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have been not only cheapened as to cost, but where there was little to 

 spend, greatly increased in nutritive value. 



DETAILS OF THE STUDIES IN CHICAGO. 



The dietary studies in Chicago were made in the spring in the vicinity 

 of Hull House among families in the region in which the work of the 

 settlement was carried on. 



No difficulty was experienced in securing from the families selected 

 permission to make the studies, as the work of the Hull House was 

 well known to them and appreciated. As was the case in Philadelphia, 

 the families were believed to be typical of those living in the thickly 

 congested regions of our large cities. The families studied in Chicago 

 were superior as regards intelligence, etc., to those studied in Phila- 

 delphia. As regards nationality, they comprised native Americans, 

 Americans of German and Irish descent. Scotch, English. Irish and 

 German, American-Irish, English-American, English-Irish, German- 

 American, French-Canadian. Hungarian, and Bohemian. Most of 

 these families were in much better circumstances than those studied 

 in Philadelphia, a large portion of them having good incomes. In 

 nearly all of them the women were members of the Hull House 

 woman's club. The kind help and interest of this association in the 

 investigations rendered success in the undertaking easier. 



The attempt was made to secure as accurate data as possible regard- 

 ing the kinds and cost of food consumed, Init in these studies more 

 reliance had to be placed on the housekeepers than was the case in the 

 studies in Philadelphia, since with the number undertaken it was im- 

 possible to devote the time to the work which would have been 

 required for personal supervision of every detail. The data of the 

 studies, however, are believed to be quite trustworthy. Altogether 

 38 studies were made in Chicago, of which the results of 32 are given 

 in the present l)ulletin. The results of 3 of the studies included, 

 however, namely, Nos. 33a, ola, and 59a are somewhat doubtful. All 

 the others are believed to be more satisfactory. The details of the 

 studies follow. 



DIETARY STUDIES OF AMERICAN FAMILIES (Nos. 29a-35a). 



Three studies were made with American families. Of these, 7 (Nos. 

 29a-35a) were with native Americans, 5 (Nos. 36a-40a) were with 

 Americans of German descent, and 1 (No. -Ila) with Americans of 

 Irish descent. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 29a. 



The family in this study consisted of two men and two women. The 

 income of the family was $150 a month. They paid ^16 a month rent 



