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IN those wonder-promising days of the Victorian I era, when all seemed well with the world because the beati possidentes alone were vocal, there appeared to be general agreement that the functions of the State should be confined to upholding justice, to protecting citizens against aggression, and to providing certain public health services, such as sanitation and preventing the spread of epidemics. As time went on, State intervention was extended to the provision of primary education, old-age pensions, health insurance and unemployment benefit; but it is only recently that the scandal of the slums has compelled Parliament to assist in providing decent housing accommodation for the poorer classes. Last of all, there is now a clear call for the State to take a hand in providing adequate food for the million.
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Food and the Nation. Nature 136, 771–773 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136771a0
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