The Accrington Ptomaine Incident (1906) | #25 | Accrington

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When 56 year old, Robert Haworth, a tobacconist residing at a place called Church, near Accrington sadly passed away on Wednesday, 7th February 1906 – the fears of Dr. Fox and Dr. Greenhalgh as well as local government officials became all too real.

What was originally thought to be cases of isolated food poisoning that had struck the residents within a small catchment of Accrington at a place called Woodnook, it would quickly transpire that the numbers were much higher than originally thought and to the horror of the authorities and public alike, it wouldn’t just be Accrington that would be affected.

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