Hunger and Work: Statistical Studies

Mr. Kuczynskr has performed a valuable task in preparing
this statistical study under the title of ‘‘ Hunger and Work.”
While the pangs of hunger, arising from the need for work,
admit of a statistical approach, it is true that the unfortunate
victims of our mad hatter’s economic system enjoy no
alleviation of their distress in the knowledge that this is
supported by figures.Indeed, the author himself makes this clear, for he says that “this book is not written to tellthe millions of underfed people thatthey are underfed, for they know it themselves much better than anybody else.”But these figures, if carefully studied, should convince the
complacent, and should disturb even the conscience of a certain
bishop who, securely tucked away from mundane temptations
through the medium of about £60 per week, is reported to
have attributed the under-nourishment of workers who get
less than sixty shillings a week to their own dietetic mistakes.A really comforting thought, but so wide of the mark!Let no one, with information in front of him in such a convenient
and easy form as this book provides, doubt the misery which
abounds far too much even in these plenteous days of civilisa-
tion.