New York, June 25.
More than 400 children attending school in the State of New York are suffering from ptomaine poisoning.
Such is the result of the investigation ordered by the Mayor of New York, Mr. Fiorello LaGuardia, following the discovery that many children have been taken ill after having partaken of the food served them in the public school of Staten Island. 155 children are still in hospital at Present and several cases have proved to be quite serious.
The investigation has further made it clear that improper and dangerous food has been served in various occasions to the children—Havas.
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