WORKHOUSE DIET BEST
THE PERNICIOUS TUCK SHOP Mr. Charles E. Hecht. lion, secretary of the Joint Schools and Hospital Matrons Committee, addressing the Food Education Society at University College, London, said that a parent had written: “My indignation is aroused by the iniquitous school tuck shop. These boys, after 12 noon, go there and obtain sausages, egg sandwiches, and so forth, and then wonder why, when 1.45 arrives, they have no appetite for dinner.” All ’authorities, said Mr. Hecht, were against the tuck shop, although the tuck box and tuck shop continued to survive and to maintain a dignified status at public schools. , Dr. Clement Dukes had said that it was a mediaeval and barbarous arrangement which permitted food and hampers to be furnished in repair of the inadequacy of the school supply. Mr. Hecht also quoted Dr. Walter Kennedy as stating: “The dietary regime of the workhouse is often superior to that of public schools. It may not be so appetising, but it is adjusted more accurately to the needs j of the body. The private soldier of the army is better fed than the average public schoolboy.”
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Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 306, 17 March 1928, Page 12
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189WORKHOUSE DIET BEST Sun (Auckland), Volume I, Issue 306, 17 March 1928, Page 12
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