PELLAGRA IN INFANCY AND CHILDHOOD

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Abstract
During the past four years we have been studying the natural course of the development of pellagra in an area in which the disease is endemic. The habitual environment and dietary of more than 800 pellagrins in the Nutrition Clinic of the Hillman Hospital, Birmingham, Ala., have been studied. Since it seemed likely that each member of the household would be subjected to the same type of diet as the patient, we extended our studies to include the families of these pellagrins. Accordingly, the nutritional status of each member of the household was ascertained and we found that from one to six persons, including infants and children, showed evidence of pellagra. (It is interesting to note that blacktongue, a canine analogue of pellagra, was found in the dogs fed scraps of the food eaten by these families.) A diagnosis of pellagra was made in 194 children and in six infants,

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