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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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ing at bakers' shops. New bread is not of the same
economic value as bread not so recently baked.
One cannot but observe that the instruction of girls in
the purchasing of foods of good nutritional value and the
proper cooking of these foods into appetising meals would
be more advantageous to families than much which is
taught in schools at the present time.
BUDGET. Husband and wife (expectant mother) and 3 children (10), (8), (5). Money from Labour Exchange, 29s. 3d. : Rent, 10s. (two rooms); net income, 19s. 3d.
| s. | d. | s. | d. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brought forward | 9 | 9 | |||
| Milk | 4 | 0 | Meat, target of mutton | 1 | 0 |
| Bread | 2 | 11 | |||
| ½ lb. of butter | 5 | Potatoes | 1 | 0 | |
| ½ lb. of marg. | 4 | Vegetables | 6 | ||
| ½ lb. lard | 3 | Coal, 1 cwt. | 2 | 7 | |
| 3 lbs. flour | 4½ | Oil | 1 | 0 | |
| 1 lb. dates | 2½ | Soap and matches | 6 | ||
| ½ b. tea | 5 | Fish | 4 | ||
| 2 lbs. sugar | 4½ | Eggs | 5 | ||
| Beans | 3½ | Bacon | 3 | ||
| Milk (skimmed) | 2 | Rice | 3½ | ||
| 9 9 | Total | 17 | 7½ | ||
| Balance | 1s. | 7½d. | |||
MEALS.
Breakfast.—Bread and margarine, tea, sometimes jam.
Dinners.—(*Target of mutton—Dinners for 3 days.)
1st Day.—*Ribs roasted, potatoes and greens.
2nd Day.—* Rolled and roasted, potatoes and greens.
3rd Day.—*Stewed, dumplings, potherbs, potatoes. Pastry.
4th Day.—Fish, potatoes, pudding made from chopped dates.
5th Day.—Eggs and rice, potatoes, pudding.
6th Day.—Bacon and bread fried in gravy, pudding.
7th Day.—Beans, potatoes and greens, pudding (suet)
Teas.—Bread and margarine, tea, sometimes jam.
Children have tea at 6 p.m. Go to bed at 6.30 p.m.
Target of Mutton (4 or 5 lbs.) bought in market on Saturday night
for 1s.
Bread.—Stale bread 2½d. per loaf; 2 loaves daily.
Sometimes a little cheese bought out of balance.
All children's clothes made out of old clothes.
Mother repairs children's shoes. Can buy an old motor tyre for 2d.
or 3d. at the rag fair. Strips the tyre and uses rubber for soles and
heels.
Fish.—Boiled and made into fishcakes, as it goes further.