Summary
NOBODY complained when Britain really was a nanny state. National concern about city children's poor health in the 1930s led to unprecedented intervention in the way babies were brought up. Stern matrons would instruct young mums to administer cod liver oil and orange juice to infants, and make sure they got plenty of sunshine and fresh air. Nanny's method was designed to encourage strong, healthy bones, and it worked.
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Nanny Knows Best When It Comes to a Ban On Smoking
Rationing occurred at around the same time, producing a generation that was healthier than any before - and possibly afterwards, too. It was the success of the wartime restrictions which made the expansion of the welfare state possible. Mothers were even given their own "wage" - family allowance, lest their husbands squandered the housekeeping on horses and beer. T...
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