An Outbreak of Severe Diarrhœa Traced to Food
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ing to use the old maize after careful selection and rejection of spoiled grains (some 40 maunds were thus lost out of 100). I decided to use the carefully picked old maize. The rice was new, that is, it was purchased in end of December, and was at least three months old ; but, where possible, I prefer rice a couple of months older to begin with. It so happened therefore that on the 21st March the rice issued to the prisoners was too
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