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Originally Posted by HarryT
Very few people had clean drinking water available to them prior to the 20th century. That's why people - even young children - drank (weak) beer, rather than water - the brewing process killed the bacteria.
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And then the English also switched from beer to Tea as well didn't they? That led to thegreat Tea growing empire during their colonial period as well as the slave trade prior to 1800 or so. Boiled water probably didn't get rid of all problems but I wager it helped some too.