“…Yet many of these chemicals are toxic to life and have been doing harm for years, insinuating themselves into blood, body tissue, sperm and egg. "Body burdens" of toxic chemicals are now being measured in humans and wildlife all over the globe. …”

“…The system prevalent in many hospitals of patients supplying part of it such as butter, tea and eggs should be abolished and the hospital should be responsible for providing all the food needed by the patients. …”

“…VALUE Sugar 275 tons 8/10 cwt (c.i.f. value) £2,429 - - £2,429 Jam 4 tons £25 per ton fob 100 70/- M £28 128 Bacon 4 tons 78/3d cwt " 313 70/- M £33 340 Eggs 50 cases 42/- case " 105 50/- M £19 124 Full Cream Unsweetened Evap. …”

“…Harvey, Miss. Wreford, Miss. EGGS AND FRUIT, ETC. Alford, Mr. Exton Church. …”

“…First class proteins and fats, such as fish, eggs and butter are being used less, and their place taken by second class foods, with an unduly high starch content. …”

“…Butter, Bacon, etc. ... 147 5 1 4. Eggs 18 2 9½ 5. Milk 302 4 0½ 6. …”

“…Fish ............................................................. 200 per cent. Eggs ............................................................ 168 per cent. …”

“…It might also be found possible to obtain two or more eggs weekly, thus enriching the diet in constructive and protective nutrients. …”

“…Milk, butter, cheese and eggs are available in varying and restricted amounts. …”

“…Reporting to the tuberculosis officer cases in which extra milk, eggs, and butter, and/or additional beds, bedding or shelters are required. 8. …”

“…I pressed our management some time ago to provide free milk for the welders, because having worked in the Soviet Union, I knew that welders there were provided with both milk and eggs free. I thought our management might be friendly to the idea but I was mistaken. …”

“…Make a cotton-wool ball about the size of an egg, and tie the end of a piece of twine or tape tightly round it. …”

“…Toast or rusk with butter or margarine, or with yeast extract occasionally. Porridge, egg, fried bread, or bacon or stewed fruit. 127/NU/5/5/1/28…”

“…Potatoes 28 oz. 488 11.4 .1 3-6 — 318 1176 Eggs, 1 71 5.5 — 1.1 200 28 — Oatmeal 2 oz 236 6.8 — 2.3 — 85 — Green veg. 16 oz. 147 8.0 .5 5.6 939 182 4160 Root veg. 8 oz. 70 2.2 .1 1.0 2837 48 416 Fish, fresh 4 oz. 88 16.0 — .4 38 28 — Fish, canned 1 oz. 56 6.1 — .3 44 6 — Liver 2 oz. 72 11.1 .1 3.3 6134 40 — Cod liver oil 21 c.c. 182 — — —- 14648 — — Wheatmeal bread 32 oz. 2070 63.6 .4 19.2 700 — Total per week 3480 130-7 1.2 36.8 24840 1435 5752 Total per day ... 497 18.7 .17 5-2 3549 205 822 Total per head per day of rationed and unrationed foods. 1530 47.7 1.0 7.8 4934 369 982 The quantities, of foods given in the table are gross, and the amounts of nutrients are only approximate. …”

“…1942-03 1942 1940s 24 pages 3 The amount of vitamin D in many foods is not yet known; the best sources are oils and fats, particularly fish liver oils, butter, modem margarine and eggs. It is also formed in the body when the skin is exposed to sunlight. …”

“…Bacon 2 „ 1/5 „ Pork 3 „ 1/3 „ Cheese 3 „ 3/4 „ Oatmeal 3 „ 1/2 „ Sugar 3 „ — „ Split peas or beans 3 „ 3/4 „ Lentils 3 „ 3/4 „ Rice 3 „ 1/4 „ Flour 3 „ 1/3 „ Barley flour 3 „ 1/3 „ Maize meal 3 „ 1/4 „ Bread 4 „ 1/3 „ Meat (free from bone) 5 „ 3/4 „ Syrup, jam, marmalade 5 „ — „ Milk 16 fluid ounces 1/2 „ Eggs 4 in number. 1 „ Potatoes (20% allowed for waste) 17 ounces. 1/3 „ * A pennyworth of each of the following foods at the maximum retail prices approved by the Food Controller yields the number of calories shown:— Bread, 524; rolled oats, 372; potatoes, 300-400 (according to kind of potatoes); pork, 112; cheese, 111; milk, 108; jam, 100; beef, 69 ; mutton, 67. …”

“…1943 1943 1940s 28 pages : illustrations Index Page Alcohol, effects of ..13 Anaemia, causes of.. 9, 10 Aperients ....................3 Appetite, and smoking 13 Approved Societies .. 22 Bathing ....................6 Baths, for sleeplessness ........................3 Beans, food value of.. 10 Bed-wetting................17 Beer ............................13 Beri-beri ....................8 Beverages..........3, 13 Black-out, and ventilation........................4 Bleeding, vitamin to prevent....................11 Blood, circulation of 7 —foods for........10,11 —functions of............9 —stream ....................10 —test............................15 Bones, foods for.... 10, 11 Bowel action................2 Brain, foods for .... 9 Bread, food value of.. 10 —wheatmeal ............12 Breakfast, punctuality of ............................2 Broccoli, food value of 11 Butter, food value of 10,11 Cabbage, raw, food value of....................12 Calcium, necessity for 10, 11,12 —sources of........10,11 Carbon, dioxide............9 Carrot, raw, food value of ............................12 Cereals, food value of 9 Change, necessity for 6 Cheese, best use of.. 10 —food value of............10 Child Welfare Clinics 18 Children, bed-wetting in ........................17 —cleanliness of............18 —cod-liver oil for.... 11 —evacuee........ 17,18 —fruit juices for.... 12 —health of........16-18 —house-training of.. 17 —milk allowance for 11 —nervousness in.... 16 —parents and......16-18 —Public Health Services for...... 21,22 —sleep needed by .. 4 —sunbathing for .... 6 —vaccination of.. 21,22 Chives, food value of 12 Circulation, to improve ........................3 Cleanliness ................18 Cod-liver oil, food value of....................11 Coffee..............3, 13 Cold, and sleeplessness 3 —infections......20, 21 Combs, cleanliness of 19 Complexion, vitamin for............................11 Constipation................3 Cooking vegetables.. 12 Corporal punishment 17 Coughing, germs from 20, 21 Cycling........................7 Dandelion leaves, food value of............12 Diet, balanced............8 Digestion and smoking 13 Digging as exercise.. 7 Diphtheria, a cause of 20 —mortality from.... 21 —prevention of .... 21 District Nurse............19 Doctor, when to consult......3-4,8,14,19 Dripping, food value of ............................10 Eggs, food value of 10 Elderly people and sunbathing ............6 Endive, food value of 12 Energy foods............8,9 Exercise........................6-8 Expectant mothers, milk for....................11 -public health services for............22 Eyes, vitamin for.... 11 Family life........ 15 Fatness.............7,8 Fats, necessity of....8, 10 Fertility, vitamin for 11 Fish, food value of.. 11 Flour, food value of.. 11 Foods, importance of choosing..........8-12 Fresh air........... 3-5 Germ carriers...... 21 Germs, to combat .. 19, 22 Green vegetables, food value of.......... 10 Hairbrushes............19 Health and happiness 17, 22-23 —Visitors....................19 Heat of the body.... 9 —sources of................10 —stroke, a cause of.. 5 Herrings, food value of..............................10 Holidays .......... 5, 6 Immunisation .... 21, 22 Independence in children........................17 Infections .... 14, 19-22 Influenza ....................20 Inoculation........21-22 Iron, sources of.....10,12 Lice............................18 Lime, see Calcium. …”

“…Protein is the chief solid constituent of lean meat; it is also present in milk, cheese and eggs, and occurs in all vegetables, particularly in flour (bread), peas and beans; it is not only a source of energy, but it is also a body builder, and no dietary can be complete without it; the body requires protein in the food in order to build up its own living substance, and cannot do so with the aid of fat and carbohydrate alone. …”

“…Only 11lb. of solid food, nearly two-thirds of it being bread, is obtainable with ration cards for one person for a month. Milk, eggs and fresh fish are reserved for invalids with medical certificates, who, however, are never sure of the ration. …”

“…Only 11lb. of solid food, nearly two-thirds of it being bread, is obtainable with ration cards for one person for a month. Milk, eggs and fresh fish are reserved for invalids with medical certificates, who, however, are never sure of the ration. …”