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quantity. The opinion is expressed that it is faulty, badly 

 compounded, and generally not well chosen for the physiological 

 purposes which it is supposed to satisfy, further, it is often 

 insufficient (loc. cit., p. 109). 



It should be noted that all the inquiries which have been made 

 as to the food of the working classes have, with few exceptions, 

 led to the same general conclusions as are above set forth. ( J ) 



The results, tabulated below, for various trades, are 

 interesting : ( 2 ) 



(*) Inquiries on alimentation are numerous. We quote : 



In England : Rowntree, Poverty : a Study of Town Life, London, 1902 ; 

 Paton, Dunlop & Inglis, A Study of the Diet of the Labouring Classes in 

 Edinburgh, 1898: Cameron, Preced. of Roy. Soc. of Edinburgh, 1906. 



In Belgium : Slosse & Waxweiler, loc. cit. ; A. Lonay (Revue d'Hygiene 

 Alimentaire, 1906, p. 70) ; Julin (La Reforme Sociale., 189r-2). 



In Sweden : Hultgren and Landergren, Untersuchung u. die Ernahrung 

 Schwedischer Arbeiter, Stockholm, 1891). 



^ In Germany : Ohlmiiller (Zeitsch. f. Biol., 1884) ; Voit (Ibid., 1889) ; 

 Stefan, Die Ernahrung des Bauern. Dissertation, Wurzburg 1890* 



In France : Maillard (Revue d'Hygiene Altmentaire, 1909) : A Imbert 

 (Ibid., 1906) ; de Marou,ssem, la Question Ouvriere Ebenistes du Faubourg 

 Saint-Antotne, Paris, 1892) ; Landouzy and Labbe (Presse Medicale 1905^ 

 O. Piecquet (Revue d'Hygiene Alim., 1906). 



In Italy: Albertoni, Sul Bilancio Nutntivodi del Contadino Italiano 

 Bologne, 1894; id.. Sul Bilancio Nutritivo di una Familia Borgese Italiano 



