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27 grams of pi'otein and 785 calories of energy per man per day, or 16 

 per cent of the protein and 18 per cent of the energy in the total food 

 served. In this respect the results are similar to those of the two pre- 

 ceding studies with subjects receiving the same diet. 



FOOD ISSUED FROM THE STOREROOM. 



In connection with these studies of dietaries in different depart- 

 ments of the hospital, it seemed desirable to obtain data regarding the 

 kinds and amounts of food issued from the storeroom to the kitchens 

 of the whole institution. It was not possible to obtain these for the 

 fiscal year during which the dietary studies here reported were con- 

 ducted, partly for the reason that the last of the studies was completed 

 some time before the end of the year. However, the statistics for the 

 year immediately preceding the time of the studies, namely, from 

 July 1, 1901, to June 30, 1902, w^ere obtained, and it wnis believed that 

 the nutritive value of the food supplied per capita did not difi'er mate- 

 rially during the two years. 



These statistics are given in detail in Table 36 of the Appendix. It 

 will be observed that they show the amounts issued to the diflerent 

 departments for use in preparing the food, while the data of the studies 

 show the quantities of food served to the patients and eaten and 

 rejected by them. The way in which the statistics here given were 

 obtained ma}' require a brief explanation. 



Supplies received at the hospital are placed at once in a general 

 storeroom or "store" as it is designated, and are issued to the differ- 

 ent departments upon the receipt of orders signed by an officer of the 

 department in which they are to be used. The order sheets showing 

 the kind and amount of material sent out are filed with a bookkeeper, 

 who enters the items upon a ledger. From these ledgers the statis- 

 tics were taken concerning the kinds and amounts of food issued dur- 

 ing the course of the year. 



These figures show the kinds and total amounts of different food 

 materials thus taken from the storeroom and supplied to the several 

 hospital kitchens. The composition of each kind of material was 

 assumed to be the same as the average for several analyses of similar 

 materials as previously published. « From these data the total quanti- 

 ties of the different nutrients in the food supplied were calculated. 



In order to compute the quantities per man per day it was necessary 

 to know the total number of person^ of each sex fed during the year, 

 and the number of meals taken by each. To ascertain this exactly 

 was impossible, because of variation in the population from day to 

 day, owing to deaths, patients discharged, new patients received, and 



aU. S. Dept. Agr., Office of Experiment Stations Bui. 28, revised. 



