On Sat, 06 May 2006 12:07:55 +0100, The Natural Philosopher wrote:

|It is an observed fact that the population of this country are not all
|dying of cholera, staphylcoccus, streptococcus and E colii, and didn';t
|die before we had mains water, as long as they boiled the kettle or
|added a bit of alcohol for their 'small beer'

Not all but a significant number die of food poisoning, Remember the
Scottish case.
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