92 



Table 25. — Weights and coHt of food and nutrients in dietary study No. 58a. 



Food consumed during the whole study (7 days). 



Kinds and amounts. 



ANIMAL FOOD. 



Beef: Shin. 10.5 pound.s, 53 cents (17). Mutton, 

 leg, 7.5 pounds. 68 cent.s (48). Veal chuck, 8.5 

 pounds, 85 cents (37) 



Pork: Sausage. 2 pounds, 20 cents (66); sparerib, 

 12.5 pounds, SI. 44 (-58) 



Butter. 1.5 pounds, 43 cents (106 ) 



Eggs, 8.25 pounds, 83 cents 1105) 



Milk, 21.99 pounds, 63 cents (114) 



Cheese, 1 pound, 5 cents (110) 



Total animal food 



VEGETABLE FOOD. 



Cereals: Flour (white), 19.6 pounds. 47 cents 

 (122i: flour (rye). 12.5 pounds, 27 cents (121) . 



Sugar, 14 pounds. 77 cents ( 163 1 



Vegetables: Beans ( string i , .5.25 pounds, 10 cents 

 (178): cabbage, 2.47 pounds, 15 cents (181): 

 carrots, 0.25 pound, 5 cents (182): lettuce, 1.25 

 pounds, 10 cents (181): onions, 1.25 pounds, 5 

 cents (189): potatoes, 3.5 pounds, Scents (196) 



Beer, 7 pounds, 35 cents (259) 



Total vegetable food 



Total food 



Cost, nutrients, and fuel value of food per 

 man per day. 



Cost. 1 Protein. Fat 



Carbo- Fuel 

 hvdrates. value. 



8. 04 



16.8 



106 



89 



394 



1,035 

 528 



2,792 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 59a. 



The fiiinily in this study oon.sisted of a umii, Irish, weighing 145 

 pounds, and a woman, Engli.sh, weighing 1<I9 pounds, and two chil- 

 dren, one 6 years old, weighing 45 pounds, and one 4 years old, 

 weighing 21> pounds. They were in fair health. The children drank 

 tea and coffee three times a day. The income of the family wa.s $9 a 

 week. They paid S9 a month rent for three rooms. The fuel cost 

 them 50 cents a week. In addition to the food materials purcha.sed, 

 they spent 60 cents for tea and cotl'ee. 



The .study continued seven days. The number of meals taken was 

 as follows: 



Meals. 



Man 21 



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



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



Child, 4 years (21 meals X 0.4 meal of man ), equivalent to 8 



Total mim ber of meals equivalent to 56 



Equivalent to one man nineteen days. 



