Initial investigations in 1936 showed that_many young apprentices were not only not kept well, but were the victims of dietary deficiency diseases such as beri-beri, as definite in their effects as the diseases of bacillary origin.
The clinical ridings of Dr. B. S. Platt over some years in respect of this range of disease indicated thata large proportion of the patients seeking the assistance of. the. special research ward in the hospital were apprentices and others of the artisan class. Accordingly a survey was made Jor many shops employing apprentices, with startling results. Signs _of dietary deficiency were widespread. It was therefore decided that the Industrial "Section would collaborate with the Lester Institute In securing the ce-operation of factory owners: and in the operation of a small diet
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