Some cool Children images:
Harpenden National Children’s Home
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On the NCH diet, some boys did need a belt to keep their trousers up.
Average daily intake of foods in the National Children’s Home, Harpenden
Note – 0. means less than an ounce.
Meat, bacon and fish 2.7 oz
Meat, fish pies and puddings 3.6 oz
Cheese dishes 0.6 oz
Puddings 7.2 oz
Potatoes 4.6 oz
Vegetables 2.5 oz
Fruit 1.7 oz
Bread and other cereals 15.1 oz
Cheese 0.12 oz
Eggs number 0.26
Sugar 0.88 oz
Preserves 1.09 oz
Fats 0.09 oz
Milk (pt.) 0.65
Calories (Cal.) 2660
Protein 83g
Fat 96g
Carbohydrate 366g
Calcium 1.3g
Iron 15mg
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In later years the amounts of food improved, but there was still a budget to keep. The rate for 1970.
FOOD
A record of expenditure for each flat will be kept under this heading and will include milk, fish, bread, meat and vegetables, as well as the weekly food ordered from Cullens.
Whilst a substantial diet should be provided, every reasonable economy should be taken under this heading, and full advantage should be taken of fruit available from the gardeners when in season.
As a guide the food allowance will be as follows per week.
Children £1.10.00 (£1.50)
Staff £2.
Cute Kids in Children’s Costumes
Image by epSos.de
Cute picture about four kids posing in children’s carnival costumes of Gran Canaria de Spain.
The cool infants are dressed up in fancy dresses of a Disney princess, an Elf Queen, an Indian Hunter and the magic fairy kids of color from the kinder garden of a robotic TV babysitter.
This beautiful picture was created during the children’s carnival where kids were dressed up in Halloween clothing for girls, and boys.
epSos.de did have as much fun watching the street festival party as the parents did by dressing up their offspring in this funny outfits.
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