In this district, with the coöperation of a well-trained and experienced woman investigator, a careful investigation of the condition of 50 families represented in the school was made. The number of children attending school from the 50 families was 79. Of that number there were 24 who had no breakfast of any kind on the days they were visited, while of the 55 more fortunate ones no less than 30 had only bread with tea or coffee. Only 35 of the children had any lunch, or money with which to procure any, 44 missing that meal entirely. Terrible as they are, these figures do not tell the whole story. It is impossible to appreciate what going without lunch means to these children unless we take into account the fact that those who go without lunch, and those who eat only the deleterious things they buy, are in most cases the same children who either go breakfastless or have only bread and coffee day after day. And their evening meal is very often a repetition of the morning meal, bread and coffee or tea. From the schedule showing the actual dietary of the children in question contained in the report of my co-investigator I give, in the following table, the particulars relating to 6 families. They are perfectly typical cases and demonstrate very clearly the woful inadequacy of diet common to children of the poor. ════════╤════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════╤═════════════════ Family │ No. of │ Breakfast │ Lunch │ Supper │ School │ │ │ │Children│ │ │ ────────┼────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼───────────────── 1 │ 2 │Bread and tea │None. │Bread and tea. │ │ only. │ │ 2 │ 1 │None. │Soup from │Coffee and bread. │ │ │ charity. │ 3 │ 1 │Coffee and rolls │Coffee and bread.│Tea and bread. │ │ (no butter or │ │ │ │ jam). │ │ 4 │ 3 │Bread and tea │None. │Bread and tea │ │ only. │ │ only. 5 │ 2 │None. │Soup with the │Piece of bread. │ │ │ soup-meat. │ 6 │ 1 │Bread and jam │None. │Tea and bread │ │ with coffee. │ │ with jam. ════════╧════════╧═════════════════╧═════════════════╧═════════════════