Miners' Food
Mr. James Griffiths is asking the Minister of Fuel if he is aw that fatigue is affecting the output of miners, and that this is part due to deficiencies in diet. It was suggested in these pig a fortnight ago that there can be no remedy for the malady of coal-mines, whether due to fatigue or other causes, till it has thoroughly diagnosed. According to Mr. Griffiths—and oth informed persons tell the same story—there is a good deal evidence to show that many of the miners are suffering strain fr their hard work owing to insufficiency of meat and the poorer quail of cheese. It is suggested that the longer the strain lasts greater the loss in efficiency, with inevitable effects on outp Mr. Griffiths thinks that more meat must be provided at the canteens and more meat in the rations. No industrial work more exhausting than coal-mining, or done under more dangero and difficult conditions. If the fact were established that I strength and endurance of the men are being diminished by w time diet, then it must be improved even at the cost of so small sacrifice from the rest of the community ; for the rest the community depends on coal, and the outlook for next win! will be grave indeed if coal production is not substantially improve It is urgent that there should be a searching expert inquiry into causes, material and psychological, of inadequate output, indud an investigation of this question of nutrition.
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