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Show ' mitted lo the city liealfli department for action. i Said to Cause Death of Thousands of Children in New York New York, Sept. 2. The hook worm has been found In considerable numbers num-bers in the milk and butter supply of New York by Dr C. C. Carroll, a Pennsylvania bacteriologist, who Is conducting a series of experiments here. "It has been said," said he, "that the hook worm does not exist above the Mason and Dixon line. As a mailer mai-ler of fact It Is the chief cause of children's aliments follnwlng the drinking of ordinary milk. It Is an prevalent here as it Is in the south aud yearly causes thousands of deaths among children." Dr. Carroll's reort has been sub- |