Show SCHOOL CHILDREN HOT LUNCH All schools should furnish at cost costa a hot hol nutritious dISh at noontime to all school children who bring a cold luncheon to schools whether the they are underweight or of normal weight according to a letter sent out to all school superintendents by Dr E. E G. G Gowans state director of or health in the department of public instruction The letter follows One of the first things to emerge as a result of our physical examinations examinations examinations examina examina- will be the tho information of weight weigh height and age We Wo shall discover a large number of children under weight After the health supervisor supervisor su su- has segregated the cards of those who are at least 7 per cent under under under un un- un- un der weight there are some definite things to be done to correct the malnutrition of these children Three things should be done First Invite First Invite the mothers of underweight underweight underweight un un- children to attend a class where instruction will be given inthe in inthe inthe the essentials of the science of nutrition nutrition nutrition tion this instruction to be furnished furnish furnish- ed b by your our own home economics teacher or some public spirited woman of the district who can be in interested interested interested in- in and who knows the lem Second Second Furnish Furnish at cost a hot nutritious 1 dish at noon time to all children who bring a cold 1 1 t cheon to school whether they ar t r weight or not T Third Third ird F t co t tt t t Hi every under a feeding of whole milk mUle and aud graham crackers this special meal to to- con con- of a half pint pint or of whole milk and a few tew crack crackers rs for each child Such a feeding involves no preparation preparation preparation tion of food since the milk can in inmost inmost inmost most cases be In in half pint scaled sealed bottles and nd all that is then necessary is to shake and unseal unseal unseal un un- un- un seal the bottles and furnish each child with a straw from which to sip the milk as he slowly ea eats s the crackers If It milk bottles are not In use the home economics teacher should devise a suitable method There is little use In our discovering discovering dis dis- covering Cring underweight children unless unless unless un un- un- un less we at once and in tho the most scientific scientific entitle manner attack the problem Of course there must be tact In approaching approaching approaching ap ap- ap- ap parents and wisdom used to s secure cure their sympathetic oper co-oper co oper n. n Just as soon as your weighing and measuring have been completed please send to this office the following following follow follow- ing information 1 The total n number um ber of children weighed and measured 2 The fhe number of children underweight under underweight underweight weight for age and height 3 The Tho number numb r of children children- 7 7 percent per percent percent I cent or more under weight n n |