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dispensaries established by the State or by the Society for the Campaign
against Tuberculosis, foodstuffs are distributed free of charge. In 1935,
the Child Protection Society arranged for the distribution of 64,751
litres of milk in different towns.
In 1934, some investigations were made in the elementary schools
into the nutrition of children from 7 to 12 years of age. The method
consisted in weighing the children. According to the results obtained,
the level of nutrition was found to be very satisfactory. In some villages,
the index number sometimes exceeded 100. No other method has hitherto
been applied.
Rations in secondary boarding-schools and vocational schools are the
following :
Grammes
Bread 600
Meat 350
Fish 200
Rice 80
Butter 70
Sugar no
Potatoes 225
Dried vegetables ... 120
Salt 20
Cheese 45
Milk 150
Green vegetables . . . 250-300
Fruit 200
United States of America.
In the United States, the improvement of the dietary of schoolchildren
has been developed through the schools. As a part of the relief activity
in the States, school lunches have been supplied to children from
families on relief or to definitely under-nourished children who could be
certified as in need of the extra food supplied (see also Chapter VII,
pages 254-256).
Uruguay.
The Uruguayan Child Welfare Association runs at its own expense
eleven refectories, where children of school and pre-school age are given
a rational and properly balanced dietary.
Yugoslavia.
In Yugoslavia, the school authorities are responsible for the running
of school kitchens organised in the primary schools. School kitchens in
which indigent pupils can get breakfast and lunch are organised in the
principal cities with the help of private enterprise. In the villages and
smaller towns, they are less frequent owing to the absence of material
resources or philanthropic institutions of any importance.