Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-10-11
FAVOR SCHOOL
LUNCH PLAN
Board of Health Support Plan
After Discussion Last
Night
GARBAGE ALSO TALKED
Nothing to be Done at Pres
ent--0ther Work at Long
Session
GARBAGE ALSO TALKED

The Board of Health last night
move to establish school lunches in
the public schools of this city. and
offering their cooperation to the
Board of Education in putting this
nutrition measure into operation.
DR.. Charles l. Silk, president of the
health board, told the members of
bringing the matter before the
school board at their regular meet
ing last week and explained in de-
tail the benefits to be derived by
the school children from the
lunches.
A large number of the school
children in Perth Amboy are under
nourished, DIR. Silk said and this
system of school lunches will be of
great benefit to the pupils. This
new means of giving nutrition to
children has been ipaugurated in
many cities and is proving success
full, DR.. SIR said, the idea being to
sell or give to the children one
half a pint of milk and crackers
as a lunch each morning.
The cost of the milk and crackers
would be five cents. he said. or the
milk alone would cost four cents.
There would be small profit in this
undertaking which would make it
possible to supply the milk and
crackers without cost to certain
children of poor parents who could
not buy it. The best time of day to
have the children partake of these
simple but nourishing lunches would
be about 10 o'clock in the morning,
DR.. Silk said.
In order to properly carry out
this nutrition program, DR.. Silk
said. it will be necessary to weigh
and measure each child when the
program is first instituted, card
being given the child showing these
measurements and weights. After
the nourishment has been partaken
of by them for a certain time the
first of a series of regular exami-
nations will be made and the re-
suits entered on the card. In tins
way, he said, the child's parents Will
know how he is progressing and at
the same time the cheldren will
take an interest in themselves and
vie with each other to see who can
make the greatest advances.
1t is not likely in the families of
those of small income that under
nourishment is found, Dr. Silk said
but in many cases in families where
there is sufficient money to give the
children all and anything they de-
sire. The parents have not been
educated to give the children nu-
tritious FOODS which will give the
most nourishment, the doctor point
ed out, in some cases the children
hurrying off to school without any
breakfast, either because they have
not time to eat or because the food
given them does not appeal to them,
"Undernourishm in children Is
prevalent all over the country" Dr
Silk said, "but in Industrial cities
such as Perth Amboy the percent
age is always found to be higher
as more poor people are to be
found" AS a means of bringing this
important subject before the par
ents, talks will be given on nutri-
ton before the meetings of the va
rious parent-teacher associations In
the city.
All of the health board members
were impressed with DR.. Silks ex-
PLANTATION of the school lunch sys-
tenn and heartily favored this work
being done here.
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