NINE PERSONS ILL.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 370, 11 March 1932, Page 5

NINE PERSONS ILL.

Sudden Attack of Ptomaine Poisoning. SEVEN IN HOSPITAL. AUCKLAND, March 11. Nine occupants of a house in Point Chevalier became ill last night after tea, and seven were removed to hospital suffering from ptomaine poisoning. They are: George Lachlan Dunn, aged 44, a blacksmith, condition serious. James Lauchlan Dunn, 21, serious. George Dunn, 10, serious. Mrs Jessie Richards, 36, of New Lynn, serious. Mrs Annie Dunn. 44. Doreen Dunn, 12. Miss Clara Nelson, 20. Two others, Miss S. Dunn and Eric Dunn, were able to remain at home. The family began to feel ill at about 7 30, and when Miss S. Dunn returned after ten o'clock she found the others in agony, none being able to help the others. She herself had been slightl} r affected, but soon recovered. She summoned a doctor, who ordered the worst cases to hospital. Mrs Dunn had gone to a euchre tournament. There she became ill and was taken home. The condition of all the patients was reported at nine o’clock to-day to have improved. Now Recovering. It. was reported at noon that all the patients were recovering. The household's evening meal consisted mainly of cold pickled pork, part of which had been eaten cold on the previous evening, and tongue. Miss S\ r bil Dunn, who was the least affected, ate only a small portion of the pork. When she returned she found the others in agony. She hurried to the telephone, but, as many local doctors were attending the medical conference ball, she had to make twentytwo rings before she found a doctor in.