372 EXPERIMENT STATION RECORD, 



"Till" ciidcavor (o siiiiiily cliildnMi in tlio schools '■vlicrc these Uinches are 

 inanitMiiKMl with nutritious fo(Hl at small cost has met with gratifyiiiK siicoess." 



The work is undertaken by a i)hilanthropic association and an attempt is 

 made throujjjh this school work to reach the pupils' homes and improve living 

 conditions. 



The feeding of school children, R. Crowley (Pith. Health \ London'], 23 

 ( moil). A'o. .i. I). 101). — An a<<-ount is given of the supplying of breakfasts and 

 dinners to children during 1JX)S in schools in Bradford, England. There are in 

 all 2(1 dining rooms where meals are servtnl. The average cost of the food 

 alone was 2.2 cts.. and the total cost including all administrative expenses, 3.8 

 cts., ]H'r meal per child. 



School canteens in Paris, L. Rutte (Rxv. ^oc. .S'c/. Ifyf/- Aliment. . 5 (lUOH), 

 No. 3, pp. 573-616). — The organization and management of the Paris system 

 of supplying foods to school children is discussed and a large amount of 

 statistical and other data summarized. The recommendation is made that 

 the board of sni)ervisors of school canteens in large towns should include 

 physiologists, chemists, medical experts, and economists. The author also 

 reconunends that the pupils who receive food without cost should he served in 

 a special room. 



Free noonday meals for needy children, C. Driessens < Rev. Soc. Sci. Hyg. 

 Aliment., 5 [1908). No. 3, pp. 6"7.i, 673). — A critical discussion of the French 

 system of school canteens. 



Public charity in relation to food, P. Cornet (Rei'. Soc. Sei. Hyg. Aliment., 

 ') (1908), No. 3, pp. 557-561). — In this discussion of the diet of the poor a num- 

 ber of daily menus are given together with the cost of the foods. The author 

 concludes that the observed faults in the diet in such cases are due to insuffi- 

 cient food. 



Cost of living — prices — wages, G. D. Bayley (Handbook Brit. Guiana, 1909, 

 pp. 579-581). — Data are given regarding board, house rent, cost of domestic 

 servants, and prices of various articles of food in British Guiana. 



List, with local prices, of tools and implements and utensils used in the 

 interior, G. D. Bayley (Handbook Brit. (Juiuna, 1909, pp. 529^')32). — Detailed 

 information is given regarding the kind and cost of camp utensils needed in 

 the interior of British Guiana and a list of provisions estimated as necessary 

 for 10 men for 4 months. 



Cost of living in China, J. C. McNally (Daily Cons, and Trade Rpts. [TJ. ,S.], 

 1909, No. 3650, p. 12). — Information is briefly summarized regarding the in- 

 crease in cost of foods and other household expenses in China, particularly for 

 foreign residents, during the last 10 years. 



Studies of the physiology and pathology of fat distribution, G. Mansfield 

 (Arch. Physiol. [Pfliigcr], 129 (1909), No. 1-2, pp. //6'-6'2).— Using dogs as sub- 

 jects, the author determined the proportion of total fat and fat which could be 

 extracted with ether in the blood, muscle, heart, liver, and brain under normal 

 and jiathological conditions. 



Variations in the amylolytic power of the saliva of nursing infants, G. 

 FiNizio (Rev. Hyg. et Med. Infant.. ,s i 1909). No. 3, pp. 22.'/-2.'/.0 ) .— The data re- 

 ported show that in normal infants the amylolytic power of the saliva from the 

 first days after birth to 12 mouths is more marked in the earlier period than 

 in the later. When a year old this amylolytic power of the saliva is little 

 inferior to that of a child 2 or 3 years old. and perhaps not inferior to that of an 

 adult. The amylolytic power of the saliva of infants of the same age is not 

 always the same. 



The iron content of the spleen, C. Capezzuoli (Ztschr. Physiol, ('hem.. 60 

 (1909), No. 1. pp. 10-1 'i). — In the spleen as well as in the liver an iron-contain- 



