Salt Lake Telegram | 1938-09-19 | Page 5 | Food Poisoning Toll Increases

FOOD POISONING TOLL INCREASES CHICAGO Sept 19 W UP The The The number of persons stricken In an I outbreak of food food poisoning in Chicago Chicago Chicago Chi Chi- cago and suburban Elmwood Park Parkrose Parkrose Parkrose rose to 85 today as health authorities author authorities ties directed bacteriological tests to find the source of the mysterious epidemic Forty five of the victims representing representing representing rep rep- resenting at least 16 families were under treatment on Chicago's northwest side adjacent to Elmwood Elmwood Elmwood Elm- Elm wood P Park rk where one man died last Friday and members of his family were vere stricken Since then the number of cases in the suburb has mounted to 40 Dr Herman N. N Bundesen president president president dent of the Chicago Board of Trade said his investigators found that albut all al allbut allbut but one of the Chicago victims had bad eaten tainted pastry Edward NNelson N N. Nelson president of the Elmwood Park health department said ald many of those stricken In the village told of eating pastry shortly before they became ill iU Only one Chicago and five Elmwood Elmwood Elmwood Elm- Elm wood Park victims are in the hospital hos hos- pital