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DIETARY STUDIES OF IRISH FAMILIES (Nos. 26a-28a). 

 The details of three dietary .studies with Irish families follow: 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 26a. 



This family consisted of a man, a woman, and four children: aged 

 9, 7, and -2^ years, and 9 months, respectively. The woman was not 

 strong; the children were well but pale. The income of the family 

 was 11.5 per week. They paid $10 a month rent for four rooms and a 

 bathroom. During the course of the study they spent $1.12 for tea 

 and cotfee, 8 cents for salt and pepper, and 5 cents for pickles. 



The study continued 7 days. The number of meals taken was as 

 follows: 



Meals. 



Man 21 



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



TwoehiMren,9an<17year.s(42niealpX0.5mealofnian),e(iaivalentto. 21 



Child, 2^ years (21 meals X 0.4 meal of man), equivalent to 9 



Child, 9 months (21 meals X O.'S meal of man), equivalent to 6 



Total number of meals equivalent to "4 



Equivalent to one man twenty-five days. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 27a. 



This was a storekeepers family, comprising a man and a woman. 

 They paid $13 a month rent for three rooms, not including the store, 

 which was on another street. They spent 20 cents for tea in addition 

 to the food materials purchased during the course of the study. 



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

 as follows: 



Meals. 



Man 21 



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



Total number of meals equivalent to 38 



Equivalent to one man thirteen days. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 28a. 



This family included a man, a woman, and live children, aged 

 respectively 15, 12, 9, and 5 years, and 21 months. They were rather 

 sickly. The man was a painter, out of work at the time of the study. 

 When employed he. earned $15 per week. One of the children, a boy, 

 earned $3 per week. They paid $12 a month rent for a house of live 

 rooms, the rent being applied to the purchase of the house. During 

 the course of the study they spent 15 cents for tea, 3(» cents for coffee, 

 and 5 cents for veast in addition to the food materials purchased. 



