1918.] FOODS HUMAN NUTRITIOIT. 769 



Food supply in families of limited means. — A study of present facts of 

 the food problem in Boston families, by six welfare agencies, members of 

 the League for Preventive Work, M. M. Davis {Boston: League for Preventive 

 Work, 1917, pp. 2ff}. — The author concludes from this study that "the general 

 public needs to be much more fully awakened to the serious effect of present 

 food prices upon the nutrition of families of small means, particularly families 

 in which there are many young children." An increase of income as well as 

 food instruction may be necessary in the lower income group. " Present food 

 conditions obviously demand of all charitable societies which administer mate- 

 rial relief that they revise and study carefully the money standards of income 

 which they are providing for their families." Each social worker should have 

 a general knowledge of food values and should advise with a trained dietitian 

 on problems of the food budget for the families. 



Cost of living in the District of Columbia, [I-V] (Mo. Rev., U. S. Bur. 

 Labor Statis., 5 {1911), Nos. 4, pp. 1-17; 5, pp. 1-12; 6, pp. 1-18; 6 {1918), Nos. 

 1, pp. 1-12; 2, pp. 1-12). — This is a series of reports of the findings of the 

 special agents of the Bureau of Labor as to the cost of living of wage earners 

 in the District of Columbia. 



In the initial report, a summary view of family incomes in the District is 

 given. It is shown that a large proportion of families, both white and colored, 

 in Washington receive incomes of $900 to $1,000, which are held to be inadequate 

 to maintain a normal family in comfort. 



The second report presents a summary of family expenditures. The fact that 

 a very large proportion of the low-income families of Washington are not spend- 

 ing enough money upon food to maintain the family members in good health is 

 brought out. Family expenditures for food, clothing, housing, sickness, amuse- 

 ment and recreation, insurance, car fare, and other incidentals are also discussed. 



In the third report, dealing with the feeding of the family, a Special dietary 

 study made by the Bureau of Labor in cooperation with the Office of Home 

 Economics of the U. S. Department of Agriculture is reported, which records 

 the dietaries of 31 families. These dietaries are analyzed and comments made 

 on those of selected families. The conclusion is reached that 30 cts. per day 

 is the least sum upon which an adult male could be properly fed in 1917 at the 

 prices then prevailing. It is further pointed out that this sum is extremely 

 low, and that even when no allowance Is made for waste and ignorance a very 

 large number of families covered by the investigation fall below the " minimum 

 of subsistence " line and many far below. 



The fourth report deals with wage-earning women, who they are and what 

 they do. A general consideration of the personal and working conditions of 

 600 wage-earning women is presented. 



In the fifth report, dealing with wage-earning women and their clothing, it is 

 pointed out that of 600 wage-earning women of Washington studied 82 per cent 

 spent less than $150 per year for clothing, 93.5 per cent less than $200, and only 

 6.5 per cent as much as $200. 



Food supply of Jamaica in relation to the great war, H. H. Cousins {Ann. 

 Rpt. Dept. Agr. Jamaica, 1917, pp. 1-6). — The fact that .Jamaica is well 

 adapted for the production of a variety of foodstuffs and can obtain very 

 large yields per acre is emphasized. An increased production of the native 

 foodstuffs for 1917 was predicted. That the people are quite largely dependent 

 upon Imported fish, bread, and dairy products Is also' brought out. 



[Public dining room service]. — Five per cent of population eat in public 

 dining rooms {Hotel Mo., 26 {1918), No. 300, p. 55).— The estimate is made 

 that the hotels, restaurants, and dining cars of the United States feed approxi- 



