Nutrition and Food Supplies
1936-09 1936 1930s 33 pages : illustration and vegetables, cheese, fish and meat decreases, until in the lowest ranges of income they are eliminated altogether except for occasional cheap scraps of meat, a bit of the cheaper cheese and perhaps half a pint of milk on Sunday. At the same time there is...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : The Labour Party
September 1936
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/10796/9F490BCE-2896-481B-B17B-F09D100375ED http://hdl.handle.net/10796/F54CE863-BA63-4B7D-B585-98B170D8704D |
| Summary: | 1936-09
1936
1930s
33 pages : illustration
and vegetables, cheese, fish and meat decreases, until in the lowest ranges of income they are eliminated altogether except for occasional cheap scraps of meat, a bit of the cheaper cheese and perhaps half a pint of milk on Sunday. At the same time there is an increase in the amount of bread and potatoes purchased. Good Nutrition Impossible for Poor Once again we have the most conclusive evidence that in spite of heroic efforts on the part of mothers, many families are forced down to a bread, potato and margarine diet, and that too often that diet is shared by the mother during pregnancy with little or no additional nourishment. Letters which have been sent along with the forms, many of them very detailed and illuminating, express over and over again the bitterness and anxiety of mothers who realise the damage that is being done to their children through the enforced restriction of their diet to cheap “filling” foods, and the lack of more nutritive foods. Replies to the question “What quantities would you buy (that is, of the body-building and protective foods) if you could afford it?” — show that housewives have a very sound idea of dietetics and know the importance, especially for children, of milk, eggs, fresh fruit and vegetables. We believe that the mothers who have taken part in our inquiry are typical of the great majority of working-class mothers, and we can only describe as impertinent and ignorant, statements by individuals with little or no knowledge of working-class conditions, that malnutrition is caused by ignorance of food values and cookery, and unwise buying on the part of housewives. We have received detailed accounts of incredible effort and planning to turn the most unpromising material into palatable and appetising meals. Many mothers would like to have more cooked meals, but cannot, because of the cost of fuel, or gas, and sometimes because of their inability during a long spell of unemployment, to maintain a proper stock 14
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