Show ealan D I 1 I 1 T suggestions FORK for THE CHILD T B beatty health commissioner there la is ample evidence ahr t malnutrition underweight and ricke rickets ts are increasing among children due to un der feeding or improper diet this situation de emanda the earnest consideration of all citizens interested ite rested in the public welfare serious impairment ot of nutrition in children often results in lifelong injuries to health happiness and working efficiency and it is the datlof duty ot society during the present emergency to see that every child receives at letina the minimum of proper foods required to protect it from such disaster easter dl with the needs so urgent with so many people at our doors sut su feran fering so severely it la is a time when I 1 those who have should share s e their ar means with those who have not A little temporary sacrifice on the pr part rt ot of the more fortunate now can well make the difference be between tweena a lifetime ot ol weakness and misery and a lifetime of usefulness and self respecting americanism tor for many s child there are well known principals of feeding that should guide in the selection ot A foods that provide the nutritional essentials a shortage of which tends to permanent injury to answer we r the question what to td do with rm cn inadequate amount of money tor for food the state board ot of health will send to any person applying a leaflet prepared by an aa eminent authority entitled food at low cost tills this publication li should prove invaluable to many who are struggling with the problem of providing essential foods tor for their families at the lowest cost in addition to detailed det cAled sch se eduali and instructions are included the following valuable thrift suggestions 1 A tall can rf of evaporated milk with an equal amount of water added la Is ta cs good tor for children as aa one quart of pas whole milk B evaporated orated milk may be used in soupy desserts cocoa and to drink 2 four pounds ot of potatoes may be used in place of one middle sized loaf of bread 3 day old bread is better tor for children than ahan fresh bread and costs less 4 eat some raw fruit or raw vegetable every day try chopped raw ra w cabbage with grated raw mw carrots red lied cobbage cabbage has more iron than white cabbage 5 use the water in which pared and leafy vegetables are cooked for soup stock 6 in place of meat use cheese fish or dried beans dried peas or dentals lent als soak these dried vegetables tables 12 hours so BO they will cook in less than one hour 7 tomatoes are often used as aa vegetables but they are fruit and tresh fresh or ca they in may ay lie be used in place of oranges angea or 8 duy buy food loose instead of in boxes whenever possible because it Is cheap er 9 remember milk AIM bread and cereals vegetables and fruits vill help to protect health all authorities agree that the dietary especially where low cost is imperative pera tive should be built around bread and milk the lower the level of expenditure pend iture the more one must forego other foods and concentrate effort upon providing these two supplemented by a little of some inexpensive fruit it this Is foeloa followed bod even it body weights are subnormal for a time there may still bo be a heals brats of sound bone and lean tissue to permit of 0 complete nutritional rehabilitation with the coming of better days milk builds hone bone and muscle better than any other food and from the standpoint of nutritional value Is the cheapest of foods in the food budget of the typical low income family it Is necessary to use one fifth often one third of the food money tor for milk in order to provide the pint 0 of f milk that the children ot such a family actually need ne ed A pint ot ol milk a dy daiy Is the minimum below w which no childs allowance of milk 8 should hould be permitted to fall and it possible 0 a quart should be provided milk furnished bythe iby ittie school may well supplement the family allowance it should be remembered that a child connot study effectively with an empty stomach and that the child la Is most to diseases children under two years ot of age and older children who are undernourished should be given cod colliver liver oil dally daily when the food allowance is extremely low the food that unaided bind unsupervised families ta will provi 13 tor tar themselves may bo be extremely poor it may consist only of such foods as salt pork meal end molasses or even of rice and beans every effort should be made to supplement lemut such food with as large quantities of the protective foods milk bread and vegetables as possible os sible no better service than that of f emphasizing in every way possible the importance ot of the existing food problems arising from the financial depression and the need tor for cooperr coo cooperative pern effort in meeting the situation in this individual citizens and communities should join in flying every aid possible the health and future efficiency of many fa milles are at stake let me again urge that you send tor for the leaflet food at low cost which furnishes much useful and reliable information inform atlon |