42 



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, 11 years (21 meals X 0.6 meal of man) , equivalent to 18 



Two children, 9 and 7 years (42 meals XO.5 meal of man), equiva- 

 lent to 21 



Two children, 5 and 3 years (42 meals XO.5 meal of man), equiva- 

 lent to 17 



Total number of meals equivalent to 89 



Equivalent to one man twenty-nine days. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 11a. 



This family consisted of two women, both strong and well. They 

 rented two rooms for ^1.65 a week. One woman did washing. In 

 addition to the foods purchased they spent during the stud}- 16 cents 

 for tea and 5 cents for coffee. 



The study continued two days. The number of meals taken was 13, 

 equivalent to 10 meals of a man, or equivalent to one man three days. 



Table 8. — ]Veighf-'i <ind coxt of food (aid nutrients i)i dietartj studies of colored funiiHix in. 



Philadelphia. 



