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fairest comparison of the results, and, furthermore, it would affo*rd 

 some opportunity for noting in how far the dietary habits of the 

 families of foreign birth or parentage had been moditied by residence 

 in the United States. 



DETAILS OF THE STUDIES IN PHILADELPHIA. 



The first half of the yeaj* devoted to these investigations was spent 

 in Philadelphia. The work there was done under the auspices of the 

 Philadelphia College Settlement, which, although at that time but 

 recently started, was already in touch with many of the families in the 

 region in which it was located. The helpful attitude of all members 

 of the settlement household and the special kindness of Miss Hancock, 

 a college settlement worker in the neighborhood, secured for the 

 investigator a readv entrance to the homes of the families selected for 

 the studies and insured favorable conditions for the investigation. 

 The attempt was made to establish friendly relations with all the 

 families, and to convince them that the work was undertaken for a 

 useful purpose and not to gratify idle curiosity. That this end was 

 accomplished was shown by the almost uniform readiness with which 

 questions were answered, and l)y the fact that the people were almost 

 without exception very courteous in every way. 



All the investigations in Philadelphia were carried on in the winter 

 season. In the data here reported the families studied included 

 Americans, German. Colored. Irish. Italian-Irish, and German, Rus- 

 sian, and Roumanian Jews. The ways of living of the families made 

 it possible to secure what are regarded as fairly reliable data, a con- 

 sideral)le amount of which was recorded by the investigator. In all 

 25 studies were completed, of which 22 have been considered of sutfi- 

 cient accuracy and completeness to include here. The details of these 

 studies follow. 



DIETARY STUDIES OF COLORED FAMILIES (Nos. 7a-lla). 



The six dietary studies of which the details are given here were 

 made with colored families. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. Ta. 



This study was made with a family of two persons, a man and a 

 woman, living in one room, for Avhich they paid SO cents per week. 

 Their income was about $2.50 per week during the winter season, at 

 which time this study was made. The woman was weak and afflicted 

 with neuraloia. In addition to the food materials included in the table 

 they spent cents for collee, S cents for tea, and 1 cent for pot herbs. 





