Around a half of all children died before the age of one. They died with consumption of the bowels, which was later discovered to be the cause of malnutrition. Even mothers were so frail and weak, that they had to carry their babies around on the cushions. By 1917, the government became more involved in their health schemes, as they feared of the collapse of the working class moral. They built clinics to nurse infants, and this reduced the high death rate of children. However, this didn’t change the ration of food supply between the rich and poor. By November 1917, it was reported that most communities were suffering from severe malnutrition.
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