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The Growth and Nutrition of the Slum Child in relation to Housing—the One and Two-roomed House

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

Annabel M. T Murray
Annabel M. T Murray
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From The Institute Of Physiology, University Of Glasgow.
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A Report of the Medical Research Council (1926) was published last year on the results of extensive investigations, carried out under the auspices of the Scottish Child Life Committee of the Medical Research Council, on the environmental and parental conditions affecting the growth and nutrition of the slum child. This showed that while there were great differences in the growth and nutrition of these children as indicated by weight and height, these differences could not be correlated with such environmental factors as income and air space (degree of crowding), nor with the parental factor maternal health, while the evidence adduced did not indicate that diet was a determining factor. In fact the only significant correlation discovered was with the efficiency of the mother.

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Research Article
Information
Journal of Hygiene , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , July 1927 , pp. 198 - 203
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1927

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