HYGIENE OFFICES RECEIVE 48 MORE POISONING CASES

Forty-eight more men reported to the Hygiene Building yesterday with symptoms of digestive disturbances similar to those that broke out in Kirkland House Wednesday night. Simultaneously a questionnaire was being circulated by Aldrich Durant '02, Business Manager of the University, to the men who had reported Thursday, but no definite results were obtained.

The questionnaire enclosed copies of the Wednesday menus in the House Dining Halls, and the men were asked to check off all dishes of which they partook. As no dish was unanimously chosen by the sufferers, the possibility of a polluted bit of steak, tomato juice, or something of that nature was obviated

The other obvious source of infection, that of an infected food-handler in the Central Kitchens, seemed also disproved, when it was ascertained that two of the men answering the letter had eaten lunch at a club on Wednesday, and held that meal responsible for their illness. Also, among the sufferers who reported yesterday were several from the Union and one man who lives outside the University dormitories, and consequently ate at none of the Halls.

While all remnants of the suspected food were under the examination of the Massachusetts Department of Health, and of the Medical School, little hope was held for a definite verdict as to the cause. Apparently these sporadic epidemics occur in the best regulated restaurants: before the days of the House Plan, periodic breaks from the Square cafeterias were not infrequent, and although every effort is being made to solve the problem, it seems that little more can be done than is done at present to obviate future difficulties.