Show r Malady on Bride Ship orT Takes ak s Sixth Baby NEW V YORK May Jay 23 The The death toll of or babies stricken ill m aboard G. G L bride ships mounted I to six Thursday when a month 5 old girt in this country only four o r days ds died in Pittsburgh The child Vivian Smith a arrived here with her mother Mrs Howard Smith whose husband lives JIves In Burbank Ca Cal on the S. S S. S Brazil Sunday The death which physicians diagnosed temporarily as acute diarrhea and maln malnutrition W was the first reported D among ong the tho Brazils Brazil's passengers Five infants who traveled on the bride ship Zebulon Vance have e died from a 8 mysterious ailment aUment which struck them as they crossed the Ute Atlantic A federal Investigation was begun begun begun be be- gun after mothers complained of overcrowding and unsanitary cons conditions con aboard the vessel The Vance ship docked here Monday after a day 13 voyage from Lc Le Havre Four Pour deaths occurred occurred occurred oc oc- oc- oc at the Fort Hamilton hospital hos hos- pital pital where where 15 other babies originally originally were taken taken and and one at Paris Ill IU Several ailing aUing Infanta infants have since been transferred from the army hospital to other hospitals hospitals hospi hospi- tab or their homes for private treatment Latest reported death was wu that i of or Robert Ball BaU week old SO son of ot I Mr and Mrs Robert Ball BaU who tiled Idled Tuesday night at Paris Pari Ill HI of ot what the attending physician diagnosed as malnutrition developing developing devel devel- into pneumonia The childs child's mother said he had refused a food formula prescribed shortly before and took no nourishment nt after the thel ship left Le Havre May 7 O One c of the wives Mrs John Alt All bertl rU formerly of or Keerbergen Belgium said cabins aboard the Vance were so 80 cr crowded w ed that in inthe inthe the tho cabin in which I came over there were 18 8 women and and 10 babies Her old month son Ion Anthony is seriously lill un in a New York hosp hospital tal The baby is skin akin and bones like tho the victims of ot th the horror camps at Dachau said the Infants in infants infant's infants infant's In in- fant's father a former staff geant of Portland Me J JNo No Examinations Mrs Aliberti said the baby was healthy when she boarded the ship and added that although the baby became ill ut there was no medical examination except a perfunctory scrutiny of at the childs child's hair the day before the ship landed Another war bride Mrs Jeannie Battenfield 20 said sanitary conditions conditions con con- aboard the vessel were deplorable deplorable de dei i pl Her child chUd Myriam 6 months is ill at a New York hos hos- pital Earlier her husband Dr John Battenfield a former army doctor and now director of health services for tor the University of or Oklahoma said old he believed the illnesses were cAu caused ed by poor sanitary conditions aboard the Vance Launch Investigation In The federal investigation Into the cause of ot the Illnesses was launched by Dr Roy E. E Bodet Bodel chief chiet quarantine officer of or the theU theU U U. S S. S public health service for tor the New York port of at embarkation While the port said it would await the outcome of ot autopsies before committing Itself on the cause of ot deaths Dr Israel Weinstein Vein Wein- stein acting New York city health commissioner said the outbreak resembled summer diarrhea Earlier Col Cot John U. U chief of public relations for the port said the Vance was equipped with enough medical officers and supplies to handle any ordinary situation that might occur |