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the total length of which is about 2 feet. By this means a small
amount is drawn from the utilizer at the same time as the beer
is drawn from the tank.
This short length of new lead piping was the only lead to be
found which could possibly account for the contamination, and
this appeared to be quite inadequate to account for the trouble.
The classic cause of lead poisoning due to beer viz :—the barman
consuming the beer that had been lying in lead pipes all night
was non-existent.
The tanks appeared to be everything that was satisfactory ;
capable of the most perfect cleansing and considerably in advance
of anything hitherto in use. Speaking generally the beer does
not remain more than 4 days in the tanks, in a few rare cases
it may be 7 days.
On the 11th July, 1 sent out an enquiry in the following
form and as the result I got some definite information:—