MID-MORNING LUNCH IN RURAL SCHOOLS 37 



Table 11. — Mean Gl.\nd Scores of Children .\s Affected by a Mid-morning 



School Feeding* 



School 

 and 

 Year 



Number of 

 Children 



Sept. Jan. June 



Total 

 Gland Scores 



Sept. Jan. June 



Posterior 

 Cervical 



Sept. Jan. June 



Anterior 

 Cervical 



Sept. Jan. June 



Subma.\illary 



Sept. Jan. June 



Evaporated Milk 



[1930-31 

 C 1931-32 



iTotal 

 D 1932-33 



Total 



A 1931-32 

 D 1932-33 



76 87 88 

 78 92 83 



77 89 86 

 82 88 87 



77 89 86 



34 39 41 

 37 46 42 



35 42 41 

 42 44 43 



36 42 41 



Evaporated Milk and Tomato 



Tota 



Total 



55 59 38 

 11 16 19 



I 360 391 314 



77 93 88 

 81 90 88 



78 91 88 



38 46 44 

 40 46 42 



39 46 44 



17 21 20 



16 22 20 



17 20 19 



16 22 19 



9.0 10.0 9.4 



8.4 9.0 8.0 



8.7 9.5 8.9 



7.7 8.7 S.5 



8.7 9.4 8.8 



8.2 9.3 9.2 



8.1 9.1 9.1 



8.2 9.1 8.9 



All Receiving Lunch 



77 89 87 I 36 43 42 

 No Lunch — Controls 



17 21 20 I 8.6 9.4 8.9 



*After discarding for colds, all children receiving a fall examination used. 



Summary 



Before going orf to a discussion of the effect of the mid-morning feeding on 

 the growth of the children, the findings from a study of the medical records may 

 be summarized as follows: definite though not marked improvement was indicated 

 in the condition of the children receiving milk, whether pasteurized or evaporated, 

 as a supplementary school feeding. Little if any effect of tomato juice in the 

 amount given was shown in the condition of the children. The improvement 

 was most evident in posture, color of mucous lining of the mouth, tonsils, glands, 

 and skin color. None was apparent in the lungs, subcutaneous tissue, or muscle 

 tone. Correlations indicate that a significant relationship existed between 

 nutritional condition and muscle tone, skin color, lungs, subcutaneous tissue, 

 posture, glands, tonsils, and color of mucous membrane, in the order given. 



Influence of the Mid-Morning Lunch on Growth 



All previous observers have reported that their subjects gained more rapidly 

 in weight when given a supplementary school feeding. Leighton and Clark 

 (11) also reported a definite increase in the growth of their subjects in height. 

 In the present investigation the children who were given a lunch grew somewhat 

 more rapidly than the controls in weight though not in height. The data on 

 which this statement is based are summarized in Table 12. 



