PERILS OF ICE CREAM.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1639, 4 January 1913, Page 6

PERILS OF ICE CREAM.

13 IT PTOMAINES 7 A HEAVY LIST OF CASES. (By Teloßrapli.-Bpcoial Correspondent.) m , , Wanganul, January 3. -tflcro havo been quito 100 cases of ptomaine poisouinp reported to tho medical authorities in Wanganui during the ii °?? 1]1 ° of da y' s ' In mos t of tho cases tho victims partook of ice oreams on Now lears Evo at a local establishment. Tho symptoms did not develop for some 12 or 15 hours afterwards, but in several instances tho sickness was of a violent and tievero nature, but fortunately without any fatal result so far. Amongst tho .victims were Mrs. G. M. Gardner and her w n !««« s >, M isses Hilda and Dulcio Kimble. Ihe _threo»wero very ill, especially Miss.Dulcie Kimblo, but all are improving now. Investigation toy . the ■ health', inspector did not reveal any cluo as to the cause of the outbreak., 'The premises where the ico creams'were manufactured and sold showed that everything was clean and the.strictest cara was taken. It,has been suggested that impure milk or cream may-have caused tho trouble., .CASES AT NEW PLYMOUTH. (By Telesraph-Prosß Aesoclatdoru) .'■' _ ■ New Plymouth, January 3. Doctors and chemists havo been busy all day yesterday arid to-day treating some scores of people who are alleged to bo suffering from ptomaine poisoning in a mild form through having partaken of ice,cream.at local seaside picnics. The poisoning is supposed to havo been due to defective milk, and, while many of the cases are painful, none ans supposed to be serious. ' .-.■•• I .:■-. ■• ~==,''-. ; -:.|