Nutrition and Food Supplies
1936-09 1936 1930s 33 pages : illustration In 1926 an experiment was carried out by Dr. Corry Mann among schoolboys at an industrial school near London, where all the boys were on the same “basic” diet, which was considered an adequate one. They were divided into groups, one grou...
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
| Published: |
London : The Labour Party
September 1936
|
| Subjects: | |
| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/D4EE3F8D-D27F-4820-A857-AEF5E5493B1C http://hdl.handle.net/10796/1730C932-95A6-4049-B6B3-94F43B6A6591 |
| Summary: | 1936-09
1936
1930s
33 pages : illustration
In 1926 an experiment was carried out by Dr. Corry Mann among schoolboys at an industrial school near London, where all the boys were on the same “basic” diet, which was considered an adequate one. They were divided into groups, one group receiving only the “basic” diet, the other receiving an additional ration of food. The most striking comparison at the end of one year was between the “basic” group and the “milk-ration” group. Gain in weight. Gain in height. Basic Group 3.85-lbs. 1.84-ins. Milk Group 6.98-lbs 2.63-ins. Dr. Corry Mann’s report points out: “Apart from the marked gain in weight and height ... there is also a general improvement in their physical condition. They lose the marked tendency to chilblains. ... In addition they become far more high spirited and irrespressible being often in trouble on that account, and though it is not possible to measure this change in their mentality by statistical methods yet the change was unmistakable.” An investigation into the Health and Nutrition of children in Newcastle-upon-Tyne revealed the wide gap in health between poor children and well-to-do children. A group of 125 working-class children (103 of them children of unemployed fathers) was compared with 124 children belonging to the professional classes. Poor Children Well-to-do Children Percent. Percent. Below normal weight 55 13 Above normal weight 11 48 Below normal height 47 5 Above normal height 2 11 Anaemic 23 0 Sir Robert McCarrison, in a recent lecture, “described comparative studies of rats to demonstrate the freedom of well-fed animals from disease and the proneness to disease of animals fed on such a diet as was commonly used by the poorer classes in England. ... Rats fed on this sort of diet showed stunted growth and other signs of poor nutrition. They were susceptible to two chief classes of ailments — namely, pulmonary and gastro-intestinal.” (British Medical Journal, 29/2/36). It is not unreasonable to suggest that this diet is producing similar results on the families who are compelled to live on it! 10
127/NU/5/5/1/12 |
|---|---|
| Physical Description: | TEXT |