149. The following tables show the composition of typical meals for members of the coolie class and how they vary with the income earned.
Table XIII.
Income $30-45 a month.
Weight Cost Rice 10.2 Oz. $0.032 Vegetable 2.6 0.004 Meat 1.95 0.030 Oil "" 0.020 Salt 0.002 Soya bean 0.002 Firewood bundle 0.040 H.K.$0.130Income under $30 a month.
Weight Cost Rice 10.2 Oz. $0.032 Vegetable 2.6 0.004 Oil 0.013 Salt 0.002 Soy 0.001 Saltfish 2.6 0.028 Firewood bundle 0.020 H.K.$0.100150. These figures show that the average cost of a meal for a coolie in Hong Kong is about 10-14 cents, and investigations have shown that the average minimum price paid per meal at a food-stall or to a hawker is 12 cents.
151. Deficiency diseases occur, the commonest being beriberi. Osteomalacia, pellagra, rickets and scurvy are rare.
Beriberi is a serious problem, as it is very widespread both among infants and adults. It causes much ill-health and permanent disability and is a frequent cause of death at all ages. Out of a total of 38,819 deaths in 1938, 2,673 were attributed directly to beriberi. It will be noted that this figure represents an increase of over 1,000 on the 1937 figure. This fact in itself shows how much the standard of living and nutrition must have declined among the poorer classes of the community during 1938.
152. An enlarged Nutrition Research Committee was appointed by the Governor in 1938 to investigate nutritional problems in the Colony, and it is hoped that some light will be shed on practicable methods of prevention as a result of its activities.
(B) Measures taken to spread the knowledge of Hygiene and Sanitation.
153. The fatuity of giving lessons on hygiene in buildings which run counter to every tenet of the hygienist's faith has already been touched upon.
154. The maternal and child welfare centres continue to do valuable work in teaching personal hygiene and mothercraft to the women who visit them, and the health nurses are able to teach some domestic hygiene when they visit the mothers in their homes.
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149. The following tables show the composition of typical meals for mem- bers of the coolie class and how they vary with the income earned.
Table XIII.
Income $30-45 a month.
Rice
Vegetable
Meat
Oil
Salt
Weight. 10.2
Cost.
OZ.
$0.032
2.6
0.004
1.95
0.030
""
0.020
0.002
Soya bean
0.002
Firewood
bundle
0.040
H.K.$0.130
Income under $30 a month.
Weight.
Cost.
Rice
10.2 Oz.
$0.032
Vegetable
2.6
0.004
Oil
0.013
Salt
0.002
Soy
0.001
Saltfish
2.6
0.028
Firewood
bundle
0.020
H.K.$0.100
150. These figures show that the average cost of a meal for a coolie in Hong Kong is about 10-14 cents, and investigations have shown that the average minimum price paid per meal at a food-stall or to a hawker is 12 cents.
151. Deficiency discases occur, the commonest being beriberi. Osteomalacia, pellagra, rickets and scurvy are rare.
Beriberi is a serious problem, as it is very widespread both among infants and adults. It causes much ill-health and permanent disability and is a frequent cause of death at all ages. Out of a total of 38,819 deaths in 1938, 2,673 were attributed directly to beriberi. It will be noted that this figure represents an increase of over 1,000 on the 1937 figure. This fact in itself shows how much the standard of living and nutrition must have declined among the poorer classes of the community during 1938.
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152. An enlarged Nutrition Research Committee was appointed by the Governor in 1938 to investigate nutritional problems in the Colony, and it is hoped that some light will be shed on practicable methods of prevention as રી. result of its activities.
(B) Measures taken to spread the knowledge of Hygiene and Sanitation.
153. The fatuity of giving lessons on hygiene in buildings which run counter to every tenet of the hygienist's faith has already been touched upon.
154. The maternal and child welfare centres continue to do valuable work in teaching personal hygiene and mothercraft to the women who visit them, and the health nurses are able to teach some domestic hygiene when they visit the mothers in their homes.
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