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The total amount of food rejected during this stud}? was only 12 

 per cent of that provided, and contained only 11 per cent of the total 

 protein and 9 pei' cent of the total energy of the food served, propor- 

 tions much smaller than in some of the preceding studies. In general 

 the amounts of food provided seemed to be but little larger than were 

 needed, though in a few cases there was considerable left after the 

 patients were served, the excess being returned to the kitchen. 



DIETARY STUDY NO. 380— dUIET CHRONIC MALE PATIENTS. 



This study was made with 38 male patients who ate in the dining 

 room of Dawes third ward. Seventeen of them were classed as work- 

 ers, 9 working in the hospital laundry, 1 doing carpenter work, and 

 7 others being occupied for part of the time in light ward and dining- 

 room work. They were mostly chronic patients, and were quiet and 

 orderly. 



The study began with breakfast, March 17, 1903, and continued 21 

 days, simultaneously with Nos. 378 and 379. The total number of 

 meals eaten was 819, equivalent to 1 man for 273 days. 



The same menu was served during this study as in the two preced- 

 ing. Statistics regarding the kinds and amounts of food are given in 

 detail in Table 35 of the Appendix. The quantities of nutrients and 

 energy per man per day in the food eaten and i-ejected are given in 

 the following table: 



Table 20. — Nntrients and energy in food eaten and wasted in dietary study No. S80. 



[Quantities per man per day.] 



The average food consumed was sufficient to supply 92 grams of 

 protein and 2,627 calories of energy per man per da}', amounts which 

 appeared to be abundant for the needs of the patients. The results 

 obtained are comparable with those of studies Nos. 364, 372, and 378, 

 and show about the same food consumption, which would appear to 

 be about the normal amount at this institution for patients of this class. 



