FOOD COSTS
BRITISH MEDICAL RESEARCH
(United Pr^ a Association—By Electri* Telegraph—Copyright.)
LONDON, November 24
: The committee of nine doctors, appointed .by the British Medical Association, report, after research, that the 'minimum cost of food per week for a man, wife and three children is 22s bid,' and for an adult alone os IOJd. These' figures are based ■ upon meaii prices in working class markets in representative parts of England; in June last. 1
Tile “Daily Herald” says that the unemployment allowance for a family o"- the simentioned is at present 2D, 3d.
The “Daily Express” announces that it is putting a. member of its staff for a week on the British Medical Association diet. He was weighed and examined by a. doctor.
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Hokitika Guardian, 25 November 1933, Page 3
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