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from lack of nutrition because of inability to purchase food. 

 But very often it is ignorance of what is most nutritious 

 and best to get with the money available that is responsible 

 for the suffering. 



Where well-to-do and ordinarily intelligent people are not 

 normal in health, and not free from disorders and ailments 



. ^Cents 



Oysters 



Celery 



Oranges 



Eggs 



Fish, fresh 



Beef, dried. . .. 



Bananas 



Sirloin beef . . . 

 Corn, canned. 



Mutton 



Cabbage 



Salt codfish. . . 

 Beef, round. . . 



Ham 



Salmon, canned 



Pork loin 



Milk 



Apples 



Cheese 



Turnips 



Beef stew 



Butter 



Rice 



Potatoes 



Wheat bread . . 

 Wheat cereal.. 



Salt pork 



Corn meal. . . . 



Beans 



Oatmeal 



FIG. 72. Comparative cost of the same amount of energy from different food- 

 stuffs. (After Weed.) 



directly traceable to over-indulgence in foods, it is a reflec- 

 tion upon their judgment and. self- restraint. Foods may be 

 unsuited to an individual in their quality and quantity, or 

 because of conditions under which they are eaten. In many 

 cases of ill-health the mischief was done during the years 

 of childhood and infancy, and before the years of discretion 

 had been reached. During youth, as well as in later years, 



