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liiftless and incapal^le of improvement. They rented two rooms, for 

 which they paid §4 per month. Their income was variable, being S.3 

 during- the week of the study. In addition to the food materials pur- 

 chased the}^ spent 10 cents for tea, 22 cents for coffee, and 1 cent for 

 pepper. 



The stud}" 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 



Two children, 8 and 6 years (4-2 meals X 0.5 meal of man), equiva- 

 lent to 21 



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



Child, 17 months (21 meals X 0.2 meal of man), equivalent to 4 



Total number of meals equivalent t(j 71 



Equivalent to one man twenty-four days. 



DIETARY STUDY XO. 21A. 



This famih' consisted of two men, one woman, and four children 

 aged, respectively, 11, 8, 6, and 2 years. They were all healthy. They 

 rented a house of four rooms, for which they paid $9 a month. In 

 addition to the food materials purchased they spent 30 cents for coffee 

 during the study. 



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

 as follows: 



Meals. 



Two men 42 



"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 Id 



Two children, 9 and 6 years (42 meals X 0.5 meal cf man), equiva- 

 lent to 21 



Child, 2 years (21 meals X 0.4 meal of man), equivalent to 8 



Total number of meals equivalent to 101 



Equivalent to one man thirty-four days. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 22a. 



This family was dirty but healthy. It consisted of a man, a woman, 

 a boy of 16, and two children 11 and 10 years of age. The man and 

 woman had lived in this country twenty-six years. They paid ^IS a 

 month rent for nine rooms, including a little tobacco shop at the front 

 of the house. The woman took care of the shop during the day, as 

 the man worked away from home. During the course of the study 

 they spent 90 cents for tea and coffee and -1 cents for yeast cakes in 

 addition to the food materials purchased. 



