The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . hapin. Of the several race groups, the Jews came nearestto the Americans, followed by the miscellaneous group whichincluded the Irish and British families. The Italians, Aus-trians and Russians stood higher in the scale; and the bestconditions were found among the Germans. In the clinic study already referred to, which included manyof the children in these schools, the greatest improvement wasmade by Irish-American and American children, while thecases slowest in weight increase were found among the Italiansand Jews. To summarize the problem disclosed by th
The Survey October 1917-March 1918 . hapin. Of the several race groups, the Jews came nearestto the Americans, followed by the miscellaneous group whichincluded the Irish and British families. The Italians, Aus-trians and Russians stood higher in the scale; and the bestconditions were found among the Germans. In the clinic study already referred to, which included manyof the children in these schools, the greatest improvement wasmade by Irish-American and American children, while thecases slowest in weight increase were found among the Italiansand Jews. To summarize the problem disclosed by these studies: Atleast one-third of the school children are so much below nor-mal standards of growth as to call for special nutritionalcare. Of this group, at least one-third require medical treat-ment while two-thirds may be expected to respond to improvedliving conditions, especially as regards feeding. There arenow in the public and parochial schools of New York cityover a million children. Of other children between two and 8* -jo. The weight curve of Egbert A., representa-tive of many cases which show gradual fall-ing toward and finally below the standardof normal weight at the time of puberty. ni /2- /•>-£ (3 The weight curve of Herbert R., showing steady relative loss during two and a half years of special school care and rapid gain at the mutation camp. six—the pre-school age— and between six and sixteen butout of school and either at home or at work, there are nearlyas many again. This, if the conditions found by our studyare at all typical, means that at a moderate estimate there areover half a million children in need of nutritional attention;over half a million children requiring an additional investmenton the part of society if they are to be placed upon a planeof reasonable efficiency. Among the methods of dealing with the emergency featuresof this situation has been the establishment of nutrition clinicsat Bellevue Hospital, the Bowling Green Health Cente
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