Some Effects of Famine on the Population of Greece

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Abstract
-Since civil registration of vital statistics was the first administrative procedure to be paralyzed immediately after the occupation of Greece, exact measurement of famine losses will probably never be ascertained with any degree of accuracy. The author estimates the total loss because of lack of essential food to be about 450,000 persons. The acute manifestations of famine lasted from May, 1941, to April, 1943, it affected df adults more than women and children, and it was not complicated by any severe epidemics or unusual incidence of other diseases. A 2d portion of the report deals with post famine somatometric data on children as detd by surveys in Athens and Piraeus. In 1942-43 children were somewhat taller but weighed less than in similar surveys in 1927-28. In 1945 av. heights had decreased in all children and at ages 12-14 were less than similar groups in 1927-28.

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