Nutrition and Food Supplies
1936-09 1936 1930s 33 pages : illustration There should be no restriction of supplies, so long as supplies are insufficient to meet the nation’s food requirements. Marketing, as well as production, must be planned so as to ensure an efficient and economical distribution of foodstuffs....
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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/B0683146-9713-4195-9100-10E4F592C4A0 http://hdl.handle.net/10796/86ECB5E5-9105-4453-9168-286C36622648 |
| Summary: | 1936-09
1936
1930s
33 pages : illustration
There should be no restriction of supplies, so long as supplies are insufficient to meet the nation’s food requirements. Marketing, as well as production, must be planned so as to ensure an efficient and economical distribution of foodstuffs. Agriculture and the nation as a whole would benefit if home production were deliberately directed towards a greater supply of high-grade “health” foods. Certain proposals which are being considered at present for a great expansion of cereal production in case of war, are not only objectionable in so far as they tend to create a feeling that war is coming, but because such an expansion could only take place at the expense of other, more valuable, commodities, and must inevitably be paid for by the perpetuation of low health standards. FREE MILK FOR MOTHERS AND CHILDREN In view of the special importance of milk for health, it should be considered separately. Milk contains so many of the essential food elements that for children it is an almost perfect food, and it is essential for expectant and nursing mothers. Inquiry after inquiry — for example, the inquiry last year into milk consumption in the Rhondda — has shown that milk consumption falls from one social class to the next, and that within any working-class group, milk consumption falls, as income per head falls — in other words, the more children in the family, the less milk for each. The consumption of milk in this country in all classes is below that of certain other countries — e.g., U.S.A., Sweden, Holland — but consumption in well-to-do homes is far above consumption in poor homes. A wise nation, realising that milk is as essential as water, would ensure an adequate supply of milk for everyone throughout the period of growth. Our proposal is that every child should be supplied free of charge throughout the whole of its school life with a pint of milk per day. This should be accepted as part of our educational provision as naturally as books and 27
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