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The pletum IllusinU work that l being 4on la man?
rhoola of th eauntrjr, a kwdlac edocatora hUev
Uiat m kaowledse of booaekeeplnc and sanitation will
. aid tha poorrr claiaca la xemcdjrins maax of tha Ula -hero
described. , .
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etu!3y. conditions and results.- !, The results Hal
been assembled from all sources that could con
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Hfigjy'r, C0tt?ofcik$tcJuldien; U --w not kiiUag stunting deforming and crushing intellectually, the starred children
- 'Vrt trtuHils; af tkgUniied States f alone." It is maintaining thousands of sources of infection, ranging from.repnl
f-Sf which. taint the. whole "body of the
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ri'.W ' The evil, presenting the ame consequences inithe-United btates, becomes
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vtnentdlydeftctiveTchii ! direction i of , Prof .
.... .,.,. .; . . p-.r;. :ii . pi malnutrition ' aue - to - lnsum
n, children of one typical A mmVtf ;cient feeding. Many children'
fttnthes whose yearly :income tsjtpo
' WO getf enough to eatJ I - defects of whicji;. the primary
, , .TAtf children in three h out of " four h cause .is .: insufficient , nutrition
';-. r-; .. . , . . tJ:t:. ' L-i' ' : and unhygienic home conditions.
h ypKl working jnen s families .whose - . Doctor 'Witmer has also served
T. come is less than fodo a year no not get ' on committee of - the Home
I enou gh to eat. r ' ; ," and Sch3ol. League which;, for
r ' 1 " " ituvyn is mwcT inun ne pcrt,cniue , m school. feeding. -
" 7" " o o thqse who do not. get. enough tb eat v The work of this committee
' : ohVithe'mass of the people largely .-emonstra -the co-operation
-:f r i- t J ij'1: of 'philanthropy, science 5 and
,ir :v'Ntr'-J,;7 'c y'- ncJ w":. educaUon in investigating ; the
'. enough to ream school and pe-countedQ
:tSpatnledeformirig: fatal and con-:
i': - 4- tagious diseases p ire t ainong the accompani-'
7 ' i 1 t meutt'ofjthpfiormcaH thMs'lmalm;
ic; ; f non.i if cnuaren oj in prosperous ana-
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V J Af Condiiionsiti vjhjlnitedfSiMi
V y j similar to; those i found iall over Euro
-' . ' Thereiis no radical 'cure,- excel
' 1 aholitioniof lpoveriy?'-
i f;. n MIE: facts do not be'eome apparent from the it
t ; ijluminatihg" and iequally t appiOKngJarofluiwfy
:V-vr?ji upon the hideous-' truths by .educators.' of inter-1,?" VTf
l-.;:'H,4 m national ,iame;...-.'tr. y'?.?T-i.v ?;hn 1
.'v.? ii: -f. . Great Britain' has iust discovered that the ;t? '
VSi ty terrible 'consequences of : the,Tarious! forms oft 't
i : ; , t starvation among school children,' grouped under l;
th;oneiword.alnutrtibn,are not confined to'';V'4f.;
. 1 ' the first victims alone. Directly and indintl"..
. ' i t ' ; i all'auch starvations contribute' to. the sum total V ,
'v ':h ' :'f-s of diseases which. are transmissible' to children ".,'
' J ; ! r ' who do get enough, to eat.' 'The evil; therefore, . . y
;.'. ? reveals itself in a new and more terrible h'ght'r v ',1,
' S Edciety; by-reason of the hunger it-tolerates,. is r TT
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facts of untlerf eeding and in ex- . i "f . 7- V V i f' ' - I
'perimentingwith methods of 'll W'fyA v" I
aUeviating the unfortunate situ- I
ation of o xnany. hundreds of ' -t " s 1 1 'BlSli i '
i children in various cities H. O. V . ' ?t 7 jV ,
' Bonnell,.. as chairman of the 4 yi' , l iVA Ci(M , 1 !
committee ofX the ; Home ' and J " f! hYC& : ' !
School: "Leaguefhas"bee V1 ' i "tjr" ',
tive agent in- promoting a piece '; JLY, V. x. ( '- ' " iff L
U?f Which, is.attracting the . , Z V A'. w . f jCf
-attention i of ' all parts of rthe , 1 I A lUi.. tt fl ' i H f
country.; It is the first "impor-, f K 'V'1 '"": -A I ' . i I
itant effort made to feed awfenol . V. , I -A'- ' J:i 4- 't ,,' i ' 1
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Otto ' T. Mallery;1 president ' of "the Education
4 Association; equally active nx playgrounds and ;
school feeding; .Hiss Aliee ,0. ; Boughton,, who " '
has provided luncheons for school children, and ,
' Miss Mary L. Leeds,- whoBe very important
work' has .been5, the study of -home conditions.
The state of. affairs in all the large cities of the
" Tjnited .StatesEas'.been :"Bubjected "to"compre-"T?ir"
hensive study and; thorough, analysis, such fas "
. probably no other, expert, or group of experts, ' -could
bring to bear.- The figures palpitate with
the life of the myriads who supply them., t "
The psychological clinio has for some yean
. found it necessary to provide board and lodging, ' j
-as' well as; training; for ;8ome of : the children
under, its care. Last summer a. definite experi
;ment was made of providing noonday: meals in
' connection with.:, a class ' of backward -children.'
.This experiment- was under the direction of Mrs.
' Louise S; Bryant; who is in charge of the social '
' service department "of. the psychological clinic
It is from, the intimate knowledge of the ,'
facts in his own possession and that of his assist-. v
ants that Doctor "Witmer makes the impressive 1
review of exUting condilic which follows:
"Technically, malnutrition is the condition , .
arising when,' for any' reason, the body's tissues
.are not receiving enough nourishment; first; to '
supply the, energy needed, and, second, to supply
the materials of which the tissues are luilt., ,: ;
' "Two . f or ms , of malnutrition, are generally
found; , One is where the child is strong enough, -
so far as the normal amount of tissue goes; but '
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i- P'iharyroj 'conditionsfdsuthey exist the :fK:??f:ti' '
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-''!:B: The. more 'salient -ainong. them '.aire gar--'-f-'-Cf ''v:.'
" ; .-.'. uoreu ifofli cnreiiu Btuay- OI tne m- ; - v"-;:,;-;.!
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