10. Health School at P.S. 40

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1918

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1918

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{"value"=>"10. Health School at P.S. 40"}

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{"type"=>"did", "value"=>"\n All pictures credited to Jesse Tarbox Beals.\n "}

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1918

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1918

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1918

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1. Young girl in sailor's dress on scale
2. Theodore Roosevelt weighs food scouts
3. Nude child being weighed while doctor looks on
4. Boy's respiratory system being checked by physician
5. Boys lined up against wall being checked for weight gain
6. Three girls lined up against the wall
7. Mothers learn to eat the lunch the food scouts have been taught to like
8. Close up of boy eating
9. Boys eating
10. Dr. Stark and a group of adults watch boys eat
11. Mothers learning to cook nourishing food for their children
12. Group, mainly girls, preparing to serve food
13. Watching moving pictures of the war on outdoor screen in the school yard
14. Chart stimulates the children's interest in gaining weight. Actual view: Blank sheets of paper with a child's name on top
15. Playtime. Actual view: Girls in uniform dancing barefoot on roof of P.S. 40
16. These children played in the fresh air and sunshine all summer. Actual view: Children playing in school yard
17. Under nourished children need quiet occupation to get up to normal weight. Actual view: girls weaving rattan chairs
18. Three o'clock in the Health School. No danger of these boys being sent to juvenile court. Actual scene: Boys repairing shoes
19. Boys working in woodshop
20. Food Scouts, P.S. 40