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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
West Ham 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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HEALTH IS BETTER THAN WEALTH
This Child Eats:—
Wholemeal Bread.
Butter and Dripping.
Fresh Fish.
Good Meat.
Green Vegetables.
Suet Pudding.
Eggs.
Fruit.
He Drinks:—
Pure Milk.
Cocoa.
Water.
He Wears:—
Woollen Undergarments.
He Exercises:—
In the open-air.
This Child Eats:—
White Bread.
Margarine and Jam.
Dried Fish.
Tinned Food.
Dried Peas and Beans.
Pastry.
Sweets.
He Drinks:—
Infected Milk.
Tea.
Coffee
He Wears:—
Cotton Undergarments.
He Exercises:—
Very little or not at all.