Report of the New Guinea nutrition survey expedition, 1947 / [edited by E.H. Hipsley and F.W. Clements].
- Australia. Department of External Territories
- Date:
- [1947?]
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Report of the New Guinea nutrition survey expedition, 1947 / [edited by E.H. Hipsley and F.W. Clements]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![(7) (a) On the basis of a computed average daily requirement of ascor- bic acid (pregnancy and lactation periods excluded), the peoples of Patep II and Kavataria were receiving five times and three times respectively the amount needed to maintain health. (b) On the basis of a minimal plasma ascorbic data concentration of 0.4 mgm. per 100 ml. required for the maintenance of adequate nutrition, that of the peoples of Patep II and Korovagi should have been satisfactory and that of the people of Kavataria on the borderline. (8) Similarily the thiamin intake for Patep II and Kavataria is approxi- mately twice the required (computed) amount. (9) On the assumption that the absence of evidence of rickets is evidence in favour of an adequate intake of calcium and of vitamin D and in the light of paragraph 5 above, it appears that the intake of vitamin D is certainly not deficient. (10) The general nutrition was least satisfactory in Koravagi and most satisfactory in PatepII and Kavataria; yet the incidence of caries was greatest in Patep II and lowest in Koravagi. Acknowledgments. We wish to thank the following for their help: Professor A. J. Arnott, Dr. W. N. Benson, Professor A. N. Burkitt and Dr. E. H. Hipsley; also the staff of the Departments of Radiography and of Photography of the United Dental Hospital of Sydney; and Miss Carey, whose work in the preparation of this report has been invaluable. REFERENCES. Section I. ’ Flower, W.: 1881, Roy. Anthrop. Inst. J. 10, 161. * Wilder, H. H.: 1920. Laboratory Manual of Anthropometry. Philadelphia. p. ol. * Pont, —: 1909. Der Zahnindex in der Orthodontie. (From—Simon, P. W.: 1926, Fundamental Principles of a Systematic Diagnosis of Dental Anomalies. Boston ). *Topinard, P.: 1878. Anthropology. London. p. 260. ' Swenson, M. G.: 1940. Complete Dentures. St. Louis. p. 382. 6 Price, W. A.: 1939. Light from Primitive Races on the Relation of Nutri- tion to Individual and National Development. J. Amer. Dent. Ass. 26, 938. 7Campbell, T. D.: 1925. Dentition and Palate of the Australian Aboriginal. Adelaide. p. 36, Section ITI, 1Salzmann, J. A.: 1943. Principles of Orthodontia. Philadelphia. p. 228. 2Le Roy Johnson, A.: 1923. Basie Principles of Orthodontia. Dent. Cosmos 65, 379. Angie, 3. Hos 1907. Malocclusion of the Teeth. Philadelphia. 7th edn. 4Dewey, M. and Anderson, G. M.: 1942. Practical Orthodontia. St. Louis. SLOT. : 6 Poster, L. W.: 1942. J. Amer. Dent. Ass. 29, 2251. ® Kirkpatrick, R. M.: 1936. Diet in Relation to Gingivitis. J. Amer. Dent. Ass. 24, 197. Section III. 1 Lilienthal, B.: 1947. Some Abnormal] Ora] Conditions present in Young Adults. Dent. J. Austr. 19, 78. 2 Campbell, T. D.: 1925. The Dentition and Palate of the Australian Aboriginal, Adelaide. p. 22. 2 Webb, C. H.: 1944. Dental Abnormalities in American Jndians. Amer. J. Ortho. 30, 474. * 34562—10 4](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b32179960_0265.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
