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Edmonton 1919
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Edmonton]
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EDMONTON CANTEEN COMMITTEE.
REPORT FOR 1919.
During 1919 meals were supplied to 180 children. (The number in 1918
98, and in 1917 was 81.) Of these, 130 were the children of widows, 43 were
children whose fathers were temporarily out of work, and 7 were children whose
fathers' wages were not sufficient to allow the children to be properly fed at
home.
The number of children receiving meals each week was as follows:—
| January | 53, | 57, | 56, | 57. | |
| February | 56, | 58, | 62, | 64. | |
| March | 63, | 59, | 65, | 57, | 55. |
| April | 54, | 60, | 62, | 62. | |
| May | 58, | 63, | 63, | 63, | 72. |
| June | 70, | 66, | 70, | 72. | |
| July | 71, | 72, | 90, | 92. | |
| August | 87, | 84, | 75, | 76, | 75. |
| September | 74, | 75, | 76, | 75. | |
| October | 72, | 77, | 89, | 90. | |
| November | 83, | 73, | 75, | 71, | 78. |
| December | 81, | 79, | 99, | 77. |
All the dinners were supplied at the Feeding Centre in Fore Street, Upper
Edmonton. Owing to the increase in the cost of foodstuffs, etc., the price
paid for each dinner was raised from 6d. to 7d. in December, 1919.
The conditions of investigation were the same as in recent years. The
Central Investigation Committee met on six occasions during the year.
List of Menus, February, 1920.
Note.—Quantities for 50 children are given in Dinner No.l. Quantities in
other dinners should be similar, and so arranged that each child receives
14£ozs. of food cooked and ready to be eaten.
Monday.—Dinner No. 1.—Stew.—beef, 61bs.; haricots, 3 pints; bread,
81bs.; potatoes, 161bs.; onions, l1b.; carrots, l1b.; turnips, 41bs. Baked rice
pudding.—rice, 61bs.; milk, 1 quart; sugar, l1b.
Tuesday.—Dinner No. 2.—Roast beef or mutton, greens, potatoes,
bread; boiled plum roll.
Wednesday.—Dinner No. 3.—Shepherd's Pie.—meat, potatoes, onions,
bread ; suet roll and jam. Or (in summer)—Dinner No. 4.—cold meat,
potatoes, bread; suet roll and jam.