The Cook Tragedy.

Hokitika Guardian, 22 February 1923, Page 3

The Cook Tragedy.

[ii\ TELEGRAPH —t'EU PRESS ASSOCIATION'! C 111! ISTC ill Ltl 11 ■ l'’*-*' l ' l • I >L - T. K. T,-I Ford, IU-iiltii Officer ( HtiU'i-liilry mi dtlic ''Vest (onsl, soul he umnd there were only three toods eiitoil by the iam.lv at tin: mud mo;,I mil!,, bliiuc mange, »i |( ' .stowed ~„ts. samples of which he secured. Mr liiekei'tou, Government mialy-t. had made rapid tests of the food. Witness v. as present at the post mortem examination made by lb- pearsm., " l|: ’ subsequently icported having n-coveied the bacillus aettruche from the milk and hlane mange. Ur Pearson subsequently recovered these from the organs of the deceased. A guinea P'g was inoculated with the emulsion of the I,lalie mange, and died within 3b hours and the same bacillus wrs recovered from the animal. That, definitely located it. Witness tlmmughIv inspected C ook's premises, and came to the conclusion that they were too small for the family, and were unsuitable for the preparation ol foul for sale. The Coroner: "What food did they prepare T' Witne-S : “lee cream/’ The Coroner: “The surroundm;were nhsolately mihvgenie. were they?” “Xot so much from the tmurm- ol cleanliness, but for the reapaval ion food." . , Tit further evidence Ur Telford sum there was no doubt lb-- ! 'iiik was contaminated. It in! Id a- d’. »'' ,l come cntamimit. I - ■«’ L ’ l, y comact. C'iea n“ 1 c -■ O'" linger was e:ii" , ■ •• • r : ■ : - jh „f eight pel- us. rad 1 1 r 1 ;r ' food was all Ihr m .re liaMe ’• lamina! bn. .. . . . he had : o:m lied wit It • ’’' p-.rtment's rogu! = t : -'i: 'i. . . i The (Vuoiu :• p'?'v;;. path-.- H r"I '•!' '■ ; ; :: <r ilv in the great i- - i -ml ” ed. tut. coroner's ii,J.u,Ks. ( URISTCHURt hi. h'el’ »iThe Coroner, returning Ins verdict at ti. Cook inquest. said: "I don't think if i'- necessary For me to mime anv remarks regarding this distressing case. It is clear from the post mmtom and bacteriological examinationIn- Hr Telford, that the raise el the whole trouble was barillas in the mic and in the Wane mange made from the milk. How the contamination took place is only a matter of conjecture. Whether it arose through personal contact. or Hies, or any other menus, e. u only he conioetuved. The cause " , h as deposed by Ur Pearson, was toxaemia, caused by bacteriological poison i up:." _