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Table 22. — Weights and cost of food and nutrients in dietary study No. 55a. 



Foorl consnmed during the whole study (7 days). 



Cost, nutrients, and fuel value of food per 

 man per day. 



Kind.s and amounts. 



ANIMAL FOOD. 



Beef: Sirloin steak, 16 pounds, 



1.70 (32); soup 

 Veal chuck, 1 



bone. 3 pounds, 18 cents (17). 



pound, lo cents (37) 



Pork: San.'sage, 2 pounds, 2.5 cents (66): l(jin, 



S.2.5 7)0unds, SI. 05 (5,s); shoulder, 1.5 pounds, 



22 cents (6S); lard, 0.5 pound, 7 cents (62; 



Fish: Trout (lake), 3 pounds, 36 cents (S9) 



Butter, 4 pounds, $1.11 (106) 



Eggs, 5.62 pounds, 71 cents (105) 



Milk, 17.8 pounds, 52 cents (114) 



Total animal food 



VEGETABLE FOOD- 



Cereals: Bread, 24.25 pounds. SI. 12 (147): corn- 

 starch, 1 pound, 10 cents (172); crackers, 2 

 pounds, 15 cents (153): doughnuts, 18. .55 

 pounds, SI. 65 (1.56); flour, 2 pounds, 8 cents 

 (122); macaroni, 1 pound, 15 cents (127); rice, 

 0.5 pound, 4 cents (133) 



Sugars: Sugar, 6 pounds, 36 cents (163); sirup, 

 6 pounds, 20 cents ( 166) 



Vegetables: Lettuce, 1.32 yiounds. 15 cents (187); 

 onions (dry), 1.87 pounds, 8 cents (189): pota- 

 toes, 35 pounds, 63 cents (196): tomatoes, 

 canned, 1.78 pounds, 10 cents (209); turnips, 

 0.44 pound . 5 cents (212j 



Total vegetable food. 



Cost. 



Cost. 



Dollars. 



2.01 



1.59 

 .36 



1.11 

 .71 

 .52 



C'enti<. 



.D.6 



4.4 

 1.0 

 3.1 

 2.0 

 1.4 



6.30 



17.5 



Protein. 



Grams. 



40 



19 

 4 

 1 



9 



7 



80 



Fat. 



Grams. 



85 



50 



2 



43 



7 

 9 



146 



3.29 

 ..56 



1.01 



9.1 

 1.6 



2.8 



51 



4.86 



13. 5 



60 



56 



Total food ; 11.16 



Jl.O 



140 



202 



Carbo- 

 hydrates. 



Grams. 



11 



11 



Fuel 

 value. 



Calories. 



472 



521 

 34 



387 

 98 



152 



1,664 



349 

 128 



69 



546 



2, 090 

 512 



321 



2,923 



4,587 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 56a. 



The family in this studv consisted of a man, a German, weighing- 

 172 pound.s, and a woman, an American, weighing 168 pounds; three 

 children, aged, respectively, 14, 11, and 7 years, and weighing, respec- 

 tively, 120, 90, and 48 pounds. The woman was intelligent and kept 

 very careful records during the dietary .stud}-. She stated that she 

 had received help regarding food and dietaries from talks at Hull 

 House. She endeavored to provide a sufficient diet with good variety. 

 The children were in good health. The}^ drank milk and cocoa and a 

 great deal of homemade root beer. The income of the family was §23 

 a week. They paid $11 a month rent for four rooms. The fuel cost 

 them about 25 cents a week. During the course of the study they 

 spent 35 cents for coffee, 30 cents for root-beer extract, 8 cents for 

 yeast, 5 cents for salt, 4 cents for vinegar, and 1 cent for nutmeg. 



The study continued seven days. In addition to the food con.'^umed 

 by the family they gave away the equivalent of one meal. The number 

 of meals taken was therefore as follows: 



Meals. 

 Man 21 



Woman (21 meals X 0.8 meal of man) , equivalent to 17 



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



Child, 11 years (21 meals X 0.6 meal of man), equivalent to 13 



Child, 7 years (21 meals X 0.5 meal of man), equivalent to 10 



Food given away equivalent to 1 



Total number of meals equivalent to . 

 Equivalent to one man twenty-six days. 



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