87 



T.\BLE 20. — Weig}iti< and cod of food nml riutrie)its in didani shoji/ No. 53a. 



Food fonsumeil during the whole study i 7 dii\> i 



Cost, nutrients, and fuel value of food per 

 man per day. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 54a. 



In this family the husband was of German descent, the wife was 

 English. The whole family consisted of two men, a woman, and a child 

 10 years old. One of the men was not very well. The woman was 

 attractive and intelligent. The boy was very well looking; he drank 

 considerable milk. The income of the familv was $25 a w^eek. They 

 lived in their own house, which would rent for about $20 a month. 

 The}^ spent 18 cents for coffee and 15 cents for tea during the course 

 of the study. 



The study continued seven days. One man was away from home 

 for dinner. Hence the number of meals taken was as follows: 



Meals. 

 Two men 35 



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



Chilli, 10 years f 21 meals X 0.6 meal of man) , eijuivalent to 13 



Total number of meals equivalent to 65 



Equivalent to one man twenty-two days. 



