THE HOUSEKEEPING PROBLEM.
(To THE Borrow or THE " SPECTATOR.") Srn,—Your correspondent " A Puzzled Housekeeper " will find the information she wants in a pamphlet by Mr. T. B. Wood, M.A., and Professor Hopkins (Food Economy in War Time: Cambridge University Press; 6d.). She might also consult Miss Margaret MoKillop's little book on Food Values (George Routledge and Sons). The first-named writers are of opinion that, as a rough indication of economies which are possible and perfectly safe for families with average middle-class incomes and habits, a reduction of about one-sixth in the total food purchased and a replacement of one-fourth of the moat by cheaper foodstuffs is to be recom- mended. In reply to your correspondent's question about meat, I should think that two pounds per head per week was quite a sufficient allowance, provided that a wise selection is made of other
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[Our readers will be grateful to Dr. Robert Hutchison for the promptness and courtesy with which he deals with the question. In case his name should not be universally recognized, we may point out that the learned physician is an authority on diet of world-wide reputation.—En. Spectator.]
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