hours’ illness. The pork itself, on a particular Sunday, was innocuous; it became poisonous between the Sunday and the Monday; the toxicity appeared to gradually increase, for those who ate it for dinner on the Monday were not taken ill for periods of from seven to nineteen hours, while two persons who ate of it in the evening were attacked four hours after eating.
1880. The Welbeck Epidemic, due to eating cold boiled ham. Over fifty persons affected. Symptoms commenced in from twelve to forty-eight hours.
1881. A Series of Poisoning from eating Baked Pork, Nottingham.—Probably the gravy was the cause and not the pork itself. Many persons seriously ill. One died.
1881. Tinned American Sausage.—A man in Chester died from eating tinned American sausage. Poison found to be unequally distributed in the sausage.
1882. Poisoning at Oldham by Tinned Pigs’ Tongues.—Two families affected. Symptoms commenced in about four hours. All recovered. After a few days’ keeping it would appear that the poison had been decomposed.
1882. A Family Poisoned by Roast Beef at Bishop Stortford.—Only a particular piece of the ribs seemed to be poisonous, the rest of the carcase being innocuous. Symptoms did not commence until several hours after ingestion.
1882. Ten different Families at Whitchurch Poisoned by eating Brawn.—First symptoms after about four hours.
1884. Tinned Salmon at Wolverhampton.—Five persons, two being children, ate of tinned salmon at Wolverhampton. All suffered more or less. The mother’s symptoms began after twelve hours, and she died in five days; the son died in three days, the symptoms commencing in ten hours. The post-mortem signs were similar to those from phosphorus poisoning, viz., fatty degeneration. Mice fed on the material also suffered, and their organs showed a similar degeneration.
1886. The Carlisle A Case.—At a wedding breakfast in Carlisle twenty-four persons were poisoned by food which had been kept in an ill-ventilated cellar. The articles suspected were an American ham, an open game pie, and certain jellies. The bride died. Symptoms commenced in from six to forty-three hours.
1886. Poisoning by Veal Pie at Iron Bridge.—Twelve out of fifteen ate of the pie; all were taken ill in from six to twelve hours.