85 



paid $21 a month rent for .six room.s and a bathroom. Fuel cost 

 them $2.50 a week. During the period of the study they spent 45 

 cents for cotfee and 1 cent for yeast in addition to the food materials 

 purchased. 



The stud}' continued seven days. The woman was away from one 

 meal and the man from two; hence the number of meals taken was as 

 follows: 



Meals. 

 ^lan 19 



Woman (20 meals X 0.8 meal of man ) , equivalent to 16 



Total number of meals e(juivalent U 

 Equivalent to one man twelve days. 



35 



Table 18. — Weights and cod of food and nutrients in dietary study No. 51a. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 52a. 



This family consisted of an Englishman, weighing 156 pounds, and 

 a woman of Bohemian parentage, weighing 110 pounds. They were 

 in tolerably good health. The woman was not veiy intelligent. Their 

 income was $75 a month. They paid $11 a month rent for four rooms. 

 The fuel cost them about 50 cents a week. During the period of the 

 study the}" spent 25 cents for tea. 



The study continued seven days, but the man had only one meal a 

 day at home, so the number of meals taken was as follows: 



Meals. 



Man 7 



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



Total number of meals equivalent to 24 



F.quivalent to one man eight days. 



