Historial footnote: interesting to compare to the family of 8 (single mom & 7 kids) in the Great Depression "Migrant mother" photograph, both for living conditions, and for attitude
<A href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html</A>
<A href="http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto">http://www.cnn.com/2008/LIVING/12/02/dustbowl.photo/index.html#cnnSTCPhoto</A>
http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:0FJjPMgkzJAJ:www.park-koerner.de/Englisch/170_Americas_Nightmare.4760/170_Americas_Nightmare.4760bsp.doc+Great+Depression,+rickets&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=3&gl=us
"New York City, where relief for the unemployed has probably been more nearly adequate than in any other of the largest cities, the city Health department reports that 20.5 per cent of the school children examined were suffering from malnutrition in 1932. ..."