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Monday, March 23, 1903. 



Breakfad. — Fried sausage, fried hominy, Ijiscuit, l)utter, coffee. 

 Dinner. — Bean soup, boiled i^ork shoulder, steamed potatoes, boiled rice, soda 

 crackers, bread. 



Supper. — Prune sauce, cinnamon bread, l)utter, bread, tea. 

 Sugar and milk as usual. Bread served ad libitum. 



The statistics vegarding the kinds and amounts of food are given in 

 detail in Table 35 of the Appendix. Table 18 summarizes the com- 

 putations of the quantities of nutrients and energy per man per day 

 in the food eaten and rejected. 



Table 1H.— Nutrients and energy in food eaten and wasted in dietary study No. 378. 



[Quantities per man per day.] 



The average food consumption, 84 grams of protein and 2,674 calo- 

 ries of energy per man per day, was practically the same as that in 

 the study preceding. In consideration of the physical condition and 

 occupation of these patients it was believed that they ate fully enough 

 to meet their bodily needs, especially since more was served to them 

 than they consumed and no complaints were heard concerning their 

 food. 



The amount of food rejected was sufficient to supply 19 grams of pro- 

 tein and 555 calories of energy per man per day, or 18 per cent of 

 the protein and 17 per cent of the energy in the total food served. 

 During this stud}^ it is believed that the attendants were more careful 

 than usual to return unserved food to the kitchen, and the quantity 

 thus returned was considerable. It has already been explained, how- 

 ever, that there was in general little provision for the utilization of 

 many of the foods thus returned. 



