[posted] Posted (#53863, Power)
David Price
ccx074 at pglaf.org
Sun Jan 1 14:35:10 PST 2017
A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton 53863
[Title: A Special Mortality among Infants at Loughton, in the Epping
Rural Sanitary District]
[Author: William Henry Power]
[Link: http://www.gutenberg.org/5/3/8/6/53863 ]
[Files: 53863-0.txt; 53863-h.htm]
For those wishing to know: A government report into a tragic incident that
happened at Loughton, Essex, England in 1877. Starting in 1877 over the
space of months 29 babies sickened and 13 died. Power was sent to
investigate the abnormal death rate and traced it back to a contaminated
case of baby lotion, produced in London, which contained a high amount of
arsnic. What's really heart-rendering is that Power interviewed the
mothers of each child, and tells their story.
All the best,
David,
Damnpest England
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