88 



Table 21. — Weights aiifJ cost < if food and nutrients in dietary study Xo. 54a. 



Food consumed during the whole study (7 days). 



Cost, nutrients, and fuel value of food per 

 man per day. 



Kinds and amounts. 



.\NIMAL FOOD. 



Beef: Round steak, 2 pounds, 20 cents (28): 

 porterhouse steak, 3 pounds, 48 cents (27) 



Pork: Bacon, 0.56 pound, 10 cents (5.5): ham 

 (boiled), 1 pound, 30 cents (61i: salt pork, O.b 

 pound, 6 cents (64) 



Eggs, 1..T pounds, 16 cents (10-5) 



Butter, 2 pounds, 00 cents (106) 



Milk, 14.66 pounds, 42 cents (114) 



Cream, 2.25 pounds, 21 cents (J 13) 



Cost, i Cost. 



Dollars. Cents. 

 0.68 ' 3.1 



.46 

 .16 

 .60 

 .42 

 .21 



2.1 

 .7 

 2.7 

 1.9 

 1.0 



Total animal food 



11.5 



VEGETABLE FOOD. 



Cereals: Flour, 9.8 pounds, 28 cents (122); oat- 

 meal, 1 poimd, 5 cents (131) 



Sugar, 4 pounds, 24 cents (163) 



Vegetables: Beans (dry), 0.98 pound, 5 cents 

 (177); corn (canned)", 1.31 pounds, 15 cents 

 (184): onions (dry), 1.5 pounds, 10 cents (189); 

 potatoes, 14 pounds, 28 cents (196) 



Fruit: Bananas, 3 pounds, 15 cents (218) 



Protein. 



Grams. 

 20 



Fat. 



Grams. 

 15 



Carbo- | Fuel 

 hydrates, value. 



Grams. , Calories. 

 214 



15 



198 



43 



316 



207 



92 



41 



.33 

 .24 



1.5 

 1.1 



94 



17 



1,070 



. 58 2. 6 



.15 .7 



11 



Total vegetable food 1. 30 . 5. 9 



Totalfood 3.83 : 17.4 



38 



166 

 82 



62 

 9 



808 

 328 



301 

 36 



319 



1.473 



it9 



336 



.543 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 55a. 



Thi.-^ .study was made with a Freiu-h-Canadian family consisting of a 

 man, two women, and five children aged 14, 12, 10, 8, and 5 years, 

 respectively. They were all in fair health. The woman was a dress- 

 maker. The house was not neat. The income of the family was $30 

 a week. They paid §^15 a month rent for six rooms. The fuel cost 

 them $1.50 a week. During the course of the study they spent 62 

 cents for tea and cotfee, 10 cents for salt and pepper, 2 cents for lem- 

 ons, 1 cent for pickles, and 2 cents for soup green.><. The woman 

 fre((uently made meat ragout. 



The study continued seven days. The man took his dinners away 

 from home; hence the number of meals taken was as follows: 



Meals. 



Man 1 ^ 



Two women (42 meals X 0.8 meal of man), equivalent to 34 



Child, 14 years (21 meals X 0.7 meal of man), equivalent to 15 



Two children, 12 and 10 years (42 meals X 0.6 meal of man) , equiv- 

 alent to. - 25 



Child, 8 years (21 meals X 0.5 meal of man), equivalent t > 11 



Child, 5 years (21 meals X 0.4 meal of man), equivalent to 8 



Total number of meals equivalent to 107 



Equivalent to one man thirty-six days. 



