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November 28 1940
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FOOD
AND FEEDING
Some Practical Observations on How Things Are
I HAVE recently been mak ing some personal investi- gations into the incomes and expenses of some of the poorer sections of the community.
The Government's 'free milk scheme for children of five and under and for expectant and nursing mothers has proved our awareness for providing adequate nutrition. The scheme costs the Government £7,500,000 per annum.
The Government is also subsidising many of the essen- ··(3) tial foods and endeavouring to control the prices of essential commodities, and trying to prevent pronteering with its concomitant inflation. It lies with those who have educa- tional influence to co-operate in securing that the best use is made of what is available. Here are some facts:--
Family A.
(1) Number in family, 7, including father and mother, and chil- dren aged 14, 13, 11, 9 and 5 years of age.
(2) Income £2 68. unemployment
nssistance.
(3) Expenses: Rent_125., coal 29. fd., light 2s, clothing club 38., insurance 18.
Says this family: "What we are receiving is not sufletent to clothe and shoe the lot of us and to feed the children and ourselves all the week. Often there is nothing in Teserve in the larder.
We can't afford to buy milk; butter is too. dear. Three of the children get free meals in the school feeding centre, and we are thankful."
Family B.
(1) Number in family 7, including father and mother, and chil- dren aged 20 (a cripple), 13, 12, 10 and 9 years of age.
(2) Income £2 69: from unem- .ployment assistance, and the
BY
EDDIE
WILLIAMS,
B.Sc.
Chairman Children's Nutel-, tion Council (Wales Area)
cripple is on relief just enough to keep himself.
Expenses: Rent 115., coal 25. d., Ilght 28., clothing 4s., Insurance 15. 6d.
They observe they are unable to use ment coupons because meat and bacon are too dear. Their chil- dren are without bools most of the year because boots are out of their reach. They buy one pint of milk a day and two tins of milk a week. The children in school have free dinners.
· Family C.
(1) Number in family 9, including father and mother, and children aged 14, 12, 9, 7, 5, 3 and 1 years of age.
(2) Income £2 s. unemployment allowance and Bs. war pensiun, le, a total of £2 13s.
(3) Expenses Rent 10s. 10d., coal 25.0, light_1s. Gd.. clothing club 5s, insurance 2s.
are
This family reports they pleased their children get free meals at school, but think there could be more verlety in the menu. Chil- dren get sick of soup so many days week. They cannot afford to buy their allowance of meat, bacon and butter. They buy nine pints of inilk a week and two tins. Not one of the children attending school gets free milk.
Family D.
(1) Number in family 9, including father and mother, and children Aged 14, 12, 11, 10, 8, 4 and 2 years.
(2) Income £4 76. maximum on Government factory erections,
but in wet weather no work possible, although bus fares of 12s. 6d. a week have to be paid. So sometimes only £2 8s, Ed. Is earned from the contractors., (3) Expenses: Rent 11s., conl Is., light 1s, insurance ls. id. bus fares 128. Od., clothing club 73., other clubs 19. Gd.
Their observations are that they seldom can afford their rations of butter, and that eggs are beyand them. They only buy tin milk, but now get two pints a day free for the two children under five. Two of the children get free milk in and four free dinners. The dinners in school are too much stews. With rising prices, money doesn't go very för. Boots are 3 very difficult proposition owing to their cost, and chlidren break them so quickly.
These statistics upon analysis show that certain sections of the people must and life very hard, and food sentee and dear for their bud- getting. Cheap carbohydrates are their staple diet. What a boon must the Government millt scheme be to these people, for milk contains all the vitamins and essential foods. Those engaged in communal feed- ing should pay heed to parents aug- gesting a better and more variable menu for school feeding. Soup, stew, soup, stew, during this hot and grand summer, must have been sickening for the youngsters. The The
numbers feeding, despl
despite Gover
ment efforts to encourage communal
have decreased Instead of
ecem, "ood control interfer-
ence has forced some curtailment, 'and the difficulty in obtaining cook- ing utensils, gas cookers, and good kitchens has also prevented the necessary and advisable expansion. as recommended in the Board of Education Circular 1520 on School Feeding.
The Ministry of Food is trying to ensure that the essential foods shall be available to all at prices ali people can afford. The Govern- ment is on the right lines with lis free and cheap milk sch
schemes, and with its urge for communal feed- ing, and with its kitchen front cam- paign for sample dishes. The peo ple on this side must, grow as much fresh food as possible. The poor- est can cultivate gardens and allot- and ments, and get cheap seeds fertilisers through their organist. tions.
New V.C. Afraid POCKET CARTOON
of Dentist's Chair
By R. L. Marshall
TWENTY-THREE-YEAR-OLD Jack Mantle, hero of the sen Tand latest winner of the V.C., was very afraid of one thing.
when ashore--the dentist's chair.
re-
This, and other intimate detalls of his life were vealed to me by his mother.
At her cottage home at sho Shirley, Southampton,
told me how "very, very gen- tle" was this acting lending acaman who fought his gun to the death in the 5,500-ton merchant cruiser Foylebank.
"Jack didn't seem to be of the heroic type," said Mrs.
fact, he was so gentle that we all used to say he ought to have changed places with his oldest sister, who is the toughest of the family.
"At school he was nover outstanding, either in sport or study.
"What he liked most ns a youngster were days in the country with the Boy Scouts. "When he was 16 he went into the Navy. He took to the sea at once.
"He became a regular swot, and studied to get on.
"We did not hear of his V.C. until we found the house besieged by neighbours and friends scrambling to bring the news.
.
"Then, at last, we really be. lieved the stories of his bra very told to us by his ship mates after his death..
"Knowing Jack as we did it seemed, Impossible that he could have borne so much.
At Jack's old school, Taun- tons, the headmaster, Jr. R.
'AN
... the Field Marshal wifi de here any minute now'!??
J. Hemmings, called the boys into the hall yesterday and}| told them about the V.C.
"Jack was a fellow you could always rely on to stick to a job," Mr. Hemmings said to me.
FUNNY SIDE UP By Abner Dean
Cape, 1948
"I forgot to tell you, Dear, the decorators came to-day!”
They're Jealous
of the Gestapo
By-Victor-Schiff ITORIES of
widespread
corruption in occupied territory, and rivalry between the Gestapo and the German Army were told me yesterday.
My informant is a Belgian business man who has just arrived in this country from France.
Racketeers
VICTIMS of a new racket which has spread through Holland, Belgium and France, are people who wish to leave on bu- occupied territory siness, or as refugees-and can afford to pay the price of an easy passage.
The racketers are not con- fined to the Gestapo. A friend who needed a military travel- ling puss to leave Belgium was told by the German Army officer with whom he had to "deal":
"I don't see why the Ges- tapo alone should make all the profit."
Cashing-in
SCOPE for this sort of cor- ruption has been widened by the German order that all ap- plications for exit visas from France must be sent to Vichy. The dolay thus incurred is usually "five weeks,
But it is possible to ignore Vichy and yet obtain permits. "Only," says 'my Informant, "It costs a lot of money.
"For it appears that many French Civil servants in the unoccupied areas have seized the opportunity to Peash-In" on the racket.
Overlords
GESTAPO agents are at work in Unoccupied France with the formal approval; of J the Petain Govern-
The only reservation is that they may not act unless accompanied by a French police official,
There are scores of these Gestapo men in Marseilles, watching the enjoy preferential ports. They treatment in their hotels, especially over food.
They order, and generally · get, - whatever they like.
In one big hotel they demanded that Jewish guests should be served In a separate dining-room. This was done.
The hotel staff was polite and
.with sympathetic
French and foreign Jewish guests, but extreme- ly obsequious to the Germans.
On the whole the population in Marseilles behaves extraordinarily well towards the tens of thousands- of stranded refugees. The spirit of the population is definitely hostile to Petain and not at all anti- British.
Armlets For Jews
IN Antwerp, not long ago, the local Rexist leaders, who considered themselves rulers of the town un- der German protection, urged the German military Governor to con- pel Jews to wear yellow armlets.
They told the Governor that this was the urgent wish of the over- whelming majority of the people.
The Governor believed it, and Issued a decree to that effect.
Next day practically every Jow was accompanied by Aryan friends. seen walking arm- They were in-arma, or chatting together in
cafes,
The Governor was furlour with the Rexists who had fooled him, and repealed the order within the next 24 hours.
Germans Fall Out
THE German Army in Antwerp and the Nazi black shirts and brown shirts are not getting on well together.
A few weeks ago a clash occurred! between these rival bodies in which two brown shirts were stabbedija
The Gestapo, which has police powers even against the Army, ar- rested 200 German soldiers an a result.
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