DIET AND CANCER
[To the Editor of the SPECTATOR.] SIR,—I have read Mr. Ellis Barker's article, and it is of special interest to me to see that his conclusions are the same as those of my late husband, the Hon. F. A. Rollo Russell, who about twenty years ago,
gave much time to the study of the causation of cancer. In the course of his investigations he often sat in A.B.C.'s. and Lyons' restaurants to observe how people fed. He noted that the majority took largely tinned and scarcely any raw food ; took tea and coffee far too strong and at a temperature that would have burnt their lips ; took condi- ments with almost everything, and ate without chewing. If one said anything on the subject to friends one was usually told that " one can't be always thinking about health ! " He also found that soot, coal tar and petrol were injurious. Could not some simple leaflets be prepared for the information of teachers and parents—and those in charge be urged to accustom their children to a healthy diet ? Could lecturers go to schools, Women's Institutes, etc. ? Perhaps the New Health Society would take up this matter in addition to its other splendid
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