Report of the Joint Sub-Committee on Welfare Foods.

  • Great Britain. Joint Sub-Committee on Welfare Foods.
Date:
1957
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Credit: Report of the Joint Sub-Committee on Welfare Foods. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Vitamin C Uptake and Consumption of Welfare Orange Juice 22. Recent information on the uptake and consumption of welfare orange juice was obtained from the enquiry carried out for the Ministry of Health in October and November, 1955 (loc. cit.). The findings differed little from those of the 1951 enquiry. 23. In the week prior to interview between 43 per cent. and 51 per cent. of children under five and about 40 per cent. of expectant mothers took no orange juice. For children, this was less than in 1951. Table 2 below shows that the proportions taking orange juice fell with increasing age. Older children who did take it consumed larger quantities, but they are, of course, entitled to three teaspoonfuls instead of one, from the age of six months. Percentage taking orange juice | Vitamin C 7 | daily Year Number | average of birth | in group per person 0 days | 1-6 days | 7 days taking (mg.) 1955 463 43 Dag 30 [ 1954 551 46 25 29 Children... Se 1953 546 49 21 30 ] 1952 524 51 20 29 1951 | 556 51 22 27 Expectant mothers... | 185 41 25 34 24. Of all the families interviewed, 32 per cent. had taken no welfare orange juice in the four months prior to interview. The proportion taking orange juice was highest for families consisting solely of an expectant mother and for those with a child under six months. 25. The consumption of welfare orange juice was found to rise with income and occupational status and with the age of the mother on leaving school, as shown in Table 3 below. TABLE 3 Consumption of Welfare Orange Juice according to Social-economic Groups Percentage taking Orange Juice during Week Father’s income Father’s occupation Mother’s age on leaving school Up to £7 10s. Od. eel. Aoi tsktled Yo .s. ... 46% | Up to 14 i net OL, £7 10s. Od. to £10 .». 32% | okilled operatives ... 51% £10 or more me ... 56% | Clerical and jinspec- tional Pe 1 SSO elo Aa Sls id: 54S Managerial and pro- fessional ... cue OF Zl: be ONG OVER. «.: wae Gat 9